Instagram has upgraded its Desktop Client app on Windows to PWA. Instagram PWA App is now available on Microsoft Store for download. The new version is 42.0.2.0 comes with a direct messaging feature. Progressive Web App of Instagram is faster than the old Desktop client Application. Instagram is also testing Direct messaging on the Web version, so hope it may be live soon.
PWA is Progressive Web Apps, with instant Push Notifications, hardware access and more work on both Mobile and Desktop. Not only Instagram but many Companies are upgrading apps to PWAs as MakeMyTrip, Flipkart, and others. Progressive Web Apps also brings faster updates, these apps are basically the Web versions. Any changes on the website are also visible to the Progressive Web App faster.
Instagram has announced earlier to update the app in last December to Progressive Web App. If you have already installed Instagram on Windows, you have to just update it from Microsoft store. In case you have not, you can download it from here. The updated Instagram PWA on Microsoft Store is only compatible with Windows 10 version 1024.0 or higher.
Realme launch Realme X50 Pro 5G Smartphone earlier this week. The Smartphone brand teased about the launch of the Realme 6 series next week. Realme 6 series include Realme 6 and Realme 6 series, both smartphones come with 64MP AI Quad camera setup. This 64MP AI camera also has a 20x zoom.
Realme India CEO Madhav Seth in an official tweet confirms the launch date of Realme 6 lineup smartphones. The tweet shows the Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro with 64MP Pro camera and Pro display.
Get ready as we are all set for the biggest launch of the year!
The Realme 6 lineup smartphones also has a 30W fast charger, this takes 15 minutes to charge your phone. Realme has also made the live of the Realme 6 series official landing page. Both the screen of the smartphone comes with a 50% faster refresh rate as a comparison to the 60Hz Display. The display has a 90Hz Ultra-smooth Full HD+ Display, this will give you a sharp and super vivid visual experience.
The Quad camera setup of the Realme 6 series is similar to Realme x50 Pro 5G. An Ultra-Wide lens, 64mp Primary lens, Telephoto lens and Ultra Macro lens in rear setup. The front camera setup is in the display, the Realme 6 will comes with a single camera and Realme 6 Pro will have a double front camera setup for selfies.
Realme has introduced blind orders offers from 26th Feb to 4th March. As per blind order, you have to pay ₹1,000 as deposit this will ensure you buy a new product in advance. You are planning to purchase both Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro, then you have to deposit ₹1,000 for each. Realme 6 buyer will receive a Realme Buds 2 as an additional product with Phone. Similarly, Realme 6 Pro buyer will get ₹1,000 discount coupons for the purchase of Realme Wireless Buds.
It will be great to see if the Realme will be the first smartphone brand to bring 720G Qualcomm-Snapdragon. The hardware specs of the Realme 6 series smartphones are not detailed yet. We will update this article when we have specs details. So, stay tuned and follow us on Social media to get updated.
Whatsapp dark theme is the most awaited feature for Android and other platforms. There are some glimpses of dark theme development of WhatsApp is shared and can be realesein future soon for Desktop versions. Last year Wabetainfo has shared about how to enable dark mode on Whatsapp web by using Chrome extensions. WhatsApp on Android and ios gets a dark splash screen last year.
The instant messenger service Whatsapp is focusing on bringing the dark mode on Desktop and Web version. Web-version of Whatsapp has not officially dark theme yet. Whatsapp has released dark mode for iOS tester. The Early preview is teased by WhatsApp Desktop modder Mahesh B Wijerathna (@m4heshd) on v0.4.930. Wabetainfo has mentioned and says, that Whatsapp is working on a dark theme but will be live in the future.
The dark theme in WhatsApp has the same theme colors as Green color for the header and white fonts. Preview images of emoticons are not transparent, which means they are under development. There is no any official timeline for the release of dark theme in WhatsApp. With dark theme on WhatsApp, we except Facebook to bring the same on all its platforms in stable versions. We will update you when the WhatsApp dark theme for Desktop and web version is rolled out for WhatsApp. You can subscribe to our newsletter to updated by e-mail.
Microsoft released its new integrated Office application for android and iOS. The new applications combine Word, Excel, PowerPoint into a single unified application. Last month Mircosoft released Microsoft Edge Chromium Browser to compete against the browsers in the market. The browser is compatible with Windows and Mac. In the new app, you can create content and do tasks on mobile. Microsoft Office App is used by most of the users worldwide, because of its features and brand trust.
