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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 Brings Refreshed Google Search Bar

Tim June 13, 2025 12

We've been playing with Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 for a few days now, and while it's mainly full of bug fixes, we did notice Google's refreshed Search bar. It has the usual elements, such as the Google Search, Voice Search, and Google Lens buttons, but it also...

Native Flashlight Controls on Pixel? Wild Android Fantasies Become Reality

Tim June 13, 2025 7

We'll get this part out of the way very quickly. It has been for years now that other phone owners could natively control the brightness level of their phone's flashlight feature. Meanwhile, Pixel owners are left to download 3rd-party apps to do the same thing...

Report: Pixel 10 Series to Feature Improved Speakers

Tim June 12, 2025 5

According to a report, the Pixel 10 lineup will feature the best speakers on a Pixel yet. No specifics are given with regard to how this is being achieved or what makes them so good. It's noted that the speakers will not feature Dolby Atmos, something Samsung...

Galaxy Watch 8 Lineup Images Show Off Ultra-Inspired Design

Tim June 12, 2025 6

For Galaxy fans, we're getting our first detailed look at what Samsung has cooking for the second half of 2025. And it's a lot. Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Watch 8, Watch 8 Classic, and Watch Ultra (2025). All of them sport a new squircle design, inspired...

Nothing Confirms US Availability for Phone (3), Will Work on T-Mobile and AT&T

Tim June 12, 2025 2

Nothing has confirmed that its next phone, Nothing Phone 3, will be available in the US. This needed to be confirmed because not every phone the company launches has support here, so just in case anyone was wondering, you can rest easy tonight knowing that you...

Report: Google to Finalize Embrace Magnets, Qi 2 Wireless Charging

Tim June 11, 2025 8

It has been some time since Apple introduced MagSafe, even making it available to the Wireless Power Consortium in early 2023. Since then, we have seen hardly any movement on the Android side to adopt this technology, but a new report might shine a bit of...

Marvel Snap Goes Self Published, Celebrates With New Web Shop

Tim June 11, 2025 1

Likely due to that shortly lived drama around TikTok and China-based app publishers, the studio behind Marvel Snap has moved to self publishing the title. To celebrate, players are being treated to a new web shop full of deals, plus a new season of Marvel Snap...

Samsung Really Hyping New Foldable, This Time the Camera

Tim June 11, 2025 2

If you follow Android news, then you're likely aware that Samsung has new foldable devices inbound. I will say, Samsung has gotten better at the whole "hypetrain" thing over the years, but they still have a ways to go if they want to get on a OnePlus or...