Realme Band Unboxing and First Impressions

Last month Madhav Seth, CEO of realme, teased their entry into the wearables market with a fitness band. Yesterday at a launch event, realme introduced the realme Band, which claims to be the cheapest fitness band that comes with a heart-rate sensor. We got a chance to look at it and here are our first impressions along with an unboxing video from our FoneArena Tamil Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwA8DJCcNFE Box Contents realme Band in black colour Quick guide booklet Wearing the realme Band, we are greeted with a 0.96-inch LCD color display that has a resolution of 160×80 pixels. On the bottom of the display, there is a virtual button, which is the only method to directly interface with the band. It connects via Bluetooth 4.2 to any smartphone that is running Android 5.0+ and has the realme Link app installed. On the back side, we see the realme Band's highlight feature, a PPG heart rate sensor, which is unheard of at its price point. It can be turned to automatic or manual sensing via a setting in the realme Link app and so far, from our first impressions, it seemed like it was reporting my heart rate with good accuracy. Further, testing on the accuracy of ...

Moto G8 with 6.4-inch Max Vision display, Android 10, triple rear cameras announced

After the G8 Plus and G8 Play last year, and Moto G Stylus and Moto G Power last month Motorola has introduced Moto G8, the company's latest Moto G series phones. It packs a 6.4-inch HD+ Max Vision screen with an 8-megapixel punch-hole camera, is powered by Snapdragon 665 with 4GB of RAM, has a 16-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel 118° ultra-wide and a 2-megapixel 2cm macro sensor. It runs Android 10 and comes with exclusive Moto Experiences and with new Moto Gametime software feature maximizes your gaming experience and makes it more immersive than ever by blocking interruptions to help you keep your head in the game The phone has a plastic back with patterns, splash resistant body, rear mounted fingerprint scanner, and packs a 4000mAh battery that promises 40 hours of battery life on a single charge, and has 10W charging over USB Type-C. Moto G8 specifications 6.4-inch (1560x720 pixels) HD+ LCD screen with 19:9 aspect ratio Octa Core Snapdragon 665 11nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 610 GPU 4GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB (eMMC 5.1) storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) Android ...

Google ‘Read it’ feature in Assistant can read aloud web pages in 42 different languages

Google announced a pretty neat little feature that is going to make reading web articles on phones a lot easier. The feature, called 'Read it', can be used to make the Google Assistant read articles out load that are open on the Chrome browser, Google Search or the News app. The feature is especially useful for people who have difficulty with reading, visual disabilities or is simply finding it difficult to digest a dense article. To use it, once the user opens up the webpage, they can say “Hey Google, read it", “Hey Google, read aloud” or “Hey Google, read this page” and the Google assistant will read the contents of that webpage. Google will also allow users to change the reading speed to suit their needs and even select from different voices. The feature will be supported in 42 languages, which includes Indian languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. It will be available from today for all users worldwide and can be made available on any app, provided the developer enables it using Actions on Google. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psEX5jPkYiw Commenting on this feature, Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering, Google said: We are constantly working towards developing new products and features ...

Facebook Messenger for macOS now available in several regions

Just earlier this week, Facebook had announced Project Lightspeed for their mobile Messenger app, overhauling it to make it faster, smaller and simpler. Now, Facebook has begun testing a macOS client of the Messenger, available on the Mac App Store in a few countries like France, Australia, Poland, etc. The macOS app of the messenger offers most of the same features as the mobile app like texting, sharing files, emoji support, voice and video chat along with group chats, voice video calls. For the dark-mode enthusiasts, Facebook has also added a dark theme that will go along with dark mode on the macOS. Apple offers two methods for developers to code mobile apps into a macOS compatible which are known as Electron and Catalyst. Facebook's Messenger has been built with Electron which is a popular way of coding web apps into macOS apps. A Facebook spokesperson stated that Messenger app for macOS is currently being tested in a few countries with no date for wide-rollout yet. Source

HiFuture Flybuds Review

HiFuture launched the Flybuds, the company’s latest wireless earbuds recently. It features Bluetooth 5.0, has touch controls, and promises over 4 hours of playback. After using it for a few weeks, here is the review of HiFuture Flybuds. Design The HiFuture Flybuds features a minimal clean design, which looks more like Apple Airpods. The Flybuds comes with a case which is made up of plastic, due to which it is lightweight.  However, the quality of the case could have been better since the shiny body is prone to scratches. With the case, the total weight of the package is about 45.4 grams.  Although the fit of earbuds in one's ears is subjective, the FlyBuds Pro offered a secure and comfortable fit during our testing. Since it has in-ear buds, it doesn't fall off easily during workouts or even when running. I have been using this for my runs without any issues. Overall the build quality is good but could have been better. Sound quality Coming to the audio quality, these earbuds offer reasonably good sound quality with a decent amount of bass with the 6mm Neodymium drivers. The vocals were clear, and we did not face any distortion at peak volumes. We were quite impressed with ...

