The mind-mapping app that finally organized my chaotic thoughts
Rahul Naskar Apr 18, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
One UI 8.5 is the first update in a long time to make me check whether there are any hot deals on Galaxy phones right now. But I still don't think this update, impressive as it may be, will cause me to switch. The problem is bloatware. I'm sick of the number of useless features and unwanted apps packed into Galaxy phones. If these were an opt-in, I would be fine with them, but setting up a new Galaxy phone is a tedious exercise in cleaning out the junk. It's like moving into a new house where the previous owners left all their broken furniture lying around. Nevertheless, I think Samsung is mak
I'm a Pixel fan, but the latest OneUI update is making me jealousRahul Naskar Apr 18, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
…Not quite — the major Health Connect update in Android 16 was the addition of background reading access for fitness apps. This allowed health applications to fetch data continuously in the background, unlocking…
Anu Joy Mar 24, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering…
…Not quite — the major Health Connect update in Android 16 was the addition of background reading access for fitness apps. This allowed health applications to fetch data continuously in the background, unlocking…
…However, things feel very different when you switch to native Android apps. Open apps like Slack or WhatsApp, and you’re often stuck with a stretched tablet-style UI. That’s mostly…
…of Google Play Services, the updated app code, manually enabled by the folks over at Android Authority , points at a polished UI for the feature. The UI screenshot clarifies a lot of…
…With this update on my Pixel 8, that ‘hacky’ feeling is gone. Because this is now backed into the core of Android 17, any app — from my calculator to my browser can…
Rahul Naskar Mar 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the…
…One UI 7 even added AI-driven summarization and a one-tap feature to organize messy handwriting. By comparison, Google Keep feels like a basic sticky note app. Until about a year…
…However, with the new UI, the tech giant has also taken away the option to filter reviews by your exact device model. The change was spotted by the folks over at Android…