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Mid East Info
3 days ago
- Mid East Info
HONOR Announces the Official Availability of HONOR 400 Lite in the Saudi Market - Middle East Business News and Information
Experience AI-powered photography and impressive outdoor viewing like never before Global technology brand HONOR announced the official availability of the highly anticipated HONOR 400 Lite. With its cutting-edge AI photography features and premium display experience, the HONOR 400 Lite is designed for users who value creativity, clarity, and convenience, whether they're exploring the city, attending special events, or enjoying the outdoors. The device delivers three standout features that speak directly to the lifestyle of users in the region: a dedicated AI Camera Button for fast, effortless content capture, a 108MP Street Style Portrait camera that transforms everyday portraits into powerful stories, and a 3500nits AMOLED display that maintains peak brightness even under direct sunlight. Capture Every Moment Instantly with the AI Camera Button: The HONOR 400 Lite introduces a game-changing AI Camera Button, a dedicated physical button that brings speed and intelligence to smartphone photography. A single press opens the camera app, a quick tap captures a photo, and a long press instantly starts recording video. For those incredible moments like your child taking their first steps, there's no struggling to launch your camera to capture these precious moments. With the AI Camera Button, you'll always be able to capture the moments that matter and relive them time and time again. The feature extends beyond photography as well. With one press, users can also activate Smart Vision via Google Lens to identify local landmarks, translate signs in real time, or find online listings for items spotted in stores. This makes the HONOR 400 Lite the ideal companion for travellers, students, and everyday explorers. 108MP Street Style Portraits for Powerful Visual Storytelling: The HONOR 400 Lite's 108MP main camera is built for capturing life's most expressive moments. Featuring a wide f/1.75 aperture, it excels in both daylight and evening conditions, offering vibrant color, fine detail, and professional-quality results in every shot. The device supports three dedicated portrait modes: 1x Environmental Portrait, 2x Classic Portrait, and 3x Close-up Portrait, giving users full creative control over how they frame their shots. For outdoor events such as a pool party with friends, Environmental Portrait mode helps to highlight both your subject and the scenic surroundings. Classic Portrait adds focus and emotional depth that is perfect for family portraits, while Close-up Portrait showcases intricate details like sparkling jewellery or expressive facial features. Exceptional AI Powered Photography: In addition to its productivity-enhancing features, the HONOR 400 Lite stands out with its advanced AI photography capabilities, designed for users who want to capture life's dynamic moments effortlessly. The AI Motion Sensing Capture uses an innovative speed capture algorithm powered by an AI network trained on diverse scenarios. This allows the camera to detect motion in real time and automatically switch to high frame rate mode, utilizing a high-speed shutter to freeze the action. As a result, users can enjoy perfectly timed, crystal-clear motion shots that preserve memorable moments with exceptional precision. Additionally, the Moving photo feature enables users to capture vivid, live moments in just 3 seconds. Moreover, The HONOR 400 Lite brings a collection of sophisticated AI-powered photo editing tools crafted to elevate users' portrait experience. Featuring magic retouching capabilities like AI Eraser and AI OutPainting. The AI Eraser[1] on the HONOR 400 Lite uses advanced AI technology to effortlessly remove unwanted elements from photos, helping users to preserve their memories without distractions. The AI Outpainting feature on the HONOR 400 Lite uses cutting-edge AI to expand the boundaries of users' photos, essentially 'painting' beyond the original edges of the image. It intelligently analyzes the composition, patterns, and context of a picture to extend it seamlessly, creating a larger, more complete scene while maintaining visual coherence and artistic harmony. Ultra-Bright AMOLED Display Built for Seamless Outdoor Viewing: With its 6.7-inch AMOLED display reaching a remarkable 3500nits peak brightness, the HONOR 400 Lite delivers crystal-clear visuals even under the most intense sunlight. Photos taken at the beach will be even easier to capture and review, with the screen remaining crisp, vivid, and easy to read without glare or squinting. The display combines ultra-bright clarity with 120Hz refresh rate for silky-smooth interactions and a 1080×2412 resolution with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut for lifelike color reproduction. This makes it perfect for everything from streaming your favorite videos to editing photos on the go. HONOR's commitment to consumer eye care is reflected in the HONOR 400 Lite, which