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  1. Android News

    Hugo Barra joins Facebook to lead Oculus

    Hugo Barra didn't take long to announce his next venture. He has joined Facebook to lead the company's VR division, which means he becomes the head of the Oculus division.
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    Hugo Barra leaves Xiaomi

    Hugo Barra has announced that he is no longer with Xiaomi. The man headed the company's new global efforts for 3.5 years. He will stay on in an advisory role for the foreseeable future, however he has mentioned that there's a new opportunity in Silicon Valley which he is pursuing.
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    Hugo Barra talks about how Xiaomi wants to be known for more than just budget smartphones

    Engadget has had some time to sit down with Xiaomi's Hugo Barra to learn about Xiaomi. Yesterday we learned that the company is testing devices in carrier labs throughout the United States, and today we hear him talk about how they want to be known for making great premium smartphones, not just...
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    Xiaomi confirms they are testing their phones in US wireless carrier labs

    Everyone wants to know when Xiaomi will be entering the US market with their smartphones, but the company still doesn't have a date set in stone. However, Hugo Barra recently told Engadget that they have already started to test their phones in America's cellular test labs.
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    Hugo Barra releases another teaser before their Google I/O announcement

    Yesterday, Hugo Barra gave us a little teaser and confirmed they woudl be at Google I/O this year. It was speculated that they would be announcing an Android TV box and now we get some more details. Hugo Barra says "Guess which super combo move we’ll be making at #io16," and then gives us a...
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    Xiaomi sold 600,000 Redmi Note 3 units in 2 months

    Xiaomi today announced that they have reached 600,000 units on Redmi Note 3 sales. The company's CEO Hugo Barra made the announcement on Facebook today. This is an impressive achievement considering the device has only been available for 2 months.
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    Hugo Barra hints at Xiaomi announcement during Google I/O

    Xiaomi will apparently be participating in the Google I/O proceedings this year. The news comes directly from Hugo Barra who also shared an I/O-themed image which includes + and - symbols. This teaser could point towards a Xiaomi-built Nexus TV, but it looks like we'll have to wait until Google...
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    Xiaomi Mi 5 teardown by Hugo Barra hits the web

    Xiaomi CEO Hugo Barra took his company's latest flagship smartphone -- the Mi 5 -- and dismantled it. This teardown is pretty unique in that it gives us deeper insight into how the phone was built, right down to interesting facts like the Snapdragon 820 chipset being tucked beneath the RAM...
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    Hugo Barra tortures the Redmi Note 3 in durability test

    Another torture test for a new device has hit the internet, but this time it's by one of the folks who actually run the company. Hugo Barra put Xiaomi's Redmi Note 3 to the test to see just how durable it is. Sure enough, it held up well (otherwise he might not have posted the video).
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    Xiaomi VP, Hugo Barra, talks to The Verge about the company's new Mi 5 smartphone

    Vlad Savov from The Verge was able to sit down with Hugo Barra from Xiaomi and talk about the newly announced Xiaomi Mi 5. They talk about how Xiaomi makes money with its razor thin margins, why the Mi 5 has the Google Play Store even though China is their biggest market, the design of the Mi 5...
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    An interview on Periscope with the Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra

    Xiaomi just launched the Mi 5 and the Mi 4S and Hugo Barra is at the Mobile World Congress to talk about it. The Xiaomi VP sat down with a couple of people from Digit to talk about these devices, their plans to launch them in India, and where Xiaomi is going in the future.
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    Hugo Barra shares Xiaomi Mi 5 camera samples

    The Xiaomi Mi 5 has yet to be announced, but the company's own Hugo Barra has shared a handful of images which have been captured with the phone. Cropped versions of the photos do show great detail, but the images were taken outdoors in near-perfect lighting conditions.