Shruti Shekar
Shruti Shekar is Android Central's Editor-in-Chief. She was born in India, brought up in Singapore, but now lives in Toronto. 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, watching the Raptors, and planning what she's going to eat the next day.
Latest articles by Shruti Shekar
You don't need mmWave 5G yet and neither do budget 5G phones
By Shruti Shekar last updated
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
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
Samsung has the largest Android market and Google wants to take advantage of that to roll out new features
Google to roll out Air Raid alerts to Ukrainians
By Shruti Shekar published
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
Creators are going to have so many more options to make new content
Samsung's S22 camera is taking advantage of a major demographic and that's a good thing
By Shruti Shekar last updated
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.
Comparison website PriceRunner sues Google for manipulating search results
By Shruti Shekar published
Comparison website PriceRunner sues Google for $2.4 billion claiming the company has manipulated search results and has harmed consumers.
Spotify's 'misinformation honeymoon' is over, the whip has been cracked
By Shruti Shekar published
Experts say Spotify misread the room around the Joe Rogan controversy, now the whip is being cracked and the misinformation honeymoon is over.
Wordle on Google Sheets? This guy made it happen and it's called Sheetle
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Everyone is playing Wordle, but the game is only available on your web browser. One creator made it on Google Sheets and you can play too.
Samsung might launch the S22 Ultra with less RAM, but that's okay
By Shruti Shekar published
Many rumors indicate that the S22 could launch with less RAM than the S21, but experts say there's a reason Samsung would potentially do this, and here's why.
India wants to create its own operating system to compete with Google
By Shruti Shekar published
The Indian government is considering making its own native operating system as a way to compete with Google and Apple.
Samsung isn't getting rid of Bixby any time soon, here's why
By Shruti Shekar published
A lot of people hate Samsung's Bixby and a few other proprietary apps. But maybe Samsung wouldn't be smart in deleting it, or maybe Samsung should be focusing on its good apps.
Why Google's iMessage equivalent isn't able to create a green bubble cult
By Shruti Shekar published
Experts weigh in on the Google/Apple RCS/iMessage drama adding that if Google really cared enough, they would stop complaining and create a unified messaging platform.
MWC 2022 is still scheduled to happen, despite Omicron concerns
By Shruti Shekar published
OnePlus 10 Pro China-first launch is perplexing but calculated, here's why
By Shruti Shekar published
Google and Android 13: Here's what analysts want in 2022
By Shruti Shekar published
There are so many things Google accomplished in 2021. But we'd like to know what analysts want from the company, its products, and OS in 2022. And they had a lot to say!
Amazon should learn from its recent AWS outage, but it would rather make affordable devices
By Shruti Shekar published
Experts say there need to be more offline controls given to users, but there are many reasons why companies just won't do it.
The time has come for Wear OS to shine, Google did something right with Samsung
By Shruti Shekar published
Here's how to avoid scams during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the 'El Dorado' for hackers
By Shruti Shekar last updated
The Pixel Fold wasn't sent to the grave because it isn't actually dead yet
By Shruti Shekar published
OnePlus, even joined with OPPO, will struggle to compete with Samsung: experts
By Shruti Shekar last updated
OnePlus is shaking things up and detailing more about its partnership with OPPO. But experts still don't think that the company will be able to beat Samsung in budget phones.