Consumer Tech

Huawei today launched a new portable Bluetooth speaker - HUAWEI FreeGo.

American watch brand TIMEX this week announced two new smartwatch models, and interestingly, the logo of AMAZFIT, a smartwatch brand under Huami Technologies, appears in the exterior images.

Global notebook PC shipments will rise to 171 million units in 2020, up from an original estimate of 156 million units, market research firm Omdia said in a new report.

The Redmi 7A phone is now getting the MIUI 11.0.1 stable update based on Android 10.

Major Apple supplier Broadcom suggested the latest iPhones will be launched later than usual this year.

Apple appears to be developing new keyboard shortcuts that will allow users who have a Magic Keyboard or other external keyboard to adjust the brightness of the keyboard keys with shortcuts.

In addition to Samsung displays and LG displays, Chinese panel maker BOE will also be an OLED panel supplier for Apple's 5G iPhone, Digitimes said, citing sources. 

Lenovo announced that it will begin pre-installing Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux on existing devices, including ThinkStation desktops and ThinkPad P-series notebooks, fulfilling its goal of providing workstation customers with more operating system options.

Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, wearable device growth slowed to 5 percent this year from 28 percent last year, according to ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm.

If Apple launches an entry-level Apple Watch priced below $250, the line is expected to sell ten times as much, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi said.