Ben Schoon is a Senior Editor at 9to5Google, working for the publication as one of its primary news writers since 2016.
In 2013, Ben helped start an independent tech publication where he learned the skills used at 9to5Google including writing, product photography, and videography. He is located in the city of Winston-Salem in North Carolina where he lives with his wife Melissa. Ben is an avid disc golf player.
He primarily covers Android products, including Google Pixel devices, Samsung Galaxy smartphones, as well as devices from OnePlus, Oppo, Motorola, and more. Beyond just covering news about these products, Ben also spends time using these products himself, speaking from experience with the articles he writes. Some of Ben’s most recent hands-on reviews include; Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Watch 2, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Motorola Razr+, HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, and more.
Ben is also a leading source for information about Google’s Android TV, diving deeply into important parts of the platform including its powerful Operator Tier, explaining future changes to the platform, and reviewing its products such as Chromecast with Google TV, Nvidia Shield TV, and more.
In 2019, Ben leaked one of the first in-person photos of the Pixel 4 before later revealing the Recorder and Pixel Themes apps months ahead of launch. In 2020, Ben also reported on multiple upcoming Pixel devices including Pixel 5a and the first report of Google working on a foldable Pixel smartphone. That same month, he was also the first to correctly report the $49 price point of what became the Chromecast with Google TV.
Ben Schoon is active on Twitter, @nexusben, but can also be found on Instagram and LinkedIn. For questions or tips, you can email him directly, and his portfolio is also available online.
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Amazon’s Kindle Scribe caught the attention of many towards the end of 2022 as an excellent note-taking device using e-ink, and now Lenovo is announcing a similar idea in Lenovo Smart Paper.
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Coming this year for enterprise customers, the Motorola ThinkPhone celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Lenovo ThinkPad lineup with a custom smartphone built for business customers that has a few fun tricks up its sleeve.
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Lenovo is bringing a new flagship tablet to the market in 2023, with the Lenovo Tab Extreme offering up a gigantic 14.5-inch display and the promise of a better future.
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At CES 2023, TCL is launching new Android smartphones and tablets internationally and in the US. Here’s what’s coming.
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At CES 2023 TCL is showing off its latest premium TV sets, with Google TV and Roku set to share the stage.
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Matter is set to unify large parts of the smart home ecosystem, and one side effect of that will be the ability for products that once worked with just one assistant or device can expand to new customers. That’s what Eve had to share at IFA 2022, where it revealed that its Apple-only lineup of smart home products would be coming to Android, and at CES 2023, we’re getting a better idea of when that might happen.
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After launching alongside the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion last year, the Moto Buds 600 ANC are now available on their own with Google Assistant and Snapdragon Sound at a $149 price point.
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Amid CES 2023, Samsung is announcing its first new phone of the year in the Galaxy A14, coming to the United States for $199.
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The smart home is being reinvented right now with the arrival of Matter, and going into 2023, we’re about to see a lot of changes. One of those is the new “Works with Google Home” banner on Matter products, with Govee among the first to adopt the branding with its first Matter-enabled light strip.
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Cloud gaming continues to evolve, and Nvidia just unleashed a huge new feature for its GeForce Now service – ultrawide monitor support.
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Wireless charging has agreed upon the Qi standard for several years now as the technology has become more and more widely used in smartphones, but there’s still room for differentiation in the standard. One of the biggest upgrades to Qi came from Apple’s MagSafe, and that’s now coming to other devices with “Qi2.”
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The OnePlus 11 is set to make its debut in China in just a couple of days, but ahead of that launch, some new hands-on images are giving us a better look at the hardware including its glossy glass build.
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The Google Pixel Fold has been largely expected to arrive sometime in the first few months of 2023, but according to a new report, the device may not end up landing until sometime much later in the year.
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Nvidia is bringing a big new update to its GeForce Now cloud gaming service that unlocks better streaming performance and twice the framerate for the same price. GeForce Now “Ultimate” has arrived.
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Through mid-January, Fitbit Premium is available to new users for a drastically reduced price in one of its rare sales.
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Nest competitor Arlo has just announced a new “End-of-Life” policy in an email to customers that will prevent some of the company’s older cameras from accessing some functionality.
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Wireless Android Auto adapters are becoming increasingly common but are rarely found at a discount. Ringing in the new year, though, the Motorola MA1 adapter for wireless Android Auto is seeing a $30 discount at Best Buy.
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Google and YouTube secured the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket in a landmark deal in December, with games set to start airing in late 2023. Now, a YouTube TV exec has confirmed that the platform’s split-screen viewing experience should be ready in time for NFL Sunday Ticket.
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Ahead of the new year, two of Samsung’s upcoming launches have been tipped off. New leaks show off official-looking images of the Samsung Galaxy A34 and the Galaxy A54.
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The Fitbit Charge 5 and Fitbit Luxe are among the latest dedicated fitness trackers from Fitbit, and some of the best yet, too. But if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone running Android 13, these Fitbit trackers are currently facing some issues with sync, but a fix is on its way.
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If one thing became clear about the Google Pixel lineup in 2022, it was that Google is pushing hard to create a proper ecosystem of hardware. In 2023, that will include a folding phone and the Pixel Tablet, but one thing missing from the equation is a new Pixelbook.
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There’s a growing number of Android Auto users who have noticed that Google Assistant is at least partially broken following the update to Android 13.
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Samsung’s latest devices are getting some new official accessories, as new Star Wars and Pokémon designs are launching for Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5, and Galaxy Buds.
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Android 13 has been making its way to more and more OnePlus devices over the past few months, and it’s now arriving on the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite.
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