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In the wake of carrier delays and missteps, Google has decided it’s taking the reins when it comes to the future of phone messaging and RCS. The Verge is reporting that Google will be spinning up its own RCS/Chat services later this month for users in the UK and France, with support coming to other […]

Noise-cancelling headphones are popular among business travelers, those in loud, open office spaces, and frequent commuters for a reason: they make life just a little bit less stressful. But good ones remain a product largely aimed at those with a good amount to spend – Bose and Sony’s popular models retail for $300 and $350, […]

Update 1: 2019/06/14 3:43am PDT June is already almost half over, but that hasn’t stopped OnePlus from pushing out new Open Betas for its past devices. Both the 5 and 6 family just received Digital Wellbeing, the June patch, and OnePlus’ Fnatic mode. The official forum post hasn’t appeared yet, but users have already begun to […]

Samsung isn’t known for gracefully aging devices, with previous generations quickly falling out of the company’s favor. However, the firm is getting better at providing timely updates, as the Galaxy S9 received the rethought TouchWiz One UI along with Android Pie in December, giving it the same software as its successor. Now, the aging flagship […]

Xiaomi maintains its custom skin of Android, called MIUI, which ships on most of the company’s devices — the main exceptions being its Android One and Android Go phones. Xiaomi allows phone owners to try out new MIUI features in the public MIUI Beta program, but now that’s coming to an end. “As more Mi […]

The Galaxy Buds is Samsung’s third generation of fully wireless Bluetooth earbuds, and it’s on sale this weekend for just $80. Verizon is selling both colors for $100, down from $130, with an additional $20 rebate available in the form of a prepaid debit card. To snag the Galaxy Buds at this price, you would […]

The Pixel 3a brought Google’s camera prowess to the masses with a compelling $399 MSRP, but the non-a Pixel 3 is coming down in price pretty fast. You can currently nab a Not Pink Pixel 3 for just $499.99 at BH, $300 under MSRP and $100 below the Google Store’s current sale price. BH had […]

Earlier this year, we reviewed the C by GE Smart Bulb — the first light bulb that connects directly to your Google Home using a mesh Bluetooth network. It’s great to have a smart home device that doesn’t require yet another app or account, and not only did the bulb work flawlessly for its intended […]

Google tried to take on Apple’s AirPods with its Pixel Buds, but as we all know, that didn’t work out too well – the Pixel Buds aren’t truly wireless and connect to each other with a cord, and coupled with some additional issues like poor audio and a finicky charging case, they never stood a […]

Update 1: 2019/06/07 1:26pm PDT Update 2: 2019/06/12 6:02am PDT OnePlus has been quite prolific at pushing out fixes for its latest flagship, and another update for the 7 Pro is starting to roll out as we speak. OxygenOS 9.5.7 includes a huge pile of camera improvements and tweaks, as well as a fix for the recent […]

June is already almost half over, but that hasn’t stopped OnePlus from pushing out new Open Betas for its past devices. Both the 5 and 6 family just received Digital Wellbeing, the June patch, and OnePlus’ Fnatic mode. The official forum post hasn’t appeared yet, but users have already begun to receive the update — […]

News is starting to die down for the summer, but there were still a few interesting developments this past week — like Essential teasing a new device and Google trying to avoid the US Huawei ban. We’re discussing this week’s news right now on the Android Police Podcast, so why not have a listen? This […]