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If you’re a patient buyer, you can get a 256GB Galaxy S25 Ultra for a reasonable price, as one of 2025’s best flagship phones is down to just $799 in the latest Amazon discount.

Are smart glasses over? Samsung and Google better hope not, but neither are doing anything to change it. By •

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Samsung’s pivot toward a wider aspect ratio on the book-style foldable seems to be paying dividends, and the company might double down on that momentum next year. Driven by stronger-than-expected demand for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Samsung is reportedly testing two new hardware directions for its successor: a larger-screened “Plus” model and a more…

The RG 55G1 is a great cheap Android handheld for most people, but I’m playing the Nintendo DS Lite clone most of the time. By •

Smart TVs have raised privacy concerns for years, especially over how much information they collect about what we watch. Now, a reverse engineer has made some troubling allegations about Samsung’s smart TVs, including one suggesting that models without built-in microphones could potentially use microphones in connected devices to listen to their surroundings.

Google’s Pixel Recorder app debuted in 2019 as the best voice recorder app on Android, and we’ve seen plenty of Android OEMs launch their own recorder apps in the generative AI era. What if you want a voice recorder directly integrated into Gemini Notebook? Well, there’s good news.

Google is putting apps that want to add to or change your contacts under new scrutiny. By •

Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy M17. It brings the much-awaited One UI 9.0. Based on Android 17, it offers many new features, which we will discuss in a moment.

The global rollout schedule is still a bit of a mystery, but we at least know which Redmagic devices are getting the Redmagic OS 12 Android 17 upgrade.