Noise to launch NoiseFit Force Plus, upgraded smartwatch by May 2023

Noise introduced the NoiseFit Force, its first smartwatch, earlier in January of this year. The Gurgaon-based enterprise has just revealed an improved model of the same gadget. The NoiseFit Force Plus is the most recent model. 

The NoiseFit Force Plus, Noise's newest rugged smartwatch made for rough terrain, has been launched. This occurred soon after the Noise ColorFit Vivid Call was introduced earlier in the week.

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The sporty and durable NoiseFit Force Plus design offers an impact-resistant structure that can handle challenging outdoor situations. The watch has a 1.46-inch AMOLED display with an Always-On-Display function and a 466x466 pixel resolution.

The watch features Bluetooth calling and enables users to make phone calls directly through the device and save up to 5 contacts in the device. It is powered by TruSync technology and equipped with Bluetooth v5. This watch is a trustworthy travel companion for all of your daily travels because it is water- and dust-resistant and has a battery life of up to 7 days.

Additionally, it has the built-in Noise Health Suite, which monitors crucial health metrics like SPO2, heart rate, and sleep cycles and even offers breathing exercises. Additionally, it provides 150 sports modes that may be customised with different cloud-based watch faces, as well as female health indicators. The productivity features of the NoiseFit Force Plus smartwatch include games, a built-in voice assistant, weather updates, and reminders.

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Starting on May 1, 2023, at 12 PM across both Flipkart.com and the Noise website, the NoiseFit Force Plus will be offered for a brief period for a special introductory price of Rs. 3999. The watch comes in three different hues, including Mist Grey, Teal Blue, and Jet Black

Noise exhibited good local market development in 2022, surpassing 5% of the worldwide market share for each year to place fourth. According to Counterpoint Research, the Indian market is generating debate over whether it would be able to challenge Samsung's lead beyond Huawei next year, despite the fact that its growth stalled in Q4 and missed to surpass Huawei.

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Apple working on emotion measuring tech, health services with advanced AI

In the area of health and wellness, Apple Inc. is renowned for its revolutionary products and services. The business has a history of developing tools and apps that aid in tracking health and even saving lives. Apple is currently expanding the capabilities of AI once more. 

 

According to reports, the corporation is working on technologies for measuring emotions as well as a new health counselling service powered by artificial intelligence. With the help of these new capabilities, users will be able to take a more detailed and individualised strategy for their health and well-being.

Apple is ready to launch a new coaching service codenamed Quartz, says Bloomberg report. The service will primarily work on motivating users to exercise and prompt healthy eating habits and sleep cycles. The fundamental idea of working on this program is to establish a combination of machine learning and data to build a personalised training program for individual users. However, these announcements are yet to be released and can be anticipated in the coming week.

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Apple has announced plans to create an innovative health coaching service as part of a larger initiative to integrate health features into all of its products, including the Apple Watch. The business's most recent initiatives in this regard include bringing health software to the iPad and adding capabilities that can help users with eyesight issues. 

However, Apple's new internal service will have a monthly cost and have an app of its own. The effort is being led by a number of Apple departments, including the company's services division, health, Siri, and AI teams. Although the service is now scheduled for next year, it could eventually be cancelled or delayed.

A version of Apple's iPhone health software for the iPad is allegedly also being planned, enabling users to examine their health information, such as ECG findings, in an expanded format. Later this year, iPadOS 17 is expected to include this modification. In medical facilities, wherein tablets are already commonly used, the iPad's rendition of the health app is intended to improve the app's appeal.

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According to the source, Apple may update its health app this year with additional features for treating vision disorders, including nearsightedness and tracking emotions. Users of the emotion tracker's first iteration will be able to record their moods, provide answers to questions about their days, and monitor their progress over time. Apple plans to utilise algorithms in the future to infer a user's mood from their speech, their written words, and other information on their devices.

In June, during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, it's expected to introduce a new iPad app as well as tools for controlling vision and emotion. The training service won't be revealed this year, though. The company's planned mixed-reality headgear, which includes features like meditation and an optimised variant of Apple's Fitness+ fitness service, will also play a part in its well-being and health agenda.

