For anyone who has a ton of Best Buy gift cards laying around or maybe you have one of those sweet My Best Buy memberships, the retailer has an instant $200 off deal currently for the Galaxy S24 Ultra. At an instant $200 off, that brings the price for Samsung’s best phone to just $1,099. If that’s still a bit too much, you can always tack on a trade-in device, with Best Buy’s values not bad at all. You can easily get $500+ on newer Samsung trade-ins, so it’s always worth consideration. As for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, it’s the phone I use daily. The battery life is phenomenal, performance is stell ..read more

Even with Android 15 entering public beta, there are still things Google are working on behind the scenes. One of the features still getting cooked up is the ability to force dark mode in all of your apps, regardless of whether have a native dark mode or not. Thanks to Mishaal Rahman, we have a preview of how this feature works, and for the most part, it’s looking like a great alternative to dealing with apps that refuse to introduce a native dark theme — we’re looking at you Amazon. Once made available, suspected to be when the next Android 15 beta releases around Google I/O, users will find ..read more

We’re only a few more weeks away from Google I/O and the assumed day that Google will make the Pixel 8a and all of its details official. Given that’s the case, it’s no surprise that marketing materials, such as renders of the device and product feature descriptions are headed out to online retailers. These materials then get spotted by eagle-eyed people and subsequently shared with the world. This time around, we have fresh renders to look at, confirming we can expect four colors available at launch — Mint, Porcelain, Obsidian, and Bay. They look good, don’t they? Features and specs: In addit ..read more

Fresh of its price increases from a month ago for its best (and no-longer-available) unlimited plans, Verizon announced that it is going to increase the price of its smartwatch plans starting in June. Notices went out yesterday afternoon, telling customers that they will soon pay more for a cellular connection to a watch that is almost useless outside of the few times you leave your phone somewhere else. Verizon’s email can be seen below, because well, I got one of them. Verizon states that “Your Verizon bill is changing” and that the “cost of your Smartwatch plan will increase soon.” The reas ..read more

Samsung’s next Unpacked event is sure to be a big one. The list of device’s we should see announced is lengthy, highlighted by the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6, Galaxy Watch 7 lineup, as well as the Galaxy Ring. Because of this, all information pertaining to the event, official or not, is worth sharing. According to multiple sources of SamMobile, Samsung has scheduled the date for Unpacked to be Wednesday, July 10. This info backs up what was reported back in February. The event’s location is reported to be Paris, France, which is fitting as that’s where this year’s Summer Olympics are set to ..read more

Google I/O 2024 is scheduled for a May 14 start, so to get us all ready, Google has posted the schedule of events. If you are a developer or just an Android/Google ecosystem nerd, you might want to pay attention. My understanding of I/O 2024 is that Google is going to show two live keynotes (Google Keynote and Developer Keynote) on May 14 for all to see. These are the big keynotes where we often hear about new OS versions and their headline features from the biggest names at Google. There are years where we get hardware announcements and teases too, so these day 1 keynotes will be worth tuning ..read more

It has been only 3 days since we shared news of Android 15 Beta 1.1’s arrival and we’re already back to tell you about yet another update. Google just released Android 15 Beta 1.2 as another small update that aims to fix a handful of bugs, all of which must be a big enough deal to warrant an update this fast. Android 15 Beta 1.2 Build Info: The new build to be on the lookout for is AP31.240322.027 and it is available to the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, and Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. Google has already posted factory image and OTA files if you feel ..read more

Google continues its push to bring all of its services’ Reminders feature under one roof over at Google Tasks. This week, it’s Google Keep users that need to be made aware of what’s taking place. As announced, over the next year, Google Keep will have its Reminders automatically saved over to Tasks. This move allows Tasks users to see and edit all of their various reminders from things like Keep, Calendar, Gmail, and Assistant. This is Google’s way of trying to help users, just to be clear. Again, Google says this change will begin taking place over the next year and your Google Keep app shou ..read more

Google announced the Pixel Tablet almost a year ago to the date, only to then release it in June at a starting price of $499. That starting price included Google’s weird docking station for the tablet, a docking station severely lacking in features and that most of us would have skipped if Google allowed us to. Unfortunately, the only way to buy the original Pixel Tablet was to get the version with the dock. For 2024, it appears that Google is going to give us the choice to skip the dock, while also making a couple of important accessories available. The first report of a stand-alone Pixel Tab ..read more

Is there an Android game that has you addicted? Are you one of the millions of people who can’t stop thinking about AFK Journey? You may be entitled to compensation. Just kidding, there is no hope. But seriously, there have been a number of Android games over the years that you can’t help but play the life out of. Both of the Alto’s titles were like that for me, as well as Granny Smith. The question we have for you today is, what Android game(s) are you currently addicted to? We ask because not only are we interested, but maybe we’re looking for fun games we can play ourselves. Game discovery ..read more