Qualcomm QCC514X and QCC304X series ultra-low-power Bluetooth audio SoCs announced

Qualcomm has announced their successor to the QCC5100 and QCC30xx series Bluetooth audio SoC, called the QCC514X and Qualcomm QCC304X respectively. It offers many improvements like increased battery life and comfort, integrated dedicated hardware for Hybrid Qualcomm ANC, Voice Assistant support, premium wireless sound and more. One of the highlight technologies that has been developed for the new series is Qualcomm TrueWireless Mirroring technology. With it, only one earbud remains connected to the device while the other mirrors the connected earbud. The cool part is that it can rapidly swap the connection between the earbuds at any time and also manage a single Bluetooth address so that only one “device” shows up on the phone. Both SoCs' integrate Qualcomm's Hybrid ANC technology, which also offers super-low latency leak-through of the outside environment. Power consumption has also improved, with Qualcomm estimating 13 hours of playtime based on 65mAh battery. Other features include, Always on Voice  activation in premium QCC514X chip and push-button voice activation in the lower end QCC304X chip. Commenting on the launch, James Chapman, vice president and general manager, Voice, Music & Wearables, Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. said: Customers rely on us to help them deliver premium sound with long battery life and robust truly ...

Google Podcast with better discovery, progress sync and more now available for iOS

Just three days ago, a new update for Google Podcast was spotted for Android, which overhauled the UI, bringing a lot of sought after features. Now for the first time, Google has released its Podcast app for iOS, adding new features cross-platform progress sync, subscriptions for Web client and more. Just like its Android version, the iOS app is organised under 3 tabs: Home, Explore and Activity. The Home page will show new episode releases of the podcast shows that have been subscribed to. Each new episode will show a two line description preview, the length of podcast, a button to add to queue and a download button. At the top there will also be a carousel of subscribed podcasts. The Explore Tab has been redesigned to make discovery much easier now. There are tabs at the top that show various categories and the first tab, "For You" will show new show and episode recommendations related to your interests. These recommendations can also be edited from the Google Podcasts settings. And finally, the Activity tab will display your listen history, queued up episodes, and downloads. Automatic downloading and/or push notifications for new episodes can be set here. The new Google Podcasts for iOS is available ...

HUAWEI Watch GT and GT2 users get doorstep repair service launched in India

HUAWEI today announced  VIP Customer Services for the newly its HUAWEI Watch GT 2 and its predecessor HUAWEI Watch GT in India. It has also introduced no cost replacement policy for HUAWEI Watch GT 2 and GT during the warranty period. In case a HUAWEI smart watch shows manufacturing defects or performance related issues, HUAWEI will replace the watch if it is in the warranty period and as per its warranty policy. For those consumers whose watches are out of warranty, HUAWEI has introduced a special repair solution for its out-of-warranty watches. HUAWEI smart watch users can get spare parts, including strap, charging base, back cover, screen and main board, replaced for the out-of-warranty HUAWEI Watch GT 2 (46mm) & Huawei Watch GT. The spare part charges for out-of-warranty repair can be checked on HUAWEI India Website or Support App. Customers will also get 90 days warranty for the parts replaced during the out of warranty repair. HUAWEI will now provide pick and drop services for its smart watches in India. The group has also announced that the services will be marked by a record speed turnaround time with fast and best-in-class repair time service. Additionally, there will also be dedicated expert support. ...

Redmi K30 Pro to launch in India under POCO, hints MIUI Camera app code

Redmi introduced its latest smartphone in the flagship killer K series, Redmi K30 Pro 5G along with Zoom edition in China earlier this week. Redmi K30 Pro 5G is the successor to Redmi K20 Pro which was quite popular and an easy recommendation in its price category in India. While everyone was waiting to hear about the Redmi K30 Pro India launch from Redmi India team, a new finding from XDA suggests that the smartphone might launch under POCO in India. While decompiling the lastest version of the MIUI Camera app, kacskrz, A XDA member, found a constant 'device_poco_watermark_default_text' containing the string “SHOT ON POCO Phone” which suggests that the smartphone may land in India as a POCO product. We are still not sure if this will be the POCO F2, the successor to the legendary POCO F1, but since it uses top-tier silicon from Qualcomm, we are expecting it to launch as POCO F2 only. Redmi K30 Pro / K30 Pro Zoom Edition specifications 6.67-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ E3 AMOLED aspect ratio HDR10 + display with 1200nit (HBM) / 800nit (Typ) brightness, 5000000:1 (Min) contrast ratio, 100% DCI-P3 Wide Color Gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection Octa Core ...

HONOR 30S with Kirin 820 5G, 64MP quad rear cameras with 3x optical zoom, 40W fast charging to be announced on March 30

Update: March 26, 2020 - HONOR today shared new renders for the HONOR 30S that shows 64MP quad rear cameras that includes a telephoto lens. The company says that it will feature industry-leading BM3D SLR image noise reduction technology, which provides higher guarantee for the imaging quality. It also shows Blue and Green color variants with gradient finish. Earlier: HUAWEI's HONOR brand today announced that it will introduce the HONOR 30S, successor of last year's HONOR 20S in China on March 30th. This is said to be powered by new Kirin 820 5G SoC. Press render that surfaced recently revealed quad rear cameras with dual-LED flash and a gradient glass back. 3C certification listing revealed 40W (10V/4A) fast charging. Another image reveals side-mounted fingerprint scanner for the phone, so it is not clear if the phone will come with an LCD screen, and the invite teases a no-notch, but it could come with a punch-hole screen. We should know more details about the phone in the coming days once the phone gets certified by TENAA. Source 1, 2, 3

