MIUI 11 comes with a ton of new features and customizations. One of those include the addition of an app drawer.
Xiaomi has rolled out its first update for MIUI 11 bringing in a much requested feature, the application drawer. Earlier, MIUI running smartphones, except for the one using the Poco Launcher, did not have an app drawer.
This feature was first spotted in the MIUI 11 Beta version earlier this year and today it has made to the public release. App drawer is very useful to navigate through the pre-installed apps faster without searching one by one. It comes very handy in order to navigate apps installed on the smartphone.
To activate the app drawer on any Xiaomi smartphone that is running MIUI 11 users need to do so by going to Settings> Desktop> Desktop Mode On/Off.
The app drawer will also display recent apps on the top with all apps listed below. The app drawer also features a downward-facing arrow located on the top, which the users can tap to collapse it.
All of the apps will be sorted in an alphabetical order to find the required application easier.
Google in its stock AOSP ROM of Android always provides an app drawer. With this move, Xiaomi has moved a bit closer to the Stock Android look and feel.
The biggest issue that online gaming brings along is lag. (Image: Cisco)
Online gaming is gaining ever more popularity. Why? Constant improvement in graphics, gameplay, and the story is amongst other reasons. What makes online gaming possible is the internet. Internet speeds keep increasing and the online gaming experience continues to evolve. The road though is not as smooth as it sounds.
The biggest issue that online gaming brings along is lag. You may be playing a great game, about to fire the last shot the ends the game, about to score in the dying seconds, or just about to finish up strong. You experience a little interruption, a split second of communication interruption, a little distortion in the display and boom it is all gone. Shot never fired, a goal never scored and lost the game. It is more than disappointing, it is frustrating!
Does the question remain how to get rid of it? Read on to find out a few simple solutions that will enhance your gaming experience and make sure you never face lag or latency issues ever again.
A faster internet connection
This is one of the easiest solutions one can come up with. Faster is always better. If you feel that there is nothing wrong with your Spectrum internet connection and the game still lags. You have also checked your system and there is nothing else you can do, then it is time that you upgrade your internet. Faster internet is capable of handling the greater load and carry more data per second.
If you want to know exactly what speeds would work for you, we’d have to refer to an FCC guide. They categorize a single devise use as basic, add two devices and you have medium use age and lastly, four or more devices fall into the advanced category. Everyone owns a computer and a smartphone. That’s two devices right there. You have more than one person sharing the same internet connection and you are already in the medium category. It is safe to conclude that a 25Mbps connection should be enough for you to enjoy a smooth gaming experience.
Use a gaming router
Yes, there are routers specially designed for gaming purposes. These special routers are specifically designed to make the most out of your internet connection and get you great online gaming experience.
Among other great options, QoS is one of the best ones. It works like a traffic signal and prioritizes your internet speed to the preferred device. This means that you get a major chink of whatever bandwidth you get. Advance gaming routers will also enable you to manage bandwidth for multiple devices.
Go for a wired connection
Like the previous fixes, this one also relates to the internet. The wireless connection does offer ease and flexibility but it also comes with a fair share of troubles. This flexibility can face an issue like objects in the way to clash with other signals travelling in the vicinity. This may cause distortion and you may not be able to get the maximum speed promised by your ISP.
To make that you get the best available speeds out of your internet connection, skip the ease, where possible, and go for a wired connection. An Ethernet connection ensures you lose minimum speed from router to device and you get great online gaming experience.
Defrag your hard drive
This one relates to the wellbeing of the system software. You need to ensure that all the plugins, software, and other apps are up to date. This ensures optimum output especially when there are no bugs in the way. This also helps keep the system clean from viruses and malware that can further slow down your system and cause lag.
Disclaimer: This is a guest post submitted to Beetel Bite by a freelance writer, Nauman Abrar.
Xiaomi Mi Air Purifier 3 comes with a High-Resolution display on the front, from where a number of new and interesting features can be accessed.
Xiaomi is one of the biggest brands in the country which offers a wide range of products including the home applicants. Today, the company has launched its new Mi Air Purifier 3, which is a successor to the Mi Air Purifier 2S launched last year.
