Apple has presented the new HomePod brilliant speaker in India and worldwide business sectors. Spatial Audio support, enhanced Siri, and additional new features are included in the slightly more expensive new HomePod, which will replace the model that was introduced in India in 2020. Check out the specifics below.

The design of the second-generation HomePod is the same as the first one; It has a backlit touch and a mesh design that is transparent. Spatial Audio tracks and high-fidelity audio are both supported. A 4-inch high-excursion woofer, five beamforming tweeters, a built-in bass-EQ microphone, and a 2 mm diaphragm make up the smart speaker’s configuration. The S7 chip replaces the A8 chip that was used in the first-generation HomePod.

It also has room-sensing technology, can be paired with an Apple TV 4K, and the stereo pair feature, which uses AirPlay to connect two HomePods to create a larger soundstage and a better music experience. A HomePod mini can also be connected to the smart speaker.

With just a simple “Hey, Siri,” the improved Siri on the new HomePod can send reminders, message notifications, and more. Additionally, it is compatible with Matter and can control smart home devices. Additionally, it has built-in temperature and humidity sensors and Sound Recognition.

Additionally, the HomePod can play the same song that is being played on the iPhone thanks to support for Ultra Wideband technology. Find My and end-to-end encryption for all communications are included in the 2023 HomePod.

OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T series devices will no longer receive new updates, the company has confirmed. Rather than making the official announcement publicly, the company reportedly edited a recent update note for the OnePlus 7 and 7T series information on its community website. According to OnePlus’ previous smartphone software update policy, the OnePlus 7 and 7T series devices received two Android OS upgrades and one year of security updates. The OxygenOS 12 MP3 build is the final update for the OnePlus 7/7T series, according to the firm.

The company’s decision to discontinue updates for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T series was revealed by the company via an update to a community post for a recent update (via My Smart Price). “According to the maintenance schedule, MP3 will be the last build for OnePlus 7/7 Pro, thank you all for your help and attention to OnePlus,” the post states.

The OnePlus 7 series debuted in May 2019 with two devices: the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro. Both devices came pre-installed with OxygenOS 9. Similarly, the OnePlus 7T series debuted in October 2019 with two devices: the OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7T Pro. They were, however, running OxygenOS 10 out of the box. The devices have now reached end of support with the release of the final OxygenOS 12 update.

According to a DealnTech report last month, with the OxygenOS 12 update, OnePlus 7 series users reported “a decline in performance, app crashes and UI lags and several other problems that shouldn’t exist if the update had been adequately tested and optimised.”

At the time, users complained that auto brightness was finicky after the update. There were issues with signal reception and network connectivity. There have been reports of random call disconnections, increased standby drain, and decreased battery life. These were not minor visual flaws and interfered with and hampered the user experience because users cannot consume content or engage in multimedia if they are experiencing connectivity issues. Some users have also reported the Gallery app crashing and all of the phone’s settings being reset to their defaults after a simple reboot.

OnePlus recently introduced a new policy for upcoming flagship smartphones starting in 2023. The company stated that ‘some’ of its yet-to-be released flagship devices will receive major Android updates for four years and security updates for five years. In July 2021, the company announced that all devices above the OnePlus 8 series would receive three major Android updates and four years of security updates.

Source: Gadgets 360

Previous Shark Tank India character Ashneer Grover reviewed his experience with Bollywood star Salman Khan, when Ashneer was attempting to enroll the entertainer as a brand diplomat for his organization. In his brand name design, Ashneer portrayed the account of his gathering with Salman, and the assessment that he framed about the entertainer later.

Ashneer showed up on the Vagehra digital broadcast as of late, where he additionally talked about his childhood, and momentarily addressed his exit from Shark Tank India.

