Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has been struggling ever since it came into existence (post the merger). The telco has had nothing positive to show to the investors so far and is likely going to struggle more in the coming years if it has to play catch up with Jio and Airtel in the 5G race. There’s no saying when Vodafone Idea will launch its 5G services....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is getting pretty aggressive with its 5G trials in India. The telco was the first in the country to test 5G with mmWave spectrum, achieving speeds of up to 3.7 Gbps. Further, the telco is aggressively partnering up with other companies/platforms to test 5G for enterprises or industry 4.0 solutions. In the last four days itself, Vi has announced that it has partnered with Athonet and Larson & Toubro (L&T) for testing enterprise and smart city solutions....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been losing out on subscribers every month since October 2019. In March, Vi investors found temporary relief when the Trai report said the company added 1.7 million customers in January 2021. But Vi clarified that it had made ‘inadvertent errors’ while submitting the numbers to the regulator. From the correct numbers, it was found that instead of adding subscribers, Vi lost 2.3 million of them. What’s interesting here is that Vi is offering the most unique prepaid offers in the industry....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio both offer postpaid services to their customers. Both the companies have mid-tier postpaid plans which are neither too expensive nor too cheap. So today we are taking one such mid-tier postpaid plan from each company and then comparing them to decide which one is better for you. We have chosen the Rs 699 plan from Vodafone Idea and Rs 599 plan from Reliance Jio to see which one is better....

Postpaid plans offered by telcos range from very cheap to expensive price tags with amazing benefits. Users also have the option to choose from either individual plans or family plans. If you are looking for plans that offer ample benefits, some of the mid-range plans from the telcos might be suitable for you. Vi actually offers a very reasonable mid-range family plan that offers up to two additional connections. Mentioned below is the Rs 699 postpaid plan from Vi in comparison to the similar plans offered by Airtel and Jio....

In December, Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced that it is launching the VoWi-Fi calling service for its users. After four months of the announcement, the telco has made good progress and has made the VoWi-Fi calling service available in five circles of India. However, not every subscriber of the telco can leverage the service to make calls in the concerned circles. Only users with select smartphones that are compatible with Vi’s VoWi-Fi service will be able to use the Wi-Fi calling feature....

With the promise that the new technology will improve wireless internet coverage in the home, Vodafone has become the first UK broadband provider (opens in new tab) to provide a Wi-Fi 6E-enabled router to its clients. The introduction of the first compatible routers is crucial given that the majority of users use equipment provided by their broadband provider, and Vodafone is hoping that it will give it a technological edge over rivals....

Vodafone Rs 209 Prepaid Plan: Benefits and Validity Very recently, Vodafone has confirmed that it wants to cover all the price brackets in the prepaid segment and it’s the reason behind the introduction of Rs 20 talk time & validity extension recharge. Aforesaid, the Rs 209 prepaid plan sits right between the Rs 199 and Rs 229 prepaid recharges, both in terms of pricing and benefits. The Rs 209 prepaid plan ships with 1....

Popular messaging service WhatsApp, which has been the primary choice when it comes to messaging in India features a lot of add ons and tools that make it easy to use. Some of these include the ability to hide the status of users, making both audio and video calls, sending documents via the app and more. That being said, for the user who wished to mute a video before sending it to others, there was no option that could help the users out....

Owned by the American business Meta Platforms, WhatsApp is a centralised instant messaging service that is accessible worldwide. It enables users to share images, documents, user locations, audio and video calls, text and voice messages, voice and video messaging, and other stuff. But frequently because of a lack of storage, users have a tendency to delete large WhatsApp files, which results in the loss of many significant images and videos....

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook recently confirmed that the messaging service WhatsApp would receive much-awaited features such as disappearing mode, multi-device support and view once in a short amount of time. Interestingly, this information is not dependent on leaks or rumours, rather, the CEO himself confirmed that these features would be rolling out soon. In a unique method to announce this, WaBetaInfo, a site famed for tracking all WhatsApp related updates and information was approached by WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss some of the upcoming features that are arriving at WhatsApp....

WhatsApp to Bring Multi-Device Login Feature WABetaInfo, which tracks all the latest developments of WhatsApp, says the company is working on multi-device login feature at the moment. The latest WhatsApp Beta v2.20.110 version has traces of the multi-device login feature. Once WhatsApp implements the feature, users will be able to log into multiple devices at the same time. For the unaware, WhatsApp users will not be able to log into two devices at the same time; If a user logs into a new device, then the current logged-in device will display an error message....

With the advent of the digital era, more and more smart products are being launched globally every day. While all of them require strong connectivity, Wi-Fi networks have a big limitation of range. But, to fulfil the dream of more connected devices in the world, Wi-Fi HaLow has just arrived, which is claimed to offer connectivity up to a range of 1 km. It is developed to connect a large number of Internet of Things (IoT) products such as smart air conditions, smart speakers, and other industrial smart devices....

Qualcomm and MediaTek are the two big names when it comes to smartphone chipsets manufacturing. Both the companies have dominated the entire smartphone market worldwide. All the major smartphone brands across the globe are relying on these two brands for smartphone processors. However, it seems that new players are also invigorating themselves to step into the chipset industry. As per the reports, Xiaomi and OPPO are working on their in-house 5G smartphone SoCs....

Xiaomi 11T Pro Hyperphone will arrive in India on January 19, 2022. The date has been confirmed by the company through an official release. Xiaomi will hold a virtual event at 12 pm to launch the device in India. Rumours about the launch of the smartphone have already been making rounds online. Even some of the specifications have been hinted by credible tipsters. Let’s take a look at the expected specifications and price of the smartphone....

Xiaomi, which competes with players like Samsung, Vivo and Oppo in the Indian smartphone market launched its latest device Redmi Note 7 Pro, priced Rs 13,999 onwards. The device, which has been launched first in India, features Snapdragon 675 chipset, 6.3-inch display, 48MP+5MP dual rear camera, 13MP front camera and 4,000 mAh battery. The 4GB RAM or 64GB internal memory and 6GB RAM or 128GB internal memory variants will go on sale from March 13....

Xiaomi Mi 10 Series: What We Know So Far As the name of both the smartphones itself suggest, they replace the company’s Mi 9 series. Specifications of both the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are making rounds on the web for a while now. Starting with the Xiaomi Mi 10, the phone is said to feature a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate and in-display fingerprint scanner. Underneath, it will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, paired with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage....

Xiaomi Mi TV Stick Review: Design Xiaomi Mi TV Stick Review: Performance Let’s first talk about the hardware part of the Xiaomi Mi TV Stick. The Cortex A53 cores power the Android TV Stick, and with that, you also get 1GB of RAM paired with up to 8GB of internal storage so that you have enough space for downloading your favourite applications. For connectivity, this Android TV stick can support Wi-Fi ac and Bluetooth 4....

Design and Display The Redmi Note 7 Pro has been touted to feature something called the “Aura design”. Some of the highlights of the phone include extremely thin bezels, dewdrop display and the gradient rear panel. The Redmi Note 7 Pro comes with a 6.3-inch display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio with a dot notch. Xiaomi has also used the LTPS display panel for the phone, which is also the most expensive panel available for screens as claimed by the company....

Suspension of Beta Updates for Phones Older than One Year Xiaomi, in its official forum post, has noted that it will be limiting the MIUIs beta to smartphones which are less than a year old starting July 5. This means that Xiaomi phones which are more than a year old will not receive any beta phase updates and will only get a stable version of the MIUI going forward. The brand has also noted that it will not impact the development of the stable version of the MIUI for Xiaomi and Redmi devices....