iOS 26.4 Beta adds two new widgets for Ambient Music.

iOS 26.4 Enables Stolen Device Protection by Default for All iPhones

It can be disabled by navigating to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Stolen Device Protection.

New IDC Report is here for CY 2025

India smartphone shipments fell 5% YoY in Q4 2025

Some key insights

Vivo is the No. 1 brand overall in CY 2025 with 19.3% market share and 16.3% YoY growth, mainly driven by the vivo T4x, the best-selling T series, along with the V series, strong offline presence

Vivo also captured more than 20% share in Q4 2025

Samsung is No. 2 in CY 2025 with 14.1% share and 7.5% growth, led by best-selling phones like the Galaxy A56, Galaxy S24, S24 Ultra, and S25 Ultra

However, in Q4 2025, Samsung dropped to third position

OPPO is in 3rd position overall in CY 2025 market share and No. 2 in Q4 2025

realme is No. 4 overall with 9.9% share, but its market share declined by -9.5% YoY

realme also dropped to No. 5 in Q4 2025

Apple is in 5th position overall with 9.5% share, showing 15.5% growth, and moved up to No. 4 in Q4 2025

Xiaomi dropped to 6th position with 9% share and saw a massive decline of -24.8%

Motorola increased its share to 8.0%, ranking 7th overall, with 33.5% growth, one of the highest growth rates

POCO is at 8th position in CY 2025 with 4% share, but recorded -29% negative growth, and slipped to 9th position in Q4 2025

iQOO is at 9th position overall with 3.6% share and 7% growth, and ranked 8th in Q4 2025, ahead of POCO

OnePlus saw a massive drop of -38.8%, falling to 10th position with just 2.4% market share

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Infosys announced collaboration with Anthropic to develop and deliver advanced enterprise AI solutions

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Exynos 2600 beats Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 in ray-tracing performance

In GPU Score In Vitro 1.0’s Mobile Raytracing test, which evaluates a GPU’s raytracing performance, the Exynos 2600’s Xclipse 960 GPU scored 8,321 points, topping the chart.

Apple added Charge Limit option in MacOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta 1

Nothing Phone (4a) series launching on 5th March

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IDC report for CY-2025 is here !!

- Nothing is the fastest growing brand with 45% YOY growth!
- Apple is in the Top 5 with 15.5% YOY growth
- VIVO remains at the top with 19.3% market share (excludes iQOO)
- Samsung is at 2nd spot with 14.1% market share followed by OPPO with 13.3%
- realme , Xiaomi & POCO saw a decline in market share
- Motorola is rapidly growing

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Android 17 requires all apps targeting API level 37 to support resizability and orientation changes, especially on large screens, with guidance for testing, fixing UI/camera issues, and preserving state compliance is mandatory by August 2027.

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India is discussing age-based restrictions with social media companies, following Australia’s move to ban under-16s from popular platforms.

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Ram shortage hits the Steam Deck

Steam Deck OLED will out of stock intermittently due to memory and storage shortages

All new products were also delayed due to this crisis

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New in iOS 26.4 beta 1:

Hotspot Data Usage:

In personal hotspot settings, you can see how much data each connected device has used

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