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Owners Voice Displeasure With AI-Ification of Pixel Phones

Tim December 18, 2025 21

Pixel owners recently took to the (un)official home of #TeamPixel on reddit, voicing much displeasure with the state of AI-ification of the Google Pixel lineup. Naturally, this conversation also led to people voicing displeasure with all sorts of things, such...

Google Translate Gets Fresh AI Model, Headphones Live Translation Beta

Tim December 12, 2025 1

Google announced upgrades for Google Translate this morning, bringing in a new AI model for, "smarter and more natural text translations," plus a new beta for any set of headphones to support live one-way translation, and new language support for the language...

Google Wants to Call Local Businesses With AI to Find Item Availability For You

Kellen November 25, 2025 3

I don't know if this new Google Search feature will be welcomed by local businesses who are often short-staffed and struggle to answer the phone when busy, but it could be useful to you and I? I'm referring to this new agentic calling feature from Google that...

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, Brings Big Performance Bumps and New AI Sensing Hub

Tim November 25, 2025 4

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 this morning, teasing that it will be powering premium smartphones that are soon to the hit the market from the likes of OnePlus and others. Mind you, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is the chipset ranked below the Snapdragon 8...

OpenAI’s Sora Now Available on Android

Tim November 4, 2025 6

Sora, the AI video generator from OpenAI that you've undoubtedly seen making the rounds on your grandma's Facebook feed, is now available on Android via Google Play. Sora is known for its ability to create hyperreal videos, complete with audio and impressive...

Galaxy XR Up for Order at $1799, Ushers in Android XR Platform

Tim October 21, 2025 9

Samsung is helping Google to usher in the Android XR platform with the launch of Galaxy XR, an AI-powered headset designed to create immersive viewing and gaming experiences. Described as being the first Android platform built entirely for the Gemini era,...

Androidify is So Back, Now Powered by AI

Tim September 3, 2025 2

Looking back through the archives, the last time we wrote about Androidify would be 2015, a solid 10 years ago. Announced this morning, Androidify is back, and naturally, you better believe it's powered by AI. Harnessing Gemini, Imagen 3 and Veo 3, long gone...

10 Features Your Pixel 10 Pro is Asking You to Play With Out of the Box

Kellen August 28, 2025 22

We are deep into testing the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL, with plans to get you a review before long. As you know, we like to take our time, share more about the devices as we lead up to our final thoughts dropping. To continue doing just that, I wanted...