In new office app, comes with new features as Sign PDFs from photos or Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents. Office App also provides synchronization between your Phone and computer. With new Office App, files can be easily shared with nearby mobile devices.
Whats new in New Microsoft Office Application
New Microsoft Office combines all the most used office apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint in one. Lens technology is with more feature now, converting images to PDFs , Scanning PDFS, Capturing Whiteboards with automatic enahnacements. Features like QR code scanner to quck add notes, signing PDFs and share files with nearby mobile devices.
What’s New in New Microsoft Office Application
The new lens technology in the Office app comes with feature like converting images into PDFs, Scanning PDFs, Signing the PDFs and other documentss.This also auto enhance the captured images automatically to make content easier to read.
While working on the phone, we often have to make quick notes. For that, we have the option to add quick notes in the New Office Application with a QR Code scanner. Microsoft is also adding third-party cloud support like GDrive and iCloud with its One Drive as an option.
Microsoft Office app offers a lot of templates to quickly create documents like a resume, cover letter, and others. There are upcoming features in New Microsoft Office App with mobile-focused planned. Word Dictation is the feature that will be used to convert your inputted voice into text. The word dication has also a command for adding punctuation like a comma, full stop, and question mark.
The Excel in the Microsoft Office App has a new card view. The card view makes editing of the excel sheet on the mobile screen easier. Also with the help of lens, you can convert the table image into an excel sheet. The PowerPoint also has a new outline feature, which makes it easier to write a presentation. PowerPoint Designer automatically converts your slides into best-suited slides with proper styling and formatting.
Excel View from NewOffice App
Slide View from NewOffice App
New Office App View
The New Microsoft Office Application is available to download for Android and iOS platforms. Office App does not require any sign-in, However, if you want to store your files on the cloud you have to sign in with a Microsoft account. The new app needs less than 100MB of storage on your device. Office App also has a great interactive color UI with shadow and card layouts. I love the User Interface of the new Office App, do you like it, let me know in comments below.
Instagram is testing direct messaging last month for the web version. The direct messaging on the web version of Instagram may come in the future. Here, is another leak by WABetaInfo about the Nicknames and Love Animations features on Instagram. There are no Nicknames and Love Animation feature is there on Instagram. If you are a beta tester of the Instagram app, you will be the first one to have this feature in beta release.
Instagram is testing a new features that allows you to add a Nicknames for your contacts. The option is in under development phase, once released it will be in contact info screen. Nicknames you choose for contact will only visible to you and will replace the username in the Chat list. You can again search that contact by Nickname.
We often take images in Instagram camera section and discrad it. Later on we want that image, So here is the new under development feature Recent. Any Photo or video captured by Instagram Camera will be in Recent section for 7 Days. After seven days it will be automatically deleted, in order to be used, it can be saved to your device, edited or deleted.
In the direct messaging we send a photo or video, Instagram is testing the love animation. When you like any Photo or video in direct, you will see love animation on the screen.
Instagram features like Love Animations, Nicknames and direct messaging will be first released for the beta user. To experience these features first be a beta tester of Instagram and stay tuned for the Beta release.
Android 11 first Developer preview has been released with many features and so the list of Supported lineup. Android developers blog has detailed the manual about how to install Android 11 on Pixel devices. Android wants the developer to test the features and build of the Android first Developer preview and share feedback.
In order to install the Android 11 Developer Preview, you have to download the preview system image and Flash it to your Pixel Device. Android Developer Preview is available on Google Pixel devices, Google Pixel 4 / 4XL, Pixel 3a / 3a XL, Pixel 3 / 3 XL, and Pixel 2 / 2 XL.
To flash the builds you have to do a full reset your Pixels Device, make sure to backup your data first. You can also revert to a stable build anytime. For this you have to download the Pixel Factory images.
Once you have backup your data and do a full reset, you are ready to go. Download the Android 11 system image file and manually flash it in your Pixel. Go to the download page, click on the download link that matches your device.
Install Android 11 on Pixel Devices using ADB and Sideload
The above steps are mentioned on the Android developer blog, you can also install it using ADB and Sideload. If your pixel has not unlocked bootloader then prefer to install with ADB, and if you have a Pixel with Unlocked bootloader, go with the second option.
