Survey reveals just how many of you are (and aren’t) paying for Google One

by dbadmin | Apr 29, 2025 | Cloud, Google, Google Drive, Google One, Google Photos, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google offers 15GB of free cloud storage, which must be shared between Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, and other Google services. Otherwise, you’ll need to splash out for cloud storage via the company’s Google One...

To pinch or not: Survey reveals how people use camera zoom

by dbadmin | Apr 23, 2025 | Camera, News, Photography, Polls, smartphones, Survey Results

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to the periscope zoom camera....

Has your Pixel 9 gotten worse at recording video recently?

by dbadmin | Apr 22, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 9, News, Polls

Owners of Pixel 9 family phones report stuttering and tearing video recorded from their cameras. The issues seem to manifest when recording while zoomed in. It’s possible a recent software update may be responsible Across the world of smartphones, the landscape is...

Survey shows Pixel 9a’s risky redesign has fans (mostly) on board

by dbadmin | Apr 15, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 8a, Google Pixel 9a, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google took a small risk with the Pixel 9a design. In an age when the next generation of an Android phone can often look like a carbon copy of its predecessor, there’s always something refreshing about seeing a significant...

How do you like One UI 7 so far?

by dbadmin | Apr 14, 2025 | News, Polls, Samsung, Samsung One UI

It’s been a long wait (arguably too long), but for owners of last year’s flagship Samsung Galaxy smartphones, the company’s latest big platform update, the Android 15-based One UI 7, is finally becoming available. After months and months of beta testing, Samsung got...

Poll: Do you only zoom to your camera’s preset levels or do you zoom freely?

by dbadmin | Apr 12, 2025 | Camera, News, Photography, Polls, Survey

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Many Android phones today offer a few preset zoom levels in the camera app, and you’ll often find 0.6x (or 0.5x), 1x, and 2x options at the very least. Some phones also offer telephoto cameras for even more robust zoom...