Tech by Words: December 2020

Thursday, 31 December 2020

HUAWEI P50 Pro with 6.6-inch curved display surfaces

HUAWEI is working on its new P series flagship for the next year. Now the CAD render of the HUAWEI P50 Pro has surfaced that shows the curved display of the phone, thanks to @OnLeaks. The phone is said to feature a 6.6-inch screen, which should be an OLED panel with an in-display fingerprint scanner, … Continue reading

Xiaomi Mi A3 Android 11 update reportedly bricking devices

Xiaomi launched the Mi A3, the company’s last Android One device, in India back in August 2019 under the Android One program. As per the policy, the smartphone is eligible to receive Android 11 update. A couple of hours ago the company started rolling out Android 11 update for Mi A3 in India. Seems like it is not … Continue reading

Reliance Jio to make off-net domestic voice calls free starting January 1

Reliance Jio just announced that it will once again make off-net domestic voice calls free, starting 1st January 2021. This is as per directions of the Hon’ble Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”), Bill and Keep regime is being implemented in the country from 1st January 2021, thereby ending interconnect usage charges (IUC) for all … Continue reading

Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro confirmed in MIUI Gallery app, could arrive in February 2021

A few days ago, Xiaomi launched their flagship smartphone — the Mi 11, which is one of the first smartphones to feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. Now, Xiaomi has been rumoured to be working on a higher variant of the Mi 11, called the Mi 11 Pro. Similar to the Mi 11, the Mi … Continue reading

Get Android 11 on Xiaomi Mi A3 with Paranoid Android

Xiaomi launched its first Android One smartphone — Mi A1 back in 2017, which was originally introduced as Mi 5X in China. Then Mi 6X became the Mi A2 in India, and the third-generation Android One phone from Xiaomi, the Mi A3 is actually the CC9e smartphone that was introduced in China. However, Mi A3 came with only HD+ screen, even … Continue reading

OPPO Reno5 with 6.4-inch FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display, Android 11, 64MP quad rear cameras, 44MP front camera announced

After leaks, OPPO has officially announced the Reno5 4G in Vietnam, after it launched Reno5 5G smartphones in China recently. The phone packs a 6.4-inch 90Hz refresh rate (180Hz touch sampling rate) punch-hole screen that houses a 44-megapixel front camera, 91.7% screen-to-body ratio, in-display fingerprint scanner, is powered by Snapdragon 720G with 8GB of RAM, … Continue reading

Amazon acquires podcast platform Wondery

Amazon has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire podcast publisher Wondery, and will soon feature their podcasts directly on the Amazon Music app. Wondery podcasts will continue to be available on other platforms, however when streaming from Amazon Music, it will come with a few benefits. Wondery is a podcast publisher with … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy A31 Review

When we hear the term Samsung Galaxy smartphones, it is usually the Galaxy S series or the Galaxy Note series that comes to mind, which is natural considering that they are Samsung’s flagship smartphones. However, in the recent years, Samsung has begun releasing a lot of smartphones in the mid and low budget range, in … Continue reading

Wednesday, 30 December 2020

LG Wing software update adds easier screen switch ability for apps

One of the most unique phones in 2020 was the LG Wing with its swiveling dual displays. The phone is now receiving a big software update that is adding more functionality to the dual screen software experience, along with a few other minor updates. With the software update, the LG Wing now supports a three-finger … Continue reading

Xiaomi Mi 10i with 108MP quad rear cameras launching in India on January 5

Update: Xiaomi India Head, Manu Kumar Jain today confirmed that the Mi 10i will be launched in India on January 5th. It is specifically Made For India and is customised by Mi’s India product team, hence it has ‘i’ in the 10i name. He also confirmed a new 108MP camera sensor which is different from … Continue reading

OnePlus fitness band said to launch in early 2021

OnePlus CEO recently confirmed that OnePlus Watch that has been in the works will finally be introduced in 2021. Now a new rumour says that the company will release its first fitness band in Q1 2021, and it might arrive before the smartwatch. This band is said to take on the Mi Band 5 with … Continue reading

Smartron launches tbike flex electric cargo bike with up to 120km range

After the launch of tbike One Pro electric bike for B2B segment, Smartron today launched tbike flex, an e-bike and cargo delivery platform for the last mile deliveries and connectivity. It is ‘powered by tronX’ and offers many customized fleet and rider management features with easy integration into the native IT systems of logistics partners, … Continue reading

Jio and MediaTek announce Gaming Masters esports event with Rs. 12.5 lakhs prize pool

