Brady is a tech journalist for Android Central, with a focus on news, phones, tablets, audio, wearables, and software. He has spent the last three years reporting and commenting on all things related to consumer technology for various publications. Brady graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. His work has been published in XDA, Android Police, Tech Advisor, iMore, Screen Rant, and Android Headlines. When he isn't experimenting with the latest tech, you can find Brady running or watching Big East basketball.
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Gemini Audio Gemini's voice-assisted features are getting smoother conversations, better function calling, and complex instruction following with a model update.

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Meta Neural Band Meta's bold plan to introduce virtual handwriting on its Ray-Ban Display glasses uses the Neural Band to pick up EMG signals in your wrist.

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Search with Live Google's AI Mode now supports a more natural-sounding voice that can be customized to speak faster or slower when you go live.

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Motion Assist Android's long-awaited answer to Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues is in the works, but it might require a new API that could be added in Android 17.

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Security fixes Samsung is bringing the December 2025 security patch to the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6, here's everything included and why you should update.

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Schedule send Google is changing the URL used to access Google Chat in order to speed up loading times, and it's adding a long-overdue feature too.

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Call recording Google Pixel phones have a built-in call recording feature that can automatically record calls or record individual calls. Here's how to use it.

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Google Home Google is quickly expanding the Gemini for Home early access program, so if you haven't signed up, you can do so now and get an invitation almost immediately.

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Emergency SOS Android is launching an Emergency Live Video feature that lets users securely stream their camera feed to first responders with a single tap.

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Meta prompting Should you prompt an AI model to generate prompt ideas for other AI models? That's exactly what a Google DeepMind engineer does, and here's why.

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Mixboard Mixboard is Google's experimental AI-powered idea and planning board. Now, it's leveraging Nano Banana Pro to turn your thoughts into rich visual presentations.

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Betting on Google OpenAI is old news — there are three things about Google's Gemini 3 rollout that have me convinced it can come out on top of the AI race.

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Qi2 battery Samsung has a new Qi2 accessory in the works that will prolong the battery life of your Galaxy phone — here's everything we know so far.

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Wrapped! Relive the top songs you listened to all year. Here's how to find your 2025 year-in-review playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

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Booming budget phones Apple's iPhone 16 series dominated the smartphone market in Q3 2025, but Samsung made a strong push in the midrange space.

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Free cash Google is settling a lawsuit over an alleged Google Play Store monopoly, and soon, you'll be able to cash in with an automatic settlement payment.

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New modes The newest Android Canary release suggests Google will add a "Transiting" mode to a future version of Android.

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AOD upgrades Google is bolstering the Pixel Watch's always-on display support to add timers, stopwatches, and media controls with Google Clock version 6.11.

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Coming soon Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold is launching very soon in one market, but release dates for other markets are less clear. Here's what you need to know.

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Delayed Meta's next-generation pair of mixed-reality glasses were originally tabbed to release in the second half of 2026, but they're now delated into 2027.

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On hold Nothing's Android 16 rollout has apparently hit a snag, with the company said to be working on an "urgent fix" for a problem with the Nothing OS 4 build.

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UI boost! Samsung's eagerly awaited One UI 8 Watch update, featuring Wear OS 6 enhancements, is set to launch for the Galaxy Watch 5 series.

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Pixel exclusive Google Pixels are some of the few Android phones to support USB webcam functionality by default, and that now works with the Nintendo Switch 2.
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