Google Allo to get audio message transcriptions, camera effects and more soon

Google has started rolling out Allo V23 yesterday and there are plenty of features that got revealed in an APK teardown that will be rolling out in the future update that includes camera effects for selfies and selfie clips, a new type of attachment, custom support for contact cards shared between people, and more. We previously … Continue reading "Google Allo to get audio message transcriptions, camera effects and more soon"

Xiaomi Mi A1 Rose Gold variant launched in India

Xiaomi launched the Mi A1 Android One phone in India in partnership with Google back in September in Black, Gold and Rose Gold colors, but only the Black and Gold color variants of the phone went on sale at that time. Today it has announced that the Rose gold color variant of the phone will go on sale in the … Continue reading "Xiaomi Mi A1 Rose Gold variant launched in India"

Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 18990

Vivo just launched the V7 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a  5.7-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 83.6% screen-to-body ratio, compared to the 5.99-inch FullView display on the V7+. It has the same 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, Face Beauty 7.0, Face unlock and Portrait mode and … Continue reading "Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 18990"

MIUI 9 will be the last update for these phones

At the MIUI 9 Global launch, Xiaomi highlighted the fact that even 5-year-old phones including Mi 2/2S are still getting weekly MIUI updates and will also get MIUI 9 Global Stable update. Now, within a couple of weeks, Xiaomi made an announcement on MIUI Forum saying that MIUI updates will be suspended for few of Xiaomi … Continue reading "MIUI 9 will be the last update for these phones"

Samsung Chromebook with detachable keyboard reportedly in the works

Google’s Pixel Book that was launched at the Pixel event is more or less a revival to the 2-in-1 Chromebook with a detachable keyboard. Based on several recent changes to the Chromium Repository, now Samsung is said to be working on a new detachable Chromebook that will work like a tablet as well as a typical laptop with … Continue reading "Samsung Chromebook with detachable keyboard reportedly in the works"

Google Assistant gets ability to troubleshoot your phone

Assistant is one such feature that Google constantly works on improving and with the new feature it is more powerful than ever. It can now change settings, initiate conversation with customer support and thanks to a Pixel user’s request, we now know about one more ability of Assistant phone.  On Pixel 2 XL running on … Continue reading "Google Assistant gets ability to troubleshoot your phone"

Google Lens in Assistant rolling out to Pixel smartphones

Google at the Pixel event back in October debuted the Google Lens feature in the photos app which uses the camera to scan the objects and landmarks in photos to provide more information about the same. Though it was only possible via Photos app, at the same event, Google mentioned that it would gradually roll … Continue reading "Google Lens in Assistant rolling out to Pixel smartphones"

iMac Pro to feature Apple A10 Fusion coprocessor for Always-on ‘Hey Siri’ voice control

We have Apple’s iMac Pro launching before the year-end, though the HomePod is delayed. Thanks to developers Johnathan Levin and Steve Troughton-Smith, details regarding the iMac Pro has emerged. According to the information available via the BridgeOS 2.0 software package from Apple, it appears that iMac Pro will be powered by the A10 Fusion ARM coprocessor. This will mark the … Continue reading "iMac Pro to feature Apple A10 Fusion coprocessor for Always-on ‘Hey Siri’ voice control"

In Questions: Google Pixel Camera Q&A with Brian Rakowski & Tim Knight

Here at FoneArena, we are big fans of the Pixel camera and all that Google has been able to accomplish using a mixture of computational photography and machine learning. That’s not to say that the camera is perfect of course. We recently got a chance to sit down for a group session with Brian Rakowski … Continue reading "In Questions: Google Pixel Camera Q&A with Brian Rakowski & Tim Knight"

OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS 5.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out

OnePlus released Android 8.0 Oreo update in open beta last month for OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones. Today it has finally started rolling out Android Oreo update for the smartphones for all in the form of OxygenOS 5.0 update.  This brings several new features including new parallel apps feature that lets you run a parallel version of … Continue reading "OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS 5.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out"