As a logical connection to all things smart, Vinli has announced Vinli Home Connect: a car-home smart connection. Home Connect provides a compatible interface to connect with Google’s Nest or Samsung’s SmartThings. Then, the Vinli Home Connect app integrates the smart functionality of your house with that of your car, providing a means of precision automation.
NXP Semiconductor has developed a postage stamp-sized single integrated radar chip designed to replace the ultrasonic radar traditionally used in emergency braking and other advanced vehicle safety systems found in today’s cars. The company says that this chip is already being tested in Google’s self driving cars. Due to lower power consumption and their small size, these can be grouped in clusters to provide a 360 degree view without altering the aesthetics of the vehicle.
Ford has announced that it has teamed up with Toyota to use its own developed software to connect to car dashboards. The company has invited other automakers to join them to counter Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto in order to control cars of the future. The company will instead adopt SmartDeviceLink (SDL) as the standard for connecting smartphone apps to vehicle dashboard screens.
The global builds for MIUI 7.1 Stable channel are now rolling out to various Xiaomi devices, including the Mi 2 and 2S, Redmi 1S and Redmi 2, Redmi Note Prime and the Mi Pad amongst others. Users on previous MIUI 7 Build will get an progressive OTA update, but there are builds available for flashing for those who wish. Changelog for the build is very large, so go on over and check it out!
Huawei has just announced the addition of the ‘Mate 8’ flagship smartphone line to their Mate line-up. While it was announced and released in 2015, this flagship is ready to take the world by storm by going global.
With a 6″ display and a QHD resolution, the company states that the device has 95% color accuracy.
The smartphone uses a highly conductive DX19 material in its design in order to efficiently dissipate heat, the company claims.
The Mate 8 promises 2 days of continuous battery life with a 4,000mAh battery, a step above the rest of the pack as well as a massive improvement over its previous Mate 7 flagship phone. Huawei touts some impressive battery life stats for the Mate 8, stating that it can handle 17 hours of HD video. If the massive battery isn’t enough for you, the company has included a form of quick charging to quickly juice up your phone on the go.
Handsfree 3.0 allows you to use your phone from 3 meters away, which is an impressive distance to be able to speak out to your phone and not have the messages garbled up by noise. In addition, applications can use the new 3-microphone setup for omnidirectional recordings
Want to take a screenshot of a long webpage or a big text message conversation? Huawei includes a long page screen capture system by default in the Mate 8.
You can also crop your videos by knocking with two knuckles on the screen.
The phone supports dual-4G SIM cards and also supports the most bands of any dual-SIM phone on the market. For users who travel, Huawei offers a Roaming+ Experience feature which speeds up the network search and automatically adds your home country code so you can easily call your home country without having to look up the international code.
The device comes in a new color called ‘Mocha Brown’ that Huawei states is unavailable on any other smartphone. They believe they are standing out from the rest of the pack with these color options.
The Huawei Mate 8 will launch in a large number of countries, at 599 euros for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage model and 699 euros for the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage model.
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