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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.

In the first major scaling back of the U.S. blacklisting of Huawei, the U.S. government is now allowing Qualcomm to sell 4G chipsets to the Chinese firm.

You may have heard that “perfect is the enemy of good,” and on that note, I’ve come up with a similar phrase for digital photography: Inconsistency is the enemy of reliable.

In the wake of alarming reports of Pixel 5 build quality issues, Google says that gaps under the display are not a design defect.

Between a blatant theft at a FedEx warehouse and having to finish my iPhone 12 review first, I’m a bit behind on the OnePlus 8T. So let’s get caught up.

OnePlus is now selling its Buds Z Wireless Earbuds for $49.99, offering an impressive 20 hours of playback time.

One month after the announcement, the Google Pixel 5 is now available for purchase and the Pixel 4a (5G) can be preordered.

Samsung today confirmed that it had delivered record financial results for the quarter ending September 30, with $59 billion in revenues.

I was hoping and expecting to write this article one week ago, but a FedEx employee stole my review unit at the warehouse. But it's here at last.

OnePlus this morning announced two new members of its low-cost Nord smartphone family. At least one of them should be coming to the U.S.

The iPhone 12’s display is gorgeous but it’s also a bit small, especially with that intrusive notch. Is there even a display size sweet spot anymore?