Twitter is testing ‘Fleets’, a Snapchat-type feature that disappears after 24 hours

Twitter has become one of the last major social media platforms to copy Snapchat's 24-hour disappearing type content, calling it 'Fleets'. They are currently testing Fleets in Brazil and it will work differently from regular tweets, that is, users will not be able to retweet, like or publicly comment on them. In a blog article, Twitter explained how a large percent of its user base feels uncomfortable with the public nature of tweets. Pretty much anyone could go through a user's account and bring up tweets from their timeline. This has made a lot of users nervous about tweeting everyday thoughts that could one day be used against them. Fleets is technically still public, that is, it can be seen by anyone during the first 24 hours of it being posted. The difference being Twitter will not push it into Search or Moments or even let it be embedded in an external website. Twitter conducted a survey in which users shared that they would be more comfortable sharing momentary and everyday thoughts if it disappeared 24 hours later. For testers in Brazil, there will be rounded bubble-shaped profile icons at the top of their timeline in the mobile app. The first bubble will ...

HUAWEI P40 Lite E with 6.39-inch punch-hole display, 48MP triple rear cameras announced

HUAWEI has announced P40 Lite E, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in Poland, after introducing the P40 Lite in Spain last week. It has a 6.39-inch HD+ LCD screen with an 8-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 710F SoC with 4GB RAM, runs Android 9 with EMUI 9.1, has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing in portrait shots. It has a gradient back, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, gradient back and packs a 4000mAh battery with 15W fast charging. HUAWEI P40 Lite E specifications 6.39-inch (1560 x 720 pixels)  HD+ IPS display Octa-Core Kirin 710F 12nm (4 x 2.2GHz Cortex-A73 +4 x 1.7GHz Cortex-A53) with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU 4GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 512GB Android 9-based EMUI EMIUI 9.1 Dual SIM 48MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 8MP Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP for depth sensing with f/2.4 aperture 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 159.81x 76.13x 8.13mm; Weight: 183g Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz, Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, micro USB 4000mAh (typical) battery with 15W charging The HUAWEI P40 Lite E comes in Black and Aurora Blue colors, is priced at 699 Poland ...

Google to launch its second Cloud Platform region in India in Delhi in 2021

Google launched its first cloud region in India in Mumbai back in 2017 in an aim to improve latency from 20-90% for end users in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and of course Mumbai. Today the company has announced plans to open a Delhi cloud region next year, expanding Google's existing network of eight regions in Asia Pacific and 22 regions globally today. Google's Delhi cloud region will have three zones to protect against service disruptions. The region will also include a portfolio of key GCP products, offer lower latency to nearby users, and, when combined with the existing region in Mumbai, enables geographically separate in-country disaster recovery for our customers’ mission critical applications. Regarding this Google said: GCP regions are the cornerstone of our cloud infrastructure, and they enable customers such as L&T Finance, Manipal Hospital Group, Reliance Mutual Fund, Royal Enfield, TechMahindra, Truecaller, and many more to deliver high performing, secure, low latency, cloud-based services to their users, no matter where they are around the world. Source

Realme Band with 0.96-inch color touch display, heart rate sensor, IP68 water resistance launched in India for Rs. 1499

Along with the realme 6 series, the company also launched the realme Band its first fitness band in India, as it had promised. The realme Band has a 0.96-inch LCD touch screen, comes with heart rate sensor, has 9 sports modes that includes run, walk, hiking, climbing, yoga, fitness, spinning, bike and cricket mode, and can store 3 modes in the band at a time. It will come with sleep tracking similar to most other bands, and feature built-in charging port. The band will has IP68 ratings for water resistance and offers smart notifications. realme Band specifications 0.96-inch (160×80 pixels) LCD touch color display with customizable Clock faces Bluetooth 4.2 LE, Compatible with Android 5.0 (or later) via realme Link app 3 axis accelerometer, Sleep tracker, 9 Fitness modes, Sedentary reminder PPG heart rate sensor Call and Message notification Water and dust resistant (IP68 up to 1.5 meter) Dimensions: 19.6x11.9x240mm; Weight: 20g 90mAh battery, Built-in USB connector, 7 to 10 days of battery life with heart rate monitor on The Realme Band comes in Black, Green and Yellow colors, is priced at 1499 and will be available from 9th March on Amazon.in and hate to wait limited-time sale n realme.com today, March 5th ...

Realme 6 Unboxing and First Impressions

realme is back with the successor to the realme 5 series, appropriately naming it the realme 6 which launched today in an online event. Here we have our first impressions on the device along with an unboxing video from our FoneArena Tamil Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KaNBWsuLZQ Box Contents realme 6 8GB + 128GB in Comet Blue color 2-pin 30W Flash Charge fast charger (5V-2A/5V-6A) USB Type C Cable SIM Ejector tool Clear protective Case User guide   Powering the realme 6 is an Octa-core MediaTek Helio G90T SOC that has 2 Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.05GHz along with 6 Cortex-A55 cores running at 2.0GHz. For RAM, the realme 6 offers 4GB,6GB or 8GB LPDDR4X options and for storage, we have UFS 2.1-type 64GB or 128GB options. Keeping the device alive is 4300mAh battery that can be charged quickly with the included 30W fast charger. Software-wise, it is running realme UI v1.0 that is based on Android 10. The phone does feel fast and snappy for first impressions, but we need to test it further in the full review. Starting with the front of the device, the realme 6 features a 6.5-inch 20:9 display, which is similar in size to its predecessor, except realme upgraded it to a ...