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Google launches Tez payment app in India, offers users Rs 9,000 per year as reward

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Hours before its formal unveiling, Google Tez, a new payment app specifically made for India, is available in the Google Play store. Tez is Google's payment app for India, which uses the UPI interface to connect to a user's bank account and for transactions. The app, which is going to go head to head versus the popular apps like Paytm and BHIM, may give Google a share of India's growing e-payments market. Although before Tez could be called a success, it will have to overcome challenges that are specific to India's e-payment market.  Update:  Tez app formally launched. Currently, Tez supports 55 Indian banks including popular ones like the ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and HDFC Bank.The app is available in English as well as in seven other Indian regional languages. It is for now available for both iOS (read iPhone) and Android. Although there are a number of other UPI-based apps in India right now, Google is offering several new features in Tez, including ...

Mi A1 review: Xiaomi's first non-MIUI midrange flagship killer

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It wouldn’t be wrong to state that Xiaomi offers some of the best smartphones within the affordable category. We have reviewed all of their Indian releases and definitely have been impressed with what they offer in their respective price brackets — the Redmi 4  is the most affordable all-rounder with a large fuel tank, the Redmi Note 4  is definitely a killer all-rounder smartphone and the Mi Max 2 is an impressive phablet with a great build and an awesome battery life. And now Xiaomi's newly launched Mi A1 is their first attempt with a dual camera in India, and to make things even sweeter, it runs on stock Android. Hold on! Stock Android on a Xiaomi smartphone? Isn't Xiaomi all about MIUI? You read it right! This one comes as an Android One smartphone, catered especially for a stock operating system. Android One was almost left dead by Google a few years ago — but its back with a bang. The Xiaomi Mi A1 is an attempt at reviving the Android One serie...