Install Android 11 Using ADB
Make sure your pixel hasn’t unlocked bootloader, then only go with this step to install. Or you can easily sideload the Android 11 first Developer Preview to your phone. Here’s how:
1. Download the System image file from here, extract it to the folder where you have ADB installed.
2. Connect your Phone using USB Cable and enable the USB debugging under Developer options on your phone, On prompt tap ‘Yes’.
3.Open the Cmd (Windows or Mac) and type the following command
adb reboot recovery
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4.Your Phone will enter in recovery mode, select ‘Apply update from ADB’ on your phone and type the command
adb sideload <file>.zip
It will take around 10 minutes to finish the installation of Android 11 on the Pixel device. Once it completed select ‘Reboot system now’ on your phone and will boot up with Android 11 Developer preview.
Install Android 11 using Sideload Fastboot
Your Pixel has unlocked bootloader, then flash a factory image on your phone. Follow the steps below
1. Download the factory image from the link and extract the downloaded file where the ADB and flash boot files are located on your system.
2.Connect your Phone using USB cable ensure that debugging is enabled.
3.Launch the command prompt on computer and type the followimg command
adb reboot bootloader
This command will reboot your phone in bootloader. Now, double-click on the ‘flash-all.bat’ file on your Windows computer to run it. If you are on Mac run “flash-all.sh” command in terminal.
The process will take some minutes to complete, once completed it will booot Pixel device in Android 11.
Flash Android 11 Developer Preview
Make sure you install the Android Developer preview after data backup. The developer preview is only for testing not the stable production of Android 11. It can be crash anytime and cause data loss to you. Follow the steps above to install Android 11 Developer Preview 1 on Pixel Device. Comment below for your feedback, what features you are expecting from Android.
Android 11 developer preview is here, Future of the mobile phones led towards the 5G and foldable displays. This is the first developer preview of Android 11 out of three. The main focus of Android 11 is to keep the priority on user privacy. Android 11 has added a ton of new features to the apps for foldable phones, 5G devices, and camera enhancements.
Device Supports Android 11
Android 10 was released an early half a year ago, Then rumors and Google released the first developer preview of Android 11. The device supported by Android 11 is Pixels Phones.
Android 11 release date is no confirmed, it’s in the developer preview mode. Manually available for download and flash only. The Beta release of Android 11 will be available in May last week. Talking about the Final stable release, it will be in Quarter 3 after June 2020.
Features of Android 11 Developer Preview 1
The first Developer Preview of Android 11 brings many amazing features with prioritizing the user’s privacy. Also new features for 5G experiences, New Screen types (Foldable Displays), People and Conversations, Privacy and security, Update and compatibility of Apps, Connectivity and camera improvements.
Bubbles for Conversations– Like the facebook chat Bubbles feature, the Android 11 also brings this for the SMS Apps. This Bubble feature will let’s you enagage in chats anywhere from the floating Bubble from the screen. It will great to see if it is available for the third party Apps like WhatsApp and Telegrams.
New Notification Shades– Seems like with Android 11 the conversations get easier. Along with Bubbles, there is a section for conversation in the notification shade. The main idea is when you receive any message it groups your messages under one shade to easily reply to them. You can also paste images in the notifications replies from the conversation shades.
App Permissions– With prioritizing the user security, the Android 11 also has better Apps permissions. Permissions like access to MIcrophones, Camera and Location. Users can now grant permissions for Only one time or While Using the App or Deny the permission. The permissions granted to one App for three times or more will be saved as default permissions.
App Permissions
Screen Recording– Screen recording in Android 11 with a new UI as seen in the developer preview. Well, in the Developer preview it only records the screen not the audio from Microphone. But hope in the Stable relaese of Android 11 it will be there.
Extended Screenshot– The Developer preview of Android 11 has feature to capture the scrolling screenshot. This feature is not enabledd by default, also not fully functional. You can enable this feature by enabling the Developer mode in Pixel phones after installing Android 11.
Release Date : Android 11
The Android 11 Developer Preview 1 release also adds features like Google Play system Updates, Better Biometrics Security, New APIs to manage Pinhole and Waterfall Screens including the Edges. The Android 11 release date is not so near but these are not only the features it will come up with. Android Developer Blog also details about the APIs for the developers. Stay tuned for the Google I/O May, it will bring a lot of features and improvements with the second and third developer preview.
