Poco is now expected to launch the Poco M2 Pro in India.
Poco spun-off as a separate entity as the year 2020 kicked off. Soon after the announcement, the company launched the Poco X2 in India, which was just a rebranded version of the Redmi K30. According to the rumours, the company is gearing up to finally launch the much-awaited Poco F2 Pro. However, a new leak has surfaced which claims that the upcoming Poco smartphone will be called Poco M2 Pro.
According to a recent report by MySmartPrice, Xiaomi has listed a new smartphone in its India RF page. The name 'Poco M2 Pro' was spotted in the list suggesting the smartphone is coming soon to the country. As the list does not include the anticip[pated Poco F2 or the F2 Pro, there are chances that the company is launching the F2 Pro as the M2 Pro in India.
Further, the list also reveals the device's model number - M2003J6CI along with its SAR value. However, the smartphone is no longer listed on the company's website anymore.
Apart from that, the report also states that the Redmi Note 9 was also spotted on the Xiaomi RF exposure page alongside the upcoming Mi 10 5G smartphone. Redmi Note 9 and Mi 10 5G are listed with model numbers M2003J15SI and M2001J21, respectively. Notably, it is the same Redmi Note 9 that was launched in the European market last week.
While the Mi 10 is already set to launch in India on May 8, the Redmi Note 9 was a bit surprising to see. Also, the Poco M2 Pro is something that has raised a lot of questions in our minds. We are not yet sure that whether it will be a debut in a whole different series or Poco just thought of going with the 'M' letter instead of 'F'.
In order to seek answers for those questions, we will need to wait for a confirmation from the company. This can be expected only when the Chinese manufacturer is ready to launch the smartphone in the country. Until then, this piece of news can be taken with a pinch of salt.
Huawei Y9s will be the most budget-friendly smartphone for millennials, who are just entering the corporate world.
Huawei is looking to launch its next smartphone offering, the Huawei Y9s in India soon. The company has setup a 'Notify Me' page at Amazon for interested people to register interest. It has not revealed the exact date of launch or the pricing details of the device. It will be made available in Midnight Black and Breathing Crystal colour options.
The company claims that its Huawei Y9s will be the most budget-friendly smartphone for millennials, who are just entering the corporate world. With the key feature being a 4,000mAh battery, which will be able to power the device throughout the day.
Huawei Y9s: Specifications
Huawei Y9s sports a 6.59-inch full HD+ display with a resolution of 2340x1080 pixels and a 391PPI density. It comes with a 91 percent screen-to-body ratio with no notches or hole-punch cutouts, thanks to the motorised pop-up camera module.
It is powered by the company's own Kirin 710F processor paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage expandable up to 512GB via a microSD card. For security, the device comes with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, which unlocks the phone within 0.3 seconds according to the brand.
The device runs Google's Android 9 Pie operating system with the company's own EMUI 9.1 skin on top. It is unknown if the device will come with support for Google services like the Play Store, Gmail, YouTube and more? Or will it not come with them and instead include alternatives like the Huawei App Gallery? Guess, we will just have to wait and see.
Huawei Y9s sports a triple back camera setup, consisting of a 48-megapixel primary sensor paired with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel tertiary sensor. On the front, it features a 16-megapixel sensor for video calls and taking selfies.
All of this will be backed by a 4,000mAh battery with support for fast charging. The company claims that the device can last for around 40 hours on a single charge while calling.
Google had earlier announced that this integration will soon be made available only for GSuite subscribers.
Google to take on Zoom has now integrated its 'Google Meet' video conferencing service into Gmail. The option to perform a Meet video call in now showing up inside of the left sidebar of Gmail on Web.
Google had earlier announced that this integration will soon be made available only for GSuite subscribers. And Google's support page reflected the same, stating that it will work only with Gmail for work or school accounts.
The new integration is being rolled out slowly to all Gmail users slowly. For the users, this feature is now live for, they can see a new 'start a meeting' and 'join a meeting' buttons inside of the left sidebar.
To start a video call, you can simply click on the 'Start a Meeting' button feature, which will open up a new window where it will ask you to choose a meeting name and will share the unique URL or code, which you can then share with the people you want to hold a meeting with.
