Last year, Google introduced several theft protection features for Android, including Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock and Remote Lock. Identity Check is the latest security feature that aims to prevent thieves from accessing your digital accounts in case of theft. The feature will require biometric authentication for certain device settings when you are not

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Google’s own Pixel phones over the years. Well, maybe love/hate is too strong a sentiment. Let’s go with love/don’t prefer instead. There’s nothing I inherently hate about Pixel phones and there’s a ton about the overall experience I truly do love and miss every time I choose to go

Introduction Why get a Pro or an Ultra, when the vanilla model is just the right amount of good? vivo is testing how reasonably you can address that question this year with the X200 – a high-end proposition that is missing some of the bells and whistles of its more upmarket siblings, but doesn’t appear

Xiaomi’s upcoming 15 Ultra is getting a global release just like its predecessor, an exec recently confirmed. The phone will be made official next month at the earliest, and ahead of that today it’s time to see it in a live hands-on image for the first time. A tipster on X has shared the image

A personal assistant used to be a perk limited to a company’s senior executives. Today, advancements in mobile devices mean personal assistants don’t have to be costly new hires for limited employees. Instead, assistive capabilities powered by artificial intelligence (AI) can be built directly into the latest smartphones. With the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S25

Rokform, an established maker of premium mobile device cases and accessories, has debuted its Rugged Case for the new Samsung Galaxy S25 phone lineup, including the S25 Ultra, S25 Plus, and S25. The Rugged Case offers military-grade drop protection in a sleek, lightweight design. Unique to the Rugged Case design is three sets of N52

Asus unveiled the ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 9 Pro last November, and we recently learned that the Taiwanese brand is planning to launch an FE model, which has been certified in multiple countries. While Asus is yet to divulge anything about the ROG Phone 9 FE, its images and specs have surfaced online,

Oppo is launching Find N5 with an extremely thin profile, and today the foldable was compared to the latest iPad Pro. The image was shared by Billy Zhang, President of Overseas Marketing, who claimed on social media that the company had pushed its engineering to ensure “an optimal experience, folded or unfolded.” The device also

Following a pair of developer betas, Google has officially begun seeding Android 16’s first public beta. The new release should be available as an OTA update for Google Pixel devices (Pixel 6 and up) enrolled in the Android Beta Program. Adaptive apps are one of the headlining features of the Android 16 public beta. Google

We recently heard that iQOO will launch the iQOO Neo10R in India next month. iQOO hasn’t revealed the launch date of the Neo10R yet, but a cryptic tweet by iQOO India’s CEO Nipun Marya officially confirms the Neo10R’s arrival in the Asian country. The letter ‘r’ in the CEO’s tweet is bold, and there are

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, just announced Operator. It is a generative AI service that acts like an agent and performs tasks on your behalf. Using its own browser, Operator looks at a webpage and interacts with it by typing, clicking and scrolling on its own – no need for any input. The rollout will

Samsung only teased the upcoming Galaxy S25 Edge at its Unpacked event but we did not get any details on the phone itself. Luckily, a new listing on China’s 3C database confirmed one aspect of the device – its charging speed. The S25 Edge (SM-S9370) will feature 25W max charging speeds per the listing.

The Infinix Smart 9 HD, unveiled last November, will launch in India on January 28. This revelation comes from Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, which set up a promo page on its website for the Smart 9 HD. The Infinix Smart 9 HD has four color options, but in India, you’ll get three – Mint Green,

One of the first things I looked at when I went hands-on with the Galaxy S25 Ultra was to check out its display side-by-side against last year’s model. I wasn’t as impressed by the Galaxy S24 Ultra compared to the previous models, mainly because the panel itself didn’t look quite as vivid. It didn’t help

The Samsung Wallet app is getting some new functionality later this year. First off, it will support peer-to-peer payments. This will be called Tap to Transfer, and will let you transfer money to a different device by tapping that one and yours together. Think of it like Apple’s Tap to Cash, but for Android and

ByteDance currently has until April 5, 2025 to divest its stake in TikTok to a US-based company as per US President Donald Trump’s executive order from earlier this week. While the app is still available to use freely in the US, it’s been removed from the App Store and Google Play. There are plenty of

The rumors were true – Samsung’s flagship smartphone line finally supports seamless updates, with the release of the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. The Korean company has been a holdout for many, many years, and finally implemented the functionality in the Galaxy A55 last year. We assume that was meant to test

Unpacked was quite a day with a total of four new Samsung Galaxy S25 phones (including the surprise Edge), and if you step back and look at the Unpacked event, you’d be right to think of it as an AI event. The lion’s share of big updates revolves around artificial intelligence and agentic actions. But

Yesterday, we showed you a Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. S24 Ultra camera shootout – now it’s time for part two. Yesterday, we could only shoot photos at the event venue, but today we went wandering around San Jose with both Ultras in hand, so we have more photos to share. Many of the changes (if