Tech by Words: February 2021

Sunday, 28 February 2021

Samsung Galaxy M12 with 6.5-inch Infinity-V 90Hz display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 6000mAh battery launching in India on March 11

Samsung today confirmed the launch of Galaxy M12, the company’s new M series smartphone in India on March 11th. This was introduced last month, and the Indian version will pack a 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V display with 90Hz refresh rate. It will be sold on Amazon.in. It is powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core Exynos 850 processor … Continue reading

iQOO Neo 5 5G with FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 870 to be announced on March 16

Update: iQOO recently confirmed the iQOO Neo 5 5G announcement on March 16th. The teaser confirms a centre punch-hole screen for the phone. Earlier: Vivo’s iQOO is gearing up to introduce the iQOO Neo 5 5G, successor of last year’s Neo 3 5G next month. According to a Chinese blogger, the phone will come with … Continue reading

JioPhone 2021 offer: 1 year plan for JioPhone users at Rs. 749

Reliance Jio has launched new ‘2G-MUKT BHARAT’ offer that offers 12 months of service for existing JioPhone users at Rs. 749. For new JioPhone users, the phone along with the 1-year plan costs Rs. 1499 and the 2-year plan costs Rs. 1999. All the plans include unlimited voice calls and 2GB of data every month. … Continue reading

OPPO Find X3 Pro with 6.7-inch QHD+ 120Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 888, Find X3 5G and Find X3 Lite to be announced on March 11

After rumours, OPPO today confirmed the global launch of Find X3 series smartphones on March 11th. It is expected to introduced Find X3, Find X3 Pro and the Find X3 Lite smartphones at the event. The company already confirmed that the Find X3 series phone will fully support true 10-bit images as well as videos, … Continue reading

Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones Pro Review: Best ANC Neckband earphones at Rs. 1799

Xiaomi launched its new Neckband Bluetooth Earphones Pro a few days back as the successor of the neckband model that was launched back in 2019. It is also the company’s first neckband headset with active noise cancellation in India. It has Bluetooth 5.0 support, has a light-weight design and promises up to 20 hours of … Continue reading

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Review

I have been a big fan of Microsoft Surface devices since the first Surface RT came out. Microsoft has come a long way since then and Surface products are one of the best ways to experience Windows as there is great integration between the hardware and software. The Surface Laptop Go is the latest offering … Continue reading

Saturday, 27 February 2021

Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 rugged smartphone with 5.3-inch display, Exynos 850, Android 11 surfaces

Press image Samsung Galaxy XCover 5, the company’s new rugged smartphone in the XCover series has surfaced, thanks to @evleaks. Based on earlier leaks the phone is said to pack a 5.3-inch HD+ Display, 16MP rear camera, 5MP front camera and a 3000mAh battery. We can expect enhanced touchscreen to work in any condition, including … Continue reading

Realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G Unboxing and First Impressions

This week realme launched the narz 30 Pro 5G smartphone in India along with the narzo 30A. This is the second phone to be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC in India, after the company’s own realme X7, however this packs a 6.5-inch FHD+ LCD screen with 120Hz refresh instead of an AMOLED screen, … Continue reading

Friday, 26 February 2021

Amazon Music is now available on all Android TVs

Previously, Amazon Music was exclusive to Nvidia Shield TV, but it ends now! From now on, users in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, India, Japan, and Australia, can download the Amazon Music app from the Play Store on your Android TV. It is also available on Google TV, set-top boxes, … Continue reading

Twitter working on Safety Mode feature to auto-detect and block abusive tweets

During their 2021 Analyst Day presentation, the developers of Twitter revealed that they are working on a new feature for the platform called Safety Mode. There aren’t a lot of details about the feature but from the presentation, it can be inferred that this mode is designed to detect and remove abusive tweets. There has … Continue reading

HUAWEI P40 4G with 6.1-inch FHD+ OLED display, Kirin 990, 50MP triple rear Leica cameras announced

