Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 11 Stable Update starts rolling out]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro 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 average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in a month. This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for Redmi Note 7 Pro (codename 'violet'), also check out our Redmi Note 7 Pro content, Redmi Note 7 Pro First Impressions Redmi Note 7 Pro Nebula Red edition Photo Gallery Redmi Note 7 Pro Neptune Blue edition Photo Gallery Redmi Note 7 Pro Benchmarks Redmi Note 7 Pro Camera Samples Redmi Note 7 Pro Review: All-rounder at a killer price [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="296557,296558,296564"] MIUI updates rolled out for the smartphone: [Oct 25, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.05.0.PFHINXM, the update weighs 746 MB in size, brings October Android security patch and MIUI 11 features such as New Minimalistic Design, Quick Replies, New Dynamic Sound Effects, Mi Share, Floating Calculator, Update Mi File Manager, Steps Trackers and more to Redmi Note 7 Pro, check out this post to learn more about MIUI 11 features. [Download Link / OTA from MIUI V10.3.13.0] [Aug ...

RED Hydrogen Project cancelled as RED founder Jim Jannard announces retirement

Jim Jannard, founder of RED Digital Cinema Camera Company and Oakley, Inc. has announced that he will be retiring from his 45-year long career due to health issues. Along with his career, he is also retiring the Hydrogen Project which was RED attempt at creating a flagship smartphone camera, which proved to be unsuccessful. In a post, Jim Jannard said that he will be 'shutting down the HYDROGEN project' but the Hydrogen One, the projects first smartphone, will continue to be supported in the future. The post does mean that the Hydrogen Two, that was announced back in July, is effectively dead now.  The newly teased new cinema module/sensor dubbed Komodo is still on track to be released soon. Jim Jannard had earlier posted more news about a list of things that the module will not be but nothing more. The Hydrogen One was a much hyped phone that was released in 2018 with features. But the phone proved to be an unfinished mess of product that was not expected from RED, considering its history of high quality products. RED promised that Hydrogen Two will be a much better phone but, with the Hydrogen Project ended, it looks like the phone will ...

Google releases list of manufacturers that will bring Android 10 update to their devices this year

Google released Stable Android 10 update to Pixel smartphones last month and other OEMs are also now gradually updating their devices to Android 10. Also with Project Treble, it made easier for OEMs to release update quickly and on similar lines now, Google has released the list of manufacturers that will bring Android 10 update to its devices by end of this year. According to a new blog post by the company, OEMs ASUS, LG, Motorola, OPPO, Realme, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Transsion, and Vivo have committed to updating some of their devices to Android 10 by the end of 2019. Xiaomi and Essential issued Android 10 update on the day Google announced it while OnePlus started a public beta program, and Nokia 8.1 started receiving the update this week. Alongside releasing the list, Google also released Android Oreo, Oreo MR1, Android Pie adoption rate and it shows that Android 8.0 (Oreo) accounted for 8.9% of the ecosystem before the launch of Android 9 Pie in AOSP and Android 9 (Pie) accounted for 22.6% of the ecosystem comparison before the launch of Android 10. Google also mentions that the adoption of Android 9 (Pie) has been much higher than that of Android Oreo and ...

Realme C2 update brings system-wide Dark Mode, Updated Charging Animation, Realme Laboratory and October Security Patch

realme launched the realme C2 along with realme 3 Pro in the country back in April running ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie). To recall, It has a 6.1-inch HD+ Dewdrop display and, is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 SoC with up to 3GB of RAM. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots and a 5-megapixel front camera. The company has already announced Android 10 update roadmap for its smartphones, but realme C2 wasn't included in the list. [Oct 25, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11_A.18 with an updated October security patch. The update brings system-wide Dark Mode, updated charging animation, realme laboratory along with swipe down on the home screen to expand notification center feature. [Download Link] [Sep 30, 2019]: realme has started rolling out Android Pie based RMX1941EX_11_A.17 with September 2019 security patch. The update brings digital wellbeing, and redesigned notification center interface to realme C2. [Download Link] realme says it is a staged rollout and will be randomly pushed to a limited number of users and will have a broader rollout in coming days after the company makes sure there are no critical bugs. If no critical bugs are found, the build ...

India smartphone shipments reach 49 million units in Q3 2019, up 10% YoY, Xiaomi and Samsung continue to lead: Report

Recently, Counterpoint Research published a report on smartphone shipments in India during Q2 2019 and during Q2 2019, Xiaomi and Samsung continued to lead. Similarly, Counterpoint Research has published a report on smartphone shipments in India during Q3 2019 that reveals record-high smartphone shipments in India. The report mentions that the India smartphone shipments reached 49 million units with 10% YoY in Q3 2019 despite the economic slowdown trends in other sectors and the growth was driven by new launches, discounts and various pre-Diwali sale online and offline by brands. The India Smartphone Market Share Q3 2019 shows that Xiaomi has 26% shipment market share and is followed by Samsung with 20%, Vivo with 17%, Realme with 16%, OPPO with 8% and other brands with 13% shipment market share. Xiaomi shipments grew 7% YoY, Samsung shipments declined by 4% YoY, Vivo reached its highest ever share in the India smartphone market, OPPO grew 12% YoY, itel grew 40% YoY, and Realme registered a 6X growth as compared to last year. Transsion group which includes itel, Infinix & Tecno together was ranked the number six OEM in the India smartphone market and OnePlus shipments are getting almost doubled as compared to last year. Also, Apple made an entry ...

