Google took the wraps off Material 3 Expressive – its updated design language for Android and Wear OS devices. It builds on the existing Material You design with even more personalization options, new animations, color, and improved fluidity. Material 3 Expressive is a big step for Android and Wear OS visual identity. On the Android side, Google is implementing new system animations that are “more natural” and “springy”. There’s haptic feedback when you remove notifications from the tray, switch between apps or toggle the volume slider. The most noticeable visual change is...

Realme split the GT and Neo series into two separate lineups, and as we are about to see the global launch of GT 7 - set for May 27. And today we learn it will soon be joined by a new Neo7. The company posted a teaser about a phone called Realme Neo7 Turbo on social media. It said it will offer "powerful performance" and be "the most powerful Neo in Realme's history." The teaser was posted on Chinese social networks, suggesting the Neo7 Turbo will debut in the company's home market. It's unclear if it will eventually roll to other markets and under what name. There is little...

Say hello to the nubia Z70S Ultra - an undeniably outrageous smartphone in almost every way. It's eye-catching for a few reasons - it has a huge 6.85-inch 144Hz display with razor-thin bezels all around - notice the lack of a selfie camera cutout - that's because the camera sits under the display (you can see it a bit further down). Around the back, the nubia Z70S Ultra sports a unique camera-centric look with a fake leatherette finish and an enormous main camera lens. The nubia Z70S Ultra has a familiar design Here's a macro peek at the 16MP f/2.0 front facing camera. Don't...

Huawei is set to announce its nova 14 series on May 19 at 2:30 PM Beijing time. The upcoming midrange phones will consist of at least three devices with a nova 14, nova 14 Pro and an Ultra model joining the ranks. Huawei nova 14 launch event posters Huawei shared an early look at the Nova 14 Ultra. The device was showcased in a teaser video. The teaser suggests it will feature a telephoto sensor, and based on previous speculation, it should offer a 12MP zoom sensor. The nova 14 series are expected to boot HarmonyOS Next out of the box. Huawei nova 14 Ultra The nova...

Honor India's Madhav Sheth is also in charge of the revival of the Alcatel brand, as we described yesterday. The brand will launch a bunch of new smartphones in the near future, one of which Sheth already teased - the V3 Ultra 5G. Now he's back with another teaser, this one much more mysterious. Clearly, it's a new smartphone, one that is imagined and built in India, and "made to move across borders, pockets and lives", Sheth says. We can't really tell if this is also the V3 Ultra 5G or another device - perhaps a 'vanilla' non-Ultra V3? Either way, it will have the NxtQuantum OS...

Lava launched the 4G-only Shark back in March, and released it in April. Now, the company is seemingly working on a 5G-capable model, aptly named the Shark 5G. Two marketing renders for this device have been leaked today, showing it in two colorways as you can see below. The Shark 5G will come in blue and gold, just like the 4G model. With the 5G iteration, you'll also get "5G" branding on the rear alongside the Lava wordmark. Lava Shark 5G leaked renders The 5G variant has two cameras on the rear (vs. one for the 4G device) and a circular design for the LED flash array. The...

Lava launched the 4G-only Shark back in March, and released it in April. Now, the company is seemingly working on a 5G-capable model, aptly named the Shark 5G. Two marketing renders for this device have been leaked today, showing it in two colorways as you can see below. The Shark 5G will come in blue and gold, just like the 4G model. With the 5G iteration, you'll also get "5G" branding on the rear alongside the Lava wordmark. Lava Shark 5G leaked renders The 5G variant has two cameras on the rear (vs. one for the 4G device) and a circular design for the LED flash array. The...

Earlier today, Meizu launched the Note 16 series, but it's also working on something much more interesting - a small-screen flagship smartphone. This will be called Meizu 22 and will be unveiled in "mid-summer", according to the company itself, which teased the upcoming device during its launch event for the Note 16 devices. The Meizu 22 will be AI-infused, unsurprisingly, and it will be 71mm wide. Meizu says that for the 22 it has invested in imaging capabilities without any cap, aiming to make it into a true powerhouse in this area. The 22 is likely to be joined by at least one...

One of the biggest new features in Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15 is the Now Bar with the Now Brief, and in the upcoming One UI 8 based on Android 16 this may be getting a very interesting upgrade. According to a teardown of the One UI 8 firmware, you'll be able to listen to your Now Brief too, not just read it. This will be called Listen Brief, naturally. Listen Brief code snippets in One UI 8 Now Brief offers a summary of your morning, afternoon, and evening, including weather, calendar events, traffic updates, and news. And with Listen Brief, you'll get all that...

Today, Nothing has announced a long-term strategic partnership with iconic British audio pioneer KEF "to usher the company's next chapter in sound". The collaboration brings together KEF's six decades of Hi-Fi audio expertise with Nothing's design-led approach to technology. Expect this to result in Nothing expanding into new audio categories, and several acoustically co-developed products are already in the works and launching later this year. Remember those Nothing headphones that were rumored in February? KEF might have something to do with them. At least we hope so. But the...