The Mi Air Purifier 3 is priced at Rs. 9,999. It will be made available starting from November 7. It will be made available on Amazon, Flipkart and the company's own website.
The company has also launched its filter replacements, which are currently available on the company's official website for Rs. 2,199. The company claims that its new air purifier will provide consumers with improved air quality and healthier living compared to its previous versions air purifiers. The Mi Air Purifier 3 comes with a 3-layer composite filtration process: a primary filter, a true HEPA filter and an activated carbon filter.
The device has a High-Resolution display on the front, from where a number of new and interesting features can be accessed. A special feature about the device is that it features a minimalist design featuring a touch-enabled OLED display, which shows the Air Quality Index in real-time.
The company claims that its new air purifier has a Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) of 380m³/h which makes it capable of delivering 6,333 litres of purified air every minute. It has a total coverage area of up to 484ft2. All the process and changes can be maintained through Mi Home app while it's connected to a smartphone.
Under this offer, Reliance Jio is offering consumers Rs 801 as a price cut in its Jio Phone along with Rs. 693 worth of benefits.
Reliance Jio recently offered consumers its Jio Phone at the price of Rs. 699 during the Diwali festive season. The offer was supposed to come to an end by the end of October. However, the company has now announced that due to the overwhelmingly positive response it got for the offer, it is extending it by another month. Now consumers can avail the offer till the end of November.
Under this offer, the company is offering consumers Rs 801 as a price cut along with Rs. 693 worth of benefits. Totalling this gives users an effective benefit of Rs. 1,494, bringing the effective cost to Rs. 6. The Rs. 693 worth of benefits will not be provided to the customers upfront, instead, they will be offered as seven Rs. 99 recharge vouchers, added in the MyJio app.
Keep in mind, that to get the Jio Phone under this offer, you will be required to purchase a new Jio SIM to go with the phone. To know about all of the details of the offer, you can click here to head over to the company's terms and conditions page.
To recapitulate, the Jio Phone sports a 2.4-inch display. It is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor paired with 512MB of RAM. The device comes with 4GB of internal storage expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card. It runs KaiOS and is backed by a removable 2,000mAh battery. The Jio Phone comes with a lot of apps that make the phone compete with entry-level smartphones, these apps include Google Assistant, Facebook, Google Maps, WhatsApp and YouTube just to name a few.
"Under the Jio Phone Diwali Offer, Jio Phone witnessed an unprecedented record demand during the past 3 weeks, due to which Jio has decided to continue the onslaught for 1 additional month (November). The feature phone users who were not able to join the Jio movement during the Jio Phone Diwali offer, now get another month to avail the benefits of the festive offer and migrate to Jio Digital Life," said the company in a press statement.
Reliance Jio announces discounts on its new All-in-One plans.
Reliance Jio recently decided to start charging consumers for the IUC, which basically allows them to talk to users on other networks. While Vodafone and Airtel continue to offer free calls on other networks, Jio had to force users to buy talk time in order to bring calling functionality. The company recently introduced its All-in-One plans and they are now offering discounts on the same.
Currently, there are four plans under the All-in-One plans section, which includes Rs 222, Rs 333, Rs 444 and Rs 555 plans. The company is offering a discount of up to Rs. 50 on the premium Rs 444 and Rs 555 plans. While the Rs 555 plan gets Rs 50 off effectively coming down to Rs 505, the Rs 444 plan gets a discount of Rs 44 bringing it down to just Rs 400.
Both Rs 444 and Rs 555 plans come with a validity of 84 days and offer 2GB of 4G data per day, which sums up to around 168GB throughout the validity period. These plans also offer unlimited calls on Jio to Jio. As for the other networks, the Rs 444 plan offers 1000mins whereas the flagship Rs 555 plan brings 3000mins on board.
These new All-in-One plans were introduced soon after Jio decided to charge customers for the interconnect usage charge. These charges are paid by telecom companies to each other for calls made to their networks. The fixed IUC by TRAI is 6 paise per minute. In case the user decides to opt for some other plan like the Rs 149, they will need to pay additional charges in order to make calls to other networks.
