We asked, you told us: Most of you prefer monochrome themes over color

by dbadmin | Nov 13, 2023 | Android, Android Customization, Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Colleague Rita El-Khoury used the Nothing Phone 2 and came away feeling that monochrome themes aren’t actually boring.

You told us: You’ll keep trying to block ads after YouTube crackdown

by dbadmin | Nov 6, 2023 | Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys, YouTube

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube started testing a three-strikes policy for people using ad blockers earlier this year. The company broadly rolled out this policy late last month, effectively barring viewers from using ad blockers. That got us...

We asked, you told us: You’ll miss the Pixel’s Photo Sphere Mode

by dbadmin | Oct 17, 2023 | Google Pixel, Google Pixel 8, Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google recently launched the Pixel 8 phones and we discovered that the long-running Photo Sphere Mode was missing from these devices. It wasn’t the most important camera mode in the world, but it was still a nifty feature that...

You told us: Most of you don’t care that the Pixel 8 lacks ray tracing

by dbadmin | Oct 16, 2023 | Google Pixel, Google Pixel 8, Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Google Pixel 8 series has arrived, and we recently discovered that the phones lacked hardware-accelerated ray-tracing. This discovery came after our earlier leak pointed to ray-tracing support. That got us wondering whether...

You told us: Many non-US readers think the Pixel 8 phones are overpriced

by dbadmin | Oct 9, 2023 | Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 8, Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google launched the Pixel 8 series phones last week, and we’re seeing price hikes across the board. The US is seeing a $100 price hike for both phones, taking them to $699 and $999 respectively. However, it turns out that...

You told us: You’re not sure about buying a watch that can’t be repaired

by dbadmin | Oct 4, 2023 | Google, Google Pixel Watch, Google Pixel Watch 2, Poll results, smartwatches, Survey Results, Surveys

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Google Pixel Watch is certainly one of the better Wear OS watches out there, but it has one glaring hardware issue. The smartwatch can’t actually be repaired, leaving you in the lurch or forcing you to buy a new watch....