Dhruv Bhutani has covered the Android ecosystem since 2010, with a focus on smartphones, connected devices, and home networking. His reporting is informed by hands-on experience reviewing hundreds of ...

Android 16 Developer Preview 1 brings a handful of user-facing additions, but nothing major so far. On the Pixel 9, there’s an “Experimental mode” display color. In Settings > Display & touch > Colors ...

Android 16 Beta 4 adds themed clock colors to the Always-on Display on Pixel devices. The AOD clock now matches the lock screen color theme in a subtle, muted tone. Google's Pixel AOD remains minimal ...

Google's latest budget-oriented phone is here in the form of the Pixel 9a. As with previous a-series Pixel phones, the Pixel 9a includes most of what makes the flagship Pixel 9 devices great, but in a ...

Android 16 QPR1 launched during Google I/O 2025, and it brings some massive changes with Material 3 Expressive. The new design language completely redesigns Android 16’s lock screen customization ...

Google has added a new “Experimental Mode” display color option on the Pixel 9 with Android 16 DP1. Turning on the option makes the screen super warm and yellow. The intention behind the new ...