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Google today detailed a handful of recent and upcoming features for the Pixel Phone app, while officially detailing broader international availability. Acknowledging that “basic Call Recording is a fundamentally useful feature” even without AI summaries or transcription, Google is officially bringing it to “all countries where Pixel is supported.” The “expansion to new countries will roll out through the rest …

If there had to be a true grudge match when it comes to the best phones, it would easily be Apple vs Samsung. While the companies have had the odd trip up, both are still the biggest names in the smartphone industry, so comparisons between the two are just a fact of life. With that in mind, let’s break down …

With iOS 26, Apple has expanded its native call recording feature with transcripts, Live Translation, summaries and tighter integration with Notes. It’s a more polished and useful tool than before, especially if you rely on your iPhone for interviews, meetings or important conversations. Call recording itself first arrived with iOS 18.1 in October 2024. The feature has always been region- …

Crossing the border can be extremely stressful. And now your phone adds another layer. According to new figures from US Customs and Border Protection, nearly 15,000 device searches were carried out between April and June — over 1,000 of them using advanced tools that copy or analyze a phone’s contents. The rising numbers raise questions about how much personal data travelers …

After coming out of nowhere, a viral new app that pays people to record their phone calls for the purpose of training AI has been yanked offline after a security flaw allegedly exposed user data. Neon founder Alex Kiam told Gizmodo in an email that the app’s servers are down while the team patches the vulnerability and conducts a security …

Amid a consumer boycott of their Xbox business, Microsoft are apparently ending the Israeli military’s access to certain Azure cloud and generative AI technologies used to surveil Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. As reported by the Guardian, one of the publications who originally exposed the surveillance project, the company told Israeli officials last week that spy agency Unit …

Update from September 26, 2025:Despite OnePlus’ claims, the OnePlus 15 won’t be the first smartphone featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. That honor will go to the Xiaomi 17 series, which is already available for preorders and it’ll be launched in China on September 27. OnePlus still has the opportunity to be the first brand to launch a Snapdragon …

Sometimes, you have to skip a number in the quest for parity — and the Xiaomi 17 series of phones does exactly that while bringing a few intriguing features to consumers in the process. Following the recent announcement of the iPhone 17, Xiaomi has opted to skip the number 16 altogether in an effort to keep generational parity with its …

The majority of OnePlus phones in use today may be vulnerable to a security flaw that leaves SMS and MMS data exposed, and it won’t be patched until mid-October. Only OnePlus phones still running 2020’s OxygenOS 11 or earlier are believed to be safe from the flaw. Security company Rapid7 was first to discover the vulnerability, which relates to changes …

Rushil Agrawal / Android Authority TL;DR OnePlus has confirmed that it’ll launch the world’s first phone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor. The new chipset is one rung below the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip. A OnePlus executive added that this phone will launch “globally.” Qualcomm has just launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, which is …