YouTube Premium’s main shortcoming is stopping me from subscribing

by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Features

Not a day goes by without YouTube urging me to subscribe to Premium. Whether barraging me with endless ads or taunting me with the lack of free downloads and background play support, Google believes it has a compelling case of pay-to-play. I’m not so sure. Even though...

This app takes my Nothing Phone’s Glyph lights to the next level

by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Features, Nothing, Nothing Phone 3

When Nothing first switched from its original Glyph Interface to the new Glyph Matrix on the Phone 3, I have to say I was underwhelmed. Sure, the LED-filled circle looks cool and promises a new way to interact with your phone, but I couldn’t shake the fact that it...

Did Google fix the Pixel 9’s lifeless photo colors on the Pixel 10? I’m shocked.

by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Features, Google Pixel 10, Google Pixel 9, Photography, Pixel Camera

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority What Google did to photo colors on its last few Pixel phones is criminal. There is no other way to say this, but the degradation in color quality and science was so palpable since the Pixel 6, culminating in the washed-out...

YouTube TV increased its price 9 months ago, but I still haven’t had to pay it. Here’s how

by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Features, YouTube TV

Almost exactly nine months ago, Google announced it was raising the price of YouTube TV, increasing it from $72.99 per month to $82.99/month. And for anyone who has been subscribed to YouTube TV for a while, you probably saw this coming. When YouTube TV initially...

Can Wear OS watches please adopt blood pressure monitoring now?

by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Apple Watch, Features, Google Wear OS, smartwatches, Wearables

When Apple drops a new health feature, the ripple effect is rarely subtle. The company’s latest announcement that hypertension notifications are coming to the Apple Watch lineup is one of those moments. For years, smartwatches have toyed with the promise of more...

Hey Google, let’s get rid of ads in Gmail

by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Features, Gmail, Google, Google Gemini, Google One, YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium

I hate ads. But I love Google. What a conundrum. We live in an online world that largely runs on ads, and I think it’s important to have this option so that products can continue to be used for free by the majority of the world. In fact, the free website you’re...