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Microsoft is ditching its own password backup option for the Microsoft Authenticator app for Android and instead using Google One for that service.

Apple may have trademarked the art of making glass look exciting on phones, but Xiaomi clearly didn’t get the memo about keeping a safe distance. After borrowing a page from Apple’s design playbook with its translucent HyperOS 4 interface, the Chinese manufacturer is ready to put its latest software makeover in millions of hands. This…

Now that Samsung has begun rolling out the One UI 9.0 update to almost all eligible Galaxy phones and tablets, it is time for the company to release this month’s security maintenance update.

Samsung’s Android 17-based One UI 9 update is rolling out more widely and, with it, some apparent issues with Android Auto on some Galaxy phones.

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My Pixel 10 Pro XL still showed the October 5 security patch when I checked for updates on November 3. Image credit: Josh Kirschner/Techlicious

There’s no getting around it: New phones are expensive. Regardless of brand or platform, a brand-new phone is going to cost a pretty penny thanks to the global memory shortage and its subsequent price increases that have pushed the forecasted average smartphone price up to more than $580 in 2026, nearly 28 percent higher than…

Google is rolling out Android Auto 18.1 to the masses and, while there are no major changes, the update continues to work on upcoming changes.

Google is launching a new “Family Hub” feature in Android’s Settings menu and, while the rollout has yet to begin, we do have an early look at the feature.

Ever since mobile devices started getting smaller than a laptop, engineers have been tackling the difficult question of how we’re supposed to enter text. We’ve gone from tiny physical keyboards, to touchscreen keyboards, to gesture-based glide typing. On wearables, the situation’s even trickier, and it can feel like we’re stuck either using voice input or…