Ben Schoon

One of the best arguments for using Android over iOS, I personally feel, is how notifications are handled. Organization is better, and there are a lot of helpful features for controlling notifications as well. But, in Samsung’s latest big update, the company has disabled the useful notification categories by default, and it’s not the only feature Samsung has ruined in its take on Android.

Google Nest devices such as the Nest Hub have their own set of Digital Wellbeing features which, soon, will be configurable by anyone in the household.

It was reported earlier this month that Samsung is working on a more affordable version of the Galaxy Z Fold 6, and new evidence now helps confirm that is indeed happening.

Google Nest competitor Arlo is issuing a major price increase for its single-camera cloud storage plan drastically, making it much more expensive to operate just a single camera.

Late last year a report came out that Amazon would ditch Android for its own operating system, and if that report wasn’t enough, a job listing is making it pretty clear what’s going on.

The OnePlus Open is probably the best foldable on the market today, but it launched behind the curve with Android 13. Now, the OnePlus Open’s Android 14 update is heading out.

Galaxy AI is the big selling point of this year’s Galaxy S24 series, but Samsung’s new features are only confirmed to be free for about a year. In a new interview, Samsung hints at “more powerful” additions to Galaxy AI in the future, but the company still won’t answer any important questions about a future where this is all paid.

After debuting on the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung is now rolling out its new Quick Share app that adds support for Google’s Nearby Share.

Microsoft just can’t stop trying to get you to switch to Edge, with the browser more aggressively stealing your open tabs from Google Chrome.

Smartphone glass is reasonably durable, but it’s been a long time since we’ve had advancements in scratch resistance. With Corning Gorilla Armor on the Galaxy S24 Ultra, though, it seems smartphone glass is finally getting a real upgrade.

Samsung has all but perfected its formula for a flagship smartphone at this point, and the Galaxy S24 Ultra is the logical 2024 step for that project – just throwing a bunch of AI at the problem. But at a new and higher price of $1,300, Samsung has a lot to deliver on.

Samsung’s Bixby doesn’t get much attention as a voice assistant, but despite the arrival of new AI features, Samsung isn’t giving up on it yet. And, now, the company is also widely rolling out a big redesign to Bixby that, well, makes it look a whole lot like Siri.

Multiview allows YouTube TV users to watch multiple games at once on the same display, and now the service seems to be adding support for showing a custom selection of games with “Build a Multiview.”

Notifications from websites are a good idea in theory, but they’re abused incredibly often by sites that try to trick you into flipping on notifications just because they’re not easy to turn off. Google Chrome for Android, though, is working on a way to make it faster and easier to unsubscribe from website notifications.

Gesture navigation became an option in Android a few years ago, but since the classic three-button layout had its advantages, Google kept it around. Samsung, though, offered three different forms of navigation Galaxy devices for a long time, with a custom version of gesture navigation. On the Galaxy S24 series, that custom version has been removed, but it lives on if you put the work in.

Google is testing a new option that improves how you’ll add websites to your homescreen on Android through its Chrome browser.