Your Galaxy S26 will now restart itself after 72 hours
Rajesh Pandey Mar 10, 2026, 10:19 AM EDT I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings…
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Your battery is paying the price for AI — here's the fix
…On-device LLMs like Gemini Nano keep a large portion of their model weights loaded in RAM at all times, so they don’t have to fetch data from slower device storage…
I replaced Google Discover with this minimalist tool to see 9 headlines at once
…For fans of AI, Feeder offers API integrations so you can plug OpenAI or the AI of your choice into the app to summarize articles. I don't use this integration, but…
Where is the new Google Home?
…For Android Police, I have reviewed 10 phones, 10 smart home devices, three tablets, and three earbuds. Sign in to your Android Police account Google hasn't released a new smart speaker…
Google Photos power users are about to lose a major backup feature
Rajesh Pandey May 8, 2026, 2:19 AM EDT I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings…
How I found the Android launcher that finally rivals the Google Pixel experience
…This dilemma prompted my search for a way to replicate the Pixel experience on my device, and I believe I have found a solution. Read our review The Google Pixel 10a is…
The underrated Android productivity app that finally ended my 'app-hopping' habit
…I am more concerned with iPad integration, since it is my main "big screen" device for video viewing, reading, and browsing. Which, thankfully, Amplenote supports. More productivity apps aren't necessarily bad…
Brave's cookie-blocking power is making me ditch Chrome
…data saved to your device . In Chrome, it's also very difficult to find the setting that enables the browser to automatically delete data that sites have saved to your device when…
I moved my smart home off Wi-Fi and onto Thread, and my router finally stopped crashing
…Also, they required separate unstable integrations to work with Google Home. Matter skips all of that — scan one code, and the device is ready to use on Google Home. When you pair…
iMessage is struggling to maintain its dominance thanks to this RCS update
…The first is that it's not integrated within the RCS chat, so group members can't join a video call late, and chat logs aren't synchronized. The second is that…