Xiaomi on Monday unveiled new Mi Bluetooth Earphones and Mi Dual-Unit Semi-in-Ear Headphones. The company also expanded its Mi Ecosystem by launching an Electronic Thermometer. While the Mi Bluetooth Earphones with Gray, Gold, and Black colour options come at CNY 299 (approximately Rs. 3,096), the Mi Dual-Unit Semi-in-Ear Headphones with Black and White colour options at CNY 69 (roughly Rs. 714). The Electronic Thermometer, on the other hand, is available in White colour option at CNY 19.9 (approximately Rs. 206).

In the bouquet of new offerings, the new Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Earphones sport a collar design and come with two dynamic coils that support tri-band equalisation. The drivers of the new earphones have a frequency range between 20Hz and 20kHz alongside featuring sensitivity of 100dB and an impedance of 32 ohms. Further, Xiaomi has provided a built-in battery pack that is rated to deliver up to 200 hours of standby time and eight hours of music playback on a single charge. The headphones also come with up to two hours of charging time with a 5V-1A charger.

The latest Mi Bluetooth Earphones have CSR 8645 Bluetooth chip that supports AAC advanced audio coding technology and offer apt-X lossless output over a Bluetooth connection. Also, there is Bluetooth v4.1 connectivity. The earphones have a magnet that connects the earbuds when not in use. Moreover, they come with 40 grams of build that feature a matte metal texture.

The Xiaomi Mi Dual-Unit Semi-in-Ear Headphones, on the other side, has a half in-ear design and come with a 1.25-metre cable that has a three-button, in-line remote with a built-in microphone and music controls. The headphones have a dynamic coil and are Hi-Res Audio certified. Also, they have a frequency range between 20Hz and 40,000Hz, sensitivity of 105dB, and an impedance of 32 ohms. The headphones additionally come with multi-layer ceramic speakers and have a glossy build with a ceramic texture that overall weighs 14 grams.

Alongside the Mi Bluetooth Earphones, the Xiaomi Electronic Thermometer has been launched by the company. The thermometer doesn't have mercury and uses an electronic circuit that helps measure oral and underarm temperature. It is touted to sense body temperature changes of as low as 0.1-degree Celsius, with a measurement range of 32- to 42-degrees Celsius and ambient temperature of 5- to 40-degree Celsius. There is an LCD screen to display temperature and an automatic turn off feature. Similarly, there is a buzzer that helps notify users when the temperature is recorded. The thermometer uses a CR1220 Lithium battery.

The Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Earphones and Electronic Thermometer will go on sale in China on April 3. The Mi Dual-Unit Semi-in-Ear Headphones contrarily already available for purchase in the country. Details about the price and availability of the new Mi devices in markets outside of China are yet to reveal.

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Nagpur, Jan 10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar praised the RSS after realising how the outfit managed to overcome the fake narrative spread by the opposition in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The opposition had claimed BJP wanted to win 400 seats to change the Constitution and end reservations, a narrative which BJP leaders later claimed hit the party hard.

On Pawar praising the RSS recently, the CM said the MVA was successful in creating a fake narrative during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

"When assembly polls were approaching, many people from diverse fields who are inspired by the RSS played their role and burst the balloon of this fake narrative. Sharad Pawar saheb is very intelligent. He would have certainly studied this aspect. He realised that this (RSS) is not a regular political power but a nationalist power. In any competition it is good to praise others," he added.

That is why Pawar may have praised the RSS, Fadnavis said.

Speaking at an interaction with senior editor Vivek Ghalsasi at Late Vilasji Fadnis Jivhala programme here, Fadnavis also said he had asked for organisational work when Eknath Shinde was made chief minister in June 2022, but senior leaders asked him to join the government.

He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him not to behave like an extra-constitutional authority in the government.

He said the decision to become deputy chief minister on the command of the party leadership earned him a lot of praise from the cadre.

After the massive mandate the ruling alliance received in the 2024 assembly polls, Fadnavis said people and party workers would not have been happy if the CM was not from the BJP.

Shinde himself agreed within minutes that the CM must be from the BJP, which itself got 132 seats and was close to a majority of its own in the 288-member assembly, he added.

On Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray meeting him during the winter sessions of the legislature in Nagpur, Fadnavis said he had announced he would not indulge in politics of revenge after becoming CM and all leaders responded positively to it.

On chances of the NCP (SP) and NCP coming closer or reuniting, Fadnavis said, "If you see the developments that took place from 2019 to 2024, I realised never say never and anything can happen. Uddhav Thackeray goes to some other party and Ajit Pawar comes to us. In politics anything can happen though I am not saying this should happen."

He praised BJP leader Arun Gujarati from whom he learnt patience, which he claimed was an important quality in politics along with the ability to take criticism.

In a lighter vein, he said, "I only get angry when I am hungry. If you see me angry then give me something to eat and my anger will go away."