Oppo Band Style fitness band will be launched in India on March 8, the company has announced. The wearable comes with real-time heart rate, continuous oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitoring, and breathing quality assessment even during sleep, apart from general fitness tracking, as per the company. It offers 12 workout modes, and the Chinese tech company
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Apple on Tuesday shared insights from the Apple Hearing Study, ahead of World Hearing Day today. The study shares findings from long-term hearing health data gathered with the participation of thousands of Apple Watch and iPhone users in the US. Insights included how many experience a daily average environmental sound exposure higher than the World
Budget 5G smartphones are all the rage right now, even though 5G isn’t available in India yet, and yet we’re seeing brands launching 5G offerings by the dozen. The latest entrant now is the Realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G which launched on February 24. It started as a trickle last year and in 2021, and
Many mobile games are “violent, explicit and addictive”, and PUBG was just one example, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said Sunday, announcing a government plan to set up a centre of excellence in gaming and other related areas to promote Indian cultural ethos. PUBG was among over 100 China-origin mobile applications banned by the government last year.
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a feature that will allow users to import custom animated sticker packs. The feature is said to be rolling out in Brazil, India and Indonesia for WhatsApp version 2.21.3.19 or newer on Android and 2.21.31.2 or newer on iOS. This feature will allow WhatsApp users to import custom animated stickers
OnePlus 9 Series is expected to launch in India sometime later this month. A dedicated webpage has been set up on the company’s India website with the title “Moonshot.” The mysterious page doesn’t reveal much, except notifying that OnePlus is expected to announce “something new” on March 8. Now, this might indicate that the OnePlus
India’s tablet market has recorded a pandemic-driven 14.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth after a continuous decline for four consecutive years, according to the data revealed by International Data Corporation (IDC) India. With a total shipment of 2.8 million tablets in 2020, the consumer shipment marked a 59.8 percent growth over 2019, thanks to the increased
Realme GT 5G retail box image has been spotted on Weibo ahead of its official launch. Separately, benchmarking site Geekbench has listed a Realme phone with model number RMX2202. This has so far been associated with the Realme GT 5G. The Geekbench listing suggests that the upcoming Realme smartphone will have 12GB of RAM. In
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 users can own a copy of Ratchet & Clank for free, as part of the company’s Play At Home initiative. Sony introduced Play At Home in April last year, as the world was just entering consecutive lockdowns due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Under the initiative, the company gave away digital
Facebook BARS app is yet another attempt from the social media giant to take on TikTok — this time by targeting budding rappers. The new app, which has been developed by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) R&D team is currently available under closed beta testing. The BARS app from Facebook allows users to create and
Moto Watch, Moto Watch One, and Moto G Smartwatch have surfaced online as the next-generation Motorola smartwatches. The new Moto Watch models could launch later this year. Meanwhile, a couple of images showing the design of the smartwatches have surfaced on Twitter. One of the new models, the Moto Watch, appears to come in a square-shaped
Apple spring event 2021 could be just around the corner. Historically, the Cupertino-based tech giant holds special events in March to announce something new. Apple hasn’t officially revealed anything about its spring event 2021 yet, but it is rumoured to bring upgrades to iPad Pro, AirPods, and Apple TV this time. The company is also
Samsung One UI 3.1 update has brought DeX wireless support on PC to more Galaxy flagship smartphones, as per user reports. A screenshot was shared on Reddit in which a user said that he got the One UI 3.1 update, revealing support for DeX feature on his Galaxy S20 Ultra. This means that users can
If everything had been normal in the desktop GPU world right now, the launch of the GeForce RTX 3060 would have been met with enthusiasm for bringing ray tracing effects to a new mass-market price point as well as the usual generational performance gains. However, things are far from normal – cryptocurrency miners are once
One of the European Union’s most powerful data regulators has warned companies may yet face massive disruption to translatlantic data flows as a result of an EU court ruling last year, despite efforts by policymakers to avoid that outcome. Europe’s highest court last July ruled an EU-US data transfer agreement was invalid, citing concerns the
Apple has released watchOS 7.3.1 to help fix the issue that prevents Apple Watch Series 5 and Apple Watch SE from charging once they enter the battery-saving Power Reserve mode. For users who are currently experiencing the problem and are not able to install the update on their Apple Watch, the Cupertino company is offering
Amazon and Flipkart are offering discounts on a bunch of popular smartphones in India this week. Amazon Fab Phones Fest and Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza 2021 sales promise great deals on mobile phones across all price segments this week. If you’re looking to upgrade or buy a new smartphone, this is a good time to grab
OnePlus Nord has started receiving OxygenOS 10.5.11 that brings the January 2021 Android security patch. The new software update for OnePlus Nord comes almost two months after the release of the last Android security update that was rolled out in late December. OnePlus has, however, not provided any new features or notable changes through the