Google-owned YouTube is now offering its music streaming service for free on Google Home as well as other Assistant-powered smart speakers. "With YouTube Music and Google Home, you can ask Google Home to play the right music for any moment or mood and YouTube Music will play the perfect station," James Goddard, Software Engineer for YouTube Music, wrote in a blog post on Thursday. Along with a free 30-day trial,... Read More
To prevent users from falling prey to the questionable privacy practices of tech giants, privacy assistant app "Jumbo" has started rolling out for iOS users and will soon be made available for Android users as well. The privacy app comes with the capability to automatically adjust 30 Facebook privacy settings, delete old tweets after saving them on the phone and erase users' Google Search and Amazon Alexa history. "Our privacy... Read More
'Nokia 8110' now supports messaging app WhatsApp and the update has reached the Indian market first, HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, announced on Tuesday. The slider banana feature phone has intuitive tactile mechanics with slide to answer and end calls as well as a helicopter-style spin on its axis. "We're so happy that our fans in India will get WhatsApp on 'Nokia 8110' first anywhere in the world,"... Read More
Who would have expected two Chinese brands owned by a common company will innovate various smartphone technologies? Well, that's what happened in 2018 as Vivo and Oppo jointly introduced several new features with its smartphones. At the start of 2018, Vivo introduced a concept phone called Vivo APEX with a motorised front-facing camera. Later in the year, Vivo introduced the industry's first motorised camera phone to the public in the... Read More
If you have not engaged in a conversation with virtual assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Home on smart speakers in your living home yet, this is the time to start one. Voice is the new human-computer interface and the Indian masses -- be it a three-year-old toddler or a 65-year-old grandpa -- are finally going to leverage voice to interact with the devices and digitally control their lives. Smart... Read More
India still falls behind other countries when it comes to smart speakers. There are some smart speakers available in India, but the options are very limited. Some of the very popular smart speakers in the country right now would be the ones designed by Amazon together with its voice assistant technologies and Google Home series. This market is growing and some companies are bringing smart speakers to India and the... Read More
Amazon on Thursday announced the availability of its new device -- Echo Input -- that would enable users to add Alexa support to their existing speakers via an audio cable or Bluetooth, for Rs 2,999 in India. The device features a four-microphone arrangement to allow users to talk to Alexa from across the room using the Alexa app that is available on both, iOS and Android, the company said in... Read More
Samsung is reportedly planning a cheaper version of its Galaxy Home smart speaker powered by its voice assistant Bixby. While the specifications of the new speaker are not yet known it is presumed to have fewer of the features of the main Galaxy Home that Samsung announced in August, The Verge reported. While the main Galaxy Home, which is yet to hit the market, could compete with Apple HomePod, which... Read More
Infinix, the online smartphone brand of China-based Transsion Holdings, on Monday launched the Note 5 Stylus as its first smartphone with a stylus pen for Rs 15,999 in India. The stylus "XPen" would enable the handwriting recognition feature on the phone and would allow users to doodle, write and paint. Designed with 4,096 sense of pressure, the stylus would be able to produce fine and detailed lines as well, the... Read More
Xiaomi has been at the forefront of innovation and smartphone manufacturing in the past few years. The company has established its stronghold in the global markets thanks to its impressive offerings and the affordable price ranges. Now Xiaomi is here with its latest flagship phone, the Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 which has been launched in China a couple of days ago. This new phone by Xiaomi sports a very attractive... Read More
At an event in Bengaluru, Xiaomi has launched three new Mi TVs in the country- Mi LED TV 4 Pro (55-inch), Mi LED TV 4A Pro (49-inch) and the Mi LED TV 4C Pro (32-inch). These new TVs come as successors to the earlier launched Mi LED TV 4, Mi TV 4A 43-inch and the Mi TV 4A 32-inch models. While the internal hardware of the new three Mi TVs... Read More
Vivo has expanded its V series of smartphones in India with the launch of Vivo V11, which is the downgraded version of the earlier launched V11 Pro. The Vivo V11 differs a lot when compared to the V11 Pro with the primary one being the lack of in-display fingerprint scanner. The Vivo V11 is priced at Rs 22,990 in India and comes with MediaTek Helio P60 chipset, clubbed with 6GB... Read More
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What kind of logic is this? Band 28 is exclusively used for coverage and not for speeds. They have mmwave…
Band 28 is just for VoNR and coverage. There is no other usage. Inside home, 20-50Mbps on an average. ARPU…
This is not going to happen. Vi is empty network everywhere now. 33 crore to less than 20 crore within…
where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