Xiaomi has earlier teased about the new Bluetooth Speaker in last week. So, today launched the Outdoor Portable Bluetooth Speaker in India. Bluetooth Speaker supports Voice Assistant, launched at starting price of ₹ 1,399. The Speaker is mini, lightweight with cuboidal shaped.
The Mi Bluetooth Speaker has IPX5 water resistant design, protects its from getting damaged. It comes with Bluetooth 5.0 with Android and iOS support i.e better connection strength will be good from far away. Talking about the Battery life, it comes with Up to 2000mAh battery with 20hrs of battery life.
The Diaphragm of Mi Bluetooth speaker is made up of Canadian long fiber pulp. It restrains the vibrations and makes the sound natural and clear. To manage the vivid sound frequencies it has also built-in passive radiator, which enhances the perfect sound texture. You can also acess to favourite voice assistant from your phone by simple touch of a butoon in Speaker.
The call sounds will be more clear with built-in sensitivity and high signal-to-noise-ratio microphone. Xiaomi has again thrown out a teaser on twitter which shows curveball, indicates the launch of Portable Bluetooth Speaker today. In comparison to portable speakers of Boat, the most impressive thing is a battery of 2,000mAh with 20hrs of the audio stream.
Talking about the most used app in India with billion of downloads. Yes, the TikTok has the most number of users with a maximum number of downloads on Playstore. Instagram is also there, these apps are having most user-generated content. Google has also launched TikTok rival App Tangi last month. Now, Zee5 launched its own new HyperShots App to compete against these Social Apps. Zee5 is the Indian video on demand service by Zee Entertainment.
Reportedly, the ‘HyperShots’ app will have a feature to make a 90-second video. These videos clips are from major celebrities and general users alike. It will be exciting to see if the ‘Hypershots App’ will offer similar filters and effects like TikTok or Instagram.
Zee5
Tarun Katiyal, CEO of Zee5 said to Business Today, “We want to be the super app of entertainment, a one-stop destination for digital videos”. He also said, “We don’t want users to come to us only for long-form and go somewhere else for short-form. The digital ecosystem will make users come back more and more and their habit formation with ZEE5 will happen.”
Zee5 has 9 Million users in India, this number is bigger than TikTok and Instagram users combined. It will be exciting to see the new Zee5 Hypershots App features that make it a better competitor.
Xiaomi has already four Speakers variants line up on Mi Store. It includes Compact Bluetooth Speaker 2, Bluetooth Speaker Basic 2, and Xiaomi Pocket Speaker 2. Xiaomi is expected to launch a Portable Bluetooth Speaker on 17 Feb.
Xiaomi announces the expected Bluetooth Speaker launch via a tweet. The tweet noting “Time to go big on Sound. While you take a guess, do you think about where will you #CarryYourSound Unveiling on 17 February.”
Time to go big on sound. 🔊 While you take a guess, do think about where will you #CarryYourSound.
Earlier this week Redmi Launched Power Banks with Dual Ports and Redmi 8A Dual. These Power Banks come in two capacity variants 10,000mAh and 20,000mAh. Redmi Power Banks have also Dual ports for charging other devices with 10W and 18W fast charging supports. The Power Banks also have Low-power charging mode to charge Mi Bands and Bluetooth headsets. Power Banks will available for sale from 18 February.
Xiaomi Bluetooth Speaker
MI has also launched Redmi Air Dots to compete against Realme Buds Air. Xiaomi hasn’t launched any portable Bluetooth Speaker yet, let’s see what is coming on February 17. If you have any guess, you can comment down below.
Its been a couple of weeks after POCO announced as an Independent brand by Xiaomi. The Poco launched its new smartphone in India. While Poco X2 specs and features are already in rumored, also said as a rebranded Redmi K30 Pro. Poco X2 is a not successor of Poco f1, even its launched by the same brand. The Poco X2 is not a flagship phone but a mid-range phone with Qualcomm 730G chipset, 120Hz extreme display, and a quad-camera setup.
Specifications and Features
Poco X2 comes with a 16.94cm (6.67) FHD+ HDR 10 Display with a punch-hole design. The main highlight of the display is the 120Hz refresh rate. The phone has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 which gives protection to the screen. It has a side-mounted Fingerprint sensor which is cool. The Processor of Poco X2 is powered with Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G with LiquidCool Technology.