If you press the 'Join a Meeting' button, you will be able to enter the meeting code and join in on the video. Apart from this, you can also start a meeting by heading over to meet.google.com.
With the introduction of this feature, the company is looking to make it easy for users to start or join a video call on the Google Meet platform.
Google Meet was earlier available only via G Suite to enterprise and education customers. However, Google has now made the service free for everyone. The free version lets users host up to 100 participants during a meeting. The calls have no time limit as of now, due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. However, after September 30, Google will implement a limit of 60 minutes per call for free users.
The only benefit paid users have as of now, is that they can record the video calls. Whereas, free users cannot do the same.
The update brings the latest April 2020 security patch for Android for both phones.
Realme has started rolling out new OTA updates with Android's April 2020 security patch for its Realme 5 Pro and Realme XT smartphones. The Realme 5 Pro update comes with a build number RMX1971EX_11.C.03, whereas, the build number of XT is RMX1921EX_11.C.04.
The updates are being rolled out in a phased manner to avoid server congestion and to ensure the stability of the updates.
The company announced about the rollouts on its official community website.
The update brings the latest April 2020 security patch for Android for both phones. Other features include the addition of DocVault ID feature, audio quality optimisation for third-party apps. For dark mode, the company has added an arrow to the right of the list of recent location information requests.
Apart from the new features, the updates bring fixes for various bugs like stopping the prompt tone from appearing every time when music is played, alarm getting turned off after clearing it from background tasks, and more.
To check if your smartphone has got the update or not, you can head over to the settings panel, then open the Software Upgrade tab and tap on check for update. If the update appears, you can click on download update. This will start downloading the update onto your phone. After the download is complete, your device will prompt you to install the update. Once pressed, it will restart and start installing the update. After the installation is finished, your phone will turn on with the new software.
For the users who did not get the upgrade prompt can decide to wait for a wider rollout or can simply download and install the update files from the company's website manually.
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Xiaomi Mi 10 will be launched in India via an online livestream on May 8.
Xiaomi is now gearing up to launch the flagship Mi 10 smartphone in India. In an online press briefing today, the company announced that it will be launching the phone in the country on May 8. the smartphone was initially set to launch on March 31. But, due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, the company had to postpone it to a later date.
As the country has been on lockdown for over a month now, the Home Ministry has started to relax restrictions. This even implies to e-commerce sites, which means they will be able to start delivering non-essential goods in orange and green zones. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Chinese manufacturer will be hosting an online launch event of the Mi 10 on Friday, May 8.
Xiaomi has already launched the Mi 10 flagship smartphone in global markets including Italy, France, Germany and more. The handset was first unveiled in China back in February. This means that we already know about the specifications and the features of the upcoming device. However, we will need to tune in to the livestream on May 8 for the price.
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As for the pricing, the smartphone was launched in China with a starting price tag of CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 42,400). Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi Vice President and India Managing Director, earlier said that the phone will come with a different pricing model taking factors like import duty and GST in consideration. This means the Mi 10 will give a direct competition to the recently launched OnePlus 8 and Apple iPhone SE.
In my opinion, the company has to implement an aggressive pricing strategy to go against players like OnePlus, Samsung and Apple in the flagship market. As of now, Xiaomi is best known only for the smartphones sold under the price bracket of Rs. 20,000. If they are able to get the price close to Rs. 35,000, they will not only be able to beat Apple and OnePlus.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Specifications
As far as the specifications are concerned, the Xiaomi Mi 10 sports a 6.67-inch fullHD+ curved AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate. The handset will be powered by the quad-core Snapdragon 865 processor. It packs in up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. All of this backed by a 4,780mAh battery with support for 30W fast wired and wireless charging.
On the optics front, the Xiaomi Mi 10 sports a quad-camera setup at the back consisting of a 108-megapixel primary camera coupled with a 13-megapixel wide-angle lens and two 2-megapixel cameras. Upfront, there is a 20-megapixel selfie camera.
Huawei GT 2e sports a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a Retina-grade high resolution.
Huawei is looking to launch its Watch GT 2e in India soon according to a new report by Gadgets360. According to the report, a product listing was spotted on Flipkart providing us with the specifications and the pricing details of the upcoming watch.
The company has already listed the smartwatch on its official website.
