That contact list on your phone is a goldmine of private data. It is full of names, birthdays, addresses, and more. Until now, if an app wanted to interact with your address book, you faced an annoying “all-or-nothing” choice: grant full access to every contact or deny access completely. Apps that only needed one or two phone numbers often ended up with a key to your entire digital rolodex. Well, it seems that Google will fix this privacy flaw on Android 17 by introducing a dedicated Contacts Picker tool....

Material 3 Expressive redesign introduced a bold new look to Android , with changes to the status bar, Quick Settings, lock screen, and notifications. Additionally, there are various minor tweaks to other parts of the UI, including some subtle changes to the volume slider. The bar is now less rounded, and there’s a slight bounce effect when the volume hits the top or bottom. However, it appears that the changes don’t stop here, as Android Authority has spotted that Google is working on a new Android volume slider layout, which resembles iOS....

Image transformation tools aren’t new. They’ve been around for a while now, but it looks like Google is giving it an AI upgrade with the relaunch of Androidify . The company has announced that it is relaunching the app, except now it has been given an AI twist powered by none other than Gemini. Google brings back Androidify with AI twist For those unfamiliar, Androidify is an Android app that allowed users to create personalized Android bot avatars....

Apple’s fight against the EU over the DMA (Digital Markets Act) is seeing a major development. It has opened its legal battle on the DMA , where it’s telling the EU’s second-highest court that the new competition regime unlawfully mandates changes to the App Store, iMessage, and iPhone. Apple delivered its argument before the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg. This comes after a recent report that said the company may settle....

Siri has been part of our daily lives for a long time, but let’s be honest, it hasn’t always kept up. Direct rivals have launched powerful new AI assistants that can generate text, summarize information, and understand complex, multi-step commands. Meanwhile, Siri has remained mostly the same. This is all about to change, and Apple ‘s solution for a really smart Siri might come from an unexpected place: Google’s Gemini AI....

Finding a quality pair of budget earbuds shouldn’t be a chore that you have to trudge your way through, but most buying guides don’t offer enough help to do the heavy lifting. They simply end up mirroring the same products as each other and leave it at that. So, you end up trudging your way through anyway. We wanted to do better and offer up what we believe is the most comprehensive and useful budget earbud guide that you’ll lay eyes on this year....

Keeping your devices powered while on the road is a necessity, not a luxury. Whether you are navigating with GPS, streaming music, or simply need to top up before a meeting, a slow or unreliable car charger can be a major frustration. The modern market has moved far beyond the cheap plastic adapters of the past. Today, we have compact, high-powered devices capable of charging laptops and phones simultaneously at breakneck speeds....

Plenty of compelling products have been announced at this year’s IFA , and that includes the Luna Ring 2.0 . This is the company’s new smart ring , and it’s also on the receiving end of one of our IFA 2025 awards . The new version of Luna Ring actually comes with the company’s new operating system and a number of improvements, which made it stand out at the trade show in Berlin....

Now that T-Mobile has completed its acquisition of Sprint and US Cellular, things are a bit quiet on the carrier front. We haven’t heard any rumblings of another carrier looking to buy another carrier out. However, it seems that if anyone were to buy a carrier, it would be Elon Musk, who is open to the idea of buying out Verizon . Elon Musk willing to buy Verizon Musk recently appeared on the All-In podcast , where he spoke about SpaceX acquiring EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses ....

MediaTek’s next-gen flagship smartphone processor, the Dimensity 9500, has been the subject of a lot of headlines lately. Geekbench already leaked the purported performance scores of the new SoC a couple of months ago. Just last week, a gadget leaker revealed some details about the graphics processing power of the upcoming MediaTek SoC. A reliable tipster from China has now shared the alleged launch date of the Dimensity 9500 chip ....

