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Even though a May report suggested that Essential has canned its second-generation phone (an assertion the company didn’t fully contradict), the first Essential Phone remains a cult favorite. In large part, that’s because the company pushes out Android updates in near tandem with Google — and that was no exception with the September 2018 Android Pie […]

The Nexus Player is quite old at this point — after all, it has “Nexus” in its name — but it still has its fans. That’s in spite of a sleeping bug from late last year, no more OS or security updates, and most recently and worryingly, a large batch randomly dying. But the units being offered […]

Those of us that care about our online security probably use some form of two-factor authentication to secure our most important accounts, but even the strongest password and the longest authentication code are still subject to something as simple as a phishing attack, which is why so many have switched to hardware security keys. Google […]

As we’ve learned over the past few years, having a Google service available in your country isn’t enough to use it on all your devices. Google Pay, for example, is supported for in-store payments in twenty countries, but only if you’re using your phone to make the transaction. If you have a Wear OS smartwatch, […]