Ben Schoon

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

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.

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.

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.

Speaking at SXSW, Nothing CEO Carl Pei reiterated his thoughts on the future of the smartphone experience, saying that “apps are going to disappear.”

The utility of a dedicated Android gaming tablet can be questionable with the existence of handhelds like the Steam Deck, but the new “Gamepad G9” for Lenovo Legion Tab splits the difference perfectly.

Ahead of Apple’s debut in the foldable smartphone market, Google Pixel has carved out a spot of its own and, apparently, it won’t fully drop off the map once Apple changes the game.

Since its announcement earlier this month, I’ve been pretty excited for the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro’s debut and, after using it as my daily phone for a week, I’m all the more sold by this device.

The first trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day landed today and features a cameo by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip foldable, but please don’t be like Peter Parker and put your foldable face down on rusty metal.

Remember Fuchsia? Google’s second OS project has faded into the background, but a neat project revives the “Armadillo” UI that first brought Fuchsia to public attention.

An error or outage of some kind at Spotify is causing users with paying accounts to hear ad breaks while also showing that their Premium accounts are on the “Free” plan.

Following the official end of the Galaxy Z TriFold, a new report claims that a sequel to the foldable could be coming next year, while a slideable phone is also in the works.

New data shows just how impactful AI has been to the web, with Google Search referrals falling off of a cliff while traffic from AI source links are next to nothing.

Wireless charging is very much moving in the direction of Qi2 and magnetic alignment, but Samsung stubbornly continues to avoid putting magnets inside of its phones, with the Galaxy S26 series forgoing this yet again. And, from the sound of it, that’s making the faster Qi2 25W wireless charging found on Galaxy S26 Ultra a tough thing to actually get working.