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OnePlus 15 and OnePlus Ace 6 will launch in China on October 27. While the latter's arrival in India is uncertain, the flagship OnePlus 15 is confirmed to be unveiled in India soon. Although OnePlus has yet to announce the exact India launch date for the phone, a tech blogger has shared the same in a social media post. The handset will be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, paired with a 7,300mAh battery. It will carry a redesigned square triple-rear camera unit, headlined by a 50-megapixel shooter.

Earlier this month, Lava teased the launch of Lava Agni 4 in India. The smartphone is confirmed to debut next month. Now, the unannounced phone has reportedly received certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website. The listing reveals the model number of the phone. It could run on a MediaTek Dimensity 8350 chipset and feature a dual rear camera unit.

Garmin Venu X1 launched in India as the latest premium smartwatch by Garmin. It has a 2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with Always-On mode. The smartwatch has a built-in LED flashlight. It is said to last up to eight days on a single charge in smartwatch mode. The wearable supports more than 100 preloaded sports apps. It has health and fitness sensors to track blood oxygen saturation, heart rate, respiratory rate, sleep and more.

Google says its new Willow quantum chip has achieved a major breakthrough, solving a previously unsolvable algorithm 13,000 times faster than classical supercomputers. The 105-qubit chip powers Google’s quantum supercomputer and achieved record-low error rates. The feat, detailed in Nature, offers verifiable proof of quantum computing’s potential for real-world problem-solving.

Samsung is said to be testing the next iteration dubbed One UI 8.5, following the wider rollout of Android 16-based One UI 8 in recent weeks,. According to a recent report, the South Korean tech conglomerate is developing a new feature to help prioritise certain notifications on Galaxy smartphones. The feature’s description further reveals that the notification content will be processed on the smartphone, which indicates that it may not make use of the cloud for data processing or storage.