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The Pixel 6 Pro marks Google’s reentry into the premium smartphone market, and it is significantly cheaper than its flagship rivals.

Last week, DuckDuckGo announced that it was adding App Tracking Protection to its mobile app on Android and I've been using it for a few days.

Anyone with an Android phone who engages in text messaging with iPhone users has experienced the frustration.

Google has admitted what independent tests already proved: the Pixel 6 Pro doesn’t really charge all that quickly. But as suspected, that’s by design.

DuckDuckGo today announced a new app tracking protection feature in its Android app that will block Google and Facebook trackers in other apps.

If the Pixel 6 series has a serious problem---and it does---it’s the in-display fingerprint reader, which is slow and unreliable.

When my wife and I drove to Washington D.C. this past weekend, I used Google Maps on the Pixel 6 Pro for navigation. Hilarity ensued.

Samsung says that it is delivering a major OS update to its most recent flagship smartphones that adds Android 12 and new capabilities.

Robbed of a new OnePlus smartphone review this fall, I can at least take a look at the firm’s OnePlus Buds Pro wireless earbuds.

Black Friday starts November 18 on the Google Store, and it’s offering some excellent deals on Google hardware.

The Pixel 6 Pro is fantastic. But anyone familiar with Google’s troubled Pixel lineup won’t be surprised to discover that there are issues too.

In a stunning example of how regulatory action can drive major change in Big Tech, Google will comply with a new South Korean law.

A day later, I’ve mostly configured the Pixel 6 Pro the way I prefer, and I’ve started taking photos. Here are some more observations.

It’s obvious from the moment you open the box that Pixel 6 Pro is something new, different, and better than Pixels past.

Samsung credited better-than-expected demand for its foldables and other devices for a surprisingly strong quarter.

Google revealed today that it will ship something called Android 12L in 2022 that will target tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks.

As I noted in my Google Pixel 6 Pro Preview, eager would-be buyers of the new handset experienced horrific problems preordering them.

Unlike Apple, Google has seen the light: It is dramatically lowering the fees that it charges for subscription and media apps in its Play Store for Android.

With Android app compatibility (sort of) appearing in pre-prelease versions of Windows 11 this week, I finally went hands-on.

Microsoft continues to confound our expectations and, frankly, common sense. Case in point, today’s Windows Insider release.

Microsoft this week published documentation for developers who wish to optimize their Android apps to run well in Windows 11.

Last year, Apple wowed me with iOS 14, a major visual and functional refresh of its increasingly creaky mobile OS. This year, it's Android 12.

As promised, I preordered a Google Pixel 6 Pro, and I added a Google case and 30-watt power adapter to the order as well.

At a virtual event today, Google formally launched the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones, a new Pixel Pass subscription option, and much more.

Following up an earlier report about Google expecting record sales of the Pixel 6 family, Nikkei Asia now adds some more data to the prediction.

Intent on always copying Apple, Samsung revealed last night that it, too, will hold an event in late October.

Japan's Fair Trade Commission announced that it is investigating Apple and Google for abusing their dominance in the smartphone market.