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Xiaomi says its new smartwatch only needs to charge twice a month
With 117 fitness modes, remote camera shutter, heart-rate tracking and blood oxygen level monitoring, the Mi watch does a lot.
Android 11 is here and brings built-in screen recording at last
Months after the Android 11 beta was released in June, the final version is finally here and ready to roll out to consumer devices.
Poco's X3 is the first smartphone with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 732G
Xiaomi spun out Poco into a separate company earlier this year.
Xiaomi's under-display camera tech is coming to phones next year
Under-display cameras do a neat trick, allowing manufacturers to build all-screen phones without the need for complex pop-up selfie cameras. Now, Xiaomi has unveiled its third-generation of under-display cameras and promised that the technology will be coming to the mass market “next year.”
Global smartphone shipments tanked by 20.4 percent due to the pandemic
Of the major phone manufacturers, only Apple saw a relatively small decline in sales.
Xiaomi unveils a ridiculous see-through TV
Xiaomi unveiled a 55-inch transparent OLED TV.
Xiaomi's Mi 10 Ultra promises an absurd 120x hybrid zoom
Xiaomi adds the Mi 10 Ultra, with a 120x hybrid zoom, to its flagship lineup.
Xiaomi announces an international version of its Mi Band 5
For the first time ever, Xiaomi’s popular, low-cost wearable device Mi Band is officially available for sale outside of China.
Xiaomi dives into Android TV dongles with a 1080p-capable Mi TV Stick
Xiaomi has launched several new products at an event today, including an Android TV-powered portable streaming device called the Mi TV Stick. You can plug it into any screen to access your favorite streaming services — just take note that the device itself is only capable of streaming media up to 1080p in resolution, making it direct competitor to affordable streaming devices like the Roku Express. Since it’s powered by Android TV, the device is capable of running apps like Netflix on its own and can give you access to a lot of other applications available on Google Play.
Xiaomi unveils its first OLED TV
Xiaomi has launched its first lineup of OLED “Master Series” TVs in China, starting with a 65-inch model at a pretty interesting price.
India has banned TikTok, WeChat and many other Chinese apps
The government cited citizen concerns over privacy and data security.
Xiaomi's $32 Mi Band 5 has a bigger screen, better tracking and simpler charging
Xiaomi's latest Mi Band packs in even more features for a low price.
Poco's F2 Pro is a high-end, all-screen phone for $500
The Poco F2 Pro is an elegant and powerful flagship phone with a notchless display.
Xiaomi's Mi 10 Lite offers 5G for €349
For the most part, taking advantage of new 5G networks has meant buying some of the most expensive phones available on the market. With its latest phone, the €349 Mi 10 Lite 5G, Xiaomi hopes to change that.
Xiaomi's Redmi K30 Pro touts flagship specs at a mid-range price
Xiaomi has unveiled the Redmi K30 Pro that offers a lot of power for the money -- but only in China, so far. A sequel to the K20 Pro (aka the Mi 9T Pro in Europe), the K30 Pro packs a Snapdragon 865 processor with built-in 5G support, along with a circular, quad-camera array and pop-up 20-megapixel selfie camera.
Xiaomi's Black Shark 3 Pro gaming phone has pop-up shoulder buttons
When Xiaomi introduced its Black Shark 2 gaming phone a year ago, it hyped up the pressure-sensitive display that lets users map left and right controls to the screen. The new Black Shark 3 Pro takes things off the screen with physical pop-up shoulder buttons. In game mode, users can choose to use the two, 21-millimeter-wide buttons that raise 1.5 millimeters from the body of the phone. The buttons can supposedly withstand over 300,000 lifts and more than one million clicks.
Xiaomi's Mi 10 flagships feature 108MP cameras and 30W wireless charging
Xiaomi has unveiled its new flagship devices, the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro, which feature the 30W wireless charging capability it debuted with the Mi 9 Pro 5G last year. Unlike its predecessor that has 40W wired charging, though, the Mi 10 has 30W wired charging (probably because it's cheaper) and 10W reverse charging capabilities. It's also the second phone series to use the brand new LPDDR5 RAM technology after Samsung's Galaxy S20 -- in fact, Xiaomi will source its RAM chips from Samsung and Micron.
India is now a larger smartphone market than the US
China eclipsed the US as the largest smartphone market on Earth years ago, but now Americans can't even claim second place. Counterpoint Research estimates that India overtook the US to become the second-largest market, with 158 million phones shipping to the country in 2019. That's largely due to the surge of Chinese manufacturers offering aggressively-priced devices, analysts said. A whopping 72 percent of phones shipped to India came from brands like Xiaomi, Vivo, Realme and Oppo.
Xiaomi is spinning off its Poco brand into a new company
Last year, Xiaomi managed outdo OnePlus by releasing the powerful Pocophone F1 smartphone with a Snapdragon 845 processor for just $300. Now, the Chinese company announced that it's spinning that sub-brand off into a whole new company called Poco, according to TechCrunch. "We feel the time is right to let Poco operate on its own now," said executive Manu Kumar Jain in a statement. "Poco F1... remains a top contender in its category, even in 2020."
Google Play now supports Samsung's HDR10+ alternative to Dolby Vision
Samsung unveiled HDR10+ as a way to bring HDR tech on par with Dolby Vision without paying Dolby's royalties. So far, it hasn't attracted a lot of other TV makers and content distributors besides Panasonic and Amazon. However, Samsung has now announced two significant new partners in both those areas with Vizio TVs and Google Play streaming. That should make it easier for consumers to not only find HDR10+ content, but play it back as well.