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WhatsApp rolls out new features for groups and companion devices

The most demanded feature is now available, along with a few more new features on the chat platform WhatsApp, owned by Meta. Up to five phones can each utilize the same WhatsApp account. 

Similar to how you connect WhatsApp on web browsers, tablets, and desktops, you connect every additional phone. Your messages, media, and phone conversations will all remain end-to-end encrypted since each paired phone establishes its own separate connection to WhatsApp.

Additionally, as a security measure, you will be immediately signed out of all partner devices if your main phone is dormant “for a long period." The global rollout of this update is now underway for all users. The rollout will be finished "in the upcoming weeks."

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In addition, rather than having to scan a QR code, you may input your phone number on WhatsApp Web to get a one-time code that you can apply on your phone to enable device connection. Currently, this is just available on WhatsApp Web, but "more companion devices in the future" are promised.

According to reports, WhatsApp is introducing a group feature for group administrators to allow them to control how they authorize new members. It surely helps group admins make sure that only desirable individuals are added to the group.

When this feature is activated, new members must be accepted by a group admin ahead of them joining the group, regardless of whether they received a group invite link, by looking at the "Pending participants" area, claims WABetaInfo, the WhatsApp tracker.

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When the feature is turned off, anybody is able to join a group by clicking an invite link without contacting the admin privately. According to the study, in the past, this posed a severe problem for community administrators because it may result in unwanted messages asking the administrator to be included in the subgroup that they manage.

WhatsApp is also developing a brand-new one-to-many mechanism for information dissemination dubbed "Channels" in the meantime. Users will find it simple to get helpful updates from the sources they select with the channels function. The function is currently being created and scheduled to be included in the next app version.

In order to accommodate channels, WhatsApp plans to change the Status tab to "Updates" in this portion of the app. A WhatsApp Channel is a confidential tool where users' phone numbers and other details are always kept secret.

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5 Vivo X90 Pro features to be aware of before the phone goes on sale

The Vivo X90 series has arrived in India and there are two phones, namely the Vivo X90 and the Vivo X90 Pro. The Pro model is Vivo’s flagship phone of 2023 for India. It has a 120Hz AMOLED display, MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoC, 120W fast charging, and a 50.3MP triple rear camera setup. Vivo’s flagships are known for their unique camera features. So, let’s begin the list with the camera specs:

Vivo X90 Pro specs and features

 

1. Vivo X90 Pro comes with a 6.78-inch curved AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 1300 nits of peak brightness, and HDR10+ support. 

2. The phone has a punch hole on the front housing a 32MP selfie snapper. 

On the back, there is a 50.3MP ( Sony IMX989 1-inch sensor w/ OIS, Dual Pixel PDAF) primary camera accompanied by a 50MP (2x optical zoom, OIS) shooter, and a 12MP ultrawide snapper.

The OIS on this phone is Level 4-certified by CIPA. This, the brand claims to be a step ahead of the competition.

You also get Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, and special filters for your photos.

As for videos, from the front, you can shoot up to 1080p 60fps and from the back, you can record up to 8K24 fps.

3. Internally, the phone is featuring a MediaTek Dimensity 9200 processor coupled with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.0 storage. 

The software on board is Android 13 software with FunTouch OS on top. Vivo assures 3 years of platform and security updates.

4. A 4870mAh battery keeps the phone alive. There is support for 120W wired charging and 50W wireless charging to refill the tank.

5. Vivo has also added an in-display fingerprint reader, dual-band WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, GPS, infrared port, and USB-C 3.2 port to the mix.

Vivo X90 series price and availability

You can purchase the Vivo X90 Pro’s solo variant at ₹84,999. As for the vanilla Vivo X90, the 8+256GB model costs ₹59,999 and the 12+256GB variant is priced at ₹63,999. 

The regular X90 comes with a glass back and 2 colour options viz. Breeze Blue and Asteroid Black. The Pro model comes with a vegan leather back and Legendary Black colour.

The sale begins on May 5 at 12 PM and pre-booking from April 26. As part of introductory offers, you can grab the X90 phones from offline channels at a 10-percent discount and if you are buying them online, there is a ₹8000 off as well as an additional ₹8000 exchange bonus.

