pixel devices

Google’s first Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 release has arrived for supported Pixel devices, but this is not a feature-heavy preview designed to transform the phone experience overnight. Instead, build CP41.260701.005 is a focused maintenance release that tackles a set of real-world reliability...

Google is now rolling out per-app Android backup controls to Pixel devices, giving users a new App data section where individual apps can be left on or toggled off instead of treating all app data as one cloud-bound backup category. The feature, reported by 9to5Google and covered by BGR, is not...

Google's newest foldable is the company's most ambitious—and most expensive—smartphone yet, a premium device that pairs a new gearless hinge and IP68 dust-and-water resistance with a larger inner screen, a bigger battery, and a raft of AI features powered by Google's custom Tensor G5 silicon...

Paul Thurrott’s short, enthusiastic dispatches about Pixelsnap crystallize a larger shift in how Android phones handle magnetic wireless charging: Google has taken MagSafe-style convenience and baked it into hardware and an ecosystem, and that change is already reshaping accessory choices, buyer...