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T-Mobile’s New Experience Beyond and More Plans Go Live

Kellen April 23, 2025 1

The new Experience Beyond and Experience More plans from T-Mobile are live as of this morning for anyone to sign-up for. Pitched as a way to lock-in a plan price for 5 years, thanks to a lot of economic uncertainty brought on needlessly by the US government,...

Google I/O Teases Android XR Launch, Android 16 for TV, New Material Design, More

Kellen April 23, 2025 1

Google I/O 2025 is about a month away, so Google dropped the schedule on us to try and get developers to figure out what they need to focus their time on and to help with overall planning. For us, that just means a bunch of teasers to be on the lookout for...

Multiple Galaxy Devices Getting Updated April Build, One UI 7 Fixes Seem Likely

Tim April 23, 2025 2

Samsung is currently sending out an updated April build to select Galaxy devices, with One UI 7 fixes the likely contents. The update is headed to the Galaxy S24 series, as well as the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. The changelog doesn't mention an...

YouTube TV is Finally Getting Custom Multiviews

Kellen April 23, 2025 1

To celebrate 20 years of YouTube, Google announced a handful of upcoming features on a couple of different YouTube products that you could soon take advantage of. From YouTube TV to YouTube Music to YouTube on TVs, we have incoming changes that sound like much...

Instagram Launches New ‘Edits’ Video Editing App

Tim April 22, 2025 2

Content makers have a new video editing app to play with called Edits. Launched by Instagram, the idea is to make the process of creating videos on your mobile device easier, which is fine because many people know that it can be quite frustrating. After...

Samsung is Doubling Your Galaxy S25 or Galaxy S25 Ultra Storage for Free

Kellen April 22, 2025 1

With the global economy swinging wildly from one day to another, we've sort of been sitting back and wondering what might happen to all of the excellent deals we have seen companies like Samsung run over the years. Will trade-in values hold? Will there be the...

Gmail Gets New ‘Manage Subscriptions’ Tab on Android

Tim April 22, 2025 2

Gmail users on Android should be on the lookout for a new Manage Subscriptions tab, making the action of unsubscribing from annoying email lists a very simple process. We received the tab as part of a server side change. Once live, you hit that new Manage...

Google Fi Introduces New Essentials Plan, Adds Upgrades to Unlimited Plans

Kellen April 22, 2025 8

Google Fi is celebrating 10 years today by bringing us a brand new Essentials plans, their most affordable in the plan lineup. In addition to that new option, their older plans are getting some decent upgrades, with name changes in there too, without any price...

Galaxy S24 Enters Renewed Program, Like-New Phones for Lower Prices

Tim April 22, 2025 2

The Galaxy S24 series of devices has entered Samsung's Certified Re-Newed program, meaning that if you go to Samsung' website to try to buy last year's models, you'll likely only find the Re-Newed options. Actually, I'm looking at it now and you can find the...

T-Mobile’s New Experience Beyond and More Plans Go Live

Kellen April 23, 2025 2

The new Experience Beyond and Experience More plans from T-Mobile are live as of this morning for anyone to sign-up for....

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T-Mobile Introduces 2 New “Experience” Plans With Several Upgrades, Price Lock Promise, But Taxes Not Included

Kellen April 22, 2025 2

T-Mobile unwrapped two new plans today called "Experience More" and "Experience Beyond." They are introducing these as a...

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Android 16 Beta 4 Available for Pixel Devices

Kellen April 17, 2025 2

First teased yesterday, the Android 16 Beta 4 update is now available to all of Google's still-supported Pixel devices. This...

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Verizon Quietly Updates Unlimited Ultimate With 200GB Hotspot, More Travel Data

Kellen April 17, 2025 2

Following reports of upcoming changes to the Unlimited Ultimate plan, Verizon has now confirmed that their most expensive...

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Google’s Gemini Now Lets You Make AI Videos

Kellen April 15, 2025 2

Gemini has gained a huge new feature today with a new video model that lets users make AI videos with only a short...

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Samsung Reportedly Pauses One UI 7 Update Rollout Due to Bug (Updated)

Kellen April 14, 2025 2

This past weekend was supposed to be a big one for anyone with a Galaxy S24 series device, Galaxy Z Fold 6, or Galaxy Z Flip...

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Here’s the Official Galaxy S24 One UI 7 Update Changelog: 77+ Features and Changes

Kellen April 11, 2025 2

We keep referring to Samsung's One UI 7 update as "massive" or "huge" because it really is one of the biggest updates from...

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April 2025 Android Security Update Available for Google Pixel Devices

Kellen April 10, 2025 2

We have entered a new month, so that means yet another new Pixel update is on the way. This time, we have the April Pixel...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 1

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 1

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Video: Galaxy Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5 Unboxing!

Tim July 27, 2023 1

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Google Pixel 7a Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen May 10, 2023 1

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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VIDEO: Galaxy S23 Ultra Unboxing!

Tim February 3, 2023 1

Unboxing time, baby! We have the Galaxy S23 Ultra in-house, a bit before they're set to make their way to buyers later this...

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Pixel 7 Pro: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim October 13, 2022 1

Fancy new Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro just show up at your doorstep? Perfect, then this video is for you. As is tradition, we've...

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 1

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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Google Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel 7 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 12, 2022 1

The Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are here! Well, we've had them for a good week now, but yours should be arriving at any...

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