Starting in the Public Preview program, Google Home is finally adding support for the Nest Protect, as well as Matter-certified smart locks. Android app support is rolling out starting today. 

Previously, Google charged an additional $20+ per user/month for Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and other Workspace apps. The full Gemini experience is now coming to Google Workspace business users as part of a price increase.

Samsung has unveiled a new wireless charging chip for smartphones that includes Qi2 support and significantly faster 50W wireless charging speeds.

The Magic 7 Pro is Honor’s newest flagship. With Android 15 via MagicOS 9.0 to boot, the phone is perfectly positioned to take on AI in the market, starting with the company’s Falcon camera system.

The Google app on Android has long made use of a Chrome Custom Tab and there’s now a new toolbar when opening Search results and Discover articles.

Some YouTube Premium subscribers are getting promo codes that discount the Pixel 9 series by $100. Notably, this can be combined with an existing Google Store sale.

This afternoon’s roundup of the best Android game and app deals courtesy of Google Play is now ready to go. Today’s app deals are sitting alongside the B&H MEGA DEAL ZONE sale with memory cards and camera gear from $2 as well as this deal on Samsung’s fastest 200MB/s memory card and the OnePlus Nord N30 smartphone with a FREE set of $100 OnePlus Buds 3. As for the apps, highlights include Infinite Links, Afterplace, a series of freebie icons packs, and more. Head below for a closer look. 

Now that we have Circle to Search, Google Lens has been updated so that it immediately starts the camera viewfinder upon launch on Android and iOS.

A fresh Galaxy S25 leak has just hit the web with new images of the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25 Ultra focused on the new camera design, as well as a quick peek at One UI 7.

Starting with 2023’s Galaxy Watch 6, Samsung is now rolling out the first Galaxy Watch update of 2025.

In a new report, Android Auto is found to be used by fewer drivers year-over-year, but Google’s YouTube Music is a hit among drivers across all platforms.

Following its schedule of releasing new OxygenOS updates, OnePlus is now rolling out the January 2025 update that adds a handful of new features, delivers some fixes, and more.

The return of hangover holiday pricing on the Google Pixel 9 lineup carries on at up to $300 off, but we have some new discounts to scope out today as well. First up, the Amazon all-time low on Chipolo’s waterproof ONE Google Find My item tracker is now joined by the wallet card model at $28. Next we have the affordable OnePlus Nord N30 smartphone with a FREE set of $100 OnePlus Buds 3 down at $250 alongside the best Amazon price to date on Samsung’s fastest 200MB/s memory card at $17, some Anker wall chargers, magnetic wallets, and more. Scope it all out down below. 

Smartphone prices have gone way up over the past few years, and it sounds like Samsung’s Galaxy S25 won’t be an exception to the rule with a price hike reportedly incoming.

The first Android 16 beta likely isn’t too far away, and that’s where Google’s bigger changes are expected to debut. Ahead of that, a new design for the volume slider has been discovered in Android 16, and it looks pretty nice.

Motorola is kicking off its 2025 with the reveal of new Moto G devices, with Moto G (2025) and Moto G Power (2025) launching with updated specs and set to go on sale starting later this month.

Samsung is in the process of rolling out the first monthly update of 2025 with the January 2025 security patch, and it’s available to quite a few Galaxy devices. Here’s the list and what you should know.

Since launch last year, Google has tweaked the design of Circle to Search a bit, and the latest change aims to simplify the UI.

Following iOS, Google Photos for Android is simplifying the bottom bar by removing the “Memories” tab, though the auto-organizing feed — now called “Moments” — remains available.

Google Messages has been working on dual SIM RCS since the start of this year, and support is now more widely rolling out in beta.