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Android is the most popular operating system in the smartphone market. This is evident by the majority market share it holds. Google releases a new version of Android every year with a rather unique and catchy naming scheme. This year is the year of Android 12. Google has recently announced the release of the public beta version of the Android 12 on its I/O 2021 Keynote. While the stable version of Android 12 will be out later this year, there is a lot we know that got us excited already....

Android Q Beta 4 Brings Final APIs With Android Q Beta 4, Google is pushing the final APIs to the repository, meaning developers can now build apps for Android Q and add support via Google Play Store. The API level is API 29, as listed by Google on the official Android Developers website. Android Q Beta 4: What’s New? Right now, we don’t have the Android Q Beta 4 installed on any smartphone, but 9to5Google has listed a slew of changes which will come with the new beta update....

The National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 was introduced at the start of 2020, however, it hasn’t been implemented by several Cable TV operators across the country. While DTH operators implemented NTO 2.0 within the specified timeframe, Cable TV operators went against Trai and challenged the new order in local courts. The Bombay High Court is still in the process of hearing the final arguments regarding the implementation of NTO 2....

Apple’s most anticipated product of 2021, iPhone 13 is expected to launch later in the year. The premium smartphone is expected to feature the ProMotion display technology that none of the other iPhones do. So what is so cool about this technology, and what is it exactly? The answer to this question might already be known to several iPad Pro users. For the unaware, the iPad Pro is the only other device from Apple that features the ProMotion display technology....

Apple iPhone 13 series consists of two high-end smartphones - the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. These smartphones come with a great camera system featuring a wide-angle lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a telephoto lens that can capture macro photos. At the time of its launch, the iPhone 13 Pro did not come with a manual toggle for macro mode but it can be simply switched to the Macro model by getting close to an object....

Apple has just launched the all-new iPhone SE 2022 in India. It retains the design of the iPhone 8 series but comes powered by the A15 Bionic SoC that currently powers the iPhone 13 series smartphones. Not just this, this is also the first time that an iPhone SE is coming with 5G support. The device is however not the most affordable iPhone ever as it was expected to be....

2021 has been a great year for Apple when it came to expanding the product portfolio and now, as per some reports making rounds online, the Cupertino based tech giant is all set to launch multiple new products in 2022 and leave its mark in the tech industry. In a recently released newsletter, Mark Gurman from Bloomberg has talked about all the things one can expect from Apple in the coming year....

Eddy did not think that Netflix’s emphasis on quantity was bad, but he said it was just not Apple’s intended model. As part of its TV services, the iPhone-maker is planning to release new movies and shows every month, with the first one most likely to be Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon starrer “The Morning Show”, the report added. Other shows would include Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” and the “Little America” series from Big Sick creators Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon....

Counterpoint Research, a global industry analysis firm on Friday said in a report that the global smartphone market wholesale average selling price increased 10% year-over-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2020. The firm said that the average selling price increased despite the shipments declining 23% YoY in the same time period. Further, Counterpoint Research said that the smartphone industry revenues declined by 15% YoY during the second quarter of 2020....

A tariff hike is likely to come very soon. That is why it would be a good thing for the customers to recharge right now when the tariffs are low or recharge later when they are high. Some of the best-prepaid plans which the customers can go for are long-term plans. They will ensure that you don’t have to recharge anytime soon. All the telcos such as Airtel, Jio, and Vi provide long-term prepaid plans to its customers....

Tejas Networks on Monday said that it has received purchase order from L&T Construction and Sterlite Technologies for its Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON), a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment. The company said that the purchase order is worth Rs 32 crore and that the GPON equipment will be used in the BharatNet project in South India. BharatNet, the “world’s largest rural broadband project” aims to provide high-speed broadband connectivity over optical fibre to 2....

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have finally submitted all the details of the segmented offers to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Yesterday, we reported that the telcos have asked for extra time from the regulator to comply with its order. But apparently, both the telcos have submitted the segmented offer details which are now being examined by Trai. For the unaware, the regulator asked Airtel and Vi to submit all the details of the segmented offers they provided to the users in the January to November months of 2020 — more details on the story ahead....

Airtel Family Postpaid Plan of Rs 749: Benefits Detailed It is the cheapest plan which you will get under the Airtel Family Postpaid Plans section. What are the advantages of this plan? Well for starters, the data allowance for this plan is 125GB. It is for each connection that is there. If you are thinking about this plan, you should know that there is one primary user and two secondary users or two add-on connections....

Bharti Airtel has received the CERT-IN empanelment, which will help it keep cybercrimes at bay. The telco has become one of the select companies to be able to leverage the CERT-IN platform in India. For the unaware, CERT-IN stands for Computer Emergency Response Team. CERT-IN is India’s National Incident Response Center for any cyber incident that takes place across the country. Airtel can now effectively provide even more secure digital solutions to its clients....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, is popular for providing postpaid services. The telco is especially popular in the corporate world for offering uniform postpaid mobile services across India. With the prepaid tariff hikes already implemented, there’s no way that the telcos aren’t already planning on increasing the postpaid tariffs as well. It is only a matter of when it will happen. But largely, Bharti Airtel’s postpaid customers won’t be budged by the tariff hikes that might arrive in the near future....

Airtel Forces its Prepaid Customers to Recharge Every Seven Days Back in October 2018, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea scrapped all the popular talk time recharges and also introduced a new scheme called ‘Minimum Recharge.’ Here’s how the minium recharge scheme works on both Airtel and Vodafone Idea networks: a prepaid customer will have to perform a recharge of Rs 35 every month to make voice calls and also to receive incoming calls....

Bharti Airtel has been radically upgrading its 4G networks across the country. Now the telco has deployed additional spectrum in two states, namely Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. For the deployment, the telco has leveraged L900 technology which will help with boosting the indoor network coverage for the users. The telco has upgraded a total of 10,000 sites across the two states to enhance its 4G coverage and network performance....

This plan had the same benefits earlier, too; only the Disney+ Hotstar Mobile benefit worth Rs 499 was not there. The change in benefits is visible in both the mobile app and the website of the telco. However, one interesting thing that has happened now is that the Rs 2999 plan has become the same as the Rs 3359 plan. Here’s what you should know about this. Rs 3359 Plan from Airtel Comes With Same Benefits as Rs 2999 Plan The benefits of the Rs 3359 plan are now identical to that of the Rs 2999 plan....

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is one of the biggest flagship bets by the central government in recent times when it comes to electronics manufacturing. This scheme might prove to be a gamechanger in the arena of telecom equipment. Currently, in the market, there is a prevalent skepticism towards the Chinese equipment manufacturers, whereas the replacement of the same, Nokia and Ericsson, are pricier options for the telecom companies....

Indian consumer electronic brand Boat has launched its latest Boat Immortal 700 headphones in India. The newly launched device is the company’s latest addition to its Immortal gaming audio series which consists of other headphones such as Immortal 1000D, Immortal 1300, and Immortal 200. The new Immortal 700 is the fourth headphone of the lineup and despite its affordable price tag, it offers adequate features. Mentioned below are the specification and pricing details of the device....