After breathlessly listing off the Google Pixel 4’s many new features — including a radar chip capable of detecting gestures, as well as a voice recorder app and a slicker display (we hadn’t even gotten to the cameras yet) — Sabrina Ellis, the company’s vice president of product, dropped another development: The phone would be …

When Essential Products CEO Andy Rubin teased a new phone on Twitter on Tuesday, the oddly thin and colorful devices weren’t the sole subject of focus. Instead, many honed in on Rubin’s controversial past, which included departing Google after an investigation into sexual misconduct, details of which spilled out of a New York Times story nearly a year ago.  Android …

I tap on the display, and tiny digital warriors and wizards storm the field, ready to attack an enemy base. Wizards blast through the walls, while my warriors rush in with swords at the ready. Within minutes, all that’s left is rubble. Sound exciting? It is, perhaps, for the first several dozen times. Or even several hundred times, when you …

At its big launch event Tuesday, Apple spent nearly 30 minutes on the flashy iPhone 11 Pro, lavishing praise upon its three camera lenses and touting its bigger battery. And then there was that new green color. (It wasn’t the most mind-blowing reveal.) The company spent just seconds on what was the most impressive change to its lineup: a price …

The checklist of new features in Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro reads like a rundown of been there, done that. Three cameras? Huawei put them on the Mate 20 last year. A special low-light mode? Google’s Night Sight for the Pixel 3 did it first a year ago. Then there’s 5G, or the lack thereof. While Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and a …

Even as Huawei touts the power of its Harmony operating system — a potential alternative to Android — the company insists it wants to maintain a single ecosystem and stick with Google’s platform. As such, the Chinese telecom equipment and phone maker said it has no plans to launch a Harmony-powered smartphone.  That’s according to Huawei Senior Vice President Vincent …

AT&T has had, generously speaking, a mixed year when it comes to 5G. It kicked off 2019 by doubling down on its dubious 5GE claim, which misled consumers into thinking they had 5G, when they really were tapping into an advanced form of 4G that every other carrier already offered. After touting the launch of the world’s first 5G network …

5G, the next generation of wireless technology, promises to do a lot of things. It’ll allow you to download big games and movies in a flash. It’ll connect all sorts of devices around you, from street lamps to self-driving cars. It’ll enable new fields such as streaming VR experiences and telemedicine. There’s at least one more potential impact coming: a …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is known for slickly produced product launches and, in Steve Jobs‘ time, a singular masterful showman unveiling groundbreaking products including the iPhone and the MacBook Air. But WWDC is when the company lets its hair down and gets geeky with its developers. I finally got …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With its Sign In with Apple — an alternative to single sign-on services offered by rivals Facebook and Google, unveiled at the company’s WWDC keynote — Apple says it’s offering a new way to vouch for your identity with your favorite apps or services.   But …