After almost a year of introducing the P40 series smartphones with 5G support, HUAWEI has silently introduced the P40 4G version with the Kirin 990 4G SoC while retaining other specifications. It has a 6.1-inch FHD+ Flex OLED screen with 3.48mm, 4.47mm and 3mm ultra narrow borders on the top, bottom and sides, respectively, runs … Continue reading

Samsung rolls out OneUI 3.1 to Galaxy Z Fold 2 bringing new features

Samsung has started rolling out OneUI 3.1 for the Galaxy Z Fold2 to give a better user experience for the foldable phone with sevearl new features such as improvements to multi-window, camera improvements and lots more . With the OneUI 3.1, users can now instantly return to up to three previously opened Multi-Active Windows on … Continue reading

Realme Narzo 30A Unboxing and First Impressions

Realme launched the narzo 30A smartphone, successor of last year’s narzo 20A in India earlier this week. Here we have the unboxing and the first impressions of the narzo 30A, which has a 6.5-inch HD+ screen and is powered by Helio G85 SoC that was present in the narzo 20. Box Contents Narzo 30A 4GB … Continue reading

India Tablet Market Returns to Growth in 2020 with 2.8 million shipments, up 14.7% YoY: IDC

According to the recent report released by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Indian tablet market recorded 14.7% YoY growth with shipments totaling 2.8 million units in 2020. The Indian tablet market is witnessing this growth after four consecutive years of decline due to the spike in e-learning demand amid COVID-19. The report also says that … Continue reading

Twitter announces Super Follows creator subscription and Communities features

At its Analyst Day 2021 Twitter has teased two new features — Super Follows and Communities. According to the company, Super Follows allows users to charge their followers for access to extra content. This could be in the form of special tweets, access to a community group, newsletter subscription, or a badge. As per the … Continue reading

Zoom to bring Live Transcription accessibility feature to all users

Zoom, the well-known video conferencing app, is introducing a new accessibility feature for all their users, called Live Transcription. The feature, otherwise known as automatic closed captioning, will be released broadly to everyone in the fall of 2021. Zoom already offers many accessibility features such as manual closed captioning, keyboard accessibility, screen reader support, and … Continue reading

Thursday, 25 February 2021

Google introduces Sleep API for improved sleep tracking capabilities in Android

The technology around tracking our sleep and its various parameters has become quite advanced in recent times with the advent of smartphones, smartwatches and fitness trackers. Google is now introducing a new API in Android that will allow apps to better recognize when the user is sleeping, along with its related data. The API, called … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy A32 with 6.4-inch FHD+ Infinity-U 90Hz AMOLED display, 64MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Samsung has silently announced Galaxy A32, the company’s latest mid-range 4G smartphone after it introduced the A32 5G last month. It packs a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display with 90Hz refresh rate, is powered by MediaTek Helio G80 SoC with up to 8GB of RAM. It runs Android 11 with One UI 3 packs … Continue reading

Redmi MAX 86-inch 4K HDR TV with 120Hz MEMC, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos announced

Along with the Redmi K40 series, Xiaomi’s Redmi brand introduced the Redmi MAX 86-inch model that joins the 98-inch version that was introduced last year. It features a 4K panel, DCI-P3 92% Color gamut, 10-bit color, and a delta E ≦2 level color accuracy. It supports Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG, comes with … Continue reading

RedmiBook Pro 15 with 3.2k 90Hz display and RedmiBook Pro 14 with 2.5k display, 11th Gen Intel Core i5/i7 processor announced

Along with the Redmi K40 series, Xiaomi also introduced new RedmiBook Pro 15 and Pro 14 laptops in China, as it had promised. The RedmiBook Pro 15 has 3.2k screen with support for 90Hz high refresh-rate, 4.3mm narrow frame and 89.1% screen-to-body ratio, and the RedmiBook Pro 14 has 2.5k screen with 4.3mm narrow frame … Continue reading

