Indian government reportedly working on CoWin-20 app to track Covid-19 patients: Report

The Indian government is reportedly working on a smartphone app to keep the spread of coronavirus under check. The app is called CoWin-20 and is currently in beta testing before launching for both iOS and Android devices.

According to a report by Network18, the CoWin-20 app will rely on smartphone location services to track people and stop the spread of coronavirus. The app will also reportedly record the user’s travel history to determine if they’re at risk of catching the virus as well as the people they might have come in contact with.

The app will also highlight coronavirus testing centres nearby and quarantine sites. You can get the latest advisories, guidelines and information about the Covid-19 outbreak. Users will also be alerted on the latest updates via the Indian government.

The inspiration behind using an app to track potential patients infected with the virus might have come from a similar app being in Singapore where the government is also relying on high-tech surveillance to keep the coronavirus spread under check. Apart from also locating patients who tested positive on a map, it also alerts nearby people who may come in contact with the patient by using Bluetooth.

The report claims the app will be launched in the next few days. The APK of the app is reportedly being distributed to a select few people. iOS users can also download the app by sharing their devices UDIDs with the National Informatics Center.

Recently, the Indian Government also launched a “MyGov Corona” help desk on WhatsApp which is basically a chatbot that will help you out with potential symptoms, guidelines and advisories on WhatsApp itself.

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Coronavirus effect: Instagram lets friends browse together when video chatting thanks to the new co-watching feature

Instagram is a content consumption platform where users can watch photos, videos, and memes and share them with friends. However, with the entire nation in lockdown for 21-days, Instagram has come up with a way to engage you while letting you interact with your friends. The feature is called Co-Watching. It lets friends on a video chat browse through a feed together. The feed contains posts which one user has Liked or Saved. It will also show posts that Instagram recommends. 

With the new feature, friends can scroll through posts, discuss them or simply have a laugh and come up with a new way of engaging on the platform. This could lead to people spending more time on the platform, which works well in its favour.  

According to the Instagram blog, “To help people stay connected, we’ve launched media sharing, a new feature that allows you to view Instagram posts together with your friends over video chat. You can start a video chat by tapping the video chat icon in the Direct inbox or in an existing Direct thread, then view saved, liked and suggested photos/videos by tapping the photo icon in the bottom left corner in an ongoing video chat.”

In addition, Instagram has also launched a “Stay Home” sticker. According to the social networking platform, “Any accounts you follow who use the sticker will be added to a shared Instagram story, allowing you to see how others are practising social distancing at this time”.

Instagram has also launched new stickers to help people share accurate COVID-19 information in Stories. Instagram says that “These new features include reminders to wash your hands, distance yourself from others and more. These will be available in the camera in the coming days.”

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Realme Narzo 10, Narzo 10A sale postponed, launch on track for March 26

Recently, Realme announced that it will be launching a new series of smartphones. It teased the launch of “Narzo” series, which will include two smartphones namely, the Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A. While the launch date is set of March 26, the smartphones’ sale date has been postponed. The step comes after India entered a lockdown period of 21 days to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Further, the company has halted its “Make in India” facility until further government notice.

The latest development comes from Realme executive Madhav Sheth. He took to Twitter to announce the postponement of the sale date. However, he didn’t mention anything regarding the launch date. Hence, Realme Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A will be launched in India on March 26.

Realme Narzo 10 reportedly scored 203,078 points on AnTuTu benchmark app. For reference, this is lower than the 290,210 points earned by the Realme 6. The phone is rumoured to be powered by the MediaTek Helio G80 SoC.  Realme Narzo 10 price in India is said to be below Rs 15,000.

Further, the Narzo 10 will sport a 6.5-inch display. It is confirmed to sport a quad rear camera setup. It may come with a 48MP primary sensor and a 16MP selfie shooter. It is said to come with 18W Quick Charge technology. All the specifications are identical to Realme 6i that was launched in Myanmar recently. The phone will come equipped with a 5000mAh battery that is claimed to last up to 39 days. 

As for the Realme 10A, it will sport a triple rear camera setup with a primary lens of f/1.8 aperture.

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Nokia 43-inch smart TV with JBL sound expected to launch soon in India

The Nokia 43-inch TV has been confirmed on Nokia's official website. The Nokia India website reads, “The new 43 inch Nokia Smart TV with Sound by JBL is coming soon.” There is no release date or launch window or expected price available and we don't know if the launch of the TV will be delayed amidst the 21-day lockdown that India is facing. Nonetheless, information circulating the internet suggests that the TV will be priced at about Rs 30,999. Flipkart recently tweeted, “Introducing the @nokia #SmartTV with Sound By JBL, coming soon in a new dimension. Watch this space for updates.” At the time it was speculated that the new dimension would be a 43-inch TV and it turns out that was true.

