Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi‘s India strategy appears to paying off, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi, Samsung and Apple were the preferred choice for their next phones, said the firm’s report which surveyed 2,000 participants. As the world’s second largest smartphone market, India has become a hot battleground for phone manufacturers as they try …

It’s easier than ever to get around in South Korea — assuming you have Google‘s Translate app downloaded on your phone. The Translate app has just been updated with Korean language support for its Word Lens tool. Just point your phone’s camera at Korean text and watch it translate into the language of your choice in real time. Translating Asian …

Want to work out but don’t have the time? How about an exercise suit that promises to let you do four hours of exercise in a mere 20 minutes? The trick: It uses electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) to get your muscles working harder. The $300 VisionBody Powersuit covers your torso and then some, stopping at the neck and just above …

If the roads are terribly congested and there’s just no way to get home fast, perhaps hopping on a flying drone taxi may be the best way to get home in Singapore in 2030. That’s at least the plan for the island state’s Ministry of Transport, who has been in talks with companies to start trials on drones that can …

Here’s how serious Xiaomi is about its status as a phone maker: It’s now building its own phone chips. That puts it in a small but noteworthy group, along with phone titans Samsung and Apple and up-and-comer Huawei. The new Surge S1 chip, designed in-house by Xiaomi, makes its debut in the midrange Xiaomi Mi 5C, a moderately priced phone …

In the future you won’t have to wait hours for your phone to fully charge. That’s the plan at least, according to Chinese manufacturer Meizu, which announced it can charge a phone from zero to full in just 20 minutes at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona. Meizu’s Super mCharge appears to be a lot faster than Qualcomm’s Quick …

Your phone could soon stand in for a compact camera if Oppo‘s new camera tech lives up to its hype. The Chinese manufacturer showed off a new dual-camera module at Mobile World Congress that features 5x lossless zoom. It and lets you zoom in further without having to worry about the smudging that usually occurs with digital zooms. As competing …

Now playing: Watch this: Start chatting with Google Assistant 3:33 You can soon ask your phones running Android Marshmallow and Nougat for help really soon. Once exclusive to Google’s Pixel phones, Google Assistant will soon be released to the wilds of Android 6.0 and 7.0 devices in the US as soon as this week, while users in Canada, Australia, Germany …

Now playing: Watch this: Moto G5 Plus has a metal build and flagship camera 1:27 Lenovo Moto’s new 5- and 5.2-inch phones will now come clad in metal while still keeping to the same price of last year’s G4 and G4 Plus models. That’s the key takeaway from the company’s Mobile World Congress press event that took place Sunday in …

Samsung‘s new Gear VR headset looks awfully similar to the 2016 model, but for one notable change: there’s an all-new controller included in the box. The Gear VR with Controller (yes, that’s the product’s name) lets you point, shoot, drag and drop objects in virtual worlds while also making it less of a bother to reach up to the headset …