According to the Flipkart listing, Huawei Watch GT 2e is priced at Rs 19,990. After the report came out, Flipkart quickly took down the page. It seems the company was deciding to launch the device today when the COVID-19 lockdown was supposed to end. However, the Government of India extended the lockdown until May 17. Due to which it decided to delay the launch, however, Flipkart might have scheduled the page to go up on the date and might have simply forgotten to unschedule it.
Huawei might still go ahead with the launch, considering that Flipkart along with other e-commerce websites can start shipping non-essential goods to green and orange zones starting May 4. However, it will not be the case for the red zones like Delhi NCR. Customers living in those areas will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on such products.
The Flipkart listing according to the report reveals two variants for the smartwatch: Active and Sport. It will be made available in three colour options: Graphite Black, Icy White and Mint Green.
Huawei Watch GT 2e: Specifications
Huawei GT 2e sports a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a Retina-grade high resolution. The watch comes with support for 15 professional sport modes and seven indoor activity modes. It is powered by the company's own Kirin A1 processor and can store up to 500 songs.
Xiaomi recently unveiled the latest iteration its custom UI based on Google's Android operating system, called MIUI 12. It brings a host of new features along with various improvements to the user interface. One of the key features is the introduction of Dark Mode 2.0, which makes the phones with AMOLED displays look visually more appealing.
MIUI 12 is currently available under the company's closed beta program for developers. To recall, Xiaomi used to offer Global Beta versions of its MIUI software before, however, with MIUI 11, the company has stopped with that step of its development process. Now regular consumers can do nothing but wait for the stable release to roll out.
But if you are a person who wants to try out the latest software before everyone gets to do so, you can still test the closed beta version of MIUI 12 by manually flashing it on an eligible Xiaomi smartphone (list of eligible Xiaomi smartphones to install MIUI 12).
For this to be successful, you will require an eligible Xiaomi smartphone for which the company has released the developer beta. Take note, the smartphone should also have an unlocked bootloader.
Take note, the Closed Beta ROM is made for the Chinese variants of the eligible smartphones. This means that it will not come with Google Play Services or any other Google app. Also, the language options are limited to English and Chinese only.
Another point to keep in mind is that these Closed Beta versions are not stable enough to run on one's primary device. Also, during the process, there are chances you might end up bricking your device. So, everything you do to install the MIUI 12 Closed Beta on your Xiaomi device is at your own risk.
If you are willing to take that risk, just follow this simple guide to download and install MIUI 12 on your Redmi Note 7, Redmi Note 8 Pro, Redmi K20 or any other eligible Xiaomi smartphones.
Download MIUI 12 Closed Beta ROM from the following links
Once the Xiaomi device is successfully unlocked, you can then flash a custom recovery like TWRP and Orange Fox on to it.
To install a custom recovery on to your smartphone, you will be required to download a recovery image from a source like XDADevelopers for your smartphone. Once it is downloaded, shift the file from downloads folder to the ADB folder.
Put your phone on Fastboot mode.
Connect it to your PC using a USB cable.
Now open CMD from the ADB folder.
Flashing a custom recovery may void your warranty.
Enter the command - 'fastboot devices' to check whether the PC has recognised the device or not. If not, download and install the latest Android drivers from the internet.
Now enter the command 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'. Here 'recovery.img' should be replaced with the file name of the recovery file you have downloaded.
Transfer the MIUI 12 Closed Beta ROM you downloaded during the first step to your Xiaomi device's internal storage.
Now open the custom recovery which you installed on your smartphone during Step 2. To do this, simply turn off the phone and then press and hold the power and volume up buttons.
Inside of the custom recovery, use the 'Wipe' option to wipe cache, Dalvik cache, system and data.
Now click on 'Install' and flash the MIUI 12 build, you put inside of the internal storage.
In case you are unable to flash the file, try downloading it again or switching to an alternate custom recovery.
Once all the steps are completed successfully, your Xiaomi device will be running the MIUI 12 skin. Do remember, the first boot after the flash will take around 10 minutes.
PUBG Mobile 0.18.0 update is scheduled to roll out on May 7.