Jio, one of India’s leading telecom companies has partnered with MediaTek to launch the 70-days long ‘Gaming Masters’ e-sports tournament in India. The tournament, which will be open to all players in India, will be played on the mobile battle royale game called Free Fire, and has a total prize pool of Rs. 12.5 lakhs. … Continue reading

iQOO 7 with Snapdragon 888 to be announced on January 11

After teasers last week, iQOO today confirmed the announcement of iQOO 7 flagship smartphone in China on January 11th. The company already posted a teaser image of the phone that confirmed triple rear camera and BMW edition that incorporates three stripes in white leather finish. Today it has confirmed that it will be powered by … Continue reading

Vivo Y20A with 6.51-inch Halo iView display, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 11490

Vivo has launched Y20A, the company’s latest smartphones in the Y series in India, months after the launch of Y20 and Y20i. It features a 6.51-inch HD+ Halo iView display, comes with 13MP main + 2MP depth + 2MP macro triple rear cameras, 8MP front camera and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which unlocks the phone … Continue reading

Google Search app begins showing video search results directly from Instagram and TikTok

Searching for videos on TikTok and Instagram will soon become much easier as Google has begun testing an update to its mobile Search app that will show content directly from these two apps. With this update, Google is making another attempt to keep users on their Search app, while giving them a way to search … Continue reading

POCO M2 gets MIUI 12 Global Stable update in India [Download Link]

POCO launched the POCO M2 smartphone in the country back in September. To recall, the device features a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD, is powered MediaTek Helio G80 12nm SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, and runs Android 10 based MIUI 11. Xiaomi already confirmed MIUI 12 Global update for a range of smartphones, and … Continue reading

Tuesday, 29 December 2020

LG Stylo 7 5G with 6.8-inch display, Stylus pen, triple rear cameras surface

LG Stylo 7, upcoming model in the LG’s Stylo series has surfaced in renders, thanks to @OnLeaks. This is said to come in both 4G and 5G versions, and the renders show the 5G version of the phone, which might not vary from its 4G counterpart. This shows a 6.8-inch punch-hole display compared to a … Continue reading

Samsung’s upcoming QLED TVs to feature HDR10+ Adaptive support

The release of Samsung’s next generation QLED TVs for 2021 are just around the corner. Samsung has now announced that the new lineup will have support for the HDR10+ Adaptive feature along with support for Filmmaker Mode. With HDR10+ Adaptive, Samsung QLED TVs utilizes its light sensor to recognize various lighting environments and dynamically optimize … Continue reading

Vivo Y20 2021 with 6.51-inch Halo FullView display, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

After Y20 that was introduced earlier this year, Vivo has introduced Y20 2021, the company’s latest smartphones in the Y series in Malaysia. It features a 6.51-inch HD+ Halo FullView display, comes with 13MP main + 2MP depth + 2MP macro triple rear cameras, 8MP front camera and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which unlocks the … Continue reading

Vivo X60 and X60 Pro with 6.56-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Exynos 1080, up to 12GB RAM, Zeiss optics announced

Vivo just announced X60 and X60 Pro smartphones in the new X60 series in China. The phones pack a 6.56-inch FHD+ HDR10+ E3 AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 32MP camera inside the punch-hole and 92.7% screen-to-body ratio. The Vivo X60 series are the first to be powered by Samsung Exynos … Continue reading

ASUS Zenfone 6 Android 11 update starts rolling out

ASUS introduced the Zenfone 6 last year running Android 9.0 (Pie) with ZenUI 6. It got the Android 10 update by the end of the year. Now it has started receiving Android 11 stable update starting from Taiwan after beta testing that started back in September. Beta update for T-Mobile in the US that rolled … Continue reading

Google removes Wide-angle astrophotography on Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G

One of the highlight features of the Pixel’s camera capabilities was its ability to click astrophotography. With the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5, Google offered the astrophotography on both the main and the wide-angle sensor, however they are now dropping support on the wide-angle sensor after many users complained about the quality. With the … Continue reading

Xiaomi Router AX6000 with Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax, up to 6000Mbps wireless transmission speed announced

Along with Mi 11, Xiaomi also unveiled Mi AIoT Router AX6000, the company’s first top-end Wi-Fi 6 router after it introduced AX3600 model earlier this year. It supports up to 6000Mbps wireless transmission speed and 4×4 160MHz bandwidth. It is also the world’s first router supporting 4K QAM technology with higher data transmission density that … Continue reading

realme 7 and realme X2 Pro Android 11 based realme UI 2.0 Early Access announced

realme announced the realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11 a couple of months back. The company has already updated its flagship offering realme X50 Pro to realme UI 2.0. Now, the company has announced realme UI 2.0 Early Access program for last-gen flagship — realme X2 Pro. Along with the realme X2 Pro, the … Continue reading

