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Assistant-powered displays are a thing now, and they may actually be a pretty good thing. However, Google itself hasn’t announced any smart display products. That could change later this year, according to a new report. Sources tell the Nikkei Asian Review that Google is on track to launch an Assistant smart display that would compete with […]

If you’ve been looking for some more music to add to your library, Google Play Music is once again offering free albums. Chances are that not all will be to your tastes, but we’ve got a wide variety to choose from this time around. Here’s the list: Grace Potter The Nocturnals: 14 songs Pretty Little […]

We’ve given away countless Bluetooth speakers over the years, but if you’re looking for a truly unique speaker, now’s your chance. We’ve partnered with Urbanears to give away two of the company’s ‘Lotsen’ units, which normally cost $199 a piece. The Lotsen is the smallest speaker manufactured by Urbanears, but it’s still very capable. It […]

Over the past few weeks, details have emerged about Google’s upcoming products for China. After largely exiting the country eight year ago, Google is now working on a censored news application and search engine for Chinese users. Many have spoken out against Google’s cooperation with the Chinese government, and Google/Alphabet executives have responded to those […]

Google has rolled out Android Pie to Pixel devices, and Essential managed to get an update out on the same day. A few OEMs like Moto and HTC have offered some insight on what they’re updating. Today, you can add Sony to the list. It says updates are coming to devices in XZ2, XZ1, and XA2 […]

Google has offered some rudimentary backup functionality in Android since the 2.0 days, but it improved backup functionality in 6.0 Marshmallow. However, you still have to trust that the Google Drive backups are happening as there are no user-facing controls. That’s going to change in a future version of Android, though. This news comes from […]

NVIDIA’s SHIELD TV hasn’t been getting any younger, but it’s still the Android TV box to have. It was available for $139 last month, but for one day only. Best Buy currently has the same deal (okay, it’s an extra 99 cents), and you can get a controller for an extra $40 on top of […]

Spending $1000 on a smartphone is something we’d all probably have balked at just five years ago. How times have changed. The Galaxy Note9 is Samsung’s first mainstream handset to crest the magical four-digit mark, and I sincerely doubt it will be the last. Thousand dollar phones are the new normal, and for all that […]