Shruti Shekar

Shruti Shekar

Managing Editor

Shruti Shekar is Android Central's managing editor. 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.

Latest articles by Shruti Shekar

A photo of the blog post about Google Bard

Google's Bard AI chatbot now open to the public

By Shruti Shekar published

Google's Bard AI chatbot is now available to the public. The software will be used to help "people boost their productivity, accelerate their ideas, and to fuel their curiosity."

Alphabet Results Numbers

Google misses slightly in revenue as it's faced with AI competition, job losses, antitrust lawsuit

By Shruti Shekar published

Google's parent company reports Q4 2022 earnings missing analyst expectations.

Galaxy Unpacked

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 live: everything we know about the Galaxy S23 and Ultra models

By Shruti Shekar last updated

Android Central is going to live blog the Samsung Unpacked event. So stay a while, catch up, and learn about what could get launched and what will get launched.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Alphabet, Google's parent company cuts 12,000 jobs

By Shruti Shekar published

Google cuts 12,000 jobs to tighten "its belt, reflecting a new period of more disciplined and efficient spending."

Google search battling it out with Microsoft Bing

ChatGPT could help Google more than Microsoft, ironically

By Shruti Shekar published

Analysts examine what it would mean if Microsoft decides to integrate ChatGPT with Bing and if that will create true competition with Google.

iPhone 14 Pro against Android devices

'Twitter for iPhone' vs. 'Twitter for Android' stop chastising people for it, here's why

By Shruti Shekar published

The phone you use shouldn't determine the level of intelligence you have for an industry. But maybe certain jobs should be careful what phone they're tweeting from.

Google Pixel Watch colors at the hands-on

The Pixel Watch just might make me ditch my Apple Watch

By Shruti Shekar published

Regardless of how it functions, AC managing editor Shruti Shekar is warm for the form of Google's new Pixel Watch.

Google's Fall 2022 event

Google Pixel event 2022 live blog: Pixel Watch, Pixel 7, and Pixel Tablet

By Shruti Shekar last updated

Google showed off its new Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 phones, and Pixel Tablet in great detail and we've got the latest info you need to know about them.

grass is always greener on the other side

Apple doesn't try to compete with Android OEMs, and that's why it's far more successful

By Shruti Shekar published

The Watch Series 8 might be doing things Android smartwatches have already done, but Apple tries to do it better.

College IDs sitting next to an Android phone with the Google Wallet app logo

Google and Apple are paving the way with digital wallets, even if some places are slow to catch up

By Shruti Shekar published

Regardless of how you pay now, digital payments are going to become ubiquitous.

Google Wallet

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

By Shruti Shekar last updated

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

The Galaxy Z Flip 4 Bora Purple in flex mode on a table next to a shiny geode

Forget Galaxy S vs. Note, Samsung's future is Flip vs. Fold

By Shruti Shekar published

There are many reasons why the Galaxy Flip 4 is going to outsell the Fold 4, and analysts can tell you why.

unpacked 2022

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2022 live blog: Z Fold 4, Flip 4, Watch 5 are here and we have all the info

By Shruti Shekar last updated

Android Central is going to live blog the Samsung Unpacked event. So stay a while, catch up, learn about what has launched.

Twitter logo on a mobile device

Twitter Q2 2022 earnings show another increase in daily active users amid Elon Musk takeover deal

By Shruti Shekar last updated

As Twitter deals with its takeover deal with Elon Musk, it reports its Q2 2022 earnings.

TikTok playing video of a squirrel

Time is ticking for Google to catch up to TikTok

By Shruti Shekar published

Google says it's losing Gen Z to rivals like TikTok and Instagram when it comes to search. So maybe Google needs to figure out how to improve search for its consumers.

Galaxy S21 FE 5G

If Samsung launches a Galaxy S22 FE, it should do it sooner rather than later

By Shruti Shekar published

Samsung is rumored to cancel the Galaxy S22 FE phone, but does that mean it will cancel the entire line of devices? Experts weigh in.

Verizon

Verizon introduces new Welcome Unlimited phone plan

By Shruti Shekar last updated

Verizon has introduced its new Welcome Unlimited plan for $30 per line per month for four lines, with auto-pay.

Twitter logo on a Pixel 4 XL

Twitter sues Elon Musk for violating $44-billion deal

By Shruti Shekar published

Twitter has sued Elon Musk for violating the deal to buy the social media company.

Elon Musk at the TED2022 conference

Elon Musk terminates deal to buy Twitter

By Shruti Shekar published

Looks like Elon Musk is looking to terminate his agreement with Twitter, citing the social media platform's inability to provide accurate data on bot accounts.

Tiktok On Fire Tv

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

By Shruti Shekar published

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 Logo Coffee Keyboard

Twitter launches Notes, a direct competitor to Medium, Substack

By Shruti Shekar published

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.

Roku TV in living room

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

By Shruti Shekar published

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.

Rick Osterloh on stage Google I/O 2022

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

By Shruti Shekar published

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

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

Google Pixel Watch lifestyle render

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

By Shruti Shekar published

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.

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