boasts seven advanced eye comfort features, including 3840Hz PWM dimming, dynamic brightness adjustment, and circadian night display, all of which help reduce eye fatigue and improve comfort. For users who spend extended periods of time reading or watching content on their phone, the HONOR 400 Lite works intelligently to adapt to different lighting conditions for a more comfortable experience. Running on MagicOS 9.0 based on Android 15, the HONOR 400 Lite offers features like AI Magic Portal for instant app guidance and Magic Capsule for quick notification interactions. The AI Translation tool supports multiple languages, enabling seamless communication across various scenarios. With its blend of advanced AI tools, powerful hardware, and sleek design, the HONOR 400 Lite delivers a user-friendly and versatile experience. Price and Availability: The HONOR 400 Lite is now available in three refined color options: Velvet Grey, Velvet Black, and Marrs Green, priced at SAR 899. Upon purchase, customers will get free services worth SAR 299 including 1 year back cover insurance and 1 year screen insurance. HONOR 400 Lite is available through the HONOR online store, the HONOR Experience Store, Jarir Bookstore, Extra, STC, Lulu, Amazon, Noon, and other major retailers. About HONOR : HONOR is a global leading AI device ecosystem company. It is committed to revolutionizing human-to-device interactions to bridge the AI ecosystem with all consumers in the agentic AI era and beyond. The company endeavors to open industrial boundaries through open, seamless collaboration to co-create a value-sharing ecosystem with industry partners. With an innovative product portfolio spanning AI phones, PCs, tablets, wearables and more, HONOR aims to empower every human, enabling everyone to embrace the new intelligent world.
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Business Standard
4 days ago
- Business Standard
Google brings AI Mode to Search in India: How it works and what it offers
Google has rolled out its AI-powered search feature, AI Mode in Search, in India from June 24. Already in testing in the US, the feature is now available in India as a Labs experiment. Initially offered in English, AI Mode aims to change the way people use search by accepting longer, more complex questions and returning AI-generated answers backed by links to credible sources, Google said. What is Google's AI Mode in Search Powered by Google's multimodal AI model (Gemini 2.5), AI Mode in Search allows users to speak a query, upload an image, or snap a photo using Google Lens and ask questions based on what they see. This includes practical use cases such as identifying a plant and asking how to care for it or uploading an image of a household item to ask how to fix it. Available on the Google app for both Android and iOS, AI Mode also pulls in data from Google's Knowledge Graph along with real-time local and shopping information to offer more relevant answers. Google's AI Mode in Search: How it works Google said its AI Mode in Search is designed to tackle complex, multi-step questions that would normally require several individual searches. Whether it's comparing smartphones, planning a trip, or understanding how to complete a home improvement task, the tool uses the multimodal AI model to provide rich summaries with follow-up prompts and links for further reading. For instance, instead of searching multiple times for indoor play ideas, a question like 'How can I keep my 4 and 7-year-old kids active indoors without spending much?' can yield detailed, practical suggestions in one go. According to Google, early users are already asking questions that are two to three times longer than traditional queries, indicating a shift towards more natural and exploratory search behaviour. Behind the scenes, AI Mode uses a method known as 'query fan-out', breaking down a single complex query into parts and running simultaneous searches across the web. This helps deliver more detailed and complete responses than standard keyword-based searches.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Google adds AI features to Chromebook Plus devices
Google's adding a slew of AI features to its productivity-focused Chromebook Plus line of devices, including a screen selection tool for search and text capture, a tool that explains complex text, and NotebookLM. The new screen selection tool works similarly to Google Lens and the 'Circle to search' feature in Chrome on smartphones: long-press the launcher button or use the screenshot tool to select what is on your screen, and Google will instantly search for it. The tool also lets you select text and quickly add an event to the calendar. Last year, Google added a new 'Quick Insert' key to some Chromebook Plus models that let you trigger shortcuts. Users can now access Google's AI image generation features with this key, as well as AI-powered writing tools. Meanwhile, the new 'Simplify' feature lets you use AI to explain, simplify or summarize any text you have selected. Google's also giving all new Chromebook Plus users one year's subscription to the Google AI Pro plan, which includes access to the Gemini app; video editing tool Flow; image-to-video creation tool Whisk; Gemini in Gmail, docs and Chrome; and 2TB of storage. The AI Pro plan otherwise costs $240 per year. Alongside these features, Google is launching two exclusive AI features for Lenovo's new Chromebook Plus 14: One uses AI to recommend tab and document organization, while the second lets users edit images using the Gallery app to remove backgrounds or make stickers. Lenovo's new Chromebook comes with an OLED touch screen, and runs on an ARM-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip. It comes in 12GB and 16GB RAM variants, costing $649 and $749, respectively. Sign in to access your portfolio