Acer Aspire 7 gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Mobile CPU and NVIDIA GTX 1650 GPU launched in India

Acer has announced an update to the Aspire 7 gaming laptop in India. It now features AMD’s latest Ryzen 5000 series mobile processors, combined with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650 GPU, all inside a sleek and minimalist chassis design. The Acer Aspire 7 has a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS display with thin side bezels and a … Continue reading

Redmi AirDots 3 with Bluetooth 5.2, aptX Adaptive, up to 30h battery life with 600mAh charging case announced

Along with the Redmi K40 series, Xiaomi under its Redmi brand also introduced its Redmi AirDots 3, the next-generation budget true wireless earbuds in China. It features QCC3040 chipset the latest Bluetooth 5.2 along with aptX Adaptive codec for upgraded sound quality and low-latency for gaming. It offers 7 hours of standalone music playback in … Continue reading

108MP camera confirmed for top-end Redmi Note 10 series smartphone ahead of launch on March 4

Xiaomi under its Redmi brand is all set to launch the Redmi Note 10 series smartphones in India on March 4th. Today it has also confirmed the global launch event for the phone and also said that it will feature a 108MP rear camera. This should be the top-end version of the Redmi Note 10 … Continue reading

Redmi K40 Pro+ with 6.67-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888, 108MP triple rear cameras, Redmi K40 Pro and Redmi K40 announced

Xiaomi just announced Redmi K40, K40 Pro and K40 Pro+ smartphones in China as it had announced. These pack a 6.67-inch E4 AMOLED screen with MEMC, 120Hz refresh rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate, DCI-P3 color gamut, HDR10+, 8,192 levels of dimming and 2.76mm ultra-small punch-hole that houses a 20MP camera. The K40 is powered … Continue reading

Xiaomi ramps up ‘Make in India’ initiative with new Smartphone and Smart TV factories

Mi India completed 5 years of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Mi India was earlier manufacturing all of its smartphones in India via its manufacturing partners: Foxconn and Flex. However, the company has been ramping up its Indian smartphone manufacturing during the pandemic over the last 9 months. In a recent move, Mi India has … Continue reading

ZTE shows off 2nd generation under-screen camera and in-display 3D face recognition tech

Last year, ZTE became the first smartphone manufacturer in the world to release an under-under-display camera smartphone globally, called the Axon 20 5G. The company has now unveiled their second generation version of their under-screen camera technology at their MWC, Shanghai booth. The company has reportedly made a number of improvements over the first generation. … Continue reading

OnePlus 9 Lite / 9E could launch as OnePlus 9R alongside OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro in March

A rumour from December last year said that OnePlus 9 Lite will launch in early 2021 along with OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. A recent rumour said that the phone will be called as OnePlus 9 SE. Now a new guide page for the upcoming OnePlus phones reveal the OnePlus 9R name long with OnePlus … Continue reading

Nokia Power Earbuds Lite First Impressions

A few days back, Nokia launched its new affordable pair of truly wireless earbuds – Power Earbuds Lite, in India at Rs. 3,599 amid heavy competition. Available in Charcoal and Snow colours, the latest TWS is a toned-down version of Power Earbuds, which was launched in IFA 2019. For the uninitiated, the main difference between … Continue reading

Nothing ropes in former Samsung India exec Manu Sharma as its India head

Nothing, founded by ex-co-founder OnePlus, Carl Pei today announced that it has appointed Manu Sharma, former Senior Director, Mobile Business, Samsung India as its Vice President and General Manager, Nothing India. The company said that Manu will be driving the growth, business development & operations for Nothing in India. Manu has over two decades working … Continue reading

Inbase Urban LYF smartwatch with 1.75-inch display, SpO2 monitoring launched for Rs. 4999

