Named the “Roav Viva”, the Bluetooth smart charger gives you access to the voice assistant by connecting to your car. Similar to the Garmin Speak, the charger is compatible with any vehicle that has a system with Bluetooth 4.0 A2DP technology built-in to it. Considering that this Bluetooth technology has been around since the early 2010s, there’s a high chance that your vehicle does make use of the same....
Twitter is the Latest App to Copy TikTok The company, via its Support Twitter account, announced that it is testing the TikTok-like vertical video format for its Explore section for select Android and iOS users who use the app in English. The feature entirely redesigns the Explore section of the app and offers you a vertically-scrollable video feed with dedicated “For You” and “Trending” tabs for users. checks Explore tabIf it’s looking different, then you’re in our latest test: a new Explore experience to help you discover the best content that’s trending....
Vu GloLED TVs: Specs and Features The new Vu GloLED TVs come with a bezel-less design and three screen sizes: 50-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch. All three options feature the Glo display panel, which is meant to increase the brightness by 60%. All the models support an Ultra HD screen resolution, 400 nits of brightness, an NTSC color gamut of 94%, and a 60Hz refresh rate. The new GloLED TVs also have the Glo AI processor, which combines a quad-core processor and a Dual-core GPU....
Catalog Management on WhatsApp Business Desktop If you did not know, WhatsApp introduced the catalog feature for its business users back in 2019. Later, the company improved the feature by adding sharing-support and QR codes. However, the feature was only available on WhatsApp’s mobile platform until now. Via: Gadgets360 WhatsApp says, “this will be extremely helpful for businesses with big inventories like a restaurant or clothing store so they can manage their catalog from a bigger screen”....
WhatsApp Avatars May Be Introduced Soon A recent WABetaInfo report suggests that WhatsApp is testing introducing Avatars to video calls. This was spotted on WhatsApp for Android beta. The feature will allow people to add their Avatars during a video call. There will be an option to ‘Switch to Avatar,’ clicking on which will show your Avatars during the call. The report includes a screenshot of the functionality. Here’s a look at what it looks like....
In an official blog post announcing its plans, Wikimedia said that it has been working for more than a year on the new desktop design. “Since May 2019, we have been working to strengthen the Wikipedia desktop interface — focusing on bringing our content to the forefront, and making the site easier to navigate. Our goal is to create a more welcoming experience for all who come to our projects, regardless of background or level of experience with Wikimedia sites … We want to create an experience that feels similar to our long-time users, yet straightforward and intuitive for new folks”, said Olga Vasileva, the Lead Product Manager for the Reading Web Team at Wikimedia....
300 Million New Windows 10 Users in a Year During its Q1 2021 earnings call, Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 now powers over 1.3 billion monthly active devices around the world. The company gained over 300 million new Windows 10 users, since crossing the 1 billion mark in 2020. Now, one of the primary reasons for the growth of Windows 10 users is the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because, ever since the inception of the pandemic in early 2020, the global population bought more Windows PCs than ever to aid their work-from-home experiences....
For the uninitiated, Google introduced the new Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) system in the name of building a more privacy-focused web advertising system for businesses. Moreover, if it becomes a standard in the market, it will eventually replace third-party cookies on most websites. So, the new system does sound good for users and businesses. However, it comes with new security issues that may not sit well with the raging privacy concerns of users and security experts in today’s world....
Text Replies for Calls and Messages on Mi Band 6 The latest update v1.0.1.32 for Mi Smart Band 6 adds support for text replies for calls and messages that the users receive on their smartphones. This means users can now reply to messages and calls right from their wrist, without accessing their device. You can check out an image shared by a Weibo user, showcasing the text templates you can use to reply to messages and incoming calls on the wearable....
Xiaomi India Xperience at Home Xiaomi India announced the new initiative in a tweet on its official Twitter handle. “Mi Home presents #XperienceAtHome, a chance for you to experience a virtual demo of your favourite Mi products from the safety of your home,” reads the tweet. You can check out the tweet below: Register via https://t.co/nTD4ozAqSi now for your free virtual demo. Follow @MiHomeIN for more details! pic.twitter.com/InFuBMNyG3 — Mi India #SmarterLiving2022 (@XiaomiIndia) May 29, 2021 Interested customers should fill a Google Form to request a virtual demo....