TechCrunch
5 days ago
- Business
- TechCrunch
Google adds AI features to Chromebook Plus devices
Google's adding a slew of AI features to its productivity-focused Chromebook Plus line of devices, including a screen selection tool for search and text capture, a tool that explains complex text, and NotebookLM. The new screen selection tool works similarly to Google Lens and the 'Circle to search' feature in Chrome on smartphones: long-press the launcher button or use the screenshot tool to select what is on your screen, and Google will instantly search for it. The tool also lets you select text and quickly add an event to the calendar. Image Credit: Google Last year, Google added a new 'Quick Insert' key to some Chromebook Plus models that let you trigger shortcuts. Users can now access Google's AI image generation features with this key, as well as AI-powered writing tools. Meanwhile, the new 'Simplify' feature lets you use AI to explain, simplify or summarize any text you have selected. Google's also giving all new Chromebook Plus users one year's subscription to the Google AI Pro plan, which includes access to the Gemini app; video editing tool Flow; image-to-video creation tool Whisk; Gemini in Gmail, docs and Chrome; and 2TB of storage. The AI Pro plan otherwise costs $240 per year. Alongside these features, Google is launching two exclusive AI features for Lenovo's new Chromebook Plus 14: One uses AI to recommend tab and document organization, while the second lets users edit images using the Gallery app to remove backgrounds or make stickers. Lenovo's new Chromebook comes with an OLED touch screen, and runs on an ARM-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip. It comes in 12GB and 16GB RAM variants, costing $649 and $749, respectively.
CNET
5 days ago
- CNET
I Let Google Lens Be My Tour Guide. It Might Be the Smartest Travel Tool This Summer
I didn't expect Google Lens to become one of the most useful tools in my routine. I've mostly used the platform close to home, really almost daily, to identify shells I find when I walk on the beach or to translate package labels on foods I pick up from my local Asian market. But recently, I found it helpful on a few trips to solve real-world travel problems, from identifying weird weather to spotting sketchy vacation rentals. Google recently shared new ways travelers can use Lens' Visual Search features this summer and beyond. To learn more, I spoke with Dounia Berrada, senior director of engineering for Google Lens, about how the team is trying to make the camera a more intelligent search aid and travel companion. Google Lens has a few limitations, considering most of the features can't be used in offline mode. Still, it might be the smartest free tool already sitting on your phone. "Everyone is familiar with how you can ask questions with text and voice. With Google Lens, you can also ask questions with images," Berrada said. For more Google features, explore how I use Google Maps for stress-free travel and the six Google AI and Lens features I'm using to plan my vacations. 6 ways to use Google Lens during your travels Translate signs and menus on the spot CNET One of the biggest perks of Lens while traveling is its instant translation feature. I use this feature at least weekly when I visit Cuban restaurants here in Florida or visit my favorite Asian markets and need help reading the packaging. I simply hold up my phone, tap the Lens icon in the Google app and the screen's text transforms into English in real time. The text doesn't come up as a pop-up, but appears directly over the original words of whatever I'm needing to translate. During travels, this feature can help translate street signs, public transport maps and menus. Verify vacation rentals before you book The other day, I was perusing Airbnbs in Costa Rica, since I've always wanted to visit. I saw a suspiciously underpriced rental, so I reverse image searched the listing photos using Lens. Turns out, the same pictures appeared on a real estate site for a property in another country. That was enough of a red flag for me to walk away and think about Costa Rica another time. Berrada told me Lens wasn't designed specifically to catch scammers, but giving people more visual context before making decisions on lodging is very much part of the product's mission. For me, it's an easy way to do some