Jabra Elite 85h water-resistant headphones with ANC, SmartSound AI technology launched in India for Rs. 28999

Jabra has launched new Elite 85h headphones after it was introduced at the CES earlier this year. It comes with Jabra’s HearThrough technology and include Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and SmartSound that promises the best calls and music experience by automatically adjusting to your surroundings, advanced six-microphone call technology and 40mm custom-engineered speakers. It promises up to 36 hours of battery life with ANC activated and completely hands-free Voice Assistant Control to interact with Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant. The Jabra SmartSound based on audEERING’s context intelligence technology uses real-time acoustic scene analysis of environmental sounds to detect more than 6,000 unique sound characteristics and uses this to adapt audio output to each specific context.  It will select one of the three moments: ‘Commute,’ ‘In Public’ or ‘In Private’ to guarantee a consistent quality for your audio experience and can also be customized using the Sound+ app, said the company. Key features of the Jabra Elite 85h: SmartSound: Audio that automatically adapts to your surroundings 100 percent hands-free: Voice Assistant access without pushing a button Microphones: Eight microphones in total. Six dedicated for calls, four for ANC and two hybrid mics for both calls and ANC. Speakers: 40mm custom-engineered speakers Durability: Dust and ...

Samsung 10000mAh Wireless Powerbank and Wireless Charger Duo Pad launched in India for Rs. 3699 and Rs. 5999

Samsung has launched Wireless Power Bank and Wireless Charging Duo Pad in India, expanding its wireless ecosystem. These are Qi certified and allow users to wirelessly charge their Galaxy smartphones and other Qi certified smartphones seamlessly. The Wireless Power Bank and Wireless Charging Duo Pad are also compatible with Samsung’s wearable range such as Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Watch. Features of Samsung Wireless Power Bank Strong, yet slim Aluminium body, designed to give you a truly portable, wireless experience 10,000mAh capacity with options to charge two devices at once (1 wireless and 1 wired) Supports Adaptive Fast Charging and Quick Charge 2.0 in both wired and wireless charging. Compatible with Samsung S series and Note devices (Galaxy S6 and above), Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Watch range and all Qi certified devices from other brands. Wireless Charging output(FAST CHARGE, Qi, Galaxy Watch), Fast Wired Charging In&Out (AFC, QC2.0 max.15W) Dimensions: 149.93 x 70.8 x 15.09 mm; Weight: 234g Features of  Wireless Charger Duo Pad Charges Galaxy S10 devices up to 30 minute faster compared to previous versions. Charge multiple devices with its dual charging pads. Charge Galaxy S10 and Galaxy watch at the same time Compatible with Qi certified devices. Simultaneous dual wireless charging, FAST CHARGE ...

FMS19: WhatsApp Status to get Ads in 2020, Richer messaging format for WhatsApp for Businesses and more

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been getting new features recently like new privacy settings, Business catalog, Checkpoint TipLine and more. Now, at the ongoing Facebook Marketing Summit (FMS) 2019, Facebook has announced that WhatsApp will be getting Status Ads in 2020 and will bring changes to Business and product catalog. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc have ads running on their platform. WhatsApp does not have any ads till date, but it is set to change next year as the company will introduce ads in the Status section next year. The company is said to introduce Ads that click to WhatsApp from Facebook, Ads that click to WhatsApp from Instagram and Status Ads in WhatsApp. Users on Facebook will see an ad that will prompt them to open and share on WhatsApp and users on Instagram will also see a similar option. WhatsApp will also be bringing changes to WhatsApp for Business too. WhatsApp for Business will get richer messaging format options where users will be able to view Text along with Image in a single message and PDF along with Text in a single message. Apart from this, WhatsApp product catalog will be integrated with already existing Facebook's catalog. With this, users can ...

Lenovo Z6 Lite with 6.39-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 710, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras announced

Lenovo just announced Z6 Lite (Youth Edition) in China, after the Z6 Pro last month. It has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect ratio LCD screen with 93.07% screen to body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 710 with up to 6GB of RAM, and comes with triple rear cameras that includes a 16-megapixel main sensor, 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 8x hybrid zoom and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. There is a 16-megapixel camera on the front. It has a ceramic textured back with 228 laser engraved three-dimensional texture, color-changing coating and has a  roll cage magnesium alloy frame, similar to ThinkPad notebooks. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 4050mAh battery with support for fast charging. Lenovo Z6 Lite specifications 6.39-inch (1080 × 2340 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect ratio HDR10 LTPS display Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU 4GB / 6GB LPDDR4x with 64GB internal memory, 6GB RAM with 128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) Android 9.0 (Pie) with ZUI 11 16MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, Dual LED flash, 8MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture for 8x ...

Mi File Explorer gets Dark Mode with latest update

Xiaomi introduced system-wide dark mode on MIUI Global ROM couple of months ago but some of Xiaomi's in-house apps such as Mi Drop, Mi Music, and Downloads still lack dark mode. Xiaomi has recently added dark mode to its popular Mi File Manager app, the app is not exclusive to MIUI users and can be downloaded from Play Store. Apart from dark mode, Xiaomi has also worked on redesigning the app to make it look more simpler and cleaner. [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="282864,282865,282866"] The option to turn on dark mode can be found in Mi File Manager settings on non-MIUI phones. MIUI users don't have a toggle to turn on dark mode in Mi File Manager as of now as it is controlled by the dark mode in system settings. The system-wide dark mode is available on selected devices running MIUI Global ROM. [gallery size="large" columns="2" link="file" ids="282862,282861"] The update (V1-190521) is available only for those who have signed up for beta testing of the app on the play store but you can download it from here and install on your device. Check out the changelogs below, - File Manager looks much better now! We redesigned our app and made it simpler and cleaner. - We added Dark ...

