Is the curtain falling on big-ticket Android updates? Does a yearly release cycle even matter anymore for modern devices?

Nothing took a slow and steady approach in releasing its Android 16-based update, with Nothing OS 4 finally hitting the stable channel on Nov. 21. Initially, this rolled out for the Nothing Phone 3 ...

Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Code in tvOS 26 shows Thread 1.4 is coming to Apple’s border routers this fall. But with Amazon and Google still ...

Smart home devices that connect over Thread should have a much more stable network thanks to Thread 1.4 support in tvOS 26. Thread is an IP-based wireless protocol that connects primarily smart home ...

From Galaxy phones to smart rings, we cover every personal Samsung gadget. Samsung is going to start deleting inactive accounts this July, which means you have that much time to log into your Samsung ...

Google's Material 3 Expressive UI is a significant visual and functional overhaul, making Android 16 a potential dream OS for personalizing your Android phone. In 2014, I began my career at PCMag as a ...

How Google is Enhancing Security for Android, ‘The World’s Most Popular OS’ Your email has been sent Screenshot from Google of its Advanced Protection feature on an Android device. Image: Google Ahead ...

Amazon is taking a huge swing at the tech world by dumping Android and rolling out its own Linux-based Vega OS. The retail giant reckons it can reshape how millions use Fire TV devices and other ...

Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com. The transition will coincide with a handful of quality-of-life ...

It appears that turning Android into a desktop operating system is Google’s next big consumer initiative. To put it bluntly, I think this effort fails if all they’re doing is making a one-to-one ...