Mi AirDots Unboxing and First Impressions

Xiaomi introduced Mi AirDots Youth Edition Bluetooth wireless headsets with Bluetooth 5.0 in China last year. The Mi Airdots are really affordable as compared to other true wireless earbuds and pack a 7.2mm driver unit to produce deep bass and high-quality stereo audio, we recently bought a unit, and here is the unboxing and first impressions of Mi AirDots. Box Contents Xiaomi Mi AirDots with the charging case Micro USB cable Extra ear-tips User guide Design Mi AirDots feature a minimal design similar to other Xiaomi ecosystem products, these come with a case which is entirely made up of plastic, the earbuds are also made up of plastic, due to which Mi Airdots are lightweight and weigh just 4.2 grams, including the case the total weight is less than 40 grams. Mi AirDots (and the case) are available only in white color, and hence these get dirty easily. [gallery columns="2" size="medium" link="file" ids="284561,284559"] The earbuds do not feature any branding but Mi branding can be found on the top of the case, and bottom of the case includes product and charging information. The earbuds are held via magnetic pins inside the case, Mi AirDots feature an in-ear design and come with sets of extra ear-tips. The AirDots ...

Xiaomi Mi CC9e with 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, triple rear cameras, in-display fingerprint sensor gets certified

A new Xiaomi smartphone with the model number M1904F3BC has been certified by TENAA in China. This is said to be released as Mi CC9e, and is expected to be launched in collaboration with Meitu that it acquired last year. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun today confirmed that they are working on a smartphone with Meitu team codenamed 'Little Fairy', so this could the phone. We have some specifications of the smartphone that includes a 6.39-inch AMOLED screen, which should come with FHD+ resolution, and the image shows a DotNotch. It also confirms 156.8×74.5×8.67mm dimensions and a 4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery. 3C certification confirmed 18W fast charging support for the phone. It is said to pack a 32-megapixel front camera with 4-in-1 pixel binning technology that combines the information from four pixels to create one large pixel. The image shows a 48MP AI camera, along with an ultra-wide sensor and probably a telephoto lens. Since there is no fingerprint sensor on the back, it will likely feature an in-display fingerprint scanner. It could be powered by Snapdragon 710 or 712 SoC, and is said to be cheaper than the Redmi K20 and the Mi 9SE. We should get to know more specifications from TENAA soon. Source 1, 2, 3

MIUI launcher is finally getting an app drawer and app shortcuts

Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched its own POCO Launcher last year with support for app drawer, now the company has started testing alpha version of its own MIUI launcher for its Mi and Redmi smartphones in China that will bring the app drawer. This will also finally bring app shortcuts allow users to launch any specific part of the app to perform certain key tasks, directly from home screen. This was originally introduced in Android Nougat. You can enable or disable the app drawer from the launcher Settings after long press, you will get two options as seen in the image above. Swipe down to close the app tray doesn't work currently, so you need to click on the down arrow at top, but you can use the back button. Also, there is no option to hide recent apps. These might be changed in the final version, since it is still in Alpha stage of testing. You can test the launcher by installing the APK from here. This works only on devices running MIUI, unlike the POCO Launcher that works on all Android phones. We will let you know once these features arrive in MIUI Global ROM. Via

OPPO A5s 4GB RAM variant goes on sale in India for Rs. 12990

OPPO launched A5s smartphone in the ‘A Series’ in India recently. It was launched in 2GB RAM with 32GB storage at Rs. 9990 and the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version was slated to launch later. Now, the company has made the 4GB RAM variant official and it is now available starting today. The design and rest of the specifications remain the same, except for the RAM and storage configuration. To recall, OPPO A5s has a 6.2-inch HD+ Waterdrop notch screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P35 SoC with up to 4GB of RAM,  run on Android Oreo with ColorOS on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera and an 8-megapixel camera on the front. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, comes with dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots and packs a 4230mAh battery. OPPO A5s Specifications: 6.22-inch (1520 × 720 pixels) HD+ display with Waterdrop Notch, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection Octa Core MediaTek Helio P35 12nm processor (ARM Cortex A53 CPU) with  IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU 2GB RAM with 32GB storage / 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.1 (Oreo) with ColorOS 5.2 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, ...

Microsoft To-Do app now available for Mac

Microsoft launched To-Do app as a preview with basic features in April 2017 and later launched it with additional features in June 2018. It was available only on Windows, iOS, Android and the web and not on Mac. Today, the company has officially announced that its To-Do app will be finally available on the Mac App Store and it has been built using 100% AppKit. The Mac App of To-Do looks similar to Android, iOS, Windows or web and has almost similar features too. Users can work offline, add tasks to My Day, see their flagged email in their Flagged email list, share lists with their colleagues or friends and family and more. Microsoft will support integration with the 'Planner' soon and is also working on bringing the 'Assigned to Me' list to users. The Mac version gets new keyboard shortcuts like upon pressing ⌘2, To-Do will move into the minimized view and display only list view and pressing ⌘1 returns to view all your lists. Users can also edit a task straight from your list view by selecting the task you want to edit and then click on the text in order to edit the task name. Microsoft has also added a tag menu that will pop up whenever the user types # in a list ...