Monday, 28 December 2020

LG to introduce QNED Mini LED TVs including 86-inch 8K QNED TV at CES 2021

January 2021 is around the corner and tech companies are getting ready to unveil their newest gadgets for the year at CES 2021, which will be virtual this year. LG will unveil their first ever QNED Mini LED TVs at the event, with a total of 10 new 4K and 8K models for their 2021 … Continue reading

Xiaomi Mi 11 with 6.81-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapragon 888, 108MP triple rear cameras announced

Xiaomi just announced Mi 11, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China as it had promised. It packs a 6.81-inch E4 AMOLED quad curved DotDisplay with peak brightness of 1,500 nits, 120Hz refresh rate and touch sampling rate of 480Hz and MEMC motion compensation. It has JNCD of 0.38 and uses its … Continue reading

MIUI 12.5 with lighter, faster UI, more super wallpapers, new privacy features and more announced

At the Mi 11 series launch event Xiaomi also introduced the MIUI 12.5, the next update after the MIUI 12 was introduced back in April this year. MIUI 12.5 is lighter, faster and more economical, says Xiaomi. System UI is rewritten, so the memory usage is reduced by 20% and the background memory usage is … Continue reading

Eufy by Anker Smart Weighing Scale C1 with 12 types of health measurements announced in India for Rs. 1699

Eufy, a sub-brand of Anker has announced the launch of Smart Weighing Scale C1 in India. It comes with smartphone connectivity and other intelligent features that can help users track fitness, monitor health and achieve fitness and health goals. The C1 weighing scale is capable of measuring a total of 12 parameters when it is … Continue reading

Samsung T7 Touch SSD Review

Samsung had introduced the Samsung T7 series of portable SSDs earlier this year and we got a chance to review the 1TB version. We have been big fans of the T series line up right from the T1 SSD 5 years ago, and it is a very refined product line from Samsung. Samsung claims that … Continue reading

Lava to launch new smartphones on January 7

Lava Mobile has announced that it will launch new smartphones under ‘Make in India’ initiative on January 7th 2021. The launch invite just shows the outline of a phone. The company also mentions #AbDuniyaDekhegi #ProudlyIndian. Back in July the company announced ‘Design in India’ contest to design the next next Indian smartphone. These smartphones are … Continue reading

Apple self-driving car predicted to arrive only in 2025-2027

A few days ago, there were rumours of Apple planning to release their first ever self-driving car sometime in 2024. A new report from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now claims that these plans have been pushed back a few years and that Apple will probably only release a car in 2025-2027 at the earliest. In … Continue reading

MediaTek leads global market among smartphone chipmakers with 31% share in Q3 2020: Report

With the smartphone market making a strong comeback in sales during the third quarter of 2020, MediaTek has become the leading smartphone chipset vendor for the quarter for the first time in its history. Qualcomm fell to second place this time, however it maintained its market share lead for 5G chipsets. MediaTek’s growth can be … Continue reading

Vivo X60 Pro with 6.56-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Exynos 1080, 12GB RAM, quad rear cameras with Zeiss optics gets certified

Vivo already confirmed that it will introduce its X60 series of smartphones with Zeiss optics on December 29th. Now the X60 Pro has been certified by TENAA with the model number V2047A revealing complete specifications of the phone. This will be the first phone to be powered by Samsung Exynos 1080 5nm 5G SoC. The … Continue reading

Saturday, 26 December 2020

Redmi K20 Pro MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 12.0.4.0 with December Android Security Patch, Mi Home in control centre]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi K20 Pro smartphone in India on July 17th running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). The smartphone has already started receiving Android 10 based MIUI 12 update in various regions including India. MIUI 12 brings all-new design and animations along with new features such as Super Wallpapers, Floating Window, … Continue reading

Friday, 25 December 2020

Xiaomi confirms Mi 11 will not come with charger in the box

After rumours Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun today confirmed that the Mi 11 that will be introduced next week will not include a charger in the box, so it will only come with a USB Type-C charging cable along with the phone. This move is to protect the environment, said the CEO. Since the box doesn’t … Continue reading

Thursday, 24 December 2020

LG Styler clothes steamer and sanitizer launched in India

LG has announced the retail launch of the LG Styler, which is part of their Health and Hygiene Range of products in India. The product feature multiple technologies to safely steam and sanitize clothes and other accessories, which has become important in these pandemic times. The Styler comes with LG’s patented TrueSteam technology, that uses … Continue reading

LG Styler clothes steamer and sanitizer launched in India

OPPO Reno5 4G with 6.4-inch FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display, 64MP quad rear cameras, 44MP front camera surfaces

