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Two months after it jettisoned its Honor smartphone brand, a new report claims that Huawei is shopping its flagship Mate and P lines as well.

Qualcomm today announced its Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform, which it describes as a follow-on to the Snapdragon 865 Plus, the mid-2020 flagship chipset.

It’s a month earlier than usual, but Samsung is pushing forward with its next-generation flagship lineup, the Galaxy S21 family.

Last week, I explained how I managed my work-related documents and other files. This week, I’m thinking about something even more important.

It’s that time of the year, so here’s a quick rundown of the top 10 articles on Thurrott.com that were written in 2020 based on engagement. Drum roll, please...

At the end of every year, tech blogs lazily pump out “best of” lists culled from back-end site queries. And, yeah, we’ll get to that here soon enough.

Project Treble has helped Android 11 get off to a fast start. And now, Google and Qualcomm are moving forward to support new Android versions for four years.

Microsoft today announced that it will bring its Surface Duo folding Android device to four additional countries starting in 2021. For some reason.

Microsoft announced today that it has added two new features---screen time pausing and purchase requests---to its Xbox Family Settings App.

The Pixel 4a 5G has a confusing name, but it offers the best value in Google’s 2020 lineup, with a larger display and an improved camera system.

Google today announced its December 2020 Pixel Feature Drop, which adds several new features to recent Pixel handsets.

The Google Pixel 4a 5G occupies a confusing spot in Google’s confusing 2020 Pixel lineup. It’s boring, bland, and unexceptional. And I love it.

Google today revealed several new features that it’s bringing to Android in the coming weeks, and outside of its annual OS update schedule.

Google today announced that it will allow anyone to contribute to the Street View feature in Google Maps using just their smartphone camera.

Google’s mobile app development suite is moving to a new year-based versioning scheme to better align it with the timing of each release.

Android Enterprise Essentials is a new Google offering that provides Android-based secure mobile management to smaller businesses.

Qualcomm today announced its next flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 888, which it says offers dramatic performance improvements over its predecessors.

Multiple reports state that Samsung is killing the Note lineup to make way for folding smartphones at the upper end of its Galaxy product family.

Microsoft is reportedly looking at allowing Android apps to run natively on Windows again. Is this a solution in search of a problem?

Smartphone makers sold 360 million units in the third quarter of 2020, a decline of 3.6 percent compared to the 373.7 million sold in the year-ago quarter.

Google announced today that it has successfully rolled out Rich Communication Services (RCS) support to its Messages app globally.

Google announced a major redesign of its Google Pay app on Android and iOS that provides better functionality and security.

Arriving about a month after the Pixel 5, and about three months after the Pixel 4a, the Pixel 4a 5G is the closest we’ll get to an XL Pixel this year.

Huawei announced today that it is selling its Honor smartphone business to a consortium of 40 companies that will create a new firm.

Google is making its Pixel 4a available for a limited time in a fun new Barely Blue color if you buy directly from the online giant.

Last week, Google announced that it was discontinuing free, unlimited photo storage in its Google Photos service, enraging fans.

The OnePlus 8T offers a great design, a gorgeous display, and excellent performance, but it’s held back by a middling camera system and no wireless charging.