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Xiaomi is spinning off its Poco brand into a new company

Last year, Xiaomi managed outdo OnePlus by releasing the powerful Pocophone F1 smartphone with a Snapdragon 845 processor for just $300. Now, the Chinese company announced that it’s spinning that sub-brand off into a whole new company called Poco, according to TechCrunch. “We feel the time is right to let Poco operate on its own now,” said executive Jai Mani in a statement.
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POCO splits from Xiaomi to become completely independent brand

Xiaomi has spun off its popular POCO sub-brand into an independent brand in its own right. The experimental sub-brand was created in 2018 and brought us one of the best-value Android experiences in the form of the POCO F1. The sub-$300 smartphone was extremely popular…
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Yes, OnePlus plans to bring its disappearing camera trick to an actual phone

It shouldn’t really come as a surprise, but in a recent interview, OnePlus confirmed some good news. In a future smartphone that’s actually released on the market, OnePlus will use the disappearing camera trick from the OnePlus Concept One. At CES 2020, OnePlus arrived in Vegas to show off the Concept One. This device is essentially a OnePlus 7T Pro with a special trick that lets it hide…
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iPhone: How to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures

Do you have some, or maybe even a lot of pictures you’ve shot with iPhone that you’d like to turn off the Live Photos effect? Follow along for how to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures. Live Photos is a neat feature that captures 1.5 seconds before and after you snap an image that can really bring a moment to life. But sometimes you might have had the feature turned on by accident…
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Android Auto’s support for Google Assistant routines has been broken since 2018

Google Assistant routines are a handy way to automate some tasks, but the feature doesn’t work everywhere. Technically, it’s supposed to work on Android Auto, but Assistant routines have weirdly been broken for over a year on the platform, with no fix in sight. Highlighted by , this issue has been floating around for Android Auto users for over a year at this point. It seems that around…
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