Xiaomi sells most devices during Singles Day, Apple comes in second

Xiaomi sells most devices during Singles Day, Apple comes in second The shopping holiday Singles Day, taking place on November 11 and named after the lucky date 11.11 was a huge success, revealed the biggest Chinese online retailer JD.com. Xiaomi sold the most phones, followed by Apple in second and Honor in third.

Device-wise, the Top 3 bestsellers were the vanilla Redmi K40, the iPhone 13, and the ultra-affordable Redmi 9A.

Top 20 phones and companies

Xiaomi’s performance and diversity in portfolio got nine devices into the Top 20 – this includes both Redmi and Mi units from all price ranges. Fans really do love their Redmi Note versions, as…

Huawei Watch GT Runner is coming on November 17

Huawei Watch GT Runner is coming on November 17 Huawei has announced it will unveil a new smartwatch in China on November 17, dubbed Huawei Watch GT Runner.

Huawei hasn’t detailed the Watch GT Runner’s specs yet, but the posters it shared on Weibo reveal the smartwatch’s circular design, with a button and what appears to be a crown on the right side.

The Huawei Watch GT Runner is aimed at professional runners, and it will provide them the data about their pace and running performance index in addition to the distance covered and the heartbeats per minute.

Huawei Watch GT Runner

The Huawei Watch GT Runner will also come…

Here’s the list of phone makers that will use auto-theming in their Android 12 updates

Here’s the list of phone makers that will use auto-theming in their Android 12 updates The main feature in Google’s release of Android 12 is undoubtedly the auto-theming system that extracts colors from the wallpaper you’ve chosen to magically make a new theme every time you change said wallpaper.

This is a big user-facing change in how the operating system works, and we were skeptical as to how many Android device makers would choose to use it in their skins, since it’s not always a given that big UI-related changes in Android make it through to all skins, especially the heaviest of them.

In this case, however, there seems to be good news. As outed today by a new code…

WhatsApp is working on letting you hide your “last seen” status from specific people

WhatsApp is working on letting you hide your “last seen” status from specific people WhatsApp is constantly working behind the scenes to add new features to its service, and today we’re talking about just such a thing. The beta version of WhatsApp for Android now has an option to hide your “last seen” status from specific people.

The feature has been in active development for a few months at this point, and now it’s finally live for a subset of those part of the beta program.

This means it will soon hopefully make it to all the people using the beta, and then eventually to the version of WhatsApp everyone’s using, but there’s a caveat here, in that “soon” could mean “in…

Netflix rolls out AV1 streaming for smart TVs and PlayStation 4 Pro

Netflix rolls out AV1 streaming for smart TVs and PlayStation 4 Pro Netflix has announced that it is rolling out AV1 streaming for compatible smart TV models as well as the Sony PlayStation 4 Pro console.

AV1 is an open, royalty free codec that has several advantages over the omnipresent AVC (aka H.264) codec currently used by all major streaming services. One of the key advantages of using AV1 over AVC is higher compression efficiency, which allows using lower bit rates and thus lower data to achieve similar image quality.

Netflix claims that in their testing the reduced data consumption with AV1 results in up to 38% noticeable drops in image…

Motorola Moto G Power 2022 leaks extensively, Moto G71 5G certified

Motorola Moto G Power 2022 leaks extensively, Moto G71 5G certified Motorola’s Moto G Power from this year is getting a successor. The so-called Moto G Power 2022 starred in a massive leak, confirming its specs and design.

Alleged Moto G Power 2022

The handset is built around a 6.5-inch 720 x 1600px IPS display supporting 90Hz refresh rate. The MediaTek Helio G37 chipset sits behind the wheel along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage.

The main camera has a 50MP sensor and f/1.8 lens and it sits alongside a 2MP depth sensor. At the front there’s an 8MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture.

The Moto G Power 2022 has a 5,000 mAh…

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