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Samsung has been hitting the AI drum hard with the Galaxy S24 series. Even if you don’t own a Galaxy device with the newest AI tools and features, Samsung still wants you to experience it on your phone with the Try Galaxy app, which is now available for Android.

Free users of Nvidia’s GeForce Now service will start noticing ads when they start up a cloud gaming session, the company has confirmed.

The Samsung Galaxy Ring is quickly on its way and new information keeps coming, including an official estimate on battery life.

Google is rolling out a new form factor switcher for screenshots and reviews on Play Store listings, while a second splash screen of sorts is appearing when launching the app.

Google has updated its Calendar app on the iPhone and iPad with a trio of convenient lockscreen widgets. 

Last May, Google integrated YouTube Kids into the main YouTube app on smart TVs. This will soon be the only way to access YouTube Kids on television.

As Google’s rebrand of Nearby Share continues, we’re now seeing Quick Share appear on Chromebooks.

Xiaomi has officially announced the Watch 2. The new wearable bears a striking resemblance to the Galaxy Watch series but differs in that it supposedly gets up to 65 hours of battery life on a single charge.

All of today’s best deals come headlined by a $200 discount on the Google Pixel 7. Right now, you can drop the 256GB model down to $499 alongside the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ at $520. There’s also this ongoing promotion on Razer’s Kishi V2 Android smartphone controller grip at $82. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

Launching for $299, the OnePlus Watch 2 has killer battery life and the long-awaited arrival of Wear OS for the brand, but the smartwatch will ditch a beloved feature by not supporting the ability to interact with Wear OS through a rotating button.

The OnePlus Watch 2 powered by Wear OS 4 touts “dramatically extended battery life of up to 100 hours of regular use with all functionalities accessible in Smart Mode.” This is due to the “substantially expanded” Wear OS hybrid interface, with Google touting how it has made “fundamental design changes to the platform” that improve performance and power.

The OnePlus Watch 2 has just officially launched as the brand’s first Wear OS smartwatch, and it’s got an interesting twist in the form of a secondary operating system that boosts battery life.

The Nothing Phone (2a) is set to be the company’s first venture into a budget-focused device. Nothing is setting its sights on a March launch date, further confirming it and the Phone (2a)’s design in a teaser post.

After a teaser earlier this year, Samsung is showing off the Galaxy Ring for the first time at MWC 2024. We were able to get a quick look at the upcoming health-focused wearable and pick up a few tidbits on the device.

A few months after debuting in China, Xiaomi has officially launched the Xiaomi 14 globally with prices starting at €999.

As announced at CES 2023, Google is rolling out support for Spotify Connect in the Android media switcher to improve the cross-devices experience.

At Mobile World Congress 2024, Google announced a handful of wearable and navigation-related updates, starting with public transit directions in Google Maps for Wear OS. 

As we previously spotted, Gemini is coming to Google Messages as a chatbot that helps you “draft messages, brainstorm ideas, plan events, or simply have a fun conversation.”

Google is opening up the Fitbit app and will show stats from Health Connect services. Announced at Mobile World Congress 2024, this is being pitched as providing a “more complete picture of your health.” 

At Mobile World Congress 2024, Qualcomm announced new connectivity offerings with the FastConnect 7900 and Snapdragon X80 5G, as well as the Qualcomm AI Hub.

Google is rolling out a Chromecast with Google TV 4K update that adds Fast Pair and a new Audio output switcher.