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...

I’d given up on Samsung’s foldables, but the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 give me faith

by dbadmin | Aug 11, 2025 | Features, Foldable Phones, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

I thought Samsung’s foldables were dead in the water. Leading up to Unpacked, I had almost nothing to be excited about with the Galaxy Z Flip 7 or Z Fold 7, because I assumed they’d be more of the same. After all, that’s mostly what Samsung has done in the last few...

This $10 watch band made my Galaxy Watch 8 Classic so much better

by dbadmin | Aug 11, 2025 | Features, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch 8

I’ve been wearing the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic for a little over two weeks (my review is coming soon), and my experience with the smartwatch has been great so far. The Watch 8 Classic looks fantastic, it’s loaded to the brim with health features, and the...