A bit later than usual - it generally sends out updates on the first Monday of each month - today Google has finally released its June update for Pixels. But this is no ordinary monthly update, it's the latest Feature Drop. These come out every three months, and while the rest of the company's monthly updates focus solely on patching security vulnerabilities and fixing bugs, these Feature Drops bring with them new features as well, just like the name implies. This time around, there are a load of novelties prepared by Google, both for the Pixel phones it still supports, as well as the...

A bit later than usual - it generally sends out updates on the first Monday of each month - today Google has finally released its June update for Pixels. But this is no ordinary monthly update, it's the latest Feature Drop. These come out every three months, and while the rest of the company's monthly updates focus solely on patching security vulnerabilities and fixing bugs, these Feature Drops bring with them new features as well, just like the name implies. This time around, there are a load of novelties prepared by Google, both for the Pixel phones it still supports, as well as the...

A new report sheds first light on the Google Pixel Watch 2, which is due in the Fall alongside the Pixel 8 series. Per this report, Google's second-gen smartwatch will make the move from Samsung's Exynos chipset to the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 generation. Whether it's the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 or the Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1, we're looking at a 4nm chip with four Cortex-A53 cores - a significant improvement to the Pixel Watch's 10nm Exynos 9110, which has just two Cortex-A53 cores. The W5+ has a special co-processor for a more efficient Always-On display and other features. The spec...

For the first time in a couple of months or so, Google's monthly Android update release is once again on time - it's the first Monday of the month, and the update seems to be going out already to supported Pixel phones. Not just that, but the May update is also available on the Pixel Watch. Let's start with the phones. Google releases big "Feature Drop" updates every three months, and the next one is due in June. As such, May's update doesn't bring any new features, just some fixes all over, including for a bug that occasionally caused lock screen UI elements to overlap with the home...

Yesterday we got detailed information about the Google Pixel Fold's announcement date and its release date, along with the pricing, and today a new report is out confirming some details and revealing others. The Pixel Fold, Google's first foldable smartphone, is, in this report, claimed to cost "upward of $1,700", which lines up nicely with the previously leaked price of $1,799. To sweeten that, Google will reportedly offer a free Pixel Watch to Pixel Fold buyers, in addition to a trade-in option. According to "internal documents and images", Google will say that the Pixel Fold has...

Google announced its first Feature Drop for 2023, which brings a bunch of new features to older Pixel phones as well as a fall detection for the Pixel Watch. The wearable can now automatically detect if you took a hard fall and will either connect to emergency services or send an automated message to request help. Of course, it will first prompt you to confirm if everything is alright. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro flagships now get faster Night Sight thanks to improved algorithms in the Google Tensor chipset. Both devices, alongside all other Pixel phones, gain erase background...