Scott Scrivens
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Nokia's latest budget phone has a monstrous screen and two-day battery life
HMD Global just keeps on pumping out reasonably-priced Android phones, with its latest model being the Nokia G50. It's immediately clear which niche this → Read More
OnePlus Nord 2 review, one month later: Good phone, bad cameraphone
The original OnePlus Nord launched with much fanfare, promising a return to the flagship killing days the company had long since left behind. That first → Read More
Latest Signal for Android beta improves media send UI and brings payments to more countries
The latest beta version of the Signal Android app brings a few incremental design changes as well as an expansion to the privacy-focused payments it → Read More
Google fined $177m in South Korea for blocking customized versions of Android
Only a couple of weeks after the South Korean government passed a bill that will force Google (and Apple) to allow app developers to receive payments via → Read More
Google could bring back its squeezable Active Edge feature with Pixel 6
Beginning with the Pixel 2 series, Google introduced a novel hardware feature whereby you could squeeze the sides of your phone to bring up the Google → Read More
Google fixes Android Auto bug so the Assistant no longer thinks you're always at home
One of the little Google features we probably all take for granted is being able to easily find services near to us via Maps, Assistant, Search, etc. → Read More
Google Messages is getting a streamlined new attachments UI
Google has been experimenting with various different approaches for attachments, emoji, gifs, and stickers in its SMS app in recent months. The latest → Read More
Chrome's useful mute tab feature could be making a comeback
Do you remember when you could easily mute a tab playing audio in Chrome without going to it and manually fiddling with the player on that page? Google → Read More
Google Photos is testing mini previews in place of the Top Shot suggestion chip
Top Shot is one of the most useful Google Photos features, as it allows you to choose a better photo from a selection of similar images you've taken. It's → Read More
WhatsApp message reactions are on the way
If you spend enough time using social apps, you get used to certain UX patterns. One example is the ability to react to a message or post — think → Read More
Some Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Watch4 pre-orders face delays to high demand
Some will be lucky enough to have already received their pre-orders of Samsung's shiny new toys, including the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Watch4, but some → Read More
The Pixel 6 Pro could have an awkwardly positioned fingerprint scanner
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro haven't been fully unveiled, but Google already shared a great deal about them when it announced the upcoming phones earlier → Read More
Pixel 6 and 6 Pro rumored to support much faster charging
Google's Pixel phones have been stuck charging at 18W for several years now, and while that's not too slow, it's lagging far behind other handsets on the → Read More
Looks like the Pixel 5a gets too toasty while recording video
Recording video in 4K at 60 frames per second is understandably an intensive undertaking, but you'd hope that your phone could handle it without → Read More
Google's redesigned Sheets and Slides color picker prioritises your themes
Google is updating the color picker in Sheets and Slides with a small quality of life change to help you work with your custom themes more easily. In the → Read More
YouTube is enhancing search results with chapter previews and visual tweaks
YouTube has announced upcoming changes to its search functionality that will help users find the right video content more efficiently. The idea is to make → Read More
Nothing ear (1) review: Clearly on the right track
If you’re numb to the OnePlus-style hype train that precedes every major product launch — as we are — you may not have been following → Read More
Pixels are getting Adaptive Charging improvements with Android 12
Google introduced Adaptive Charging with its Pixel Feature Drop in December of last year, and it works much like similar utilities on iPhones and other → Read More
This Google Discover hack has us yearning for the Google Now of old
Once upon a time, the screen to the left of the homescreen on Google's Nexus phones and tablets was called Google Now, and it was a genuinely useful feed → Read More
Honor Magic3 unveiled with Snapdragon 888 Plus and huge camera array
Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has just announced its new flagship smartphone lineup. The Magic3 series consists of three phones that can once again boast → Read More