9to5Google

Robot vacuums can claim a ‘hands-free’ experience and still require human interference when they get stuck, bind with hair, or need deeper cleaning because the water wasn’t hot enough. That isn’t the case for Roborock’s Saros 20.

2026 and the ongoing RAM/storage crisis continues to put out a rough outlook for the year ahead, and Android brands are bearing the brunt of that with a new forecast revealing that Android shipments could drop as much as 15% this year to the iPhone’s 2%, but there is a bit of hope for Google Pixel.

Samsung announced last night that AirDrop support, via Quick Share, is now rolling out to the Galaxy S26 series, and you’ll apparently need this update to get it.

Today, you can use Google Messages for web using QR code pairing or Google Account sign-in. The original login method will soon go away.

Philips, a major TV brand in markets such as the UK and Europe, is ditching Google TV for “Titan OS.”

After several generations using the same wired charging speeds, it sounds like the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will finally usher in quicker speeds via new 45W fast charging.

Oppo is busy teasing its global launch of the Find X9 Ultra but, meanwhile, a new rumor suggests that OnePlus might be shutting down its global operations.

Samsung has officially confirmed plans to start rolling out AirDrop support over Quick Share starting with the Galaxy S26 series this week.

Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google announcements, and devices we’ve checked, this is the current state of Messages.

Sideloading has been a key part of Android since the beginning, not only delivering a lot of flexibility to Android, but also a sense of openness and freedom. After Google announced it would make major changes to sideloading, the community (somewhat understandably) panicked, but as Google has now shown exactly how its new sideloading flow on Android will work, I’m not only happy to see that sideloading isn’t going away at all, but that Google’s compromise is as close to perfect as I think we can reasonably get.

Google Search has started testing the use of AI to replace headlines and website titles, a change that seems both unnecessary and a slippery slope.

Google Forms is one of the easiest ways to collect data from customers and users, but it goes so far beyond that. Did you know Payable’s Google Forms extension adds secure payment options to your forms? It’s a complete game-changer.

The latest Pixel Watch update is causing some hiccups, as users now report that their smartphone is seeing some weird behavior in Fitbit step counts and other stats.

After beta testing for the past several weeks and months, Google Messages today officially announced Mentions and the Trash folder.

Lenovo’s latest Legion Tab generation just launched in China this week and, alongside it, an awesome little arcade dock that I would absolutely buy if given the chance.

Amazon is reportedly gearing up to give smartphones another shot, with an Alexa-focused phone in the works over a decade after the infamous Fire Phone failed.

As expected, Samsung has just confirmed plans to launching AirDrop support via Google’s Quick Share on its Galaxy S26 series in the near future.

Following the announcement at the start of this month, Real-time Location Sharing in Google Messages for Android is more widely rolling out.