This AI tool replaced a bunch of apps I used daily
Rahul Naskar May 8, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
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Do we really need annual Android upgrades?
We've accepted that yearly updates are normal in the smartphone space. We get a new entry in each smartphone range, and major operating system updates, too. They keep the mill churning, keep putting out new features, new upgrades, new reasons to buy, more reasons for stock prices to go up. What do we get? New stuff. It seems like a good bargain. Except it isn't working. Companies are running out of steam. Even worse, there were signs this would be the case from the very beginning. From the start, very few smartphone ranges changed every year. The tick-tock model meant we got a phone with minim
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Android Auto's new swipe control makes switching music apps safer and faster
…Under the new update, you'd simply be able to swipe the Spotify card to get back to Audible again. Any app that's featured as a media player tile should be…
Nobody does this underrated Android feature better than Samsung
Rahul Naskar Mar 19, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
The mind-mapping app that finally organized my chaotic thoughts
Rahul Naskar Apr 18, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
Android 17 will protect you from apps that deceptively gain accessibility permissions
…This may also impact some features of your favorite launcher apps , or practically any app that isn't categorized as an accessibility app, but requires those permissions to deliver certain features. It…
This new Pixel icon feature is exactly what I wanted, but it's fundamentally broken
…March's Pixel Feature Drop was especially good, bringing updates to Now Playing , Circle to Search, and app icons. It's the app icon upgrade that caught my eye when reading the…
Samsung Wallet adds a travel feature you can’t ignore on your next trip
Rahul Naskar Apr 27, 2026, 1:40 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
Google and Samsung are improving Android's most useful feature
…Instead, a future Pixel Feature Drop could serve as the update's vessel. Android's upcoming home screen organizer feature, discovered in the same update, may also arrive in a similar way…
The underdog maps app that's actually better than Google Maps
Rahul Naskar Apr 27, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…