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Reliance Jio JioFi Offers, WhatsApp Video Calling in India, Android O Beta, and More: Your 360 Daily s5339

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 8 May 2017 22:28 IST

Highlights

Reliance Jio offers JioFi buyers 100 percent cashback
India leads in WhatsApp video calling minutes, company reveals
Google will start pushing Android O beta versions soon

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Whatsapp says India top country for video calling minutes
Six months after WhatsApp, the highest among all the countries where the app is used. Across the globe, over 340 million of video calling minutes per day are made using the app.

Android O beta is coming soon, says Google
Android Nougat beta. On the Android beta website Google stated it will be updated next when the Android O Beta Programme begins, and gave developers and Android enthusiasts directions to ing the full OTA image of Android Nougat on their devices.

OnePlus 5 leaked screenshot tips smartphone will sport 8GB RAM
According to a Oxygen OS). OnePlus 5 will reportedly hit the market with 6GB and 8GB of RAM variants with 64GB and 128GB storage options, but there’s been no confirmation from the company just yet. Like most leaks, take this with a grain of salt.

Indus OS, Delta ID to launch Aadhaar-authenticated operating system
In what seems like Indus OS and iris scanning technology provider Delta ID announced to launch the Aadhaar-authenticated operating system (OS) for the Indian s.

"We hope the combination of sophisticated iris scanning technology provided by Delta ID, with the consumer insights of Indus OS, the made-in-India operating system can enable faster adoption of Aadhaar-based services," said Salil Prabhakar, President and CEO of Delta ID. Amidst the slew of privacy leaks Aadhaar has seen in the last few weeks, we wonder if the timing of this move could be any worse.

Nubia M2 Lite with 4GB RAM, 3000mAh battery launched at Rs. 13,999
launched the M2 Lite in India at Rs. 13,999. The smartphone will be made available in Black Gold colour exclusively from Amazon India starting 12pm IST on Tuesday. The new smartphone from Nubia series features NeoPower 2.5 suit, which aims to improve the battery life offered with 118 new power optimisation features or so the company claims.

The Nubia M2 Lite was first launched in China in March. It runs Nubia UI 4.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This is much unlike the China variant, which was based on Android 7.0 Nougat.

It has a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display with 2.5D curved glass on top. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6750) SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM. The Nubia M2 Lite packs a 13-megapixel camera with f/2.2 aperture. At front, the smartphone features a 16-megapixel camera with 5P lens, f/2.0 aperture, and 79.8-degree wide angle.

Call of Duty: World War 2 and Destiny 2 price and pre-orders revealed for India
Military shooter price for the country, which is the same. No surprise since they share the same distributor,

Worldwide CD ROM who confirmed to Gadgets 360 that pre-ordering Call of Duty: World War 2 or Destiny 2 will grant access to their respective multiplayer betas. Wondering about their special editions? The distributor confirmed to Gadgets 360 that details for them are yet to be finalised.

Alcatel Pixi 4 (6) with 6-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched at Rs. 9,100
Alcatel launched the Pixi 4 (6) smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 9,100. It’s not exactly brand new, first launching at CES 2016. Minor upgrades to it have been made for its India launch. These include 4G VoLTE for the country as well as Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Arkamys-optimised speakers.

The new Alcatel smartphone has a 2580mAh non-removable battery.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC spotted on company site, tipped to use 7nm process
With successor to its current ‘short supplied’ Snapdragon 835 SoC, it’s alarming that its next flagship SoC has already been leaked. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC has reportedly been spotted on the company site alongside the yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 SoCs - both of which are rumoured to launch on Tuesday at an event in Beijing. Separately, a fresh report hints that the Snapdragon 845 processor is in the works, and will be built on a new faster, more efficient 7nm fabrication process. Furthermore, the new SoC will debut on the Galaxy S9 next year, the leak tips.

HandBrake video transcoder for Mac server hacked, app infected with trojan
A server hosting popular video transcoding tool, hacked this weekend. This resulted in the app available for infected with malware.

As per the warning issued by HandBrake, s who ed the software between May 2 and May 6 need to check whether their system is infected with a Trojan malware that's a variant of OSX.PROTON. In HandBrake's own words, "You have 50/50 chance if you've ed HandBrake during this period."

Harmon Kardon's Cortana-powered 'Invoke' speaker revealed on company site
In yet another Cortana SDK and Harmon Kardon teased its first Cortana-powered speaker would be launched this year. While the Invoke speaker is set to be released by Harmon Kardon in fall this year, around same time as Redstone 3, the pricing and the exact release date has not been revealed as of now, as pointed out in a report by Thurrott.com.

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