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T-Mobile Aims to Triple Their Best 5G Coverage This Year

Kellen March 11, 2022 33

T-Mobile may have gotten off to an early start with a mid-band 5G rollout and making sure that a couple of hundred million people could access it. They don't plan to slow down expansion, though, especially now that Verizon and AT&T are going to do...

Telegram Adds Download Manager, New Night Mode on Android

Kellen March 11, 2022 3

Telegram is pushing out another big update to end the week, this time with at least six new features or changes to the popular messaging app that are noteworthy. From a new downloads manager to refreshed attachment pages, night modes, live streaming, and...

Samsung Ships Out De-Throttling Update to Galaxy S22 Lineup

Tim March 10, 2022 20

As expected, but not expected so darn quickly, Samsung is beginning to ship out an update that appears to de-throttle the Galaxy S22 lineup. As was reported recently, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset in all models of the Galaxy S22 has been getting throttled...

Galaxy Watch 5 Rumored to Have Temperature Sensor, Arrive This Summer

Kellen March 10, 2022 10

The Galaxy Watch line from Samsung has adopted several health-related features over the past couple of cycles in an attempt to match health tracking trends and to keep up with the Apple Watch. The Galaxy Watch 4 had everything from heart rate and SpO2 tracking...

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is Officially on the Way

Kellen March 10, 2022 4

Call of Duty: Warzone has been one of the most successful battle royale games of the past several years. It has certainly helped Call of Duty stretch beyond its multiplayer glory days and into the BR scene that few have found sustained life in. That success...

Google Clears Up a Bit of Android 12 “June 2022 Feature Drop” Beta Confusion

Kellen March 10, 2022 5

Google dropped a surprise Android 12 Beta update on us yesterday that was labeled as both a "Quarterly Platform Release" and the "June 2022 Feature Drop." The naming was slightly odd, since Google's Pixel Feature Drops are often more app-focused with new...

Here’s Everything New Coming to Your Android Phone in March

Tim March 10, 2022 11

Google announced today a suite of sweet new features headed to your Android device via updates to the core apps that make your Android experience what it is. A couple of features detailed we already knew about, given this is an Android blog and it's our lives...

All These Sweet New Google Messages Features are Official

Kellen March 10, 2022 40

Google Messages really has seen a steady stream of improvements over the years to become a solid text messaging app on Android. Its feature set continues to grow with the latest batch of new-ness bringing those iMessage reactions we talked about a few weeks...

T-Mobile’s Best Unlimited Plan

Kellen January 29, 2026 40

Both T-Mobile and AT&T have seen several years in a row of steady customer growth, likely because of improvements to...

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Chrome Gets 5 Wild New Gemini AI Features

Kellen January 28, 2026 40

Google has essentially launched its new vision for Chrome today with an announcement for several new Gemini-powered features...

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Galaxy Z TriFold US Sales Open January 30, Priced at $2,899

Tim January 27, 2026 40

Samsung has confirmed Galaxy Z TriFold availability for the US. The trifold will go on sale starting January 30, priced at $2...

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T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Device Unlock Policies

Kellen January 27, 2026 40

One of the hottest topics of the moment for the US wireless industry is device unlock policies or SIM unlock policies. With...

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Galaxy Z TriFold In US Samsung Stores Tomorrow, But You Can’t Buy It

Tim January 22, 2026 40

Galaxy Z TriFold launch is literally right around the corner, with units headed to select Samsung Experience Stores across...

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Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 40

When the FCC cleared Verizon of its 60-day device unlock policy a week ago, we talked about how the government agency, which...

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Samsung Makes New Bixby Official in One UI 8.5 With Perplexity AI

Kellen January 20, 2026 40

The betas of One UI 8.5, as well as supposedly leaked screenshots, showed a potentially renewed investment in Bixby from...

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How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit

Kellen January 15, 2026 40

Verizon announced today that it would give all of its customers a $20 credit after experiencing a 10-hour outage yesterday....

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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 33

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 33

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 33

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 33

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 33

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 33

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 33

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 33

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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