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Tip: Turn Off RCS “Chat” When You Switch Phones or Else…

Kellen July 20, 2021 32

Now that Verizon has committed to RCS with Google, the three major US carriers are all onboard. RCS is here (unlike 5G) and will be a big part of your messaging experience going forward, assuming you have an Android phone. And while RCS is great and a big...

Verizon Joins AT&T, T-Mobile in Switching to Google Messages and RCS

Kellen July 20, 2021 48

Google has done it. It might have taken more years than any of us predicted, but here we are. Google won the RCS battle in the US. All three big US carriers have now announced that they will pre-load Google Messages on their Android phones and use Google's RCS...

Is Truly Unlimited Data With No Throttling a Thing You Want?

Kellen July 19, 2021 67

When 4G LTE arrived, US carriers realized that data was the new way for them to milk customers out of extra cash. That led to the end of truly unlimited data plans and the introduction of tiered data, where you paid by the GB. Once they built those networks...

The Pixel Buds (2nd Gen) are Gone

Kellen July 19, 2021 34

A couple of weeks ago, just as the Pixel Buds A-Series launched, Google told us that the Pixel Buds (2nd Gen) were soldout in the US and Canada, and that only a few countries or third-party retailers might still have stock. They also told us that the US and...

Google Hangouts Takes Another Step Towards the End

Kellen July 19, 2021 15

Google Hangouts continues to creep towards its quiet death, reaching a new phase today that takes us one step closer to the end. Google is telling its Workspace (GSuite) customers that we are entering phase 4 and that means it's time to make a decision or...

Android TV is Getting 3 Sweet New Features

Kellen July 19, 2021 26

To follow-up the addition of the refreshed homescreen to Android TV from a few months back, the team is back to add three new or improved features to the big screen platform. We're getting a watchlist, a better way to tune recommendations, and an improved...

Gboard Lookin’ Extra Hot on Android 12 Beta 3

Kellen July 16, 2021 13

Be prepared for us to talk a lot about this app or that app receiving its "Material You update," because as Android 12 gets closer to launch, Google is going to continue to prepare its main apps with theme makeovers to match their new design language. It's a...

Samsung July Updates: Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Note 9 Grab the New Patch (Updated)

Kellen July 16, 2021 4

Another day, another batch of updates are headed to Samsung's best phones, and not just the new ones. Today, we've got updates for both the Galaxy Note 20 line and the quite-old Galaxy Note 9. We keep mentioning this, but this is once again the July Android...