PUBG Mobile Lite Tops Google Play Rankings in India Within 3 Days of Release Just three days after its officiallaunch in India, PUBG Mobile Lite has become the number one most-downloaded game on the Google Play Store in the country. Built with Unreal Engine 4, this version of the cult battle royale game is designed for entry-level devices that lack the hardware to power the graphics-intensive game. Available only on Android, PUBG Mobile Lite has a download size of 468MB and, is optimized to run on devices with less than 2GB of RAM without compromising on the gameplay....

Realme Invites Beta Testers for Project X; Could be RealmeOS Chinese smartphone manufacturer Realme has gained a solid user base in India with its competitively priced phones, but the company still uses Oppo’s custom Android skin —‌ColorOS— in its phones. However, it now seems like the company is looking to remove its dependency on Oppo’sColorOSfor its smartphones. The company has recently sent out emails to beta testers asking them to become a beta tester for something Realme is calling ‘Project X’....

Tencent, Qualcomm Sign Strategic Partnership For Future Gaming Projects Chinese tech giant, Tencent, and US chipmaker, Qualcomm, have announced a strategic partnership that they say will deliver premium gaming content and experiences to players and game developers. The companies on Sunday signed what they called a‘nonbinding memorandum of understanding’(MoU) for strategic cooperation wherein they are expected to have comprehensive collaborations in the field of digital entertainment. In ajoint press release, the companies said:“The cooperation includes joint efforts anticipated to optimize future projects including Qualcomm Snapdragon-based mobile gaming devices, game content and performance optimizations, Snapdragon Elite Gaming enhancements, cloud gaming, AR/VR, 5G gaming use case developments and additional relevant technologies”....

TikTok Owner ByteDance is Working on a Phone with‌ Smartisan For quite some time now, we’ve been hearing reports and rumours about ByteDance — the company behind popular short video sharing app TikTok — wanting tobuild its very own smartphone. It now seems that ByteDance’s plans are getting more concrete and that the company is teaming up with smartphone maker Smartisan to build the smartphone. The company had earlier been reported to be in talks with Smartisan for the project as well, and now ByteDance has released a statement saying,“Before ByteDance jumped to acquire the Hammer Technology team, the hammer was already planning to create a new phone....

Truecaller May Have Signed You Up for Its Payment Service without Consent Truecaller, the call-screening application for which India is reportedly the largest market, has pushed out an urgent software update in India after a previous version of the app automatically signed users up to its payment service. The issue was noticed by a bunch of users who started reporting that they had been signed up to Truecaller’s payment service without their consent....

Xiaomi Confirms It Will Launch a MediaTek Helio G90T-Powered Gaming Phone Soon MediaTek has joined the growing hype around gaming phones with the launch of its first gamer-centric chipset, theHelio G90 and Helio G90T. These chipsets are being touted to outperform Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730 series chipsets. And what’s even interesting is that Xiaomi wants a piece of the mobile gaming segment in India. Xiaomi India MD Manu Kumar Jain graced the stage at the Helio G90 series launch event andconfirmedthat the Chinese giant will soon launch a new smartphone to This chipset will allow Xiaomi to offer users an exceptional gaming experience for a value-for-money price....

12 Best Plex Alternatives You Should Try Despite the influx of several video andmusic streaming apps,media server appsare here to stay. They offer an enhanced and seamless management of files. And with plenty of customization tools, you can create your own Netflix and keep your entire library not only ideally organized but also available for streaming across platforms. Speaking of media server apps, “Plex” stands out as the most efficient option....