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Xiaomi was on a roll this evening by launching several products for the Malaysian market. Besides smartphones and wearables, the company had also brought something for your home. During the event, the Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4 Series had made an appearance with three variants, including Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4 Pro, 4, and 4 Lite.

Besides the Xiaomi 12 series, the company has presented other accessories that go well with the flagship smartphones, including the Xiaomi Watch S1 series and Xiaomi Buds 3T Pro, for the Malaysian market. Now, let's look at each of them to find out what they offer.

Today, the Xiaomi 12 series has finally been unveiled and there are two models for the Malaysian market - the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro. From a starting price of RM2899 (more on the special flash sale later), here's everything you need to know about the pre-order details and tech specs.

After presenting the Magic4 series at the MWC 2022, which was well-acclaimed, HONOR might still want to add another device to the lineup. The company has announced an event in China to introduce the possibly HONOR Magic4 Ultimate Edition, which will take place on 17 March.

Apple today released iOS 15.4 for all supported devices which comes with a quality-of-life update that a majority iPhone users have been waiting for: the ability to use Face ID with your face mask on. In case you missed it, check out our tutorial on how to set up ‘Face ID Mask Unlock’ on your iPhone as well as a summary of other new features available inside the update. 

Speaking of which, one of the more intriguing aspects of the update other than the Face ID Mask Unlock is Apple’s integration of Covid-19 vaccination certificates into Apple Health and Apple Wallet. In the footnotes of the iOS 15.4 update, it is stated that Apple Health can now support EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate which enables you to download and store verifiable versions of Covid-19 vaccination, lab results and recovery records.

The highly-anticipated Xiaomi Mix 5 smartphone is seemingly getting closer to its release date after a benchmark of the device was spotted on Geekbench 5. One of the most premium smartphones produced by Xiaomi, the Mix lineup has been known to showcase the Chinese tech company’s innovative prowess in the smartphone space.

The Mi Mix, the first iteration of the lineup made headlines when it debuted in 2016 with an almost all-screen front, setting a trend for the rest of the industry that is still going strong 6 years later. Based on previous leaks of the Mix 5, it looks like Xiaomi is trying to perfect that all-screen front design, this time by utilising under-screen camera on its front.

Today, Digi is letting its customers play a special giveaway contest. Dubbed as “The Grandest Galaxy S22 Giveaway”, Digi customers can participate with no additional subscription or purchase required. The online contest has already begun and will end on 29 March 2022.

With the recent announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob that our country’s border will reopen this 1 April 2022, now's the perfect time for us Malaysians to plan for a trip overseas. In fact, most airline companies are currently offering discounts and other promotions to attract people to use their services again following the announcement.

One of those companies is national carrier Malaysia Airlines, which today announced a special partnership with hoolah that allows for travellers to pay for flight tickets by spreading the cost over 3 monthly interest-free instalments. In case you didn’t know, hoolah is Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform which makes the whole thing possible.

The MySJ Trace function which was added to the MySejahtera app in December last year has proved to be successful in conducting contact tracing of Covid-19 positive cases in Malaysia. In fact, a total of 124643 Covid-19 close or casual contacts have been identified by the feature as of 15 February 2022.

Revealed by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a Parliamentary written reply yesterday, the feature, which uses Bluetooth technology to detect close proximity is currently being used by 5971117 people in Malaysia. For reference, the MySejahtera app has over 24.5 million users in our country throughout all platforms, meaning that only around 25% of users have opted for MySJ Trace.

After getting Windows users excited with the potential addition of tabs in the OS’ File Explorer, it seems that Microsoft is getting things 'balanced' by also potentially adding a feature that is almost universally loathed. Get this, a Windows 11 Insider build tester recently discovered that Microsoft is testing putting advertisements in File Explorer!

Shared by Florian on Twitter, a screenshot of File Explorer on the Windows 11 Insider build shows a line of ad placed right above the listing of folders and files. Furthermore, it seems that the feature would be putting ads promoting Microsoft products. For this particular instance captured by Florian, he received an ad promoting Microsoft Editor.