OPPO launched Reno5 5G smartphones in China recently, now the 4G version of the phone Reno5 4G has surfaced in live images. This reveals the design of the phone along with specifications including a 6.4-inch 90Hz refresh rate screen single punch-hole that houses a 44-megapixel front camera, in-display fingerprint scanner, Snapdragon 720G with 8GB of … Continue reading

Telegram Channels to soon feature ads; new update brings voice chats and more

Telegram has announced two new updates to their platform — the first is a new app update that adds a feature called voice chat room, and the second is an upcoming change to the platform where Telegram will begin showing ads in public one-to-many group chats as a way to generate revenue and sustain their … Continue reading

OPPO Reno5 Pro+ with 6.55-inch FHD+ OLED 90Hz display, Snapdragon 865, 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor announced

OPPO today announced Reno5 Pro+, the company’s latest top-end smartphone in the Reno series as it had promised when it was introduced earlier this month. It packs a 6.55-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate and 92.10% screen-to-body ratio, 32MP camera inside the punch-hole is powered by Snapdragon 865 … Continue reading

Apple could launch gaming-focused Apple TV box with an updated remote in 2021

The Apple TV has been facing stiff competition in the streaming box market from Amazon and Google for quite a while now. Apple is rumoured to be working on releasing a new version of the Apple TV with an updated remote and new processor sometime next year, with a focus around gaming. Bloomberg reporter Mark … Continue reading

POCO X3 MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 12.0.8.0 with November Android Security Patch]

POCO launched the POCO X3 smartphone in India back in September running MIUI 12.0 Global Stable on top of Android 10. MIUI 12 comes with all-new design and animations along with new features such as Super Wallpapers, Floating Window, New Control Center, Enhanced Privacy Protection features such as Interceptor, Flare, Hidden Mask Mode, and more. Check … Continue reading

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Vivo V20 (2021) with 6.44-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 730G, Android 11, 44MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 24990

Vivo has launched V20 (2021), a new version of V20 that was launched back in October. The only change in the new version is that it is powered by Snapdragon 730G compared to Snapdragon 720G in the older version. Regarding the new version Vivo said: We would like to thank the Indian consumers for the … Continue reading

Zoom to reportedly integrate email and calendar services with their video conferencing app

Zoom’s video conferencing service saw an extraordinary rise to popularity in 2020, thanks in large part to the pandemic and work from home situation. Now, Zoom is reportedly building a new email and calendar service, with the aim to compete against Google and Microsoft. Both Google and Microsoft offer complete office software solutions, called Workspace … Continue reading

OnePlus 9 Lite with Snapdragon 865 said to launch in early 2021 along with OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro

We have been hearing several rumours about the upcoming OnePlus 9 5G smartphone for quite sometime now. Now the rumours about the OnePlus 9 Lite has surfaced online. Based on this we can expect OnePlus 9, 9 Pro and 9 Lite, three new smartphones in OnePlus’ early 2021 line up. The OnePlus 9 and 9 … Continue reading

Daiwa D43QFS 43-inch Smart TV with built-in Alexa launched in India for Rs. 24490

Indian consumer electronics manufacturer, Daiwa has announced the launch of the 43-inch D43QFS Smart TV. It features a FullHD resolution, Quantum Luminit Technology, Alexa voice-assistant built in, ‘The Big Wall’ and more. The highlight feature for the Daiwa D43QFS Smart TV is the built-in Alexa, letting users interact with the TV with commands like ‘Search … Continue reading

Digiboxx is an Indian Digital Asset Management platform to store, manage and share files

Yesterday, the Government of India’s think tank, NITI Aayog launched India’s first ever indigenously developed Digital Asset Management platform called Digiboxx. It is a SaaS product that gives users an easy way to store, secure and manage digital files all in one centralized location. The SaaS product is quite simple to use. Simply sign up … Continue reading

HUAWEI Nova 8 Pro with 6.72-inch FHD+ OLED 120Hz display, Kirin 985, 66W fast charging and Nova 8 announced

HUAWEI just announced Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro 5G smartphones in China. The Nova 8 packs a 6.57-inch FHD+ OLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate and houses a 32MP camera inside the punch-hole, and the 8 Pro pack a 6.72-inch FHD+ OLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 300Hz … Continue reading

Amazfit GTS 2 mini with 1.55-inch AMOLED screen, SpO2 monitoring, 70+ sports modes launching in India on Dec 26 for Rs. 6999

Huami has finally announced the Amazfit GTS 2 mini, a smaller version of the GTS 2 in India, as it had promised. Priced at Rs. 6999, it will be available from Amazon.in and in.amazfit.com starting from December 26th. It features a 1.55-inch AMOLED screen with AOD option, 50+ watch faces, supports 24-hour heart rate and … Continue reading

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