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The most important court case you've never heard of is set to happen in the UK
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
Android & Chill Apple is challenging the U.K. government over the right to keep your data yours alone.

Google Messages will soon use color to differentiate RCS and SMS, MMS users
By Brady Snyder published
Color coded Google Messages will use tags and colors to differentiate SMS, MMS, and RCS users before you send a message in a future update.

Samsung Wallet preps US users for a 'Buy now, Pay later' Early Access Program
By Nickolas Diaz published
Payment made convenient Samsung started informing users of a "buy now, pay later" test in the U.S.

The Apple Maps web client beta now runs on Android phone browsers
By Brady Snyder published
Easy access Apple Maps may be the next Apple service to work on Android, at least partially. The web client now works on mobile browsers.

Best Wear OS watch 2025
By Michael L Hicks last updated
Wear this If you want a feature-packed and stylish Wear OS watch, you have plenty of options from manufacturers such as Samsung, Google, Mobvoi, and more.

The Wear OS 5.1 update mess has me annoyed and looking for solutions
By Michael L Hicks published
Wear OS Weekly It's frustrating to be told to expect a major Wear OS update, wait weeks, then find out you were never going to receive it.

When will my phone get Android 16?
By Harish Jonnalagadda last updated
The wait begins The public builds of Android 16 are now available, so here's when your phone will make the switch to the next version of Android.

Google's Veo 2 becomes widely available as it teases Gemini 2.5 Flash
By Brady Snyder published
Rolling out At Google Cloud Next, the company previewed the next Gemini 2.5 Flash model and announced that Veo 2 is now widely available.
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