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  Google is working toward a late 2019 release for Android Q, the next version of the dominant mobile platform. The Android beta program lets you test drive the new OS as it’s being completed, and there’s a new way to do that today. The newly launched OnePlus 7 and …

  OnePlus started as a scrappy (and annoying) upstart company that promised to “kill” flagship phones and invited buyers to “Never Settle.” It began by offering phones that cut a lot of corners but cost hundreds less than the competition. Little by little, OnePlus has improved its hardware and software, …

  Google’s Pixel phones are, by many measures, the best Android phones you can get. However, they’re expensive, and consumers haven’t been purchasing the new Pixel 3 devices as often as they did the cheaper gen-2 Pixels. Google’s solution is, apparently, the cheaper Pixel 3a. Now, we can get a …

  If Google had known the mess Android updates would become, it probably would have taken a different approach to distribution. Alas, Google gave device makers control over almost every aspect of the OS early on and has been trying to make up for that decision ever since. Its latest …

  Google talked about a minor Android feature during the Google I/O opening keynote — it’s the sort of thing that wouldn’t usually get so much attention. While talking about the upcoming changes to Android Q, Google’s Stephanie Cuthbertson came on stage to talk about the numerous improvements coming to …

  The overall smartphone market is beginning to level off as the market becomes saturated. That’s why many small players are being squeezed out, and even Apple is seeing sales dip. The overall Android platform is still growing, though. At Google I/O, the company confirmed that Android runs on more …

  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Google’s Pixel phones left behind the affordable price points of the Nexus era, but the Pixels are some of the best smartphones you can buy. The problem: they’re getting ever more expensive just like other flagship devices. Google’s solution is the much-leaked and now …

  A few car manufacturers use bits and pieces of Android in their infotainment systems, but it’s never been the “Google” version of Android. That’s about to change with the rollout of the Android Automotive OS, which Google has demoed repeatedly during its long development. The Polestar 2, an electric …

  Google makes a lot of bets on products and services that end up falling apart a few years down the line. Google hasn’t been afraid to pull the plug on these projects, even after years of development. Google abandoned products like Reader, Google+, and Tango over the years, but …

  Google is almost certainly going to announce new, cheaper Pixel phones on the first day of Google I/O next week. Its efforts to keep these phones under wraps have failed spectacularly over the last few months, and it’s time for one final leak before the announcement. Some new images …