Apple showcased its Apple TV+ in March, now the service is being made available across the world including India. The service will go live at 12:30 PM IST, with it Apple will take on other video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar to name a few.
Apple TV+ is priced at Rs 99 per month, there are no other subscription plans available as of now. The company is also offering users a free seven day trial of its service. It has also confirmed that at a time six users can use the service. The plan will be automatically renewed until cancelled.
All users purchasing a new iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or an Apple TV will get one-year free access to the service.
As of now, all iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple TV users will be able to access the Apple TV+ service. Apart from these, the service will also be made available for all 2019 Samsung Smart TVs and Amazon Fire TV. The company has also confirmed that all future Smart TVs from Sony, LG and Vizio will get Apple TV+ support.
Please note, Android smartphone users will not be able to access the TV+ service as of now. The company has not shared any statement if the service will ever be made available on Android or not.
Apple TV+ will bring popular movies, shows and original TV shows for the users to watch. The service will also allow users to buy and rent movies and TV shows from iTunes within the application.
Keep note that apart from original shows, most shows and movies available are paid and need to be purchased. The app will show you personalised recommendations for movies and TV shows based on your search on iTunes and other applications.
This news comes after Twitter rival Facebook is facing growing pressure to stop carrying political ads.
Twitter has announced that it will ban political advertising on its platform starting November 22. Analysts state that they don't expect the ban to significantly reduce Twitter's business, however, the company's shares did fall 1.9 percent in after-hours trading.
This news comes after Twitter rival Facebook is facing growing pressure to stop carrying political ads. Facebook has taken another route and has pledged efforts to deal with misinformation rather than banning political ads. However, it is still fact-checking ads run by politicians, thus drawing fire from candidates running in the 2020 presidential election.
In a statement to Reuters, Bill Russo, deputy communications director for the Biden campaign said, "We appreciate that Twitter recognizes that they should not permit disproven smears, like those from the Trump campaign, to appear in advertisements on their platform."
He further stated, "It would be unfortunate to suggest that the only option available to social media companies to do so is the full withdrawal of political advertising, but when faced with a choice between ad dollars and the integrity of our democracy, it is encouraging that, for once, revenue did not win out."
On the other hand, Brad Parscale, the man-in-charge for Trump's re-election campaign, stated that "Twitter's move is an attempt to silence conservatives" and "a very dumb decision" for the company's shareholders.
"Will Twitter also be stopping ads from biased liberal media outlets who will now run unchecked as they buy obvious political content meant to attack Republicans," Parscale said in a statement. "This is yet another attempt to silence conservatives, since Twitter knows President Trump has the most sophisticated online program ever known."
A final note. This isn’t about free expression. This is about paying for reach. And paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today’s democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle. It’s worth stepping back in order to address.
To recall, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this month defended the company's policy regarding ads, saying that it did not want to stifle political speech.
Jasmine Enberg, a senior analyst for research company eMarketer in a statement to Reuters, stated that Twitter's decision "is in stark contrast to Facebook," "And, given the nature of the platform, people, publishers and politicians will still use Twitter to discuss politics organically, meaning that it won't fully solve the problem of misinformation."
Redmi Note 8 gets an "S" pattern on the Neptune Blue colour variant.
The smartphone market in India is currently more focused on the mid-range and the budget segment. This is because most people in the country prefer to buy phones from that price range. However, due to the high demand, there have been a lot of launches lately. So, here's a list of top five smartphones you can buy for under Rs. 10,000.
Redmi Note 8
When looking for mid-range or budget smartphones, the first brand that pops-up in our minds has to be Xiaomi. The company has recently launched the Redmi Note 8 series in India. The Redmi Note 8 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset coupled with up to 6GB of RAM. It is currently available with a price tag of Rs. 9,999.
Realme 5
Realme 5 features a quad-camera setup at the back.
