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I’m a sucker for simplicity. It’s one of the things I love so much about USB-C: it’s one port that does everything. So I was excited to get my hands on Moshi’s Symbus Q, a USB-C docking station that also promised to replace the Qi charging pad I keep on my desk. But with limited […]

Update 1: 2019/06/04 5:33am PDT Fossil is one of the most active brands when it comes to developing Wear OS smartwatches. Its products are stylish and discreet but still feature advanced hardware, including heart rate sensors and GPS chips on the latest models. The Sport series features the newer Snapdragon Wear 3100 chip, which makes it […]

HMD’s revived Nokia brand adopted the Android One program several years back, offering guaranteed updates on all its current phones. However, the company hasn’t stopped supporting those early phones from before the update guarantee. The 2017 Nokia 3 has just gotten a long-awaited update to Android 9 Pie. This brings the total number of Pie-powered […]

By all accounts, Essential doesn’t have a whole lot going on right now. It launched one phone about 18 months ago and has been cutting staff ever since. If Essential is working on another phone, it hasn’t seen fit to talk about that. So, what is there to do other than keep the Essential Phone […]

Update 1: 2019/06/03 1:07pm PDT It’s the first Monday of a new month, and that means Google’s Pixels are getting their regular security patches. Downloads for both full factory images and sideloadable OTAs are up and available while we wait for the update to roll out via the more traditional means — which usually takes at […]

OnePlus, shortly after pushing an Open Beta which brought Zen Mode and Screen Recorder, announced a new OxygenOS update for the 6 and 6T, versions 9.0.6 and 9.0.14, respectively. It’s a bit smaller, focusing mostly on bug fixes, but it has the May security patch. Here’s the changelog: Other than last month’s security patch, the […]

Most people spend $15-20 on their phone case and call it a day, but the people behind GRAY are aiming for a different sort of clientele. Their Advent cases for the Galaxy S10+ range in price from $701 for a basic “Titanium” all the way to a whopping $1,343 for a personalized “Aurora.” Left: Advent Titanium. Right: Advent […]

The first ‘smart displays’ running Google Assistant were released last year, including Google’s own Home Nest Hub. They’re all 7-10 inches across, with enhanced functionality over audio-only speakers. They can display video news briefings, place video Duo calls, show video news briefings, bring up security camera feeds, play YouTube videos, and more. But what if […]

iTunes has been a staple of Apple’s device strategy for nearly two decades. Even after the iPod lineup faded into obscurity, it’s still used as a way to backup and restore data locally from iOS devices — a point of envy for many Android users. According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple could replace iTunes […]

This weekend is apparently “Ultimate Movie Weekend,” meaning that digital rentals from studios like Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros are being discounted to as low as $0.99. A ton of films have been slashed to $0.99, $1.99, or $2.99, but you’ll have to hurry — these prices are only valid until June 3. […]

Update 1: 2019/06/01 11:04am PDT The flagship smartphone space is getting pretty stale in 2019. LG and HTC are floundering, overall sales are declining, Google’s Pixels are an expensive bundle of compromises, Huawei has left the high-end US market, and Samsung is… Samsung. There’s space for disruption, and while we wait for other Chinese OEMs to […]

Update 1: 2019/05/29 9:36am PDT OxygenOS 9.5.4 (international) and 9.5.5 (EU) are rolling out for the OnePlus 7 Pro now. Both versions have several enhancements for the camera and the system stability overall, including optimizations for Double Tap to Wake and Ambient Display. Changelog, which is identical for both, follows as usual. Obviously, the focus of […]