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Intel announced today Unison, the company’s own alternative to Microsoft’s Phone Link app on Windows PCs.

The Amazon App Store on Windows 11 will soon expand to 31 new countries and welcome 20,000 new Android apps.

OnePlus tells me that its flagship OnePlus 10 Pro is now certified for AT&T 5G and has received a permanent price drop to $799.

Google today released Android Studio Dolphin, the latest stable version of its Android integrated development environment (IDE).

Google announced a major update to Google Photos that provides an improved Memories feature and a new Collage Editor.

Given my ongoing experiences with call and text spam, you won’t be surprised to discover that I’ve been obsessed with this issue for months.

As I wrote last Friday in Fi, eSIM, CDMX, and Me (Premium), I’ve hit a familiar wall, as I often find myself in a decision paralysis when no clear choice emerges.

I switched back to Google Fi this year because I’m traveling internationally more often. But I'm probably going to switch again, and for a variety of reasons.

Google Fi is getting even better for those who travel internationally, especially if you’re using an iPhone, as I am for now.

Google today announced a set of new features coming to supported Android versions. Among them is a much-needed update to Nearby share.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said yesterday that he’s not seeing RCS support being a top-requested feature from iPhone users.

Google will hold a hardware event on October 6 where we should see the Pixel 7 and the new Pixel Watch.

If you’re serious about privacy and security, you may want to investigate adding whole-house tracker blocking to your home network.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore. I’m referring, of course, to the proliferation of ads in mobile apps.

Microsoft has confirmed that its Outlook Mobile app has started showing ads to all free users, whether they use the Focused Inbox feature or not.

With the Pixel 6a, Google has redefined its A-series lineup to address the longevity problems of previous generation handsets.

Google has released the final version of Android 13 about a month earlier than expected, and it’s available today on supported Pixels.

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Huawei said that revenues from its devices business sank 25.4 percent year-year-year.

Google’s “Get the Message” ad campaign is aimed at convincing Apple to adopt RCS. But it’s Google that needs to get the message. Apple ain’t listening.

Samsung announced that its new self-repair program for Galaxy devices is now available in the U.S. thanks to a partnership with iFixit.

With the release of its first over-the-air software update, the Pixel 6a is now eligible to be enrolled in the Android 13 Beta.

Moving past the first impressions, what strikes me most about the Pixel 6a is how well it captures the Pixel 6 experience, but at a much lower price.

Microsoft's new Outlook Lite app for Android supports the main features of the regular Outlook Mobile app, though in a 5 MB package optimized for phones with just 1GB of RAM.

My review unit Pixel 6a arrived today, and we spent a lovely afternoon photographing trains before I got home and finally installed and configured all my apps.

Samsung reported that it earned a net income of $8.5 billion on revenues of $59 billion for the quarter ending June 30.

The Google Pixel 6a arrives Thursday, and I’m happy to report that I’ll be reviewing it soon, though my unit won’t arrive until next week.

Key Google Workspace experiences like Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep have been updated to work better on larger Android screens.