Realme 5 has recently arrived in India and has quite a lot to offer for a price of Rs. 9,990. It comes with a 6.5-inch HD+ bezel-less display. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor paired with up to 4GB of RAM. All of this is backed by a massive 5,000mAh battery.
Vivo U10
Vivo U10 comes with a waterdrop notch.
Priced at Rs. 8,990, the Vivo U10 offers a 6.35-inch notched display. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor. The device comes with up to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. It is also the only phone to support 18W fast charging on top of its massive 5,000mAh battery.
Samsung Galaxy M20
Samsung Galaxy M20 comes with an Infinity V notch display.
In case you want a phone from a tier-one brand, then you can look at the Galaxy M20. It sports a 6.3-inch fullHD+ TFT display and it is powered by the octa-core Exynos 7904 processor. It comes with up to 4GB of RAM and it is backed by a 5,000mAh battery. All of this comes in at a starting price of Rs. 9,999.
Nokia 6.1 Plus is a part of Google's Android One program
Nokia 6.1 Plus comes with a notched display and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor. It packs in up to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. The phone features a glass back design and a dual-camera setup at the back. All of this comes in at an impressive price tag of just Rs. 8,999.
Samsung Galaxy XCover FieldPro comes with a MIL-STD-810G certification and has passed a series of 21 durability tests.
Samsung has launched a new rugged smartphone, called the Galaxy XCover FieldPro. The company states that this smartphone is aimed at first responders, field personnel, technicians and enterprise customers. It is yet to reveal the pricing and availability details for the new phone.
Samsung Galaxy XCover FieldPro comes with a MIL-STD-810G certification and has passed a series of 21 durability tests. It also comes with an IP68 water and dust resistance rating.
The company claims that the device can handle liquid damage, accidental falls and other harsh conditions. Key features of the Galaxy XCover FieldPro include a replaceable battery, push-to-talk and customisable emergency request buttons.
Samsung Galaxy XCover FieldPro sports a 5.1-inch QHD display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels. It is powered by the company's own Exynos 9810 processor paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage expandable up to 512GB via a microSD card. The device runs Google's Android Oreo, however, Samsung has promised a guaranteed update to Android 10 with three years of guaranteed security updates.
Coming to the camera department, the device sports a single 12-megapixel sensor on the back with the company's dual aperture feature. On the front, it features an 8-megapixel sensor for taking selfies. All of this is backed by a 4,500mAh battery.
As far as security is concerned the device comes with a fingerprint sensor and the company's own Knox security feature. Samsung claims that its Knox feature has been certified by the federal government as it meets the standards set by the National Information Assurance Partnership. It also claims that Knox is CJIS, FIPS and HIPAA compliant.
Many Android devices now come with Google's Messages app preloaded. If not, the app is readily available for everyone to download via the Play Store. Considering that the company has expanded its Rich Communication Services (RCS) platform to India, it is a good time to start using the app.
As of now, only a limited number of carriers have the RCS platform enabled in India, however, the latest beta version of the app brings RCS support to all across the globe -- irrespective of which telecom service provider you use.
Google Messages app with RCS enabled allows users to chat with their contacts and send them images, GIFs, emoji, stickers, videos and audio messages. RCS also lets users send and receive messages over Wi-Fi or mobile data.
To get RCS support on your Google Messages app, you need to install the Messages beta version 5.2.051 from the Play Store. After you have downloaded the app, you need to get the Activity Launcher on your Android device, which is also available on the Play Store. This will then let you configure the RCS protocol on the Messages app manually.
To configure the RCS protocol manually, you need to turn off Wi-Fi and switch to mobile data and then open the Activity Launcher app. After the app opens up you need to tap the dropdown from the top bar and select Activities option. There you will find the Messages' app, open that and scroll down until you see the Set RCS Flags option. Now tap the ACS Url option and then select 'http://rcs-acs-prod-us.sandbox.google.com/.' Then tap OTP Pattern to select 'Your\sMessenger\sverification\scode\sis\sG-(\d{6})' option. Now hit apply.
After following the above steps, remove the Messages app from your recent apps. After which when you open the app it will show you a pop-up to enable the RCS-backed chat features.