Inbase, a manufacturer of smartphone accessories and gadgets, has announced the launch of their new Urban LYF smartwatch in India. It features a Bluetooth calling feature, a 1.75-inch touchscreen display, fitness tracking sensors, IP67 certification and more. The Urban LYF smartwatch has a square touchscreen display that measures 1.75-inches across and has a resolution of … Continue reading

Carl Pei’s Nothing join hands with Swedish company teenage engineering for product design

Nothing, founded by ex-co-founder OnePlus, Carl Pei, has announced a partnership with Stockholm-based teenage engineering, a company known for unique craftsmanship and industrial design prowess. To reiterate, teenage engineering has been developing highly acclaimed products for people who love sound, music, and design. The company’s emblematic first product, the portable wonder synthesizer OP-1, was launched … Continue reading

Samsung could release Exynos-powered Windows 10 laptops in H2 2021

Samsung is reportedly developing a Windows 10 PC that is based on the ARM architecture and running their in-house Exynos processor, which could be Exynos 2200. The device is expected to be launched later this year, likely during the second half, and will have integrated AMD GPUs inside. At the moment, Samsung already had a … Continue reading

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

PUBG: NEW STATE battle royale mobile game announced for Android and iOS

KRAFTON, Inc. and PUBG Studio, creators of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS PC and Console game have announced PUBG: NEW STATE, a new battle royale mobile game. The game is set in the near future, in which years have passed since the original game. In 2051, anarchy rules as numerous factions battle each other. The competition has evolved … Continue reading

HP to acquire gaming peripherals company HyperX for $425 million

HyperX, a company well known for their high-quality gaming peripherals and products, has been acquired by HP for an agreement of $425 million. HyperX was previously owned by computer peripherals maker Kingston and will now move their entire gaming peripherals division over to HP once the deal is closed in Q2 2021. Lately HP has … Continue reading

Red Magic 6 gaming phone with 165Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 888, 120W fast charging to be announced on March 4

ZTE’s nubia brand recently confirmed that Tencent Red Magic 6, the company’s new gaming phone will be announced on March 4. Today it said that it will come with the first 165Hz refresh rate OLED screen on a phone and will feature 400Hz touch sampling rate. This is a slight upgrade compared to 144Hz refresh … Continue reading

Haier launches K-Series 4K HDR Android TVs in India

Haier has launched a range of 4K Android LED TVs in various sizes — 108cm(43), 127cm(50), 146cm(58), 165cm(65), and 190cm(75) respectively. Launched under the K-series — the 4K HDR TVs come with Android 9.0 Pie and Google Assistant as well. The TV can be controlled through Bluetooth Voice remote control and has hotkeys for Netflix … Continue reading

RAEGR MagFix Trio Arc M1700 charging station launched for Rs. 4499

Indian electronic accessories brand, RAEGR has announced the launch of a 3-in-1 wireless charging station called the MagFix Trio Arc M1700. It is designed with an Apple user in mind, capable of simultaneously charging an iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple AirPods. The charger has a built-in intelligent device detection circuit, that will automatically adjust the … Continue reading

Sony FX3 Full-Frame Camera with up to 4K 120 fps recording announced

Sony has announced the newest in their cinema camera lineup, called the FX3. It is a compact, lightweight and powerful camera, featuring a full-frame back-illuminated CMOS Exmor R sensor, BIONZ XR image processing engine, with support for ISO ranges up to 409,600 and more. With the FX3, Sony has designed a compact cinema camera that … Continue reading

Samsung to reportedly supply foldable OLED panels for Xiaomi, Google and OPPO

In a recent development, Samsung Display is reportedly working on developing foldable OLED panels for companies like Google, Xiaomi, and OPPO. According to the report, smartphones with these panels will be launched this year. In this case, OPPO will feature a clamshell design, folding from top to bottom. The display size is 7.7-inch unfolded, while … Continue reading

HP Pavilion 13, Pavilion 14, and Pavilion 15 laptops with 11th Gen Intel Core processors launched in India

