Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 If you’ve been hankering for the LG G6, the wait is almost over. The phone will be available through many carriers by April 7, with various preorder dates kicking off before then. In addition, some carriers are offering a free Google …

Rare as they are in today’s handsets, the enduring physical keyboard still pops up from time to time on a mobile phone. And with good reason — for some users, there’s nothing quite like pecking out an email or text on a keyboard. Whether it’s the efficiency of feeling those letters underneath your fingers, or the satisfying click-clacking sound you …

The only thing worse than actual meetings is meeting logistics. To help make planning a tad more tolerable, Google is rolling out two new features in its communication and messaging app, Hangouts. (Unfortunately, neither tools help decrease the utterances of such phrases like “How will this scale?” and “Run it up the flagpole.”) The first is a video conferencing feature …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Allo puts an assistant in your pocket 1:37 Messages on Allo are getting a bit more lively today. That’s becuse Google rolled out three new features on its messaging app, Allo. In addition to sending out GIFs, the app is more closely integrated with Google’s digital search assistant, which uses machine learning and the company’s …

Now playing: Watch this: Start chatting with Google Assistant 3:33 Baked into Google’s flagship Pixel phone (and its larger counterpart, the Pixel XL) is a central AI feature called Google Assistant. Polite and oftentimes charming, Assistant uses Google’s vast database to help users with tasks such as penciling in a lunch date into your calendar, reminding you about your laundry …

Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 LG’s latest marquee phone is coming to a carrier near you. A handful of US carriers will carry the LG G6, which was announced at Mobile World Congress today. The phone features premium specs and an expansive 5.7-inch display. Both Verizon and T-Mobile said that the …

One day shy of its funding deadline, Chinese phone maker ZTE has pulled the plug on its Hawkeye phone for now. Originally called “Project CSX,” the phone was supposed to have features that were crowdsourced and approved by ZTE’s fan community. Citing feedback from users who were disappointed about the Hawkeye’s midrange specs, ZTE halted the campaign on Kickstarter. That …

Weeks before their anticipated unveiling at Mobile World Congress 2017, images for Lenovo’s upcoming Moto G5 and G5 Plus phones have been accidentally posted by the Spanish-language online retailer, Ktronix. First spotted by Venture Beat, the promotional material includes handset specs as well. The G5 Plus will have a larger 5.2-inch display, while the G5 will have a 5-inch screen. …

Now playing: Watch this: 5 Google Maps tips and tricks 2:43 For a while now, you’ve been able to save places of interest (like your favorite restaurants, bars and attractions you visited or want to visit) inside the Google Maps app. But because every address was filed under a master list simply known as “Saved,” it was easy for this …

Two weeks ahead of LG’s Mobile World Congress 2017 event, the South Korean phone maker sent out a couple of online teasers about its upcoming marquee handset, the G6. There have been two teasers that we know so far. One (above) reads, “More Juice. To go.” This could mean the G6 has a swappable battery, which contradicts existing rumors that …