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Funko Fusion Teaser Promises Cross-Over Game Featuring The Umbrella Academy, Jurassic World and More

New developer 10:10 Games dropped a teaser for Funko Fusion, a crossover game featuring characters from NBCUniversal franchises like The Umbrella Academy, Jurassic World, Shaun of the Dead, He-Man, Chucky the Doll, and more. Characters will be fashioned like traditional Funko Pop figurines, and the game will include online multiplayer, allowing up to four players to t...

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Snapchats My AI turns into a creepy stalker, users are very unhappy

Snapchat’s new features have been in the news buzz since last week. With AI becoming a crucial part of every possible app, Snapchat joined the race as well last week by introducing the My AI chatbot.

Snapchat’s users never complained about the app except for once in 2015, when it removed the public best friends list. But this new feature is driving the users crazy. The My AI feature is designed in a way that it would reply to your messages like a friend does. But users have been cribbing about it now as the feature is not allowing them to chat with their actual human friends. 

My AI is at the top of the screen when you open Snapchat. It will always remain there even if you snap new friends after opening the app. The only way to remove the My AI bot is by paying for a Snapchat subscription of $3.99 a month.

After the introduction of this chatbot, Snapchat has received 1-star reviews at large, proving how unsatisfied the users are about it. 

Snapchat users unhappy with My AI chatbot

It's not just about the placement of the bot that's annoying Snapchat users, but also this chat bot analyses all the conversations the user has with other people and hence formulates the replies in the same manner. That of course feels like a violation of privacy for most of the users. 

Not only does it analyse your chat but it also tracks you and users have also eerily received recommendations of food restaurants around them. This data collection is not only an invasion of privacy but is kinda creepy too. 

The feature isn't obviously a very appropriate one as last month there was a feature which showed the My AI chatbot responding with inappropriate statements after mentioning that it was having a conversation with teenagers. To this, Snapchat responded saying that My AI only came up with "non-confirming" responses for 0.01% users only. They also add that the chat bot will be aware of the person's age from now on and keep a record of it, so that there aren't any such controversies again. 

Though it's mostly complaints, when it comes to My AI, still there are users who have embraced it and now have given it the tag of 'bestie' or 'homie'. It has also turned out to be a stress buster and a way to get rid of boredom for some. 

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Realme 11 series to launch on May 10: Here are some new details about the phones

Well, it’s official! The Chinese company has confirmed the Realme 11 series will debut on May 10 at 4 PM (local time). You could expect 3 phones, namely the Realme 11, Realme 11 Pro and the Realme 11 Pro+. From a new teaser, we also learn some design details. Let’s check out everything we have on the upcoming Realme phones, particularly the Pro models.

Realme 11 Pro series specs and features (Expected)

First things first, the design. From a recent teaser, we gather at least the Realme 11 Pro+ could feature a curved screen. Even their predecessors, ie., the Realme 10 Pro and the Pro+ model had a curved-edge screen.

Coming to the screens, the Realme 11 Pro and Pro+ could feature a 6.7-inch OLED panel with an FHD+ refresh rate and 120Hz refresh rate. There could be a fingerprint reader within the screen.

Unlocking the phone, you could interact with Realme UI 4.0 based on Android 13. This is expected to be laid on top of a yet-to-release MediaTek Dimensity 7000 family chipset with a 2.6 GHz clock speed. This could be coupled with up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage on the top-rung model.

Inside the Realme 11 Pro series, we could be getting a 5000mAh battery. The Pro could get 67W fast charging and the Pro+ variant could get 100W fast charging support.

When it comes to optics, the Realme 11 Pro could come with a 100MP primary camera and a 2MP portrait lens. The Realme 11 Pro+, meanwhile, could house a 200MP main camera, followed by an 8MP ultrawide snapper, and a 2MP macro shooter. Realme is teasing that the Pro phones could ‘Leapfrog Video Flagship’. 

Last, but not least, the phones could also bring connectivity options like 5G, Dual 4G VoLTE, a USB Type-C port, dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and GPS. 

That’s pretty much everything we know about Realme 11 series. Please do take them with a pinch of salt as we have gleaned them from various rumours and leaks so far. We should be getting more confirmed details ahead of the launch day. We shall keep you updated.

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