The TicWatch Pro 3 is an expensive offering, by most Mobvoi smartwatch standards, but it comes with plenty of features to justify that price tag. There’s dual display technology which means you can switch between its gorgeous 1.4-inch AMOLED screen and the power-saving always on FSTN display on the fly. The watch supports automatic brightness adjustments when being used in the AMOLED mode to conserve even more power without becoming absolutely impossible to see when you step out into the sun....
Galaxy A23 5G: Specs and Features The Galaxy A23 5G is just like the budget-to-mid phones Samsung has been launching these days. It features vertically-arranged cameras and a waterdrop notched display, which Samsung calls the Infinity-V display. It is a 6.6-inch display with a Full HD+ screen resolution. There’s no word on support for a high refresh rate, so we assume it goes for the traditional 60Hz screen. Although, the Galaxy A23 comes with a 90Hz refresh rate....
Called Aakash Edu TV, the service is available exclusively on Airtel’s DTH platform and, promises to offer “high-quality coaching sessions to students across India who are preparing for entrance exams such as JEE/Advanced and NEET”. According to an official press release, the channels will offer tutorials and coaching through live interactive classes that Airtel and Akash claim will help students learn key concepts and solve problems. They further say that the service will offer a wide range of benefits to millions of students across the country, including those in small towns and villages with little access to broadband internet or high-quality coaching centers....
A former project of the Dreamworks Animation production house, “Spaces” is a small VR startup that initially started developing location-based VR experience. However, following the Coronavirus pandemic, the company’s business started collapsing like many other small organizations around the world. So, the company shifted its resources to develop VR technology for video-conferencing apps like Skype, Zoom, and Meet. “Spaces” states that its technology acts as “a bridge between a VR world and Zoom, Skype, Hangouts, and more”....
The benchmark results for the Apple M1X surfaced on CPU Monkey earlier this week. The M1X is reported to be a 12-core chipset as opposed to its 8-core predecessor. Apple will also include a more powerful 16-core GPU aboard this chipset. The Apple M1 is equipped with an 8-core GPU and a 7-core on the MacBook Air base variant. Moreover, Apple M1X will be based on the same 5nm process node....
Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri revealed to Bloomberg that the Apple One subscription service will go live today. This subscription service, for those unaware, is going to provide you access to a myriad of Apple services, including Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage, at an even affordable price. Apple One India Prices For Rs. 195 per month, as I mentioned above, you will get access to Apple Music, TV+, Apple Arcade (the company’s game subscription), and 50GB of iCloud storage....
Apple to Sell Lesser iPhone SE 3 Units Four people close to the matter have suggested (courtesy of Nikkei Asia) that Apple is planning to cut the iPhone SE 3 production by 20%, lowering the number of SE 3 units produced by 2 to 3 million units this quarter. The report suggests that the decision to reduce the production of the recent iPhone is accredited to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which can further the global chip shortage issue....
According to the report, the design of the upcoming regular non-Pro AirPods will be similar to the current AirPods Pro. Again, this corroborates what renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said earlier this year. As you would expect, Apple is also planning to improve the battery life with this upgrade. For the second generation of AirPods Pro, Apple is apparently planning to completely eliminate the short stem. The report says that the current design has a rounded shape that fits in the ear....
Dubbed as Crash Detection, the feature was recently spotted in documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. It will leverage the devices’ accelerometer to detect a sudden spike in gravity or the “g” force during a car accident and will automatically call the emergency services, revealing the location of the crash. It could also work like the Fall Detection feature on the Apple Watch that waits for the user to confirm that they are okay before making the call to emergency services....
WhatsApp Data Leak Affects Nearly 500M Accounts A report by CyberNews reveals that a threat actor posted an ad on a hacking community forum to sell the data of 487 million WhatsApp users. The database included data belonging to around 32 million users in the US, 45 million in Egypt, 29 million in Saudi Arabia, 35 million in Italy, and over 11 million users in the UK. Data of millions of people in India, Russia, and more countries were leaked too....
