I tested Preferred Sources, and it’s one of the best Google Search features in years

by dbadmin | Aug 13, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Search

When we talk about Google Search in 2025, it’s usually not for a good reason. AI Overviews are more prevalent than ever, despite still not being particularly good. Google widely rolled out (the very flawed) AI Mode to users in May, and the traditional Google Search...

7 things the Galaxy S26 Pro needs to be my next Android phone

by dbadmin | Aug 12, 2025 | Features, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S26

Samsung’s phone lineup hasn’t changed much since 2020, when the Galaxy S20 series set the precedent of a base, Plus, and Ultra model every year. There have been some additions, such as the more budget-friendly FE variants or this year’s thinner Galaxy S25 Edge, but by...

I hate Google Search’s AI overviews, so I replaced them with Brave

by dbadmin | Aug 12, 2025 | AI, Features, Google, Google Search

A few months ago, I switched from Google to Brave on my Android phone. While I initially did this to force dark mode on my mobile browser and remove ads, I discovered plenty of benefits to using Brave over Chrome. One of these is access to Brave’s search engine, which...

As a Pixel Watch fan, here are the 3 reasons I’m excited about the Pixel Watch 4

by dbadmin | Aug 12, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel Watch 3, Google Pixel Watch 4

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority I’ve been a Google Pixel Watch user and fan since the original launched in 2022. I wore it every day — except when I was charging it — and then upgraded to the Pixel Watch 2 and later to the 45mm Pixel Watch 3. In the last...

Even with three cameras, the Pixel 10 isn’t the Pixel phone I want

by dbadmin | Aug 12, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 10

Thanks to Google’s nonchalance about early announcements, we’ve already seen how the new Pixel 10 series is going to look. The biggest upgrade by far is coming to the base model, which is, for the first time, getting a third camera lens on the back. It’s such a big...

Just because I like Pixels doesn’t mean I hate Samsung

by dbadmin | Aug 11, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy

It’s one of the oldest rivalries in the consumer world: Coke vs Pepsi. If I told you I prefer Coke, would you then assume I hate Pepsi? Any sane person would answer “no” to that question. “It’s just a preference,” they’d say. For some reason, though, that same logic...