Saturday, August 1, 2020

Amazfit Powerbuds TWS earphones launching in India on August 6 at INR6,999

Amazfit has been quickly expanding its product portfolio in India for the past couple of months. The company brought the Bip S, T-Rex and Stratos 3 smartwatches to the country in June, followed earlier this week by the Bip S Lite. Today, Amazfit announced it will launch the Powerbuds TWS sports earphones in India on August 6 at INR6,999 ($95/€80). The TWS earphones will have two color options and will be sold through Amazon.in as well as Amazfit's official Indian site. Amazfit Powerbuds will be available in two colors in India The Amazfit Powerbuds come with a 9mm driver in...

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Realme's Ultra-thin SuperDart Chargers are coming soon to India

Realme introduced its 125W UltraDART fast charging technology last month that juices up a 4,000 mAh battery from 0% to 33% in just three minutes. Alongside that, the company also introduced 50W and 65W Ultra-thin SuperDart chargers, which will arrive soon in India. This news comes from Realme's Indian CEO Madhav Sheth who posted an image on Twitter saying these thin chargers are "coming soon". We will soon introduce the 65W and 50W #realme Ultra-thin #SuperDart Chargers. More easy to carry and use. #TechTrendsetter pic.twitter.com/e6eL4OvFjx— Madhav (@MadhavSheth1) August 1, 2020 The...

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Nvidia looking to buy Arm, in 'advanced talks'

UK-based chip designer Arm could change hands from its current SoftBank owner to Nvidia, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed sources. The companies are in 'advanced talks' as per the insiders and a deal could be struck in the coming weeks. Japanese SoftBank acquired Arm four years ago for $32 billion. Now, the amount Nvidia is expected to pay for it is estimated by market analysts at $55 billion. The acquisition could be met with regulatory hurdles, however, as Nvidia is also currently a customer of Arm and rival customers like Apple, Qualcomm, AMD and Intel will require guarantees...

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Redmi 9 Prime confirmed to pack a FullHD+ display

Xiaomi offshoot Redmi is set to unveil the Redmi 9 Prime in India on August 4, and the phone has now been confirmed to pack a FullHD+ display. Word on the matter comes from Xiaomi India MD Manu Jain through Twitter. Super excited for the launch of #Redmi9Prime on 4th Aug @ 12 noon! 🤩#PrimetimeAllrounder features best-in-class features, one among them being a display, that no other phone offers in the price band.📱#BackToPrime with #FHD+ display! 📺 RT if you ♥️ this.#Xiaomi ❤️ #FullHD pic.twitter.com/X1v63NjJNc— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) July 31, 2020 The company has not revealed...

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Facebook adds official music videos in the US

Facebook is adding official music videos to its platform, starting this weekend. The launch is exclusive to the US and comes in partnership with major companies like Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and smaller labels. You'll be able to find the official music videos on Facebook Watch, where a new Music tab has been created complete with categories and themed playlists and the experience will become more tailored to your tastes over time. As with any other video on Facebook, you'll get to react to, comment on, and share the music videos and they'll also...

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OnePlus 6 and 6T get July security patch and OnePlus Buds support with the latest update

OnePlus rolled out OxygenOS updates for the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro last week that brought OnePlus Buds support for the 2020 flagships. Now it's time for the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T to get deeper integration for OnePlus' first TWS earphones with the OxygenOS 10.3.5 update. OnePlus 6 (left) and OnePlus 6T (right) In addition to OnePlus Buds support, the new build also comes with the July 2020 Android security patch, with the GMS package level bumped up to May 2020. Besides, the update optimizes the RAM management and squashes a few bugs. You can check out the full changelog of...

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