Shruti Shekar

Senior reporter

Shruti Shekar is Android Central's senior reporter and also the second Canadian on the team. She was born in India, brought up in Singapore, but now lives in Toronto and couldn't be happier. She started her journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa, Canada's capital, and then made her foray into tech journalism at MobileSyrup and most recently at Yahoo Finance Canada. When work isn't on her mind, she loves working out, reading thrillers, watching the Raptors, and planning what she's going to eat the next day.

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Latest articles by Shruti Shekar

FCC urges Google, Apple to remove TikTok app over national security concerns

By Shruti Shekar published 29 June 22

TikTok is under scrutiny again on whether or not it is taking data and feeding it to China. The FCC commissioner writes a letter to Apple's CEO Tim Cook and Google's CEO Sundar Pichai.

Twitter launches Notes, a direct competitor to Medium, Substack

By Shruti Shekar published 22 June 22

In a way to allow users to write long-form content, Twitter has launched Notes. The new feature released in select countries could change the way people are using Twitter.

A Roku-Netflix potential partnership makes the most sense in 2022

By Shruti Shekar published 21 June 22

Talks of a potential Roku-Netflix partnership has sparked discussion on why now and if it really will be beneficial to the growth of respective companies.

Google's hardware ecosystem has more of a shot at stealing Samsung customers than Apple

By Shruti Shekar published 7 June 22

Google's long-awaited cohesive hardware ecosystem has more of a chance of stealing Samsung customers to become a viable third option for users, experts say.

Battery stats on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

Samsung sued over a basic battery feature, could have implications for other Android OEMs

By Shruti Shekar published 3 June 22

A claim indicates Samsung has taken the technology that a Dutch company discovered that determines how much battery your phone has left.

Wear OS 3 was absent at Google I/O 2022, but that’s just fine

By Shruti Shekar published 25 May 22

Google barely spoke about Wear OS 3 at Google I/O this year, but there's a very good reason for that. Experts analyze why Google made the move to be quiet about the software.

The Google Wallet / Google Pay split is messy but might just work

By Shruti Shekar published 12 May 22

Google has yet again rebranded another one of its apps and analysts are split on whether this will confuse users or not.

Google Meet is going to make you look a whole lot better with more AI capabilities

By Shruti Shekar published 11 May 22

Google is trying to make your meetings better by incorporating AI. Here are all the things the company is doing.

Google stays mum on Pixel Watch leak despite past track record of quashing rumors

By Shruti Shekar published 28 April 22

Is this a good or bad thing?

Elon Musk to acquire Twitter for about $44 billion

By Shruti Shekar last updated 25 April 22

Twitter will now be owned by Elon Musk, who will take the company private. He bought the company for about $44 billion.

Google Pixel Watch: Exclusive leaked images seem to show Google's first smartwatch

By Shruti Shekar last updated 12 May 22

A Google Pixel Watch was reportedly found at a restaurant in the U.S., and Android Central got the images of what could be the company's first wearable.

Pixel 6 Pro with Spring blooms in the background

Apple could catapult Pixel Pass-like subscriptions, but consumers might pass on them

By Shruti Shekar published 21 April 22

Apple might come up with a smartphone hardware subscription model and it will get a whole bunch of companies to follow its lead. But it might not be fully successful in North America.

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share in dramatic takeover

By Shruti Shekar published 14 April 22

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share, stating that the platform has the "potential to be the platform for free speech."

Twitter acquires OpenBack to help make push notifications better

By Shruti Shekar published 13 April 22

Twitter has acquired OpenBack, a mobile platform that helps makes apps more engaging through device-side control of push notifications.

No OnePlus 10 phone yet, but here's why it likely hasn't been announced

By Shruti Shekar published 11 April 22

People still want a vanilla phone without Pro features

IFA 2022 to be an in-person event this September

By Shruti Shekar published 8 April 22

Germany's major trade show IFA will be this September and will be in person again. It will bring major announcements in the tech world.

Justice Department probe into Google Maps dominance gains traction

By Shruti Shekar published 31 March 22

The U.S. Justice Department has picked up speed in an investigation into Google's dominance with respect to its Maps software.

North American telecom companies killed the 'affordable flagship' category to get you to buy expensive phones

By Shruti Shekar published 28 March 22

Experts say that the way telecom companies have positioned premium handsets eliminates the need to have an affordable flagship category in North America.

You don't need mmWave 5G yet and neither do budget 5G phones

By Shruti Shekar last updated 22 March 22

Experts say that until there are more manufacturers producing mmWave antennas, it'll be a long way before we see a budget Android device have the 5G capabilities.

HBO Max and Discovery Plus to merge into one streaming service

By Shruti Shekar published 14 March 22

Discovery's CFO says Discovery+ and HBO Max are going to merge to become one service. We don't know when it will happen, but it will happen.

Google gives Samsung preferential treatment, here's why it should

By Shruti Shekar published 14 March 22

Samsung has the largest Android market and Google wants to take advantage of that to roll out new features

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Display Purple Wallpaper

Google to roll out Air Raid alerts to Ukrainians

By Shruti Shekar published 10 March 22

Google is going to roll out Air Raid alerts to those affected by the war in Ukraine. The feature was first spotted by XDA Developers.

TikTok and YouTube Shorts are heading in opposite directions, and that's a good thing

By Shruti Shekar last updated 7 March 22

Creators are going to have so many more options to make new content

Android 13's Developer Preview isn't really an iterative update, but it will be big

By Shruti Shekar last updated 21 February 22

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Camera Lenses Dusty

Samsung's S22 camera is taking advantage of a major demographic and that's a good thing

By Shruti Shekar last updated 14 February 22

Samsung launched the S22 and strongly pushed its camera features. Experts say that the company's marketing strategy is very different than that of Apple's and that's a good thing.

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