Bixby voice for India, which it says can understand regional dialects and accents, and will be available starting September 30 on Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8. 58484i
The Note 8 will be available in two colour variants – Maple Gold, and Midnight Black – but just one storage option: 64GB. You can get it from Samsung's own website or retail stores, as well as Reliance Jio has a 448GB data promo too.
Meanwhile, Samsung's mobile chief DJ Koh has said that pre-orders for the Note 8 have been Note 7 last year. The phone will go on sale September 14 in certain markets.
Here's what else made news in the world of technology today:
Apple devices leak ahead of launch
Over the weekend, details of intentionally leaked to the press by an Apple employee, rather than found by chance.
Later the same day, credit card firm Discover iPhone X Edition. It also confirmed a new Apple Watch Series 3, the 4K-capable Apple TV (2017), and iPod Touch (7th Generation). It's quite likely that these will be the final names.
Dolby Vision and HDR10.
Xiaomi Mi A1 went on sale for the first time in India
The Flipkart, Mi.com, Mi Home stores, Croma, Vijay Sales, E-Zone, Sangeetha, Poorvika, Big C, LOT, UniverCell, as well as Mi Preferred Partner stores. If you missed the sale, you'll have to wait till next Tuesday, September 19 at 12pm again.
The smartphone has stock Android 7.1.2 Nougat software with pre-installed Xiaomi apps such as Mi Camera, Mi Remote, and Mi Store, as well as the likes of Google Photos and Google Assistant. As for the hardware specifications, Mi A1 comes with a 5.5-inch full-HD screen, octa-core Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB RAM, 12-megapixel dual cameras on the back, 5-megapixel front camera, 64GB storage, and 3080mAh battery.
Qualcomm takes dig at Apple
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Earlier this year, Apple sued Qualcomm for around $1 billion claiming it was charging royalties for technologies it had nothing to do with. The chipmaker dismissed Apple's accusation, and then countersued asking US trade regulators to ban iPhone imports on of patent infringement.
Samsung Galaxy A5, Galaxy A7 getting Android Nougat
Samsung has begun price cuts in India recently, bringing down their respective prices to Rs. 22,900 and Rs. 25,900.
Oreo feature turns into bug for Pixel s
A new feature in Google seems to be already aware of. A fix will be issued soon, according to a Pixel community manager.
Paytm Payments Bank s get RuPay debit cards
a RuPay-powered digital debit card, which will allow s of Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) to transact at merchants who accept debit and credit cards. The RuPay card is being issued to all existing PPB s. Those who aren't yet on Paytm's new offering can avail it by completing a KYC process.
Jio hits back at Airtel with "misleading" claim too
After hit back with its own "misleading" claim. Jio believes that the loss figure is made up, and it's a smoke-screen attempt to hide its ill-gotten profits.
Facebook testing Instant Videos, Private Profiles
In its attempt to push more video content, Android app, which works much like Instant Articles. The videos are pre-loaded over Wi-Fi, and you can then watch them later on the go even when you don't have mobile data. Instant Videos will carry the same lightning icon as Instant Articles.
The social networking giant is also testing Private Profiles on Android, which is meant to help s share things with a smaller circle of friends. It's not clear how this works since the feature didn't work for the s it showed up for, and it's worth noting you can already do this by changing the audience for your Facebook post.
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