by dbadmin | Feb 18, 2025 | Features, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy AI
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority When Samsung announced the Galaxy S25 series a few short weeks ago, the company unsurprisingly placed a heavy emphasis on AI. Unlike prior generations, however, Galaxy AI’s latest iteration is getting a personalized spin that...
by dbadmin | Feb 18, 2025 | Android Launchers, Features, Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 8
When I get a new phone, more often than not, I’ll jump right into installing my favorite third-party apps. So, when the Google Pixel 8 landed at my door, you best believe I wanted to shove a new launcher on it as soon as possible. But, as this year is about breaking...
by dbadmin | Feb 18, 2025 | Features, How-to's, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S25, Samsung One UI
I like a lot of what Samsung has done with Android 15. It’s added several helpful wrinkles to One UI 7, like an alphabetized, vertical-scrolling app drawer, customizable widgets, and a Now Bar that draws out the best of Apple’s Dynamic Island without sitting quite as...
by dbadmin | Feb 17, 2025 | Android, Features
Old habits die hard, and this is especially true for me. I tweak a few items on every Android smartphone I’ve ever owned, including quickening the default animation duration and speed and permanently activating dark mode. But one little setting I’ve changed...
by dbadmin | Feb 16, 2025 | Features, smartphones
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority When Google launched the latest Pixel series last year, there was a murmur of excitement around the smartphones’ names. Google had revived the XL moniker for the Pixel 9 Pro XL, a suffix not seen since the Pixel 4 lineup. The...
by dbadmin | Feb 16, 2025 | Features, Foldable Phones, OnePlus, OnePlus Open 2
Heading into 2025, the OnePlus Open 2 was one of my most anticipated new phones. The first OnePlus Open was a massive hit, and rumors of its successor painted a promising picture. If OnePlus’s first folding phone was so good, imagine what the company could do with its...