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Google shortens Chrome’s release cycle by four weeks

In general, Google Chrome receives its new milestone related to stability, security, or speed every six weeks. However, moving forward, the company has announced that it will be moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks, starting with Chrome 94 in Q3 of 2021. “As we have improved our … Continue reading

Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound audio ecosystem announced; Xiaomi and Audio-Technica first partners

Yesterday, Qualcomm announced “Snapdragon Sound”, an ecosystem of sorts containing a suite of optimised technologies that will work in harmony with devices, and is designed to provide users with the best audio experience. Qualcomm has designed these technologies for users for when listening to streaming music, communicating on the phone, or wirelessly gaming. Through Snapdragon … Continue reading

India wearables market records 144.3% YoY growth in 2020: IDC

According to the IDC report, the Indian wearables market posted a 144.3% year-over-year (YoY) growth in 2020 with shipments of 36.4 million units. The growth was driven by the increasing acceptance of earwear devices and upgrades to watches from wrist bands. Earwear device shipments grew by threefold The report also says earwear device shipments grew … Continue reading

Flipkart launches voice search in Hindi and English

Flipkart has announced the introduction of voice search on its platform to enable customers to search products across categories through speech. At present, the voice search is available in Hindi, English, and a blend of both. Notably, the voice search was introduced last year in Flipkart for grocery purchases. Voice Search is capable of helping … Continue reading

Redmi Note 10 5G with 6.5-inch FHD+ 90Hz display, Dimensity 700 and Redmi Note 10S announced

In addition to Redmi Note 10 and Note 10 Pro that was introduced in India, Xiaomi also introduced the Redmi Note 10 5G and Redmi Note 10S for the global markets at its global event earlier today. The Redmi Note 10S is nothing but the Redmi Note 10 with the Helio G95 SoC instead of … Continue reading

RedMagic 6 and 6 Pro with 6.8-inch FHD+ 165Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888, up to 18GB RAM announced

Developed together with Tencent Games, RedMagic announced Tencent edition of RedMagic 6 and 6 Pro gaming phones, as it had promised. These feature a 6.8-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with 165Hz refresh rate, 500Hz single finger touch sampling rate and 360Hz multi-finger touch sampling rate with Touch Choreographer, an intelligently adaptive technology that selects the … Continue reading

Amazfit GTS 2 Mini gets Alexa support: Here’s how to install

In December, Amazfit launched the lighter version of GTS 2 — GTS 2 Mini in India at Rs. 6,999. It features a 1.55-inch AMOLED screen with an AOD option, 50+ watch faces, supports 24-hour heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring. Recently, Amazfit has started rolling out an OTA update for the GTS 2 Mini users … Continue reading

Samsung introduces ISOCELL 2.0 sensor technology with enhanced light sensitivity and colour fidelity

Samsung has introduced their next generation image sensor technology called ISOCELL 2.0. It builds upon their ISOCELL Plus technology, which was announced back in 2018, further enhancing the light capture capabilities, colour fidelity and allowing the creation of sensors with greater pixel density. With the first generation of ISOCELL, Samsung introduced a barrier between the … Continue reading

Whatsapp rolls out video and audio calling feature to its desktop app

In a recent development, Whatsapp has started rolling out the audio and video calling feature to WhatsApp’s desktop app. Whatsapp says that the feature is initially available for one-to-one calls in the desktop app and will be expanded to group calls in the future as well. According to the company, both the voice and video … Continue reading

Twitter to introduce e-commerce shopping tools for the platform

A few weeks ago, Twitter revealed that they were looking into different ways to generate revenue through the platform, such as subscription services for premium features. The company is now developing e-commerce features for Twitter, which would enable selling products through them. The feature was spotted first by user @MattNavarra, who posted screenshots of a … Continue reading