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Google today announced the latest spring features with the June Android Drop. At the same time, Google teased that “even more exciting updates [are] coming soon in Android 17.”

Phone by Google wants to combat the “growing threat of impersonation scams” and protect Android users against “sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks” with fake call detection.

Motorola is gearing up to launch its new Edge (2026) mid-range device with a US release coming later this month for $599, a higher price for a device with a refreshingly smaller display.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8, the wider one, continues to shape up to be a great addition to the lineup, with a new leak revealing that it fixes another problem with foldables – weight.

Getting your smart home kitted out with Google Nest hardware at the best price often means shopping around. With excellent return policies, quick shipping, and frequent discounts, Amazon is one of the best places to pick up smart speakers, displays, thermostats, and security cameras. With that in mind, here are some of the best early Summer Nest deals on Amazon to help automate your living space without breaking the bank.

Nintendo Music might be the strangest music app on the Play Store from a well-known developer, but you can’t say the company hasn’t given it the support it deserves. The gaming giant’s music app is getting a big update, and it means you’ll be able to roleplay Mario Kart in real life — hopefully while still following the rules of the road.

To celebrate the World Cup 2026, Google has quietly dropped a clever new limited-edition “Chrome Dino FC” Android figurine on its merchandise store. But depending on where you live, scoring this one might require some serious legwork.

As rumored, Walmart has quietly debuted a collection of Onn-branded TV sets that are all powered by Google TV, with prices starting as low as $248.

The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers.

Welcome to episode 35 of The Sideload, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will is joined by 9to5‘s Daniel Bader to discuss looking for positivity in gadgets, unplugging from the internet, the joys of Niagara Launcher, and much more.

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Anthropic has announced that the company has submitted official documentation to the SEC to start being publicly traded, beating OpenAI to an IPO.

Ahead of the stable launch, Google is releasing Android 17 Beta 4.1 for Pixel devices. This “minor update” is a bug fixer.

If there’s one app I’ve always been jealous of from the iPhone, it’s Flighty, a super-useful flight tracker that not only logs your flight history, but puts all of the information you might need in a single place alongside a UI that’s far better than anything your airline is offering up. But it’s never come to Android. The launch of “Aviate,” though, is as close to “Flighty for Android” as I’ve seen.

Microsoft, Nvidia, and MediaTek are working together on “RTX Spark,” a new chip for Windows PCs that’s all about AI, but if you look beyond that, it sounds like it might still be a good chip in general.

Samsung has removed the “lockdown” option from One UI 9’s power menu. The security feature now activates automatically, whether you want it to or not.