POCO X2 launched in three color variant Matrix Blue, Phoenix Red, and Atlantis Blue. Also, it is available in 8GB+256GB / 6GB+128GB / 6GB+64GB memory variant. The available storage and RAM are less than the total Memory due to preinstalled OS and software on phone. The battery capacity of POCO X2 is 4,500mAh a 27W fast charge. It has also USB Type-C reversible with 3.5mm audio port.
Image Credit The Verge
The smartphone comes with Dual SIM with one primary card, which means you can set one SIM as a primary card. It has hybrid slot nanosim+nanosim/MicroSD, you can expand your storage up to 256GB.
Camera and Its Features
The POCO X2 comes with Quad Rear Cameras setup with Sony Sensors. Poco X2 camera setup, 64MP of Sony IMX686 sensor with 0.8μm aperture and F1.89 Automatic Focus. Also 2MP Macro lens, 2MP (Depth) with 1.75μm aperture, F2.4 Automatic Focus and 8MP Ultrawide with 1.12μm aperture.
The Quad Camera setup gives you enhanced Photography features as AI beautify, HDR imaging, 960fps slow-motion video with 4K video recording. Poco X2 has Dual in-Screen Cameras of 20MP+2MP Front camera with F2.2 focus and 0.8μm aperture. Along with Fingerprint lock, the Poco X2 also has Face Unlock feature.
The POCO X2 launched at the price of ₹15,999 in India for the base variant with 6GB RAM and 128GB Memory. You can buy POCO X2 from Amazon and Flipkart. Well, the features of Poco X2 directly compete with Realme X2 Pro as a 120Hz refresh rate screen and 60Hz Amoled Screen. Comment below to let us know your opinion.
Redmi has already teased about the new products in earlier weeks. The new teased products were Redmi 8A Dual and Power Banks to be launched in India. Redmi 8A was launched at Rs. 6,499 in India last year. The tech giant has launched Redmi Power Banks of 10,000mAh in India. These Power Banks has earlier launched in China. Power Banks are in two variants 10,000mAh and 20,00mAh in Indian market.
TECH SPECS AND FEATURES OF REDMI POWER BANKS
Redmi Power Banks’ body is crafted using PolyCarbonate and comes in two color variants Black and White. The Body of Power Banks are having Slip-edge texture, offer a great grip and prevents it from damage. You can charge two devices at once, because of its Dual Input and Output ports.
Redmi Power Banks have Li-Poly Battery and offer fast charging. The 10,000mAh and 20,000mAh Power Banks come with 10W and 18W fast charging respectively. They also have 2hr low power charging mode to safely charge your Mi Band and Bluetooth headsets.
Redmi Power Banks
Both Power Banks has Micro-USB/USB-C as input ports with charging voltage up to 5V/2.1A(10W) and 9V/2.1A, 12V/1.5A(18W). The 10,000mAh power bank can charge devices up to 5.1V/ 2.6A whereas 20,000mAh power bank can charge devices up to 5.1V/2.4A, 5.1V/3.6A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A.
Price and Availability
Redmi Power Banks launched price in India is Rs.799 for 10,000mAh and Rs.1,499 for 20,000mAh. The Power Banks will be available to purchase from 18th Feb with two colors variants Black/ White. You can also order customize skin power banks from Gadgetshieldz
Last month Microsoft launched its Chromium browser with a lot of features like chrome. Every browser ensures the privacy of the user so as to Google. Google has rolled out the latest version of Chrome 80 with silent notifications to Windows, Mac, and Linux stable channels. Along with silent notifications, Chrome 80 also comes with Fixes of 56 Security Patches.
The new interface of Chrome will show a bell icon in the Omnibox of browser. You can usually block notification from a particular website by clicking on it. According to Google,” new, quieter notification permission UI that reduces the interruptiveness of notification permission requests”. Google says the silent notification feature will be automatically enabled for the users who generally don’t opt-in. You can manually enable it via Settings > Site Settings > Notifications > Use Quieter Messaging.
In a video posted on YouTube SameSite shared about Cookies Classification. The video explains how they restrict third-party access to cookie and first-party access by default. They suggest the developers use (sameSite=Lax) for first-party and (SameSite+None) for third-party to show the access to cookies.
Chrome 80 will start rolling out from 4 February but Classification of Cookie will begin later. The Security patches fix, with silent notifications and User interface improvements, in Chrome 80are there. You can check the official video and the SameSite webpage for a better understanding of updates.
