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Your next Android phone could get up to eight years of software updates – but there are catches
By Roland Moore-Colyer published
Android phones running the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip will get up to eight years of software and security support, with more to come.

Google Messages could soon tell you which group chat members have read your messages - and I'm ready to snoop like never before
By Jamie Richards published
Snoop after you send

Google Messages will soon get a big upgrade for photo and video quality – and I’m going to use this a lot
By Jamie Richards published
Google Messages is making a change to its camera and gallery functions that should make it much easier to send photos and videos to your friends and family in their original quality.

Google Wallet loyalty cards are getting an upgrade – giving you one less reason to carry around the real thing
By Hamish Hector published
Google Wallet loyalty card upgrades are here promising offers and coupons – here’s what we know.

Android’s Emergency SOS just gave one Pixel owner my worst privacy nightmare – here’s how to avoid similar embarrassment
By Hamish Hector published
Emergency SOS caused one user major embarrassment when it shared a video of them naked – here’s how to make sure that doesn’t happen to you.

Android 16 will bring these 5 upgrades to your phone – including one I can’t wait to try out
By Jamie Richards published
The latest Android 16 beta hints at a selection of new features that could make life easier and more creative for users of the world’s most popular mobile operating system.

Google Messages now lets you send yourself RCS messages – trust me, it’s more useful than it sounds
By Jamie Richards published
Google Messages has added the ability to send RCS messages to yourself, allowing for longer reminders and the quick transfer of photos and videos between devices.

Mark your calendars for May 20, 2025, the start date for Google I/O.
By Jacob Krol published
Mark your calendars for May 20, 2025

Google Messages could soon let you delete messages for other people, and I can't wait to pretend my cringiest jokes never happened
By Jamie Richards published
Google has added a new unsend feature to the most recent unreleased version of Google Messages, which will allow you to delete messages for everybody in a chat rather than only yourself.
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