Gotten some information about his gathering with Salman, which he had spoken about openly before also, Ashneer said, “Usko humne support rakha tha, uske shoot ke liye mila tha, usko brief karne ke liye organization ke baare mein. Adolescent ghante baitha tha uske saath, uske chief ne bol diya photograph nahi khichwani, sir thoda bura maan jaate hain. Maine bola nahi khichwaunga photograph, bhaad mein jaa tu, aisi kaunsi heropanti hogayi (We believed that him should underwrite our image, so I met him for the promotion shoot and sat with him for three hours. His supervisor let me know that I was unable to get an image with him since he could get disturbed, and I thought, ‘Fine, he can push off)… “

Global fortunes were wiped out by ultra-rich tech founders, but secretive families and pro sports owners survived relatively unscathed.

By Devon Pendleton on December 29, 2022, at 8:29 PM GMT+5:30 Share this article New Gift this article For the vast majority of the wealthiest people in the world, 2022 was a year they will never forget.

Even though the amount of money lost was staggering, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates that almost $1.4 trillion was taken out of the wealth of the 500 richest people. A lot of the aggravation, it ends up, was self-caused: the alleged fraud perpetrated by former crypto guru Sam Bankman-Fried; the devastating war that Russia fought in Ukraine, which led to crippling sanctions against its leading businessmen; furthermore, obviously, the jokes of Elon Musk, the new proprietor of Twitter who’s valued at $138 billion short of what he was on Jan. 1.

The year was a dramatic downturn for a group of billionaires whose fortunes soared to unimaginable heights during the Covid era of easy money. This was combined with a backdrop of widespread inflation and aggressive central bank tightening. Most of the time, the fall is more dramatic the larger the rise: Musk, Jeff Bezos, Changpeng Zhao, and Mark Zuckerberg all had their combined net worth reduced by $392 billion.

The billionaire class wasn’t all down, though. On the wealth index, India’s Gautam Adani surpassed Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and some of the world’s richest families, such as the Kochs and the Mars family, also increased their wealth. Sports franchises have only increased in value, making them increasingly difficult to acquire for anyone outside of the top 0.0001 percent.

After the information break on India’s top clinical foundation, All India Organization of Clinical Sciences(AIIMS), reports are presently arising of a potential information break in Indian Rail routes as per reports.

Be that as it may, there has been no authority affirmation on similar by the Indian Rail lines or any administration official at this point.

As per the accessible report, programmers have taken the information of 30 million individuals who have booked rail line tickets. This incorporates individual data which incorporates email id, portable number, address, age and orientation.

A programmer discussion completed this episode on 27 December, as per the report. The genuine personality of the programmer gathering has not been uncovered yet it is known as ‘Shadow programmer’. Purportedly, that programmer discussion is selling this information of 3 crore travelers on the dull web.

The programmer bunch said that it has a lot of individual data including the email and versatile quantities of 30 million individuals who have booked tickets in the Indian Rail routes.

The programmer bunch additionally guaranteed that he has likewise taken the authority email records of numerous administration divisions.

Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi is set to refresh its flagship K series with a new iteration. The Redmi K60 series is comprised of the Redmi K60, Redmi K60 Pro, and the Redmi K60E, and the company’s just announced the launch date for the three phones in China — December 27. While the specifications of the devices have not been fully confirmed as of yet, tipsters on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo have been busy. Today, we list down all the information at hand about the upcoming phones.

Redmi K60 Pro
The Redmi K60 Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 flagship processor and will feature a 6.67-inch OLED panel offering a 2K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It will arrive with LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. The phone will get its juice from a 5,000mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging and possibly 30W wireless charging. The back panel, as shown in the above image, looks to have a design inspired by carbon fiber.

For photography, Redmi K60 Pro may come with a 50MP Sony IMX890 primary camera. Out of the box, the phone will boot into MIUI 14 based on Android 13.

Lu Weibing, the general manager of Redmi, recently posted that the phone has scored over 1.35 million points on AnTuTu.

Redmi K60
The Redmi K60 will likely feature the same display as the Redmi K60 Pro, meaning it’ll have a 6.67-inch OLED panel with a 2K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood will be the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, which isn’t far behind the Snadragon 8 Gen 2 in terms of performance. The battery is expected to be sized 5,000mAh with support 67W fast charging, although it isn’t clear if this model will offer 30W wireless charging.

