Xiaomi's Mi Notebook Air Refresh, WhatsApp Beta Updates, Samsung A70 Launch, and More News This Week

Xiaomi's Mi Notebook lineup refresh, WhatsApp's brand new features, Samsung A70 launch, Apple services announcements, Huawei P30, Huawei P30 Pro, were the biggest tech stories this week.

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Google rolls out updates to Gmail to mark its 15th anniversary

Highlights: Google celebrates Gmail’s 15th anniversary by launching updates to the app. Brings Smart Compose feature for Android, and for four new languages. Introduces feature to schedule emails for later date and time. To mark Gmail’s 15th anniversary, Google has announced new features to bring greater efficiency and assistance in the app. With the latest update, the Smart Compose feature will be available to all Android devices and the support for iOS is coming soon. Also, the feature is now available for four new languages: Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Apart from this, Google is also introducing a feature to let users schedule mails. “G Suite’s journey began 15 years ago with the introduction of Gmail in 2004. Back then, Gmail pioneered a new and secure approach to email with 1GB of free storage and lightning-fast Google search built right in. Gmail continues to help people manage their work and personal lives with the help of useful innovations - from priority inbox, smart labels and spam filtering to Smart Reply, Smart Compose and nudges - all the while ensuring that email remains a safe, secure, and user-friendly experience for all,” Jacob Bank, Director of Product Management, G Suite, said in a statement. Smart Compose: According to a report from International Data Corporation (IDC), by 2020 mobile workers will account for nearly three-quarters (72.3 percent) of the US workforce. Google claims that the Smart Compose feature already saves people from typing over 1 billion characters each week on the web. With the latest update Smart Compose can now adapt to the way users write an email. For example, if a user prefers to greet the receivers with “Hello”, instead of “Hi, Gmail will learn that. It can even suggest a subject line based on the body of the mail a user has written. Scheduling email: Scheduling email is a feature that can come handy for a lot of people. There are times when you think and decide to send an email to someone at 10 next morning, however, you forget to send it. Well, Google has you covered now as it is now adding a new feature to Gmail that allows you to choose when an email should be sent. In simpler words, you can write an email now and schedule it to be sent at a future time and/or date. Moreover, users can now quickly take action on email, like respond to a comment thread in Google Docs, schedule a meeting, or fill out a questionnaire from within the message itself. The news comes a day before Google will pull the plug on Inbox by Gmail. This is the same date that the company has set to shut the Google+ service. The company aims to take a more focused approach that will help the company bring “the best email experience to everyone.” The company will shut down all Google+ accounts and pages and it will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts on April 2. Related Read: Google Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL names, specs confirmed in new leak

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PS4-Exclusive Driveclub Online Servers to Shut on March 31, 2020

Sony has announced that popular PS4 racing game Driveclub won't be available for purchase on the PS Store from August 31.

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From Google to Nokia, Tinder to Nvidia, heres how tech companies celebrated April Fools Day

Highlights: Google, Nokia, Oneplus and more tech companies have made April Fools' Day announcements. OnePlus has teased its Warp charged car, while Nokia says the fifth sensor on its Nokia 9 PureView is an X-ray sensor.  There are many other pranks that we have rounded up here.    It’s April 1, which means that almost all major tech companies are announcing their respective April Fools' Day pranks. While some of the pranks are quite obvious, there are some that are slightly believable. While companies like OnePlus, Jabra and others have come up with renders of some unbelievable products, Google and Nvidia have gone all in with a physical demo of their products that come with some far-fetched capabilities. While you might have come across some April Fools' Day pranks played by tech biggies, here is a roundup of all the big ones that are sure to give you a good laugh.  Google Gboard Spoon Bending Is typing on your phone a chore? If the answer is yes, then Google Japan has announced its new Gboard Spoon bending, which will make it very easy for you to type by simply bending a spoon. Even though an April Fools’ Day prank, the company has a fairly descriptive video showing off how the device works, which as the name suggests is by bending a spoon. Take a look company's humorous video detailing the product below.  OnePlus Warp Car Joining in on the fun, OnePlus has announced that its Warp Car that will be made using SLS 3D and ABS 3D printing and is designed to be modular. As the name suggests, the car can charge super fast and is said to deliver a day’s worth of power in just 20 minutes. However, one will have to plug in 20 regular OnePlus Warp Chargers to top up the car’s battery. Read more about it here. Nvidia GeForce RTX R.O.N Nvidia has a knack for coming up with some insane, borderline believable April Fools' day pranks. This year, the company has unveiled R.O.N, which is an AI-powered holographic assistant that is said to deliver the “unique thrill of personalised PC gaming”. The AI-assisted smart assistant can help improve your gameplay, a talk-block feature blocks distractions and a lot more. One of the most impressive features is R.O.N’s TrollDestroyer capabilities, which use AI to research and destroy a troll on the internet. The company has made an entertaining video for showing off R.O.N, which you can check out below. Jabra Earbud(dy) Have you ever wished that listening to music with someone via a shared earphone was similarly easy when using a headphone? Well, Jabra is here with the Jabra Earbud(dy) headphones that are meant to solve this problem. A chucklesome April Fools' Day prank, the company has sent out media releases describing how the headphone extends to accommodate two people so that they can experience a shared music experience.  Nokia 9 PureView’s X-ray sensor Nokia 9 PureView features five cameras on the back and did you know the one without any lens is an X-ray sensor? Well, the company’s CPO Juho Sarvikas has revealed that this is indeed the case. The sensor can be accessed via the company’s ‘soon to be unlocked’ Nokia X-Ray app on the Play Store. However, the app description shared by Sarvikas reads, “Scan limbs in real time and get instant  turn-by-turn navigation to your local hospital with the new Nokia X-Ray app.” Going by the Apps’ description, and not by the fact that the fifth sensor is the Time of Flight sensor, we think it’s safe to say that this is an April Fool’s Day prank.   UPDATE: Getting ready for go-live! pic.twitter.com/ijsAXz8QhG — Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) April 1, 2019 Screen Cleaner in Google Files app It doesn't take a geek to figure out that software can’t clean your phone’s physical display. However, Google has announced the feature in its Files app, which aims to not only keep your phone clean by removing unneeded files but also the display with the new Screen Cleaner option. The option actually shows up on the Files app. Duolingo Push The Duolingo app uses notifications to remind users to practice a new language they are interested in. However, one would usually swipe and dismiss it instead of taking heed and learning more at the very moment they receive it. Well, Duolingo has a solution for this and has announced Duolingo Push. With this service, Duo the Owl literally shows up in the real world to remind users of taking lessons. Whether you are at the gym, in a meeting or on a date, Duo will show up and remind you that it’s time to practice.  Tinder’s Height Verification Badge (HVB) Are you honest about your height on your Tinder profile? Let’s be real? Have you not exaggerated, even a bit? If not, then great. However, if you have done so then Tinder is taking some steps to put such blatant lies to an end. The company has announced its Height Verification Badge (HVB) to verify a user’s height by comparing a photo of them when standing next to any commercial building. Wait, how does this work again? Well, the company says it does some “state-of-the-art” verifying and awards a user directly with the badge.  90’s Snake game added to Google Maps Google has come up with a rather enjoyable gag for April Fools. The company has added the retro 90’s classic Snake game to its Maps app, which is actually available for users to try out. One gets to choose the city where they want to play the game in, like London, Tokyo, and more. They will then navigating the snake, which is a mode of transportation based on the selected map. Do try it yourself and let us know what’s your high score. As you can see below, we enjoyed the game. Read more about this here.

