Here's a quick look at Google's new Pixel 11 series, Pixel Watch 5, and Fitbit Air‎

Today, we are going to do a very quick hands-on with the new range of devices from Google for 2026, including but not limited to the new Pixel 11 series of smartphones. There are a lot of devices to go through, so let’s just jump in without much further ado. Let’s start from the bottom with the new Pixel 11 series, with the eponymous model. The Pixel 11 comes with fewer changes over its predecessor compared to the Pro models, but they are all still welcome improvements that potential buyers would appreciate. Pixel 11 in Pistachio Among the list of changes are...

vivo Y31T image and specs leak‎

vivo launched the Y31 in September of last year, and now it's allegedly working on the Y31T. This will apparently be launching in India soon. The image below purportedly shows its back. The Y31T is said to come with a 6.75-inch LCD screen with an HD+ resolution and 1,250-nit peak brightness. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, and it will have UFS 2.2 storage. The device will reportedly be offered in three configurations: 4/128GB, 6/128GB, and 6/256GB. It will have a 7,200 mAh battery with support for 44W fast charging. It will be offered in Crimson Red, Gold Mist,...

Tecno Pova AI Buds Pro bring AI recording and call summarization‎

Tecno recently unveiled the Pova 8 Pro and Pova 8 Pro 5G Tonino Lamborghini Limited Edition, with the standard model confirmed to launch in India on August 18. While we wait for the Pova 8 Pro to arrive, the company has introduced its Pova AI Buds Pro in the country. AI is the main highlight of Tecno's latest TWS earbuds, with the Pova AI Buds Pro offering AI-powered real-time speech transcription, meeting summaries, and translation support for up to 78 languages. The Pova AI Buds Pro earbuds also feature built-in storage and a Quick Note button on the charging case for on-device...

Instagram gets a new wordmark for the first time in over 10 years‎

Meta has introduced a refreshed wordmark for Instagram, featuring a new font and styling while retaining elements of the original design. The updated wordmark is now visible at the top of Instagram's mobile apps. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the new wordmark in posts on Instagram and Threads, noting that the previous design had remained unchanged for 10 years and was due for a refresh. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Instagram’s @design (@design) Mosseri describes the new wordmark as “cleaner and more modern.” The Design at Instagram page...

Samsung Galaxy Watch9 review‎

Apple Intelligence custom model is launching soon in China‎

Last year, reports confirmed that Apple had picked Alibaba to power its Apple Intelligence features in China. A new report from Reuters News suggests that Apple has finalized training its China-specific LLM, which will be powered by Alibaba’s Qwen AI. This development is noteworthy as Apple would be the first foreign company to get approval from Chinese regulators to offer a proprietary AI model in China. The China-specific Apple Intelligence features are expected to launch in the coming months with a future software update to iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro users. Earlier this week,...

Motorola Moto G Max comes to India with a different set of specs‎

Motorola today launched the Moto G Max in India, and it's different from the one introduced in June in Brazil. For starters, the Brazilian Moto G Max, which is a rebranded Moto G87, is powered by the Dimensity 6400 SoC, while the Indian Moto G Max has the Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 chip at the helm. The memory options are different, too: the Brazilian model comes with up to 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, but the Indian model comes in a single 6GB/128GB configuration. Both models run Android 16 out of the box, with the Indian version confirmed to get two Android OS upgrades and three years of...

Google's Tensor G6 inside the Pixel 11 series isn't a 2nm chip‎

Google unveiled the Pixel 11 series smartphones a couple of days ago, with the Tensor G6 inside. While Google didn't explicitly mention it anywhere, the Tensor G6 was widely believed to be a 2nm chip. Turns out that's not the case. [#InlinePriceWidget,14874,1#] This revelation comes from Google's VP of Hardware, Peng Yu-Chun, who confirmed that the Tensor G6 inside all the Pixel 11 series smartphones is based on TSMC's 3nm process. Last year's Tensor G5 is also a 3nm chip. [#InlinePriceWidget,14800,1#] Even if the Tensor G6 was based on a 2nm process, it wouldn't have been the...

iPhone Ultra now said to be confined to one market at launch‎

A new report from Australia of all places today claims that while Apple will unveil the foldable iPhone Ultra at its September 8 event, the device will not be released at the same time as the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which are also expected to be announced on the same occasion. Not just that, but apparently the iPhone Ultra will only be released in the US first, followed by a handful of other key markets, including China. Australia, for what it's worth, won't be one of them. Interestingly, this report also claims that Apple will not announce pricing for the iPhone Ultra...

iQOO Neo11 Ultra, Z11s chipset details revealed ahead of launch‎

Ahead of their August 18 launch in China, iQOO has revealed the chipsets powering the Neo11 Ultra and Z11s. The company had previously shared the design and battery specifications of both smartphones. The iQOO Neo11 Ultra will be powered by a custom Dimensity 9500M chipset, which features an all-big-core CPU architecture. Built on a 3nm process, iQOO says that the chipset was developed specifically for the upcoming smartphone. iQOO claims the custom chipset will deliver “top-tier performance and power efficiency” thanks to the Monster Hyper-Core engine. In another Weibo post, the...