Apple launches new MacBook Pro models with Octa-Core processor, redesigned keyboard in India starting at Rs. 1,59,900

Apple launched the 2018 MacBook Pros with 8th- gen Intel Core processors, up to 32GB RAM, True Tone display and more in India last year. It is almost close to a year since the launch of 2018 MacBook Pro and now, Apple has launched the 2019 MacBook Pro with faster 8th, 9th generation Intel Core processors, bringing eight cores to MacBook Pro for the first time. The new MacBook Pro comes with a faster 8th, 9th generation Intel Core processors and also for the first time, Apple is bringing eight cores to MacBook Pro. Apple claims that MacBook Pro now delivers two times faster performance than a quad-core MacBook Pro and 40 percent more performance than a 6-core MacBook Pro. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro comes with a faster 6-core and 8-core Intel Core processors with Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz. It features a Retina display with 500 nits of brightness, support for the P3 wide color gamut and True Tone technology. The new MacBook Pro also comes with stereo speakers with wide-stereo sound, Touch ID, Touch Bar, and a large Force Touch trackpad. They ship with macOS Mojave and the other specifications include an SSD storage, the Apple T2 Security Chip and Thunderbolt 3 ...

Vivo Z5x with punch-hole display, up to 8GB RAM, triple rear cameras to be announced on May 24

Vivo has announced that it will introduce Z5x, a new smartphone in the Z series in China on May 24th. The company has also shared an image of the phone that shows a punch-hole display, which will likely be LCD since this has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The phone features triple rear cameras that should include an ultra-wide lens. The Vivo Z5x will come in Phantom Black and Midnight Black color variants  and a lot of options that includes 4GB + 64GB, 6GB + 64GB, 6GB + 128GB and 8GB + 128GB versions. Vivo has also confirmed Snapdragon SoC, which is expected to be Snapdragon 710 and support for dual-engine fast charging. It is said to pack a huge 5000mAh battery. We should know all the details of the smartphone when it goes official on Friday. Source 1, 2

Redmi K20 will feature AMOLED screen, optical in-display fingerprint scanner and 4000mAh battery

After confirming the launch date earlier this week, Xiaomi's Redmi brand has confirmed that the Redmi K20 will have an AMOLED screen and seventh-generation optical in-display fingerprint sensor with 3P lens that is equivalent to a 7.2μm macro camera, which is 100% higher than the previous generation's photosensitive area, and the finger area is also increased by 15%, which can capture the fingerprint optical signal better. Upgraded hardware, combined with the software DSP algorithm, will increase the unlock speed of the Redmi K20 by 10%, and the success rate is increased by 30% under low temperature, dry fingers, bright light and more. Redmi President Lu Weibing said that the in-screen fingerprint scanner is now a standard, and the overall performance is now improved, and the front fingerprint sensor is convenient to operate and offers better experience. Based on the feedback from users that the in-screen fingerprint is not the best at night since the brightness of the fingerprint area is more. Based on this feedback, engineers that made optimizations that includes Fingerprint unlock area has been changed from green to cyan The phone will dynamically adjust the brightness of the fingerprint area at night Yesterday the company confirmed 4000mAh large battery with AI intelligent power ...

Xiaomi posts 27.2% YoY increase in revenue in Q1 2019, smartphone revenue up 16.2% YoY

Xiaomi has reported its earning for the first quarter (Q1 2019) that ended March 31, 2019. It has reported revenue of 43.8 billion yuan (US$ 6.33 billion) for Q1 2019, an increase of 27.2% YoY, among which international revenue grew 34.7% year-on-year to 16.8 billion yuan. Net profit for the quarter was approximately 3.2 billion yuan. Adjusted net profit (Non-IFRS Measure) was 2.1 billion yuan, up 22.4% YoY and 12.3% QoQ. Smartphones segment posted 27 billion yuan, up 16.2% year over year. Smartphone shipments reached 27.9 million units, almost same as previous year.  Redmi Note 7 series shipments exceeded 4 million units and the Mi 9 series smartphones surpassed 1.5 million unit shipments. Xiaomi’s revenue from international markets grew 34.7% year-on-year to RMB16.8 billion. Revenue from IoT and lifestyle products segment rose by 56.5% to RMB12.0 billion Global shipments of the smart TVs reached 2.6 million units, representing a year-on-year growth of 99.8%. Number of connected IoT devices (excluding smartphones and laptops) on Xiaomi’s IoT platform reached approximately 171 million units, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 13.7% and a year-on-year increase of 70.0%.  Revenue from internet services segment grew 31.8% year-on-year to RMB4.3 billion in the first quarter of 2019. Advertising revenue ...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI V10.3.5.0 with Dark Mode toggle]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 smartphone in India back in February running MIUI 10.2 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). Xiaomi doesn't follow any fixed update frequency for the MIUI Global Stable ROM but on an average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in 30-60 days. This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for Redmi Note 7 (Indian Variant), also check out our Redmi Note 7 content, Redmi Note 7 Unboxing and First Impressions Redmi Note 7 Benchmarks Redmi Note 7 Camera Samples Redmi Note 7 Stock vs Google Camera Comparison Redmi Note 7 Review: Note-worthy comeback! [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="282826,282829,282830"] MIUI Updates rolled out for the smartphone: [May 21, 2019]: Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 10.3.5.0.PFGINXM with May security patch, the update weighs around 708 MBs in size and brings several features including Dark Mode, Face unlock for App Lock, along with several bug fixes and optimizations to the smartphone. [Download Link] [April 11, 2019]: Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 10.2.11.0.PFGINXM for Redmi Note 7, to optimize the performance and improve system stability. The update also brings March security patch to the device. [March 25, 2019]: Xiaomi releases Android 9.0 (Pie) based kernel sources for the Redmi Note 7. ...