Tag Archives: Phones

I was annoyed when I heard the Google Pixel 10 wouldn’t support physical SIM cards. It makes my job as a tech journalist more difficult, and I’ll be calling my carrier and swapping SIMs back and forth for the next month. I understand my situation isn’t the norm, but there are plenty of reasons eSIMs aren’t ideal for consumers. It’s …

Why is Facebook cloud-processing my device’s camera roll? Meta is uploading and analyzing your camera roll photos and videos, even ones you haven’t posted, in its cloud in order to generate AI-powered suggestions like collages, monthly recaps, themed albums, or AI-restyled versions of your images. Where is this feature being tested? Meta has confirmed the feature is a test, saying, …

Why Google Thinks Its Pixel Phones Are Much Bigger Than Their Sales Numbers  Bloomberg.com Google reveals it isn’t making tablets, smart rings, flip phones, or glasses (yet)  The Verge Google says to expect Pixel redesigns ‘every 2-3 years,’ no flip phone, tablet on ‘pause’  9to5Google Google is shelving its tablet redesign for now while it sorts out what tablets should even be  Android Police …

Despite its partners Samsung and Motorola getting into flip-style phones where the screens opens up vertically like an old school Motorola Razr, Google says it intends to sit out that race. It’s also not currently working on a smart ring and has paused development on a tablet overhaul until it figures out a meaningful future for the category, executives said. …

Last month, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 was released and immediately became the de facto king of the foldable phone hill. But now a new challenger has arrived: The Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The full details are now available in the wake of Google’s splashy launch event, which debuted the Fold alongside the full new Pixel 10 line, a …

Google unveiled its Pixel 10 lineup today, and the company’s latest phones will be the first to implement industry-standard C2PA within the native camera app. This enables people to identify whether an image was edited using AI, confirming its authenticity (or lack thereof) to anyone looking at it. The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, or , designed an open …

Any way you look at it, Android is in the lead. Google has shipped actual AI features on phones. And I don’t mean a silly AI image generator or a tool to rewrite your email like Shakespeare. I mean stuff that’s actually useful: putting six different events from an email on my calendar in one fell swoop, or asking my …

I carry a lot of different phones around, and I rarely get questions about them because most people stopped talking about which phone they own around 2017. I could be using an unreleased iPhone 18 Pro Max Air Ultra to pay for my coffee and nobody would raise an eyebrow (present company excepted, of course). To the majority, a phone …

In 2014, Apple and Samsung were duking it out to rule the U.S. smartphone market. Samsung was selling devices with large screens, and iPhone fans were demanding a response. It took Apple some time, but the company finally released the iPhone 6, breaking with previous iterations and giving consumers a large-screen option. The iPhone won. But more than a decade …

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Say what you will about Samsung One UI, but it makes a strong argument for being one of the most feature-rich Android skins on the market. That’s in large part due to the company’s Good Lock suite of apps, which allows you to deeply customize various aspects of your phone. The latest Good Lock app …