Running an app store is a profitable business – one that platform makers are keen to protect. That used to be the case with Google too, but the conclusion of a 6-year legal battle with Epic Games has come to a surprise ending that will make third-party app stores that much more accessible.
Last month, the European Commission (EC) announced that it would be forcing Meta to allow third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp for free in the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision followed Meta's ban of third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp last November, and the company's subsequent move from March when it once again accepted third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp, but only for a fee.
Apple went through several iOS 27 betas, but those were only for developers. Now, the company has released the first public beta of iOS 27 – as well as public betas for the related iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, macOS 27 and tvOS 27. The stable release is coming this fall.
Samsung is holding its next Unpacked event on July 22 in London, and on that occasion it's going to unveil the Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Flip8, but also, according to a ton of past rumors, the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and the Galaxy Watch9.
Spotify is rolling out a new feature starting today. Basically, it's a built-in AI chatbot that lets you talk to Spotify both in the Home view and in Now Playing. This will only be available on mobile.
Huawei just announced its new Pura 90s phones - the Pura 90s Pro and the Pura 90s Pro Max. Two very similar phones but for slightly different crowds. Of course, the Pro Max gives you all the top-end features while the 90s Pro comes in a more compact footprint with minimal trade-offs. We already did a detailed hands-on of the Pura 90s Pro Max showing what the camera system is capable of.
Back in April a rumor from Korea claimed that Samsung was redesigning the rears of the entire Galaxy S27 family, with the camera island being moved around in order for the company to be able to finally fit magnets for wireless charging to its flagship phones.
The best part about pre-ordering a new Samsung smartphone has, for the past few years, been that you can get a 'free' storage upgrade. Pay for one storage tier, get the higher one for no additional cost.
Google is announcing the Pixel 11 family on August 12, and we've already seen the Pixel 11 in CAD-based renders a while back. Now, three new renders have surfaced seemingly depicting the device in three different colors.
Almost exactly a month after it released the third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 devices, Samsung has today started rolling out the fourth beta. This appears to be available in India first, with the firmware version ending in ZZG4.
It used to be that all iPhones bought directly from Apple in the US came unlocked, meaning that you could use them with any carrier – even if you bought the phone with financing from another carrier. Now that’s no longer the case.
Omdia released its global smartphone market share report for the second quarter of this year (April-June) yesterday, and today it's following up with the picture for the Mainland China market.
We’re surprised it took this long, but the timing makes a lot of sense given how expensive gaming hardware has gotten. GeForce Now, Nvidia’s game streaming service, is now available in India. The service first entered the country with an open beta in April, but that only offered 90-day passes. Now, it’s widely available and it offers monthly passes instead.
With just hours to go until the Redmi Note 17 series goes official in China, Redmi has revealed more color options for the Note 17 and Note 17 Pro. Earlier teasers had showcased the Note 17 Pro in Clear Blue and the standard Note 17 in the Meteor Purple finish.
Last week, some Samsung Health users reported seeing a notice when opening the app, asking them to consent to the use of their health data for AI training and modeling. While users had the option to withdraw consent, the notice stated that doing so would lead to the deletion of their health data and that they would be unable to sync it with their Samsung account. Samsung received flak from users for this and has now published an in-app notice clarifying the matter.
While you may very well have been underwhelmed by Apple Intelligence, at least you had access to it. That hasn't been the case for those in China so far, even as we are now 21 months after the initial launch.