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Google has been persistent in improving user experience of the Google Maps app. They gradually moved the Explore tab from sandwich menu to a new tab on the home screen of the app. This tab used to give the user a detailed info on the nearby places according to internal rating system of the google. Now they have tried something new to further improve the experience. In the new update Google has introduced a new tab ‘For You’ right next to the Explore and Commute listing all the item based on the personal taste and of end user. Rolling out with the regular update the new feature continuously gives you update on nearby Bars, Cafes, Restaurants and many more based on the location you have set as your home or work. This feature gives user an option to bookmark the places and they will automatically be available in ‘Want to go’ list. This feature can be used as an alternative to the Google Trips app as it has already begun rolling out to almost 40 countries for iOS and 130 or mor...

HMD Global the manufacturer of Nokia smartphones is among the very few Handset makers who provide continuous and latest updates to their smartphone users across every price range be it top shelf or mid-range handsets. They have already rolled out the latest version of Android i.e. 9.0 Pie to three of their flagships. Way back in October HMD global announced the rollout of Android 9.0 to their flagship Nokia 7 Plus, and with this announcement they also made public a list of flagships which will soon be getting this update. The users of Nokia 6.1 have already started receiving the update for their handsets but the rollout for Nokia 8 was expected to begin in November.  According to tweet from the chief product officer of HMD Global, Juho Sarvikas, it may take couple of more days for the roll out to begin since there are some issues and difficulties that they are facing and working day and night to fix them. He also ensures that the update will begin rolling out as soon ...

According to post on amazon’s blog on 17 th December Friday Apple Music will be available to its Amazon Echo Smart Speaker Users. This is the result of increased collaboration between the tech giants. It’s a very good news to those apple music users who own an Amazon Echo Smart speaker as they will now be able to access the Apple Inc’s 50 million songs library on their Alexa Device. Amazon also said that they will stack more apple products in their store for shopping this holiday season. They have made a statement that they will be selling latest version of apple device on their shopping portals. Apple is also offering HomePod Smart speakers which uses Apple Inc’s voice assistant Siri, helping them compete against similar offering from tech giants like Amazon and Alphabet Inc’s Google.

There have been talks of Reliance’s JioMusic and Saavn Music app merger. Reliance Jio acquired majority stake of Saavn in March of this year. The launch of JioSaavn is basically a rebranding of Saavn app on iOS and JioMusic app on Android Google Play Store. The new JioSaavn app does not look that much different from previous Saavn. The Jio user are being offered complimentary 90-day pro service of the new JioSaavn app in which they get fully ad-free unlimited audio streaming. Jio’s big move of launching JioSaavn is not too far ahead from the expected launch of Spotify the biggest paid music streaming service in India. According to some reports Spotify is finally deciding on officially launching their services in India sometime soon. Though globally Spotify is the biggest music streaming service provider its services are limited to North America, Europe, and Latin America. On iOS app store Saavn app was rebranded to JioSaavn and the existing user of the app will be able to use all ...

Google is reportedly developing and testing a new king of voice assistant codenamed “Duplex”. It is Google’s new Natural language voice assistant. They are expecting it to replace call centres and answer customer service question to the Realtime users. According to the statement made by a google Spokesperson to The Information currently they not actively testing it and are taking a slow and steady approach in incorporating the results that they are getting from their intense testing. Google is not testing the tech with the business right now but the business world itself could be looking for the ways to use this impressive tech.  The statement made by the spokesperson was “ It’s important that we get the experience right both for the people and for businesses and we’re taking a slow and measured approach as we incorporate learnings and feedback from our tests – Google spokesperson ”. If Google’s plans are successful they we may be looking at world wide disruption in call centr...

Amazon and Google have both been trying their best to expand their market share in India but the task is not as simple as it seems. It was difficult enough for their AI powered Google assistant Amazon Alexa to understand Indian English but the main challenge in front of the tech giants is to make assistant able to decipher the many local languages as well as the combination of Indian English and those local slangs. According to the statement made by the head scientist of Alexa AI, amazon, Mr. Rohit Prasad India is said to be the most technically challenging countries among all the countries Alexa was launched in. according to him the main problem is that Indian user tends to interact with Alexa in mashup of languages in the same sentence. So, to make Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa more efficient in Indian market they need to be able to decode sentences like “Ok Google, Aj Kaa Weather Kaisa Hai?” or something like “Is week ka top song play karo.”. To reach this goal Am...

One Plus 6T which is going to be released globally on 30 th of October is about to get a refresh in its UI design. As the smartphone is just a minor update to the previous versions there won’t be any notable difference and major feature release. The noteworthy update in the smartphone is its in display optical fingerprint scanner and its waterdrop notch style. As confirmed by the executives of OnePlus the device is going to get an overhaul in the UI section an advanced Do not Disturb Mode and may be redesigned Navigation gestures. The device may also feature some major camera improvements over the previous ones. According to the statement made by OnePlus in one of their forums they said that their main focus has always have been providing their users with a quick and responsive experience. The post made it clear that end users will be getting something new in the UI section to explore and the post also stated about some substantial improvements in the camera performance of ...