Articles by Ben Schoon

The first Android 11 Beta leaked out well ahead of schedule today and, thanks to some digging on Twitter, some of the new features are getting leaked. Following a previous leak from internal documents, we’re now seeing screenshots of Android 11&…

Android 11’s first beta release was supposed to land this week, but it ended up getting delayed until further notice. Now, an early build has leaked, and some of the new features are being detailed, including a new option for the Pixel Launcher …

Despite beta delays, Android 11 is still on track to be released later this year and it’s bringing a handful of new features with it. Apparently, that’s also going to include the upgraded power menu that Google started building out on Pixe…

Have you ever heard of those message strings or files that you can send to other users to cause their phone to reboot? We’ve heard the story a few times — mainly on iPhones — and now there’s a seemingly similar issue affecting some Android…

Slack just gave its mobile apps a huge redesign, but with the Android version of the app, there’s an annoying quirk. With its latest update for Slack on Android, the channels can often “freeze.” It’s pretty frustrating, but at …

Social distancing is an effective way to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, and now Google is offering a new tool that uses AR to help you enforce it.
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Voice dictation is a really handy feature for getting out a message if you can’t type manually, but the usefulness of that feature relies heavily on how fast, and more importantly, how accurate it is. In a recent tweet that’s gone viral, w…

Streaming TV has become incredibly popular over the past few years, with service after service hitting the web. Today, the latest major offering has landed in the form of HBO Max, a service with thousands of hours of content, original programming, and…

Google initiative to bring RCS to every Android user has been a slow process, but it’s expanded quite a lot even just in the past few months. Today, T-Mobile has announced a partnership with Google to bring RCS to every Android user on T-Mobile …

YouTube is constantly testing out new features and tweaks for its mobile apps, and now there’s another one going around. Spotted by some folks over on Reddit (via XDA), YouTube for Android is testing bringing Google search results into video sea…