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Nothing made it official today, announcing that Nothing OS 5.0, based on Android 17, will start its roll out to supported devices beginning August 25. The list of expected supported devices dates back to the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus, as well as the CMF Phone 2 Pro. Everything newer should be in line to receive... Read the original post: Nothing OS 5.0 Arrives August 25
Once you open up your new Pixel 11 or Pixel 11 Pro today and start the setup process, be on the lookout for its first software update. Google is pushing an out-of-box Android 17 update, plus there is a Google Play System Update to grab as well. Your Pixel 11 series phone will be running... Read the original post: Your Pixel 11 Gets First Update Out of the Box
The Pixel 11 series is not without secrets, one of which comes via the Screen Saver function that’s built-in for when you plug-in your device. Google added screen savers some time ago and they certainly needed improvements after last year’s Qi2 introduction to the Pixel 10 line. For the Pixel series, Google is bringing those.... Read the original post: Pixel 11 Gets Sweet New Screen Saver, More…
Google is rolling out a fresh update to Google Home and Gemini for Home this week, bringing with it improved voice assistant controls for several items (like Spotify), as well as consistent temperature units, live stream HD resolution fixes on Android, and more. As always, Google issues these updates by providing a really clear breakdown... Read the original post: Google Home Gets Big Voice Update…
Whenever a company releases new phone hardware that is very similar to the previous generation hardware, we still try to find the things that might make it feel different or new. For the Pixel 11 Pro series, Google’s new HiLight system was supposed to be that, but Google basically gave it the bare minimum set... Read the original post: Pixel 11 Gets HiLight App That Does What Google Couldn’t
Pixel 11 shipments are hitting doorsteps this week. Already we’ve seen quite a few people say they have received their new phones from Google, which means we should have quite a few people willing to share those first impressions of the device(s). There are four Pixel 11 models to choose from currently, with another likely... Read the original post: Time to Share Those Pixel 11 First Impressions
Samsung made it official this afternoon, announcing that the newest addition the Galaxy S26 family, that being the Galaxy S26 FE, will be announced on August 27. Not sure why didn’t shoot for August 26, but it’s fine, I guess. Samsung says that this device was, “purposefully designed to bring many Galaxy S26 experiences from camera to... Read the original post: Galaxy S26 FE Arrives August 27
Now that the Pixel 11 series is official and we can talk about everything on each device (cameras, battery life, Rambler), there are all sorts of little secrets we’ve seen over the past week we wanted to share. One of those is the new Pixel Search app. This popped up on our Pixel 11 review... Read the original post: New Pixel Search App is Here for Pixel 11, Galaxy Z Fold 8
Back in May at Google I/O, Google first introduced us to a new keyboard feature called Rambler. This would be built into Gboard as the next-generation voice-to-text system that would arrive later this year, hopefully on all still-supported Pixel devices. As is turns out, Rambler is currently an exclusive Pixel 11 series feature that we’ve... Read the original post: Pixel 11’s Rambler Feature…
When a new phone launches, what are people actually interested in? Sweet new AI things? Minor bumps in processor clock speeds? You’re absolutely kidding yourself. Most people use their phones as a camera and a lifeline to their friends/family. With that, all anyone really wants to know is: How’s the camera and how’s the battery... Read the original post: Here’s a Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro Camera Dump