Saregama Carvaan 2.0 with WiFi, 5000 pre-loaded songs launched for Rs. 7990

Saregama Carvaan audio player is a success in the Indian market and is used by many people for its wide range of pre-loaded songs, customizations and more. The company recently launched Carvaan GO, the company’s latest compact audio player. Expanding the lineup, the company has today launched Carvaan 2.0 with WiFi connectivity, 5000 preloaded songs and more. The new Carvaan 2.0 is an upgraded version to the original Carvaan and the biggest change in this new model is the WiFi connectivity that it offers. It will allow users to access over 150 daily updated WiFi based audio stations across genres like devotional, health, lifestyle, entertainment and are also curated by Saregama itself. The company claims that between 6 to 60 minutes of new content is added to each station every day and also plans to scale up the number of stations to 1000 in the coming months. It also comes with a whopping 5000 pre-loaded songs which are mostly Indian classics, evergreen Hindi songs, and devotional tracks. It offers 4 modes — Saregama, USB/AUX IN, FM/AM and Bluetooth. The audio player has dimensions of 28.9 x 22.6 x 8.4 cm and weighs 1.3kgs. It comes with a rechargeable battery that promises to deliver 5 hours ...

Revolt RV 400 India’s first fully electric AI-enabled bike announced

Revolt Motors today announced RV 400, which is India's first fully electric  AI-enabled motorcycle. Former Micromax CEO Rahul Sharma is the Founder and Chief Revolutionary Officer of the company. At the launch event he shared details about several partners including BOSCH, Amazon for online orders, MRF for the tyres, Airtel for connectivity, Google, ATL for the battery, SOCO for designing the bike, QSMOTOR and more. The company says that the bike will offer up to 85km/h speed and a single charge will offer up to 156km distance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbROJgNKAe4 The bike will have a companion app that shows the trip history, indicate battery level in real time, estimated distance, geo fencing to protect your bike. It has LED headlamps, fully digital instrument cluster, Bluetooth connectivity, option to remotely start the bike via the smartphone, voice commands to start the motor and OTA updates. The app also lets you select different sounds for the bike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8WqloPQ9hc The bike can be charged using a 15A socket easily, and doesn't require a special charging set up. It also has portable charging that lets you remove the battery and charge it in your home or office. You can also swap the battery at mobile swap stations when there is no charge. The company says ...

Facebook to launch Libra cryptocurrency in 2020

Facebook just announced its plans to launch Libra, a new global currency powered by blockchain technology in 2020. It will be available as a standalone app and also support payments in Messenger and WhatsApp. Facebook subsidiary Calibra digital wallet will let you send Libra to others using an app instantly. It will eventually introduce several services such as paying bills instantly, scan a code to buy things and use it to pay for local public transit. Calibra will have strong protections in place to keep your money and information safe, says the company. In addition to verification and anti-fraud processes that banks and credit cards use, it will also have automated systems that will proactively monitor activity to detect and prevent fraudulent behavior. It also promises dedicated live support to help if you lose your phone or your password. "If someone fraudulently gains access to your account and you lose some Libra as a result, we’ll offer you a refund," it adds. It assures that Calibra will not share account information or financial data with Facebook or any third party without customer consent, so it will not be used to improve ad targeting on the Facebook products. However, Calibra will use Facebook data to comply with the ...

Tez Shots game on Google Pay lets you win scratch cards

Google Pay today introduced its new Tez Shots mini game inside the Google Pay app in India that lets you score runs to win scratch cards worth up to Rs. 3300. You can score as many runs you can, and play any as many times as you like to unlock the scratch card. You just need to hit the ball that comes to you to score runs. It shows the best score, your all-India ranking and the total score. The pitch is calling and you must go. Play #TezShots on the Google Pay app, on your Android phone and score runs to win scratch cards. Expert Tip: Flex your fingers to give your best shot. https://t.co/ZXmn71WuIf pic.twitter.com/vWcAhp1jnU — Google Pay India (@GooglePayIndia) June 18, 2019 How to get a scratch card? Score runs by playing the game. Your total score is the sum of runs in all the games that you have played. Whenever you reach a total score that is indicated in the 'milestone' (Rs. 50 for 100 runs, Rs. 100 for 500 runs, Rs. 150 for 1000 runs, Rs. 1000 for 2000 runs and Rs. 2000 for 3000 runs) you will earn a scratch card. To unlock the scratch card and earn the ...

OnePlus 7 Review

OnePlus launched its 7th-gen smartphone — OnePlus 7 along with its Pro version a few weeks back. In an attempt to retain the mid-range flagship position, the company launched it at a price of Rs. 32,999. Bridging the gap between OnePlus 6T and OnePlus 7 Pro, the device offers the best of both worlds, leaving out few. We got hold of the OnePlus 7 for few weeks and this is what we think about it. Perfect display OnePlus 7 sports a 6.41-inch FHD+ Optic AMOLED 19.5:9 aspect ratio display with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels translating to a pixel density of about 402 PPI and with a water-drop notch. It has rounded corners with bare minimum bezels just to make more space for the display. It has about 85% screen-to-body ratio. Talking about the display, the Blacks are deep, the colour reproduction and viewing angles are good, it has a perfectly readable display under bright sunlight too. The display is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 to avoid scratches. Just like its predecessor, the OnePlus 7 gets the DCI-P3 colour profile, along with the standard sRGB, Adaptive mode, and a Custom colour profile. It retains Reading Mode, which completely changes the display ...