For photography, the Redmi K60 may feature a 64MP main lens, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, and a 2MP macro sensor at the rear. The front camera will likely be a 16MP snapper. Out of the box, the phone will boot into MIUI 14 based on Android 13. It’s possible that this model will make it to the global markets as the Poco F5.

Redmi K60e
The Redmi K60e is positioned as a “flagship with light performance,” according to the company. Barely anything is known about the device right now apart from the fact that it’ll be cheaper than the other two models. Additionally, Xiaomi is also planning on launching a Redmi K60 Gaming, just like the Redmi K50 Gaming from last year.

Source: Indian Express

Users of WhatsApp can now retrieve messages that they have accidentally deleted for themselves. The fix erase for me activity, called incidental erase, opens a five-second window for clients to switch the activity.

It works in both one-on-one and group chat.

The feature, which is available for Android and iOS, was tested in August. Will Cathcart, the CEO of WhatsApp, tweeted about the launch as well.

A snackbar with an undo button appears whenever you delete a message for yourself. According to WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo, if the message was accidentally deleted for you, you have a few seconds to use the undo action to retrieve it.

The ability to delete messages that were sent incorrectly was expanded upon in 2017 by the delete for everyone feature. It began with a window of seven minutes and was later extended to two days and twelve hours.

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Through the Google Play Beta Program, WhatsApp previously launched a presentation sheet informing recipients that they are unable to screen-capture view-once messages.

Xiaomi Watch S2 was unveiled alongside the Xiaomi 13 series smartphones on Sunday as the latest smartwatch from the Chinese electronics brand. The Xiaomi Watch S1 successor is available in 46mm and 42mm display options, and offers Bluetooth calling support that allows users to take voice calls directly with their wrists. The Xiaomi Watch S2 supports more than 100 sports modes and offers a body composition measurement feature. It is also equipped with a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), monitor, and a heart rate tracker. The Xiaomi Watch S2 is claimed to have a battery life of up to 12 days on a single charge.

Xiaomi Watch S2 price

The price of Xiaomi Watch S2 has been set at CNY 999 (roughly Rs. 11,800) for the 42mm display option, while the wearable with 46mm display is priced at CNY 1,099 (roughly Rs. 13,000). The new smartwatch comes in Black, Light Gold and Silver colour shades with leather or silicone strap options. It is currently available for purchase in China.

Details about the launch of the Xiaomi Watch S2 in global markets including India are yet to be announced.

Xiaomi Watch S2 specifications

The Xiaomi Watch S2 smartwatch has a circular dial and it comes in 1.43-inch and 1.32-inch display options with a pixel density of 353ppi. The AMOLED display has a 466 × 466 pixels resolution. The wearable runs on MIUI Watch OS and is compatible with devices running on Android 6.0 or iOS 12.0 and newer versions.

The newly launched Xiaomi Watch S2 offers over 100 sports modes including walking, cycling, hiking, football, running, and skipping. It comes equipped with a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitor along with a stress monitor, a continuous heart rate tracker, female health tracking, and sleep monitoring. It also comes with a body composition measurement feature, which shows eight types of body health data results. Xiaomi has packed a new safety tracking feature on the Watch S2 that let users send geolocation and SOS messages with a quick keystroke in case of any emergency. It also has inbuilt features such as alarms, reminders, a stopwatch, and message notifications.

The wearable supports Bluetooth v5.2 for connectivity and allows users to receive and reject calls from their wrists with the help of an inbuilt microphone and speaker. The smartwatch also has support NFC for contactless payments. Other connectivity options include Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, and QZSS. The wearable has a 5ATM water resistance rating.

The 46mm variant of the Xiaomi Watch S2 is backed by a 500mAh battery and it is said to offer a runtime of up to 12 days on a single charge. The 42mm variant, on the other hand, is powered by a 305mAh battery that is claimed to offer a runtime of up to 7 days on a single charge.

Source: gadgets360

Amazon recently announced its Smartphone Upgrade Days sale which offers discounts on several smartphones including phones like the OnePlus 10 Pro, iPhone 14, and Galaxy Z Fold 3 among others. The sale starts on December 10 and ends on December 14.