Netflix is testing variable playback speed for Android users

Netflix has finally brought variable playback speed feature to its Android app. This was a much sought after feature for users who wanted to consume more content in lesser time. The feature has been present in other podcast and video players like YouTube, etc. and Netflix has now joined that list. The feature is currently only available for the Android app with version 7.31.0. However, the feature is not there for everyone as we were only able to see it in one of our phones. We believe Netflix is testing this feature with users randomly through a server-side switch and will hopefully roll it out to everyone soon. If it is enabled, users will see an option called "Speed (1X)" next to "Audio & Subtitles" in their video player. On clicking it, a menu will pop up with the options for 0.5x, 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x and 1.5x. We cannot find the option for 2x though like what YouTube has but it may come in the future. It is also possible that Netflix could be planning on bringing this feature to Android TV, iOS, web, or other platforms in the future. Via

Samsung to source ToF camera modules for Galaxy S11 from 3 different suppliers : Report

Samsung launched its latest Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus smartphones back in August this year and it is that time of the year when leaks and rumours start to surface regarding the upcoming Galaxy S11 smartphone. Similarly, a new report reveals key details regarding the Galaxy S11's rear camera system. According to a new report from The Elec from South Korea, Samsung will source ToF camera (which is responsible for 3D scanning, judge depth and distance for photography, Live focus video, Quick Measure, etc) modules from 3 different suppliers. Out of the 3 suppliers, one of them will be Sunny Optical from China who supplied ToF camera modules for the Galaxy S10 5G this year. The other two suppliers will be Namuga and Patron from South Korea and these two companies have also supplied previously for the Galaxy Note 10+. The report also mentions that recently, Sunny Opticals supplier has been growing exponentially together with the South Korean supplier Patron. Sunny Optical also supplied camera modules to lower-end Samsung smartphones this year and it is expected to take up 20% of Samsung's camera module demand with other suppliers filling the rest. In related news, Samsung announced its latest Exynos 990 SoC ...

Vivo iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 Edition with 6.38-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, up to 8GB RAM, in-display fingerprint scanner announced

Vivo introduced iQOO Neo, a mid-range smartphone with Snapdragon 845 in China in July, now it has launched iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 Edition, said it had promised. This has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ water drop notch with 90.0% screen-to-body ratio, liquid cooling, up to 8GB of RAM, runs Android Pie, has a 12-megapixel primary rear camera with Sony IMX363 sensor, 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens and a 2-megapixel sensor for portrait shots. There is also a 12-megapixel camera on the front. It has an in-display fingerprint scanner, comes in electro-optic violet color with a special microstructure texture with blue and purple gradients that offer lightning movement and the and the carbon black color uses carbon fiber texture under the glass. The phone has 4D gaming experience with real-time recognition of the game scene that vibrates the phone to intelligent match the scenes. It packs a 4500mAh battery, same as the 845 edition, but this has 33W flash charge that can charge from 0 to 25% in 10 minutes. Vivo iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 specifications 6.39-inch ( 1080 × 2340 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED 19.5:9 aspect ratio display, 105% NTSC color gamut Octa-Core Snapdragon 855 7nm Mobile Platform (1 x 2.84GHz Kryo 485 + 3 x ...

Reliance Jio launches All-in-one monthly plans with 500 off-net IUC minutes for JioPhone users

Reliance Jio recently started charging 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to non-Jio mobile networks. After All-in-one plans, today it has introduced all in-one pre-paid plans for JioPhone users that offers voice, SMS, Apps, data, as well as free additional 500 minutes of off-net IUC calling to additional operators worth Rs. 40 with 28 days of validity. Plans Validity Total data (GB) SMS Voice Benefits 75 28 days 3GB at 0.1GB/day 50 Jio to Jio Unlimited Jio to Non-Jio FUP of 500 minutes 125 28 days 14GB at 0.5GB/day 300 155 28 days 28GB at 1GB/day 100/day 185 28 days 56GB at 2GB/day 100/day Reliance Jio already said that it's plans are still cheaper than existing competition plans. Those who don’t need off-net talk time can stay with Rs. 49 plan with 1GB data and 28 days and add additional top-up starting from Rs. 10 for off-net calls. All these plans will work only for JioPhone users when the SIM is in JioPhone.

ASUS ROG Phone II accessories AeroActive Cooler, Mobile Desktop Dock and TwinView Doc go on sale in India

ASUS launched the ROG Phone II in India last month starting at Rs. 37999. At that time it also introduced several accessories. Today it has started selling TwinView II Dock, Mobile Desktop Dock and Aero Active Cooler. AeroActive Cooler II — Rs. 3999 Mobile Desktop Dock — Rs. 12,999 Twin View Dock II — Rs. 19,999 The all-new TwinView Dock II offers a genuine dual-screen gaming experience, with a 120hz/1ms 6.59-inch FHD+ (2340 x 1080) auxiliary AMOLED screen that's great for split-screen live-streaming, extended game display or group communication. This accessory is now lighter and better balanced, featuring a new turbo-fan cooling system and a high-capacity 5000mAh extended battery pack. The ROG Kunai Gamepad can also be used along with TwinView Dock II to add full physical controls and create a complete self-contained dual-screen gaming system. The Mobile Desktop Dock offers a superb desktop android gaming experience with a keyboard and mouse or with the ROG Kunai Gamepad paired in for large screen gaming. It offers input and output ports like – up to 4K HDMI and DisplayPort, 4 USB Super Speed ports, an RJ45 Gigabit ethernet port, USB micro B connector, and an SD card reader and more. The new AeroActive Cooler II accessory ...