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Samsung Returning to Android for Next Smartwatch, Ditching Tizen

Tim February 19, 2021 45

I'm trying to think of the last time Samsung used the Android platform for a smartwatch. Give me a moment. Was it really the original Gear Live? That watch launched in 2014, being one of the very first Android Wear devices. Since then, the company has been...

Let’s Try This Again, LG

Tim January 26, 2021 31

We recently learned that LG is contemplating a shutdown of its mobile business, the same business that is reported to have lost the company around $4.5 billion in the past five years. When you start talking about that kind of money, it seems like a safe...

OnePlus and OPPO Get Closer Than Ever

Kellen January 22, 2021 8

For years, the relationship between OnePlus and OPPO has been a topic that both companies have mostly avoided. We've often assumed they were very aligned in products they release, since they have the same owner and have also pushed out devices that are as...

Google Voice RCS Would Be Awesome, Google

Kellen December 10, 2020 31

For most of the past decade, I have used nothing but Google Voice for texting and calling. Through the hundreds of phones I've tested on various carriers, I almost never touch the dialer and place a call through that phone's actual number, because instead I...

OSOM is Building a Privacy Phone That Shouldn’t be $1,000

Kellen November 16, 2020 11

OSOM, the company founded by a bunch of former Essential employees, revealed new details about its plans to launch several products late in 2021 and beyond. The company says that it wants to focus on making hardware with a privacy mind that should be premium,...

Lack of Sonos Casting in YouTube Music is a Dealbreaker

Kellen November 14, 2020 23

We are in the final days of Google Play Music and (unsurprisingly) YouTube Music still lacks features to put it on equal footing with its outgoing music relative. There's one missing feature in particular that is going to be a dealbreaker for many, though....

Android 12 Will Make It Easier to Install 3rd Party App Stores

Kellen September 28, 2020 4

In a blog post today, Google laid out future plans for Google Play, touching on subjects like how they'll bring clarity to billing policies, what they think can be done to help developers communicate with customers, and how they'll bring equal treatment to all...

“Google Chromecast with Google TV” Could be Google’s New Android TV

Kellen September 13, 2020 32

The new Google "Sabrina" device that showed up briefly in retailer listings a couple of weeks back, which we expect to be an Android TV unit, might have the oddest of names when it launches. The price Google attaches could help distract us from that...