The European Commission has accused TikTok and Meta of breaching the EU’s strict transparency laws under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The authority claims that the two popular social media platforms have made it difficult for researchers to access public data and for users to report illegal content or challenge moderation decisions. Both companies are hereby taken into legal custody. TikTok and Meta face EU scrutiny for transparency breach As per the commission’s preliminary review, TikTok and Meta have imposed complicated steps that hinder the researchers from studying how their respective platforms operate....

About an hour ago, we published official Samsung Galaxy A57 renders . Well, we’re back with yet another exclusive. This time around, we are showing you the design of the Samsung Galaxy A37, the Galaxy A57’s sibling. And yes, we’re once again focusing on the official renders of the device. The Samsung Galaxy A37 design gets shown for the first time If you take a look at the gallery below, you’ll see the two images we have to share, and they’re both showing a lavender color of the phone (we’re not sure what the official name for that color is)....

Frndly TV has emerged as a newcomer in the bustling world of live TV streaming, boasting an incredibly affordable price point that might make you do a double-take. With plans starting at a mere $6.99 per month for access to 40 channels, it’s easy to wonder: What’s the catch? After all, many other live TV streaming services command upwards of $65 per month for roughly double the channel offerings. In this comprehensive exploration of Frndly TV, we’ll delve into its features, channel lineup, user experience, and overall value proposition....

Remember when Samsung announced its shiny new Galaxy AI features early last year? There was a bit of a buzz—and some concern—about whether these smart capabilities would eventually come with a subscription fee. The same company had only confirmed that the features would be free until the end of 2025. Now, Samsung has confirmed which “core” Galaxy AI functions will remain free of charge indefinitely. This confirmation comes after some initial uncertainty....

Details about Samsung ‘s next generation of wireless earbuds are beginning to emerge from leaked One UI 8.5 firmware. The new bit of information confirms an open-ear design for the standard Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 . Another recent leak revealed a new functional shortcut focused on facilitating the use of live translation features . Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 open-ear design leaked The standard Galaxy Buds 4 maintain a similar aesthetic to their recently leaked Pro counterparts ....

The annual competition for the smartphone crown often boils down to subtle refinements in display and processing power. However, the latest leaked specs for the Samsung Galaxy S26 lineup suggest significant upgrades in a key area: photography. Apparently, Samsung will finally implement better and larger sensors for the Galaxy S26 series’ 3x zoom telephoto camera. Camera-wise, one of the areas that has evolved the most in recent years is optical zoom....

For years, Samsung fans and critics alike have called out the company for its cautious approach to charging technology. While competitors offer speeds that top 100W, Galaxy flagship wired and wireless charging speeds have often felt stuck in neutral. That may finally be changing, as new code snippets point to significant charging speed upgrades—wired and wireless—coming with the Galaxy S26 series. References found within the upcoming One UI 8.5 firmware update explicitly mention “Super fast wireless charging” (via Android Authority )....

The weight of the Samsung Galaxy S26 series phones has just surfaced. The information has been published by Ice Universe, one of the best-known tipsters out there. All three Galaxy S26 phones will be lighter than their iPhone 17 counterparts He claims that the Galaxy S26 will weigh 164 grams, while the Galaxy S26+ will weigh 191 grams. Finally, the Galaxy S26 Ultra will allegedly weigh 214 grams. The tipster has also published the alleged thickness of all three phones , comparing it with the Apple iPhone 17 series....

A well-known tipster has just revealed plenty of details about Samsung’s first tri-fold smartphone . The information comes from Evan Blass, as he confirmed the phone’s name, main camera, battery capacity, and more. The name of Samsung’s first tri-fold phone will be the Galaxy Z TriFold The name of Samsung ’s first tri-fold phone will be the Galaxy Z TriFold. This is the first time we’re hearing this piece of information....

OnePlus recently launched its flagship device, the OnePlus 15 , to global markets. The company heavily promoted the AI capabilities available within the latest OxygenOS 16. They are not available exclusively on the latest device, though, as several other handsets will get them with Android 16. However, the excitement around this tool could soon be overshadowed by an emerging controversy. According to some reports, the OnePlus AI assistant is showing Chinese-level political censorship even on global devices....