PUBG Mobile is gearing up to roll out the much-anticipated 0.18.0 update. The update was earlier speculated to release on April 24. Now, Tencent Games has confirmed that the update will be made available to all Android and iOS users on May 7. The new update is expected to bring Miramar 2.0 map, Safety Scramble Mode, Jungle Adventure Guide Mode and much more.
PUBG Mobile made the announcement via a Tweet from their official Twitter handle. The company has even posted a teaser video on its YouTube channel. In the short 18-second video, we mostly get to hear the sound of the rumble of a car. This suggests that we might see the new Golden Mirado vehicle with this update.
Apart from that, the video showcases a vending machine, which is expected to be a part of the upcoming Miramar 2.0 map. These vending machines are said to offer painkillers and energy drinks. At the end of the video, the company has just flashed the date 'May 7'.
Tencent Games has already rolled out the beta version of the upcoming update, which already has the Safety Scramble Mode and a Jungle Adventure Guide Mode. The beta version also suggests there will be a new area called Water City in the new Miramar 2.0 map.
With the beta update, the company has also introduced a new blue zone inside the safe zone. Unlike the safe zone circle, players will need to stay away from the blue zone as entering it can cause damage. A similar feature is already available in the PC version of the game.
As for the new game modes, the Safety Scramble Mode is expected to be a new EvoGround mode while there are not many details available for the upcoming Jungle Adventure Guide Mode. Lastly, the upcoming update is expected to bring new scope for the Win94 gun, a new training mode, and a refreshed results screen.
Mi Note 10 Lite is being offered in three colour options.
Xiaomi hosted a launch event in Europe on Friday where they finally unveiled the much-awaited Mi Note 10 Lite smartphone. The latest mid-range smartphone offering from the company comes with a 3D curved AMOLED display as it is a part of the flagship Mi Note 10 family. Some of the other key highlights of the smartphone include the Snapdragon 730G processor, quad rear camera setup and a massive 5,260mAh battery.
Mi Note 10 Lite Specifications
Mi Note 10 Lite features a 6.47-inch fullHD+ curved AMOLED display with a waterdrop-style notch. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor paired with up to 8GB of RAM. For storage, the phone comes with up to 128GB of non-expandable onboard storage. It runs on Android 10 based MIUI 11 out of the box. All of this is backed by a massive 5,260mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging.
On the optics front, the handset sports a quad-camera setup at the back consisting of a 64-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens, a 5-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel macro camera. Upfront, there is a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.
Pricing and Availability
Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite is launched at a starting price of EUR 349 (roughly Rs. 28,500) for the base model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Users can bump up the storage with the 6GB + 128GB variant, which will retail at EUR 399 (roughly Rs. 32,600). The company has also announced an 8GB RAM variant but the price has not been revealed yet.
The all-new smartphone will be available in three colour variants, Midnight Black, Nebula Purple, and Glacier White. The smartphone is set to go on sale starting mid-May. Xiaomi has not yet revealed the India launch details yet. However, we can expect the phone to arrive on the Indian shores soon.
Apart from that, the company also launched the Redmi Note 9 as well as the Redmi Note 9 Lite for the European market.
Xiaomi has rolled out the MIUI 12 eligible devices list.
Xiaomi has just announced the launch of the latest iteration its Android-based custom skin, MIUI 12. The latest version of the skin not only offers aesthetic changes but also brings in tons of new features. Currently, the latest edition of MIUI is available only in China and it should expand to other markets soon.
While the company has not yet revealed a timeline for the rollout, it has revealed the list of devices that will be receiving the MIUI 12 update. In the pure Xiaomi fashion, the update will be rolled out in batches. Here's a list of eligible Xiaomi devices that will soon be receiving the latest update:
List of Xiaomi devices that will receive the MIUI 12 update
Xiaomi has already started rolling out the update for some of the above-mentioned devices via a closed beta program. While the closed beta of the MIUI 12 is limited to Chinese variants, the company has stopped rolling out global beta versions. Also, as these beta versions might feature some bugs, we would highly recommend waiting for the stable release.
As far as the MIUI 12 features are concerned, the latest iteration of the custom Android skin brings Dark Mode 2.0, an improved dark theme for Xiaomi smartphones. Apart from that, the new update brings a new collection of wallpapers, improved animations, new gestures, health tracking, AI calling, enhanced security and much more.
