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Perplexity AI Said to Be in Talks With Samsung, Motorola for Virtual Assistant Integration Deal
Perplexity is reportedly exploring partnership options to increase the visibility of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. As per the report, the company is in talks with Lenovo-owned Motorola and Samsung to integrate the virtual assistant into their devices. It is said that the partnership with Motorola could be announced soon, while discuss...
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PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India
PhonePe’s Indus Appstore and Xiaomi India announced a multi-year partnership on Thursday. With this collaboration, the homegrown Android app marketplace will now come pre-installed in all Xiaomi devices in India. As a result, the Chinese consumer tech brand’s own Android marketplace GetApps will now be replaced with Indus Appstore in all existi...
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Fortnite Maker Epic Brings Game Store to Millions of Android Devices with Telefonica Tie-Up
Telecom giant Telefonica is partnering with Epic Games to bring the "Fortnite" video game maker's marketplace app directly to millions of devices on the Spanish company's network, the companies said on Thursday.
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Oppo Find X8 Series to Get Google’s Gemini AI Features, Circle to Search With ColorOS 15 Update
Oppo announced on Tuesday that Google’s in-house artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini will be powering some of the features in ColorOS 15. The company is also introducing Circle to Search with the major update to its operating system. Both of these features will first come to the Oppo Find X8 series, which was globally launched on Thursday.
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Pixel Phones With Temperature Sensor Could Get Material Auto-Detection Feature Soon
Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 8 Pro’s pre-installed Thermometer app could get a new feature that could make the process of recording the temperature easier, according to a report. It is said to have been spotted during an APK teardown of the app. Leveraging the temperature sensor located at the back of the Pixel 9 Pro and its predecessor, this fea...
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OnePlus 12, OnePlus Open Spotted Offering Bloatware During Setup, Company Responds: Report
OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open are the latest flagship offerings by the Chinese tech brand. Now, users of these smartphones are seemingly bothered by pre-installed apps on their phones. As per a user complaint on X, OnePlus is installing up to four additional third-party apps on the OnePlus 12Â in India during the setup. These bloatware appear under t...
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Honor Watch GS 4 With Up to 14 Days Battery Life Debuts Alongside Honor Band 9: Price, Specifications
Honor Watch GS 4 was launched in China on Monday, March 18, alongside the Honor Band 9. These smart wearables are offered in several design and connectivity options. The Band 9 is already available for purchase in the country, while the Watch GS 4 will go on sale later this month. These models come pre-installed with multiple watch faces and suppor...
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Microsoft Announces End of Support for Android apps on Windows 11 in 2025
Microsoft has made the surprising decision to end support for Windows Subsytem for Android (WSA), a virtual machine that allowed it to bring Android apps to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore marketplace. The tech giant first gained the official support for the mobile apps through a deal with Amazon in 2021, and ever since then it has regularly...
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Xiaomi 13 Ultra, Redmi K50 Series, More to Get HyperOS Update in December; Rollout Schedule Revealed
Xiaomi recently launched the Xiaomi 14 series in China. The phones ship with HyperOS UX skin in lieu of MIUI. Now, the company has shared the list of smartphones that are scheduled to receive the HyperOS developer version in China in December.
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Jio Bharat B1 4G With 2.4-Inch Display, Pre-Installed JioPay Launched in India: Price, Specifications
Jio Bharat B1 was launched in India on Thursday, October 12. The feature phone with a keypad is available for purchase in the country through the official Jio website and via Amazon. The phone is offered in a single colour option. It has a 2.4-inch display, a 2,000mAh battery, and expandable memory up to 128GB. It also comes pre-installed with apps...
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Microsoft, Google and Meta Among Big Tech Firms Set to Face Overhaul Under New EU Tech Rules: Details
Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and ByteDance are some of the 22 firms that have been designated as "gatekeeper" services under the new EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). Once the EU labels a business a 'gatekeeper', it will need to make its service interoperate with rivals and let users decide which apps to pre-install on their devices. Here's ...
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Google Gets Relief in Android Antitrust Case in India, Tribunal Sets Aside CCI Order on Third-Party App Stores
An Indian tribunal on Wednesday gave partial relief to Alphabet's Google by setting aside four of 10 antitrust directives in a case related to the dominant market position of its Android operating system.
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"Misleading": Centre Fact-Checks Report On Crackdown On Pre-Installed Apps
The government has debunked a news report claiming that it plans to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major updates under the new security rules.
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Government's Big Security Plan Targets Pre-Installed Phone Apps: Report
"Pre-installed apps can be a weak security point and we want to ensure no foreign nations, including China, are exploiting it. It's a matter of national security," an official added.
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Government Plans Crackdown on Pre-Installed Apps, New Security Testing for Smartphones: Details
The government is planning to force smartphone makers to allow users to remove pre-installed apps on their smartphones and require screening of major operating system updates. Pre-installed apps for players including Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, and Apple could be affected under new security rules planned by the government.