HP has updated and launched their new Pavilion 13, Pavilion 14 and Pavilion 15 series of laptops for India, featuring a narrow bezel design, Intel’s latest 11th gen Core processors with the option of either an integrated GPU or dedicated NVIDIA GPUs. HP said that these are the company’s first consumer notebook range that uses … Continue reading

Sony throws light on next-generation VR headset for PlayStation 5

Sony is working on the next-generation VR system for PlayStation 5. The new VR will have improved focus of view, resolution, and single cord to simplify setup and, improve ease-of-use, claims Sony. This time, Sony is working on a new VR controller, which will use some features of the DualSense wireless controller, along with a … Continue reading

LG opens WebOS TV platform to third-party TV manufacturers

LG Electronics has announced the availability of its webOS TV platform ecosystem to other TV brand partners. This means the webOS is no longer exclusive to LG. LG made this move after overhauling its webOS significantly, which was showcased, in CES 2021. According to LG, around twenty TV manufacturers from around the world have already … Continue reading

Telegram update v7.5.0 adds auto-delete messages, home screen widgets, and more

Telegram has released a new update to both Android and iOS, bringing their version number to 7.5.0. The update adds a few features, including auto-delete messages, Home screen widgets for both Android and iOS, expiring link invites and of course, more animated emoji. Telegram is one of the few messaging apps that allow users to … Continue reading

Realme Buds Air 2 with Active Noise cancellation, Bluetooth 5.2 launched in India for Rs. 3299

Along with the narzo 30 series smartphones, realme also launched its Buds Air 2 TWS headset, successor of Buds Air which was launched way back in December 2019. This adds Active Noise Cancellation with Transparency Mode, realme R2 chip along with support for the latest Bluetooth 5.2, uses 10mm Diamond-class Hi-Fi Driver, features new Bass … Continue reading

Realme narzo 30A with 6.5-inch display, Helio G85, 6000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 8999

realme just launched the narzo 30A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Narzo series in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.5-inch HD+ mini-drop 20:9 aspect ratio display with 88.7% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, runs Android 10 with realme UI on top, which is upgradable to Android … Continue reading

Realme narzo 30 Pro 5G with 6.5-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Dimensity 800U, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 16999

relame just launched the narzo 30 Pro 5G, the company’s latest mid-range 5G smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate, 90.5% screen-to-body ratio and a 16-megapixel camera on the front. It is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC … Continue reading

Realme Motion Activated Night Light launched in India for Rs. 599

At the Narzo 30 event realme also launched the Motion-Activated Night Light. It is a versatile night lamp that automatically turns on upon detecting motion with infrared motion sensor. It has two brightness settings and conserves energy by shutting off in 15 seconds if no motion is detected. This is not a smart light, so … Continue reading

Realme Mobile Game Controller, Cooling Back Clip and Mobile Game Finger Sleeves launched in India

At the narzo 30 series launch, realme launched the Mobile Game Controller with CapAir Mapping Technology, 80-hour Long Battery Life and Gaming Mouse Tactility. It also launched Cooling Back Clip with Semiconductor Enhanced Heat Dissipation, dual cooling and silent operation and the Mobile Game Finger Sleeves in India. Highlights of realme Mobile Game Controller CapAir … Continue reading

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Google introduces Password Checkup notification, Scheduled Messages and more for Android

Google has introduced a bunch of new features into Android that are designed to improve the everyday user experience. Google Maps is receiving a dark mode, TalkBack is improved, the Google Assistant has new capabilities, Messages can be scheduled for later and more. Android features a built-in password manager that is receiving a new update … Continue reading

Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza Sale: Discounts on range of smartphones

Flipkart has been running sales off late on smartphones, accessories, electronics and more. In similar lines, today the company has announced Mobiles Bonanza Sale where it offers discounts on various smartphones including POCO X3, realme 7 Pro, moto g 5G and more. Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza is a five-day sale starting today i.e., 24th to 28th … Continue reading