Global Smartwatch Shipments Grew 12% in Q1 2020 Despite COVID-19: Report Global smartwatch shipments reportedly reached 14.3 million units in Q1 2020, up 12% year on year. According to data fromCanalys,Apple continues to lead the market, but the company’s shipments fell 13%during the quarter. The report, however, predicts that lifetimeApple Watch shipments will reach 100 million units in the next three months. Either way, Huawei, Samsung, Garmin and Fitbit rounded out the top-five, accounting for a lion’s share of the market....

Google Assistant Will Soon be Able to Resume Playback Across All Linked Devices At VOICE Global on Wednesday, Google announced a number of changes to the coreGoogle Assistantplatform and development tools. The new functionalities will help Google Assistant ‘truly be the best way to get things done’, the company said. The changes include a new web-based IDE called ‘Actions Builder’, an updated Media API and the ‘Continuous Match Mode’. Actions Builder Actions Builder is a web-based IDE that offers a graphical interface to show the entire conversational flow....

Google Play Store Will Soon Let You Subscribe to App Trials Google is apparently testing a new method that lets usersdirectly subscribe to free app trials before installing an app from the Play Store. As pointed out byTechCrunch, there exists a new “Free trial & install” button right next to the usual “Install” button in select apps. Google will show a neat box below the Install button that describes all you need to know about the subscription, such as the duration of the trial, cost after the trial period, and the extra features you get with the subscription....

Google Rolls out Android 11 Beta 1.5 with Incremental Updates Google released thefirst Android 11 betalast week and ahandful of brandsstepped up to offer the beta version to their flagship devices. The software giant is now rolling outan incremental update it calls Android 11 Beta 1.5. The new beta’s build number is RPB1.200504.020. The updatefixes Google Pay issueswhich made the payment app unusable in the previous beta build. In addition, a gesture navigation bug that caused device crashes while app switching is also fixed....

Govt Suspends ‘Aarogya Setu Mitr’ Website Following Legal Petition The Indian government has suspended the AarogyaSetu Mitr portalafter facing stiff opposition from powerful pharmacy associations. The portal, which promoted online sale of prescription drugs, was vehemently opposed by retail chemists, fearing a loss of business. In fact, the Delhi-based South Chemists and Distributors Association had even approached the Delhi High Court seeking its de-linking from the Aarogya Setu app. In its lawsuit filed last month, the association alleged that the website acts as a marketing tool for e-pharmacies rather than facilitating better access to medicines for the general population....

Mi Watch Color Expected to Arrive as Mi Watch Revolve in Global Markets Xiaomi is a renowned brand in the fitness tracking space – one that took the top spot away from Fitbit. The Chinese giant then stepped foot in the smartwatch market with theMi Watch, followed by the circularMi Watch Colorearlier this year. Now, a fresh report suggests that the Mi Watch Color could arrive as Mi Watch Revolve in global markets....

PlayStation 5 Accidentally Listed on Amazon; Could Be Priced as Low as €399 Sony recently unveiled thePlayStation 5’s designat its Future of Gaming event. At the event we also got to see some excitingnew games coming to the PS 5. However, we still got no details about the price of the console. Well, now we kind of do. Amazon France reportedly put up the listing of the PlayStation 5 by accident, giving away the pricing of the console....