Do fingerprint smudges on a phone’s camera affect the quality of your pictures? Short answer: yes. Long answer: not always, at least not in ways you’d notice. But you should still keep your phone and camera clean. An iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy and Moto walk into a photo test I conducted a very unscientific test using …

Dual-cameras are quickly becoming a regular feature on smartphones. Last fall, Apple released the iPhone 7 Plus which notably had not one but two rear cameras. Other phone makers like LG, Huawei, Asus and ZTE also have phones with dual-cameras, and this makes me wonder: Will phone makers stop at two? Just the 2 of us I rolled my eyes …

If you’re a WhatsApp user, life just got a little better. On Friday, an updated version of WhatsApp was released that introduced Siri functionality. This means you can have Siri read your latest messages simply by saying: “Hey Siri, read new WhatsApp messages.” The functionality is the result of Apple opening up Siri’s software to third-party developers last year at …

While nothing is ever for certain, over the past few years Apple has released a new iPhone in September. But reports of an alleged bottleneck with certain key components threaten to hold up the next possible iPhone’s release. As reported by 9to5Mac, Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple analyst at KGI Securities, shared that mass production of the next iPhone will allegedly be …

Samsung has more preorders for its Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones than for last year’s Galaxy S7, the company says. “The market has responded — with a more than 30 percent year-over-year growth in preorders versus the record preorders we had with Galaxy S7, making it our best ever,” Tim Baxter, Samsung Electronics America’s chief operating officer, said Monday …

The rumor mill for the next iPhone has been running full speed lately. On Monday, a graphic designer shared renderings he created of what Apple‘s next iPhone might look like. Benjamin Geskin posted a series of renderings he made for an iPhone to his Twitter account. He based the renderings off a series of rumors about the next iPhone’s specs …

Not understanding a foreign language can be one of the most challenging things about traveling abroad. This can be especially disconcerting when using a service like Google Maps to find a local restaurant or shop only to discover that all the reviews are in a different language. Google Maps has made all this easier with a feature that translates the …

Let’s get one thing clear: that new Samsung Galaxy S8 looks amazing. Our review says that it’s the most beautiful, polished phone ever and I have to agree. If early sales estimates are correct, I’m definitely not the only one who wants it. But, I won’t get one. The Galaxy S8, like all Android phones, lacks a tiny blue-bubbled wonder: …

Verily Life Sciences, formerly known as Google Life Sciences and owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has unveiled a new smartwatch — one you’ll probably never wear. The Study Watch features a simple circular e-ink display that only shows the date and time. It’s not intended to be a consumer product but instead passively records a person’s health data for …

Fans of rugged Samsung phones rejoice, the company is said to be working on an Active variant of the Galaxy S8. The Galaxy S8 Active (code-named Cruiser, model number SM-G892A) will be sold exclusively by AT&T, SamMobile is reporting. Active variants are repurposed versions of flagship devices that are beefed up to handle drops and water submersion better than the …