Get Android 10 on Redmi Note 7 Pro with Evolution X ROM

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro smartphone in India back in February last year running MIUI 10.2 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie) and it was amongst the popular mid-range devices in 2019. The company recently started rolling out Android 10 update to MIUI China Beta ROM users MIUI Global Stable ROM is yet to be upgraded to Android 10. If you own a Redmi Note 7 Pro and wish to use the latest Android 1o on your Redmi Note 7 Pro, you might try a custom ROM on your device. Earlier, we tried Android 10 based Pixel Experience ROM on our Redmi Note 7 Pro and recently we installed Android 10 based Evolution X on our unit and here is our post which might help you in deciding if you too should flash it on your device. Performance and Benchmarks: [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="308200,308201,308202"] Redmi Note 7 Pro packs Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 under the hood which was amongst the best mid-range processor launched in 2019. It obtained AnTuTu score of 219898 on Evolution X. It scored 2364 points in single-core test and 5903 points in multi-core test in Geekbench 4. In Geekbench 5 test, it managed to get a 508 points in single-core ...

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro detailed specs surface — 6.78-inch 120Hz Fluid Display, IP68 Water resistance, 30W Wireless charging for 8 Pro

Back in January OnePlus confirmed that its next flagship will feature Quad HD+ OLED ‘Fluid Display’ with a refresh rate of 120Hz, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 10-bit HDR and a built-in MEMC motion compensation chip. The company recently confirmed 5G support for all the OnePlus 8 series phones, so we already know that these will be powered by Snapdragon 865 along with X55 5G Modem. Renders of the phones surfaced last year, and they even appeared on Amazon affiliate listing. Now the detailed specifications of the phone have surfaced. This reveals a huge 6.78-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz Fluid AMOLED display, quad rear cameras that includes dual 48MP cameras, single 16MP front camera, 4510mAh battery with support for warp Charge 30T Fast Charging, and for the first time 30W wireless fast charging along with 3W wireless reverse charging, and finally, IP68 water resistance ratings for the OnePlus 8 Pro. It is said to come in Blue, Black and Green colors. OnePlus 8 Pro rumored specifications 6.78-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz Fluid AMOLED display, 3D Corning Gorilla Glass protection 2.84GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 865 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 650 GPU 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.0) storage / 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.0) ...

Instagram update lets you browse posts with friends over video chat, adds COVID-19 stickers and resources

A ton of information related to the Coronavirus outbreak comes to the public via online resources like social media, news sites, etc. Doing its part, Instagram has released a bunch of new updates aimed at making it easy for users to access correct information about COVID-19 on its platform. Some of the main changes include: Including more educational resources in Instagram Search Adding stickers to promote accurate information Removing COVID-19 accounts from recommendations, unless posted by a credible health organization Rolling out the donation sticker in more countries and helping people find relevant nonprofits to support Creating a shared story to help those practicing social distancing connect with others, using a “Stay Home” sticker Launching a new way to browse Instagram with friends over video chat. Users who search for coronavirus or COVID-19 terms on Instagram will now see educational messages connecting them to resources from the World Health Organization and local health ministries. To reduce the spread of misinformation, COVID-19 accounts have been removed from account recommendations and it also will downrank content in feed and Stories that has been rated false by third-party-fact checkers. There are new stickers like donation stickers for countries, a COVID-19 section, reminders to wash your hands, distance yourself ...

realme 2 Pro gets Airtel and Jio VoWiFi, March Android Security Patch with the latest update

[Update, Mar 25, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1801EX_11_C.28 with March Android security patch. realme has already revealed Android 10 roadmap for its devices and as per the schedule, realme 2 Pro is expected to get Android 10 based realme UI update in June 2020. [Download Link] RMX1801EX_11_C.28 changelog, Settings ● Fixed the issue that the notification sound always exists after other devices are connected to personal hotspot [Update, March 17, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1801EX_11_C.27 with March Android security patch. The update weighs 660 MBs in size and brings swipe gestures along with VoWiFi for Airtel and Jio. [gallery columns="2" size="large" ids="307673,307674"] RMX1801EX_11_C.27 changelog, Security ● Android security patch: March, 2020 Network ● Added Airtel and Jio VoWiFi feature (IN only) Settings ● Added swipe gestures from both sides Earlier: realme launched the Realme 2 Pro smartphone in India running ColorOS 5.2 on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and updated it to Android 9.0 (Pie) based ColorOS 6 back in June. ColorOS 6.0 brought several features such as Chroma Boost Mode and Camera2 API support to the device. Recently, the company rolled outrolled out an update that brought system-wide Dark Mode, redesigned notification panel and realme laboratory to the realme 2 Pro. Now, realme has started rolling out RMX1801EX_11_C.26 update with latest ...

realme C2 ColorOS Software Update Tracker [Update: A.24 with March Android security patch and VoWiFi for Jio and Airtel]

realme launched the realme C2 along with realme 3 Pro in the country back in April running ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie). realme doesn't follow a fixed update frequency but the company rolls out updates frequently. This post will help our readers in keeping track of ColorOS updates for realme C2, ColorOS updates rolled out for the realme C2 so far, [Mar 25, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11.A.24 with March security patch. The update brings swipe gestures along with VoWiFi for Airtel and Jio. [Download Link] [Jan 28, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11.A.23 with January security patch. The update also brings fix for WhatsApp video call restart issue. [Download Link] [Dec 19, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11.A.21 with December security patch. It also adds dark mode toggle in notification, flash on call and more. [Download Link] [Dec 2, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11_A.20 with November security patch. The update fixes touch response issues. [Download Link] [Nov 25, 2019]: realme C2 will be upgraded to Android 10 based realme UI in Q3 2020, confirms realme. [Oct 25, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11_A.18 with October security patch. The update brings system-wide Dark Mode, updated charging ...