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Perplexity AI Said to Be in Talks With Samsung, Motorola for Virtual Assistant Integration Deal
Perplexity is reportedly exploring partnership options to increase the visibility of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. As per the report, the company is in talks with Lenovo-owned Motorola and Samsung to integrate the virtual assistant into their devices. It is said that the partnership with Motorola could be announced soon, while discuss...
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PhonePe’s Indus Appstore to Come Pre-Installed on Xiaomi Devices in India
PhonePe’s Indus Appstore and Xiaomi India announced a multi-year partnership on Thursday. With this collaboration, the homegrown Android app marketplace will now come pre-installed in all Xiaomi devices in India. As a result, the Chinese consumer tech brand’s own Android marketplace GetApps will now be replaced with Indus Appstore in all existi...
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Fortnite Maker Epic Brings Game Store to Millions of Android Devices with Telefonica Tie-Up
Telecom giant Telefonica is partnering with Epic Games to bring the "Fortnite" video game maker's marketplace app directly to millions of devices on the Spanish company's network, the companies said on Thursday.
-
Oppo Find X8 Series to Get Google’s Gemini AI Features, Circle to Search With ColorOS 15 Update
Oppo announced on Tuesday that Google’s in-house artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini will be powering some of the features in ColorOS 15. The company is also introducing Circle to Search with the major update to its operating system. Both of these features will first come to the Oppo Find X8 series, which was globally launched on Thursday.
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Pixel Phones With Temperature Sensor Could Get Material Auto-Detection Feature Soon
Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 8 Pro’s pre-installed Thermometer app could get a new feature that could make the process of recording the temperature easier, according to a report. It is said to have been spotted during an APK teardown of the app. Leveraging the temperature sensor located at the back of the Pixel 9 Pro and its predecessor, this fea...
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OnePlus 12, OnePlus Open Spotted Offering Bloatware During Setup, Company Responds: Report
OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open are the latest flagship offerings by the Chinese tech brand. Now, users of these smartphones are seemingly bothered by pre-installed apps on their phones. As per a user complaint on X, OnePlus is installing up to four additional third-party apps on the OnePlus 12Â in India during the setup. These bloatware appear under t...
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Honor Watch GS 4 With Up to 14 Days Battery Life Debuts Alongside Honor Band 9: Price, Specifications
Honor Watch GS 4 was launched in China on Monday, March 18, alongside the Honor Band 9. These smart wearables are offered in several design and connectivity options. The Band 9 is already available for purchase in the country, while the Watch GS 4 will go on sale later this month. These models come pre-installed with multiple watch faces and suppor...
-
Microsoft Announces End of Support for Android apps on Windows 11 in 2025
Microsoft has made the surprising decision to end support for Windows Subsytem for Android (WSA), a virtual machine that allowed it to bring Android apps to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore marketplace. The tech giant first gained the official support for the mobile apps through a deal with Amazon in 2021, and ever since then it has regularly...
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Xiaomi 13 Ultra, Redmi K50 Series, More to Get HyperOS Update in December; Rollout Schedule Revealed
Xiaomi recently launched the Xiaomi 14 series in China. The phones ship with HyperOS UX skin in lieu of MIUI. Now, the company has shared the list of smartphones that are scheduled to receive the HyperOS developer version in China in December.
-
Jio Bharat B1 4G With 2.4-Inch Display, Pre-Installed JioPay Launched in India: Price, Specifications
Jio Bharat B1 was launched in India on Thursday, October 12. The feature phone with a keypad is available for purchase in the country through the official Jio website and via Amazon. The phone is offered in a single colour option. It has a 2.4-inch display, a 2,000mAh battery, and expandable memory up to 128GB. It also comes pre-installed with apps...
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Microsoft, Google and Meta Among Big Tech Firms Set to Face Overhaul Under New EU Tech Rules: Details
Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and ByteDance are some of the 22 firms that have been designated as "gatekeeper" services under the new EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). Once the EU labels a business a 'gatekeeper', it will need to make its service interoperate with rivals and let users decide which apps to pre-install on their devices. Here's ...
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Google Gets Relief in Android Antitrust Case in India, Tribunal Sets Aside CCI Order on Third-Party App Stores
An Indian tribunal on Wednesday gave partial relief to Alphabet's Google by setting aside four of 10 antitrust directives in a case related to the dominant market position of its Android operating system.
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"Misleading": Centre Fact-Checks Report On Crackdown On Pre-Installed Apps
The government has debunked a news report claiming that it plans to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major updates under the new security rules.
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Government's Big Security Plan Targets Pre-Installed Phone Apps: Report
"Pre-installed apps can be a weak security point and we want to ensure no foreign nations, including China, are exploiting it. It's a matter of national security," an official added.
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Government Plans Crackdown on Pre-Installed Apps, New Security Testing for Smartphones: Details
The government is planning to force smartphone makers to allow users to remove pre-installed apps on their smartphones and require screening of major operating system updates. Pre-installed apps for players including Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, and Apple could be affected under new security rules planned by the government.