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Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT

  To give you an idea of how long it has been since Audio-Technica launched the original M50, it followed the announcement of the first iPhone by approximately a week. Fast forward to 2014, they upgrade...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G to officially launch on April 5 in South Korea

Highlights: Samsung Galaxy S10 5G to launch on April 5 in South Korea In US, Verizon will start taking the pre-orders for the phone. The device will be available at a starting price of 1.39 million won (approx $1225 or Rs 85,000). Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S10 5G phone on will be available for purchase from April 5 in South Korea. The phone, that was launched alongside the the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and the Galaxy S10+, will also be purchased in the US as Verizon will start taking the pre-orders for the device on April 5. Meanwhile, a report claimed that the price of the phone will start from 1.39 million won (approx $1225 or Rs 85,000). “We are at the beginning of a new era where the incredible speed and connectivity of 5G becomes a reality, bringing the world closer to Samsung’s vision of connected living. We are proud of the work we’ve accomplished to bring our first 5G smartphone to market and look forward to bringing it to everyone around the world in the coming year,” DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics, said in a statement. Samsung claims that it is one of the handful of companies with an end-to-end 5G solution from chipsets, network core, radio solutions and user devices. As far as the price is concerned, Korean news outlet ETNews claims that the base model featuring 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will cost users 1.39 million won (approx $1225 or Rs 85,000). The model with 512GB of local storage is said to cost 1.55 million won (approx $1,360 or Rs 94,500). Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Specifications The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G shares a similar hardware with the Galaxy S10+ with significant difference in battery and minute variance in display. It sports a giant 6.7-inch display as compared to the Galaxy S10 Plus’ 6.4-inch panel, however, the Infinity-O Dynamic AMOLED display with HDR10+ is the same with two cameras sitting in the pill-shaped cut-out on the top right corner. Under the hood, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 mobile platform integrated with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem. The modem is expected to draw more power, hence the company has packed a 4,500mAh battery that can be fast-charged with the bundled 25W fast charger. The phone also supports wireless and reverse wireless charging tech. In the camera department, the Galaxy S10 5G has a setup similar to the one on the Galaxy S10 Plus but it adds a 3D ToF sensor on the back that allows “Video Live Focus” and a “Quick Measure” app. The samsung Galaxy S10 5G has a 12MP primary camera and a dual aperture mechanism going between f/1.5 and f/2.4. There is a 16MP ultra-wide camera with an aperture of f/2.2 and the third camera sports a telephoto lens with an aperture of f/2.4 along with OIS and PDAF. On the front is a primary 10MP shooter with an aperture of f/1.9 and dual pixel AF. The secondary 8MP shooter is to aid in depth information. Related Read: Samsung Galaxt S10+ Review

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PUBG Mobile Prime and Prime Plus Subscriptions Official, Prime Plus Is Cheaper on iOS Than Android

Tencent has now announced that PUBG Mobile Prime and Prime Plus subscriptions are now available in-game.

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