After a devastating ban in 2019, Huawei has officially moved on from Android with “HarmonyOS Next,” a platform which no longer supports Android app, which launches on the company’s latest smartphones.

It’s that time of year when people might be looking to upgrade their phones. In 2024, we had 5 brand new Google Pixel phones to contend with—plus the previous generations sticking around—but how do you decide which is right for you? Here’s everything you need to know.

Google Maps recently launched a major update for incident reporting, but it’s now rolling out a slight change that marks the location of police activity rather than speed traps.

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra is on its way, but surfacing early in a new video leak that shows off how drastically the design is changing.

Projectors have taken on such a small form factor that portable, all-in-one units have been dominating the market. TCL just announced its latest 1080p option, the A1.

Truly wireless earbuds are basically a commodity at this point. You can find options at any price point that sound decent and work well enough. But many of those don’t last, or have some random, deal-breaking flaw. Finding the “right” pair has often ended up costing hundreds of dollars, and even then, there can still be big problems at play. Over the past few months, though, I’ve been using the earbuds that have cracked the formula – Nothing Ear, Ear (a), and Ear (open) – and I don’t think there’s any point in searching further when these exist.

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.

About a year after the last update, Fossil Gen 6 watches are getting a new Wear OS patch. Fossil announced this January that it was done making Wear OS (and hybrid) smartwatches.

Home cinema has taken a massive step up in the last couple of years with the introduction of easy-to-use operating systems, making the setup so much more user-friendly. Yaber is currently hosting a Black Friday sale that brings its top-of-the-line projectors down to fantastic prices.

The Google Drive file picker found in Gmail, Chat and other Workspace apps is getting a redesign on Android.

Google has introduced a new feature on iOS that injects links on third-party websites that take users back to Google Search.

After introducing on Android and iOS in August, Google Photos on the web is now replacing the Library with “Collections.” 

Google’s next wearable release is Wear OS 5.1 based on Android 15, with a developer preview already available.

As OnePlus rolls out its Android 15 update surprisingly quickly, the brand is now rolling out the update to its foldable, the OnePlus Open, but you’ll need to wait a bit longer for other regions.

Pixel Camera 9.6 started rolling out in mid-October with a handful of additions introduced with that month’s Feature Drop. This version should now be more widely available via the Google Play Store.

Google TV is picking up some new free channels and additional integrations from an unlikely place… The Roku Channel.