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Google ignored Android Wear for a long time, but now it’s got a new name and some new features. The next step in Google’s quest to keep Wear OS from dying is to enhance Assistant. In the coming days, you’ll be able to access more Assistant Actions and get contextual suggestions when you interact with […]

One of the first things we noticed about Android’s new vertical, gesture-based multitasking UI was that the option to clear all recent apps from the list was nowhere to be found. According to VP of engineering for Android Dave Burke, though, the change is temporary. At the Android fireside chat at Google I/O, an audience member […]

While smartphones are increasingly our conduit for experiencing the latest cutting-edge tech, there’s a big difference between checking out something that makes for an impressive tech demo, and seeing that technology evolve into something that actually makes the apps you care about better, more capable, or maybe just more fun to use. Augmented reality has […]

Some six months after launching its late-2017 flagship, the very capable Mate 10 Pro, Huawei took to the stage in Paris at the end of March to show off the new P20 series. The spotlight was, of course, on the P20 Pro with its unusual third camera, but the little sibling was not to be […]

Android tablets are not and were not ever very good. There. I said it. From the very first devices that launched without Google’s blessing, to the overhyped, underdelivering ones that did, all the way through Google’s last-ditch effort to save them, Android tablets never hit their stride. Sure, there were some bright spots, occasionally. Like the […]

Documentation concerning a new Wear OS watch manufactured by LG has appeared on the Federal Communication Commission’s website. The listing doesn’t reveal a whole lot, but the watch is described as a “portable wrist device” with a model number of LM-W315. It’s possible the filing is for LG’s rumored “hybrid” watch that’s said to feature […]

Every month Google’s ritual of regular security updates keeps our Pixel and Nexus devices safe from both real and imaginary electronic boogeymen. These updates usually land sometime in the first week of the month, and like clockwork, here they are. Google has just posted both the May 2018 OTA files and system images for its […]

It has taken a while for LG to update its 2017 ultra-flagship to the latest (major) release of Android. The Android Oreo OTA rolled out in South Korea at the end of last year, with a later update adding features from the V30 ThinQ. The Sprint V30 received Oreo in March, followed by ATT a […]

The LG V30’s update to Android 8.0 Oreo has been rolling out for months and months. It started in South Korea and later added the V30 ThinQ smart camera and search features, then it spread to the US and arrived for Sprint, ATT, Verizon, and finally T-Mobile. Now the unlocked US variant is getting it […]

Google’s cute little AI camera, Clips, was made to take pictures at opportune times without human oversight. Previously, it was restricted to triggering at things like faces and poses. Now, though, Google has updated the device to recognize a few new scenarios you may want clips of, as well as pair with more than one […]

Developing a new smartphone is a huge investment, which is part of why we see so many phones that are so much alike — if something’s working well for one manufacturer and shoppers are responding positively, everybody else is going to want to do the same thing (this is why you’re seeing notches everywhere). But […]

Huawei has been on an upward trajectory for years, but 2018 has been somewhat less successful than Huawei would have liked. After being effectively shut out of the US smartphone market, it launched the Mate 10 Pro as an unlocked device. Now, it’s time for Huawei’s second flagship launch of the year, and this one […]