Nokia launched the 55-inch Android Smart TV back in December 2019 and it was quite feature-rich when it launched. Even though details of the 43-inch aren’t known, we can expect to house the same features of the 55-inch TV. The only confirmed feature is the sound which will be powered by JBL however, we don't know if the speaker configuration will be the same. We do expect a lot of the features on the 43-inch TV to be the same as its larger sibling. Speaking of the specifications of the 55-inch Nokia TV, it runs on Android TV 9 out of the box with support for Netflix and Prime Videos. Running on Android TV, users also have access to the Play Store for their streaming services and apps needs. Coming to the panel, it has a 10-bit ADS panel with 400 nits of brightness. It covers 85-90% of 10-bit colour space. The TV also supports Dolby Vision which is Dolby’s object-based HDR rendering. 

When it comes to audio, the Nokia Smart TV audio is powered by JBL with 24W of sound output. The sound tuning and equalizer are catered to by JBL. The TV has two full-range drivers, front-facing tweeters and down-firing mid and low range drivers. There is no separate woofer. The TV also supports Dolby Audio and DTS TruSurround. The 55-inch Nokia Smart TV runs on a quad-core processor coupled with 2.25GB RAM and 16GB storage. 

There are a lot of TVs available in the 30k budget boasting of a 4K resolution and 43-inch screen size. Kodak recently launched a bunch of new Android smart TVs all of which are running on Android TV 9 out of the box. One of the TVs is a 43-inch TV. Lets quickly highlight some of the specifications. The 43-inch TV boasts of a 4K resolution along with support for HDR 10 and Dolby Vision along with support for Wide Colour Gamut. It is priced at Rs 23,999. For audio, the TVs have 30 Watt speakers with support for DTS and Dolby Digital Plus. Running on Android TV, the Kodak 43-inch TV brings with it support for all popular streaming services like Netflix, Prime Videos, Hotstar and more. You can read more about the recently launched Kodak TVs here.

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Online Gaming Booms as Coronavirus Lockdowns Keep Millions at Home

Internet providers have scrambled to shore up their networks in the face of surging demand. Gaming traffic on Verizon's network shot up an "unprecedented" 75 percent in the space of a week, the US telco said recently.

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Huawei Kirin 820 5G chipset benchmarked, outperforms Snapdragon 765G, 855 and Kirin 980 SoCs

Huawei’s Kirin 820 5G chipset is all set to debut with the Honor 30s on March 30. The SoC has popped up online quite a few times. This time around, it has appeared on benchmarking sites. In two separate developments, it has outperformed the flagship chipsets like Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and Huawei’s own Kirin 980. While in another benchmark it has beaten Snapdragon 765G SoC. 

Based on its Geekbench 4 scores, the Kirin 820 5G can outperform the Snapdragon 855 in single-core tests. It also beats the Kirin 980 in both single-thread and multi-thread performance. It is possibly due to its main Cortex-A76 cores being clocked higher. The Kirin 820 5G is also tipped to boast improved ISP and NPU, at least compared to the Kirin 810, and ARM's brand new G77 GPU. 

On the other hand, the Kirin 820 5G has also visited the AnTuTu benchmark listing. It scored  375270 points on AnTuTu, out of which the CPU score is 130080, the GPU score is 116516, the MEM score is 66886, and the UX score is 61788. It beats Redmi K30 5G equipped with Snapdragon 765G and HUAWEI nova 6 SE equipped with Kirin 810 and is slightly behind the Honor V20 powered with Kirin 980. The compared results are from Antutu Android February 2020 Phone performance list.

According to AnTuTu listing, HONOR 30S with the model number CDY-AN90 runs Android 10 and the phone has 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. The Kirin 820 is an Octa-Core SoC with four bigger Cortex-A76 cores and four smaller Cortex-A55, with a maximum clock speed of 2.36GHz and has Mali-G57 GPU, but the clock speed and the number of cores for the GPU are unknown.

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Apple iPhone 12 to come with sensor-shift image stabilisation

Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released another investment note to his investors, in which he reveals a big feature coming to the next generation of iPhones. According to the note, the next generation of iPhones could come with sensor-shift-based image stabilization. If this ends up being true, it could mean some significant improvements to the camera are on their way.

The investor note states that Apple could move to sensor-shift based image stabilization, utilizing a 5-axis system for the same. Sensor-shift based stabilization is superior to optical-based systems in several ways, the most important being their ability to compensate for vibrations in 5 axes, while OIS can only handle two. This makes sensor-shift based stabilization better suited especially for video, and given that the iPhone has a long-standing reputation for being an excellent video camera, this would make perfect sense. Sensor-based stabilization also means that it would give Apple room to further shrink the element stack, but it appears that they may instead utilize the space. According to the note, Apple will use a 7p lens for the next iPhone. Currently, the lens on an iPhone camera is comprised of 6 elements (hence 6P) and a bump up to 7 could help the company achieve better flare control, suppression of internal reflections and also control chromatic aberrations. It will all, however, depend on the kind of glass used.

Besides this, the iPhone could finally get a large sensor, one measuring 1/1.9 inches diagonally. This could very likely be a 48 or 64-megapixel sensor, but it would really be quite something if Apple stuck to a native 12-megapixel resolution for the large format sensor. Lastly, it is also expected that Apple might add a 3D Time of Flight sensor to the main camera module on the back of the iPhone 12 series of smartphones.

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