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Apple, Google and Samsung push back against India’s proposed location tracking rules

Rumors around Xiaomi’s trifoldable phone questioned despite new listing

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Joel Joseph
December 07, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to Monday’s tech briefing.

Today’s headlines bring a mix of policy tensions and fresh product launches.

Apple, Google, and Samsung have pushed back against India’s proposed location-tracking rules, raising serious privacy concerns. At the same time, we’re seeing bold new hardware moves and a few surprising comebacks across the industry.

In today’s edition:

  • Big Tech reacts to India’s proposed satellite-based phone tracking plan

  • Nubia debuts Alien-themed gaming earbuds with ultra-low latency

  • Apple enables blood pressure monitoring for Watch users in India

  • Xiaomi’s rumored trifold phone faces fresh doubts

  • Jolla returns with a new privacy-focused Linux smartphone

Let’s dive in.

A new Reuters report reveals that India is examining a proposal that could significantly expand how phone locations are accessed during investigations. According to the report, the government is weighing a telecom industry request to enable continuous satellite-based tracking on all smartphones.

This initial development has prompted strong responses from several major companies and has ignited a deeper national discussion that extends beyond technology.

Read on to find out more.

After the recent Nubia Fold & Flip 3 Go launch in Japan, Nubia has now introduced new Alien-themed CyberBuds gaming TWS earbuds in China.

The CyberBuds feature a distinctive two-part mechanical design with an alien aesthetic. The charging case includes RGB lighting and a small integrated display. Both the earbuds and the case support customizable lighting effects through the Nubia Life+ app.

Each earbud weighs just 3.6 grams, and the case weighs 58 grams.

After debuting its new hypertension notification feature with the Apple Watch Series 11 and Watch Ultra 3 in September 2025, the company is finally bringing the health tracking metric for users in India.

Starting this week, users with the Apple Watch Series 9 or later and Watch Ultra 2 / 3 will be able to access Apple’s passive hypertension-detection system in India.

The feature is designed to flag early signs of chronic high blood pressure, a condition that affects millions of people in India.

A new Xiaomi device carrying the model number 2608BPX34C recently appeared in the GSMA database, which immediately triggered speculation about whether the company is preparing its first trifoldable phone.

Since the listing did not reveal the final moniker of the device, there’s no clarity whether it will really end up as the company’s first trifoldable. But Chinese publication Mydrivers claims that the circulating rumors about Xiaomi working on a trifoldable phone are inaccurate.

After years of silence, Finnish company Jolla is stepping back into the smartphone market.

Today, the company announced on X that the new-generation Jolla Phone is coming soon with fresh hardware, a privacy-first operating system, and a promise to offer something that neither Android nor iOS currently does. The new Jolla Phone arrives in three “Nordic scenery–inspired” colors: black, white, and a striking orange.

Unlike most modern phones glued shut on all sides, Jolla is going old-school.

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