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Huawei HiCar Smart Driving 14.2.0.200 public beta update
Huawei HiCar has now officially started receiving the new version 14.2.0.200 public beta update, the installation package size is 32.2MB, and the activity date is 2024/6/29-2024/7/31.
HiCar is a mobile phone and car interconnection product launched by Huawei. Through a simple connection, users can use the phone’s navigation, music, phone, voice interaction and other functions through the car computer while driving. The highlights of this public beta version are as follows:
- Huawei Mate60 series, Pura70 series, and MateX5 series models have a new AI experience upgrade for voice assistants, supporting hot news summaries and short article writing (stay tuned for subsequent supported models)
- Resolving known issues
In addition to the above updates, Huawei HiCar Smart Driving also added a mobile phone refresh rate limit switch option.
It is reported that previously, when Huawei mobile phone users used HiCar Zhixing to connect to the car machine, the mobile phone would automatically limit the refresh rate to 60Hz . After the refresh rate limit switch is updated, users can manually choose whether to limit the maximum refresh rate of the mobile phone screen.
According to the official information, the Huawei released the delisting announcement of its Petal Mail App. The full text of the announcement is as follows: [translated]
Thank you for your continued attention and support to the Huawei Petal Mail App. In order to better adapt to the changing needs of product experience, service content and local markets, we have made strategic adjustments to the Huawei Petal Mail App.
The Petal Mail App will officially switch to the Email App on December 31, 2024, and the Petal Mail App will no longer be available for download from the App Store. The Petal Mail App you have installed can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can continue to view, send or receive emails in the pre-installed Email App on your Huawei phone or use a computer browser to open the Petal Mail official website ( https://www.petalmail.com ), and your emails and personal data will not be lost.
Huawei released the Mate 70 series of mobile phones, with a starting price of 5,499 yuan. At present, the prices of spare parts for the new Mate 70 series have been announced on Huawei’s official website.
Huawei Mate 70 lineup repair spare parts prices announced
Battery and motherboard
Mate 70
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2499
12GB+512GB — 2899
12GB+1TB — 3599
Mate 70 Pro
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2899
12GB+512GB — 3299
12GB+1TB — 3999
Mate 70 Pro+
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 4399
16GB+1TB — 4899
Mate 70 RS
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 6499
16GB+1TB — 6999
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Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.