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Best True Wireless Earphones Deals in Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2021
We’ve compiled a list of the best true wireless earphones deals on Amazon right now, covering brands such as Apple, Samsung, Jabra, Sony, and Realme, and here are our top picks in the segment.
Apple AirPods Pro
Offering class-leading sound quality and ANC performance, the Apple AirPods Pro are considered to be the best true wireless earphones you can buy right now. Bluetooth connectivity means that the AirPods Pro can be used with just about any smartphone or tablet, but to be able to use all features and customise the controls, you’ll need to have an iOS device.
The AirPods Pro are priced at Rs. 17,990 down from the usual price of around Rs. 25,000, a significant discount of around Rs. 7,000. Bank offers with HDFC Bank and no-cost EMI schemes are also available, which will make the price a bit more attractive.
Buy AirPods Pro here
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro
Samsung’s flagship true wireless earphones, the Galaxy Buds Pro have a proper in-canal fit and very good active noise cancellation, as well as support for the Scalable advanced Bluetooth codec. The earphones work best with Samsung smartphones thanks to the codec support, and are usefully also IP67 rated for dust and water resistance, making this among the most weather-resistant true wireless headsets you can buy right now.
Typically priced at around Rs. 16,000, the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro are available for Rs. 9,990 during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale 2021. Bank offers with HDFC Bank and no-cost EMI schemes are available, too.
Buy Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro here
Jabra Elite 75t
The Jabra Elite 75t isn’t the latest flagship product in the company’s true wireless headset range, but it remains an excellent option with active noise cancellation, good microphone performance, detailed sound with powerful bass, and decent battery life. The fit and noise isolation are also excellent on this true wireless headset, putting it up against options from other top brands such as Samsung and Sony in the upper mid-range segment.
Down from its launch price of Rs. 14,999, the Jabra Elite 75t is available for Rs. 8,999 during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale 2021. Bank offers with HDFC Bank and no-cost EMI schemes can be availed for this.
Buy Jabra Elite 75t here
Sony WF-XB700
The Sony WF-XB700 is a popular option among listeners looking for a bass-centric sound signature, thanks to Sony’s ‘Extra Bass’ tuning. The earphones are IPX4 rated for water resistance, and support the SBC and AAC Bluetooth codecs. Sony’s usual attention to tuning and reliable connectivity are also key points that make this headset worth considering.
The Sony WF-XB700 true wireless earphones are available for Rs. 6,490 during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale 2021, with bank offers with HDFC Bank and no-cost EMI schemes also available.
Buy Sony WF-XB700 here
Realme Buds Q2
Among the most affordable true wireless earphones with active noise cancellation, the Realme Buds Q2 represents excellent value for money and a feature set that is typical seen on high-end headsets. There is app support through the Realme Link app, and decent sound and battery life for the price.
While already competitively priced before any discounts, the Realme Buds Q2 are available for a very competitive price of Rs. 2,199 during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale 2021. Coupon discounts and bank offers with HDFC Bank apply as well.
Buy Realme Buds Q2 here
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Microsoft Partners With Inworld to Bring AI Game Development Tools to Xbox
“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”
The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We’ve already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.
Inworld made headlines in August when it launched a modded story mode for Grand Theft Auto V, Sentient Streets, in which players had to investigate the rise of a bizarre AI-worshipping cult — a segment loaded with characters that spoke in AI-generated dialogue, on the fly. The mod was later taken down by publisher Take-Two, leaving a permanent strike on the creator Bloc’s YouTube channel. As per The Verge, Inworld’s AI technology can also be used for narration in top-down RPGs to warn players about any events awaiting off-screen and respond to questions like we’ve seen in the past year with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.
Despite being a Microsoft-affiliated AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Valve claimed that it would be cracking down on games that included AI-generated assets if the developer didn’t own the copyright to the piece of art. For the uninitiated, when you insert a prompt to create something in AI, the software simply repurposes existing assets found online and mushes them together — basically stealing from other artists and writers without appropriate commercial licenses. Infringing them would lead to the game not being distributed on Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It’s unclear how Microsoft’s partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.
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BSNL Offers Free 4G SIM Upgrade: Here’s How to Get It
In a post on X shared by BSNL’s Andhra Pradesh (@bsnl_ap_circle) unit, the company confirmed that BSNL users can upgrade their older 2G or 3G SIMs to a 4G SIM for free. Not only will the upgrade be free, but a promotional image shared with the post suggests that users who opt for the upgrade will also receive 4GB of free data that will be valid for three months. It is speculated that BSNL is aiming to boost its upcoming 4G services with this offer. The announcement was first spotted by Telecom Talk.
To access the free data offer and the free upgrade, BSNL users are requested to get in touch with executives at BSNL’s Customer Service Centre, franchisee or retailer stores, or contact one of their Direct Selling Agents (DSA). The promo image also adds in a finer print that the offer is available with certain terms and conditions, but hasn’t detailed any, so far.
Reliance’s Jio recently launched the 4G-supported Bharat B1 feature phone in India. The handset is priced at Rs. 1,299 in India. Alongside 4G connectivity, the phone comes with JioCinema and JioSaavn applications pre-installed.
The Jio Bharat B1 is equipped with the JioPay application, which is said to allow users to make UPI payments. Aiming to increase accessibility, the phone supports 23 languages overall, including multiple regional languages.
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Realme GT 5 Pro Teased to Feature 3,000 Nits Display; More Details Revealed
Realme, via Weibo, announced the arrival of the Realme GT 5 Pro in China. The display of the handset is confirmed to offer 3000 nits peak brightness. It has also been teased to offer heat dissipation with a surface area of around 10,000mm2. It is confirmed to ship with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The post doesn’t specify the exact launch date of the smartphone, however, given the release of the teasers, the launch could be just around the corner.
The Realme GT 5 Pro has been in the news a lot lately. It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch (1,264×2,780 pixels) AMOLED display and is tipped to come in 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB RAM options along with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB inbuilt storage options.
For optics, the Realme GT 5 Pro is said to have a triple rear camera unit comprising two 50-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel shooter at the rear. The camera setup might include a Sony LYTIA LYT808 sensor, an OmniVision OV08D10 secondary sensor, and a Sony IMX890 telephoto sensor. For selfies, there could be a 32-megapixel sensor at the front. It is said to carry a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.
The Realme GT 5 Pro is expected to come with upgrades over Realme GT 5. The latter was launched in China in August with a price tag of CNY 2,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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