The Pixel Tag is here — but it won’t be an AirTag for Android until Google fixes these Find Hub issues
The Pixel Tag is here — but it won’t be an AirTag for Android until Google fixes these Find Hub issues

A new Bluetooth tracker isn’t as exciting if the tracking network that it’s part of needs improving.

I spent two hours with the Honor Robot Phone, and this ridiculous, remarkable device made me feel like a kid again
I spent two hours with the Honor Robot Phone, and this ridiculous, remarkable device made me feel like a kid again

TechRadar got hands-on with the Honor Robot Phone in China — here are our first impressions of this weird and wonderful device.

The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store
The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store

Following the latest twist in Google’s legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google’s Play Store and download a third-party digital store with its own selection of apps. Aptoide, a store specializing in mobile games, is the first to become available. Third-party app stores have always been available on Android, […]

I’ve taken over 650 photos on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra, and I’d pick the ‘worse’ camera phone to use long-term — here’s why
I’ve taken over 650 photos on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra, and I’d pick the ‘worse’ camera phone to use long-term — here’s why

I’ve been testing both of Samsung’s new expensive folding phones, and I’m surprised to say that the lesser has become my go-to camera phone.

Gemini’s revamped Wear OS design is finally rolling out, and it was worth the wait

Gemini on Wear OS is trading its full screen app for a slick new overlay that finally matches Android phones, complete with live transcripts and a smarter mic indicator.

This new technology could make spotting fake products easier for everyone

Researchers have developed anti-counterfeit labels that can be verified using a smartphone, achieving nearly 97.5% accuracy while simplifying product authentication.

Sunbird relaunches its iMessage app for Android, three years after a privacy scandal shut it down

Sunbird Messaging returns to Android after its 2023 shutdown, with encryption fixes, a priority inbox, and an AI assistant coming later this year.

Are your Android apps secretly sharing your location with advertisers? Some developers are accidentally leaving on this critical data-invading setting when using third-party SDKs

Some apps are gathering highly-localized location data and feeding it back to advertisers, data brokers, and even the military.

Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away

Sunbird Messaging is back on the Google Play Store, offering Android users blue bubble privileges in iMessage complete with reactions and high quality videos for $2.99 a month. Apple and Google have made cross platform messaging better in recent years with support for RCS, but Android users can still cause issues in iMessage group chats, […]