quick background checking, so I feel more confident in where I'm staying, and I'll probably use it anytime something feels off. Ask questions about what you see Macy Meyer/CNET Ever found yourself staring at a painting in a museum, totally intrigued but with no idea what you're looking at? That was me just a few days ago when I was standing in front of a surreal piece at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. Even though I wrote an 80-page thesis on surrealism as an undergraduate, I'm still not an expert art history major. But I was wishing I had access to one when I was looking at the strange and disturbing Daddy Longlegs of the Evening Hope painting. Google Lens was helpful when I pointed my phone's camera at the painting and asked it to tell me more about the work of art. I got an AI Overview that broke down key details, like who made it (I knew this), when it was made and what materials were used (given to me by the plaque next to the painting), but more interesting, why it matters and a breakdown of what the imagery is likely representative of. Lens then offered links to websites to dive deeper if I wanted to. This feature helps you make sense of what you're seeing in real time. It also allows you to speak your question aloud while snapping a photo. It's kind of like turning to a friend and saying, "Wait, what is this?" and getting an answer right then and there. Deep dive with the About this image feature Macy Meyer/CNET When I was visiting my older sister in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently, I snapped a photo of some bizarre clouds that looked almost like a thick, wavy blanket covering the entire sky as far as the eye could see. I've never seen anything like it before. I used the About this image feature in Google Lens to figure out what I was actually looking at. It showed me how the photo (and ones like it) were being used across the web -- from weather blogs to social media platforms to fact-checking sites -- and helped me learn that these are undulatus clouds, appearing as "cloud streets" since they look like parallel bands or rows. Whether you encounter an odd image online or in real life, this tool provides quick context and helps you understand what different sources are saying. Summarize and translate text from a photo Google When you're traveling, you never know what kind of text you'll run into that'll need translating -- menus, handwritten signs, museum placards, notes from an Airbnb host. With Google Lens, you can snap a picture of any text and instantly get a summary, ask questions about it or copy it to your clipboard. The feature can also annotate the image, such as highlighting dishes on a menu that meet your dietary preferences, so you're not stuck translating. I can imagine using it to quickly find vegetarian dishes on a local menu or to make sense of a scribbled transit schedule at a rural train stop. Berrada said she has personally used this feature to translate recipe cards in French that her mother gave to her, so she can share the English translation with her husband. Whether you're navigating a new city or just trying to decode a note left by your Airbnb host, it's a handy tool for making the unfamiliar feel a bit more manageable. Get souvenir details instantly when traveling Google Imagine you're wandering through a street market in Tokyo or browsing a boutique in Lisbon and spot something you'd love to bring home — a unique canvas tote bag (my personal souvenir of choice), a pair of sunglasses or a handmade clothing item. With Google Lens, you can snap a quick photo and instantly pull up product details, including prices at other retailers, current deals, shopper reviews and shipping information if you're wanting to ship it back home. It's an easy way to figure out if you're getting a good price or if it's worth waiting to buy later. Even in a store, Lens can show you if similar items are in stock elsewhere nearby or online, whether the price is competitive and what other travelers or shoppers have said about it. It takes the guesswork out of impulse buys, especially when you're on the go. "This is my absolute favorite use case with Lens. I love it for shopping," Berrada said. Berrada explained that the tool taps into a massive shopping graph with over 50 billion listings that are constantly updated and drawn from both online sources and local stores. It then shows the exact product you're looking at, along with the best available prices, so you can compare options before making a purchase. If you're not set on buying that exact item, Lens also provides visually similar alternatives and products with comparable features, such as lightweight materials or enhanced durability. She also shared a personal example from a recent trip to Paris, where she used Lens to scan apparel she saw in a store. The feature helped her decide whether to buy the item locally or wait until returning home, factoring in currency differences and availability of local brands. For more, see our traveler's prep checklist and how to improve your odds of not having your flight canceled or delayed.
