Tech This Week: IQOO, Techno, Nokia Launch New Smartphones; WhatsApp Rolls Out New Features And More

This tech week is full of phone launches and quite a few updates. Vivo iQOO launched its latest Neo 7 5G smartphone and Nokia launched X30 5G in India. Two of the biggest meta-apps, WhatsApp and Instagram, have introduced new features to compete with their rivals.

Here's the week's best news from the tech world.

Noise introduces new TWS headphones

Noise has announced the release of their newest Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) headphones, the Noise Buds VS404. The new TWS headphones offer 50 hours of playback and 200 minutes of listening time with just 10 minutes of charging.

The Noise Buds VS404 is priced at Rs 1,299 and is available in Jet Black, Forest Green and Snow White colors on Flipkart and GoNoise. Read more

Boult Audio introduces a new smartwatch with Bluetooth calls and receipt code scanning

Boult Audio has launched its Swing smartwatch at a price of Rs 1,799. The smart watch has Bluetooth calling function and QR code scanning function for payment. It is available on Flipkart and the company's official website in beige, blue and black colors. Read more

Twitter becomes the first platform to accept cannabis advertising in the US

Twitter has announced that it will allow cannabis companies to advertise on the US platform as long as they are properly licensed and comply with the rules. Twitter updated its advertising policy on Wednesday, becoming the first US social network to allow cannabis ads. Read more

TECNO has released the POP 7 Pro smartphone

TECNO has launched its latest affordable smartphone POP 7 Pro in India. The phone comes with a 10W Type-C charger and is powered by a 5000mAh battery that offers 29 days of standby time and 156 hours of music playback.

The price of the phone starts at Rs 6799 and will be available from February 22. Read more

iQOO has launched the Neo 7 5G in India

iQOO has launched its latest flagship smartphone Neo 7 5G, which is India's first smartphone with MediaTek Dimensity 8200 processor.

The iQOO Neo 7 5G has a starting price of Rs 29,999 for the base 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant and the introductory discount is available on Amazon.

Neo 7 5G comes with great improvements and features like 90fps gaming, 5000mAh battery, FHD+ AMOLED display, 120Hz refresh rate and more. Read more

WhatsApp and Instagram have announced new features

Mark Zuckerberg Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new feature called Channels that will allow creators to broadcast one to four public messages.

This new feature will support multiple media such as text, images, requests and responses that can be sent to multiple users. A similar feature was already available on WhatsApp.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp, the instant messaging app, has announced that it has added four new features, including document title, longer group topics and descriptions, the ability to share 100 media and custom avatars to its platform.

Nokia has launched the X30 5G in India

Nokia has launched the X30 5G smartphone in India at a limited price of Rs 48,999. The X30 5G features a 6.43-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and is available in Cloud Blue or Ice White pre-orders. Read more