C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is apparently thinking about a variable aperture for the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s main camera. The company first offered this feature on the Galaxy S9 series but dropped it with the Galaxy S20 range. A variable aperture would allow for greater control over focusing, light capture, and depth-of-field … Read more
Built different I really like Nubia’s Z70 Ultra because of the design; the phone is blocky and is one of the largest and heaviest devices around, but it somehow works to its advantage. There’s also the fact that you don’t get a visible cutout at the front, and that makes it immersive like no other … Read more
MediaTek has announced its Dimensity Developer Conference taking place on April 11, just as Digital Chat Station anticipated last week. While the company has refrained from mentioning the much-rumored Dimensity 9400+ chipset in its announcement, it’s pretty clear that it will be unveiled on that occasion. That’s because MediaTek says a flagship 5G AI chipset … Read more
As expected, Google is now releasing the third beta of Android 16. With it comes the Platform Stability milestone, and after this there should only be one additional beta release, meant to fix bugs and resolve any outstanding issues. That one will arrive in April, according to Google’s timeline which you can see below. The … Read more
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published its final report pertaining to its investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming. It finds that “competition between different mobile browsers is not working well, and this is holding back innovation in the UK”, according to Margot Daly, Chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group. … Read more
What you need to know Meta seems to be testing out Community Notes for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. With this, it looks to create a more unbiased space for people to share varied perspectives on their platform. As this feature is still being tested, it won’t show up on the apps as yet. Meta seems … Read more
What you need to know Google is said to be testing a new UI for incoming calls on its phone app. An APK deep dive reveals that it might be ditching the usual swiping up and down mechanism to answer voice calls. The new UI looks a lot like how older versions of accepting calls, … Read more
Not long ago a teardown of the Google app revealed an upcoming Gemini model that would use your search history to personalize its output. And today Google has made this official. The new model is called Gemini with personalization, or just “Personalization” in the drop-down model selector in Gemini. It’s labeled “experimental” as you’d expect, … Read more
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak suggests that some Pixel 9a buyers will receive a free Google TV Streamer when purchasing through select Google partners. The promo is expected to be available in Europe, but there is no confirmation on whether a similar offer will be available in the US. Google is … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR US Mobile markets its End Game Dark Star promotion as having unlimited data, and yet at least one user saw their service shut off after using 281GB over the course of the month. US Mobile previously ran into controversy over this plan when it retroactively changed its unlimited hotspot … Read more