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Google wants to make your smart home automation effortless; it brings in generative AI and lock screen shortcuts for your Android device.

In this new weekly column, I'll be gathering the best phone deals that I found across the web this week.

There are bound to be plenty of sales on TVs during Black Friday, but this little Google TV dongle gets the job done.

Court documents during Google vs Epic show the former once offered a deal to Netflix so it would use Play Store billing only.

Gmail's latest upgrade on Android is introducing a chat-style UI that makes it easier to respond to emails.

Google is detailing a new home screen redesign arriving soon for Google TV.

Meta and Tencent have reached a provisional deal to bring Meta Quest VR headsets to China, and the first major product could be the Quest 3 Lite.

The Fitbit Charge 6 just came out last month, and yet you can already grab this fitness tracker for only a Benjamin.

OnePlus has started revealing what to expect from its next flagship phone. They include a Pro XDR display, Hasselblad cameras with a 48MP main sensor, and a 64MP telephoto sensor.

Rumors have surfaced regarding the OnePlus Watch 2's slight design and internal changes.

New gaming handhelds are cropping up all of the time, but the Anbernic RG ARC-D is coming to make all of those SEGA fans happy.

Skip waiting for Black Friday and treat yourself to one of the best foldable phones on the market.

You have to spend hundreds of dollars to "save money" on a smartwatch for Black Friday. How about, instead, you save money buy giving your current watch a style or comfort upgrade for a fraction of the price?

Amazon is reportedly planning to ditch Android for its own Fire OS replacement, finally breaking free from Google's shackles.

After managing to get ahold of the OPPO Pen, it's further cemented the OnePlus Open as the best phone of the year. It's just disappointing that there isn't a dedicated OnePlus Pen.

Google's rolling out its fancy AI search to over 120 countries and territories, and it's got your back with even more languages.

Code found in the Google Messages app suggests the Profiles feature could arrive relatively soon after it was spotted earlier this year.

The Meta Quest platform has a lot of good things going for it, and it could have been even better if Google and Meta could work together to get the Play Store in VR.

Spotify has started rolling out its smart TV redesign, packed with new features, to users.

Information in court shows that Google once offered Epic $147 million to launch Fortnite on the Play Store.

Mint Mobile just launched a bundle deal that'll get you a Pixel 7 Pro AND full month of wireless service for dirt cheap.

If you're trying to decide between the Amazfit Cheetah Pro and Google Pixel Watch, we're here to help.

Headphones and earbuds don't necessarily pair-and-play when you factor in the support they come with to make them more personalized.

Noise-canceling headphones are widely available, but finding the right pair doesn't have to be difficult when we've done the hard work for you.

Samsung, being the pioneer in making expensive foldable phones, now wants to make an affordable foldable handset for the masses.

The wider display will make the Fit 3 more convenient to navigate, but also less comfortably light. Its success will depend more on software upgrades than hardware upgrades, however.

Nothing is rolling out Beta 2 for its 2.5 software, featuring Glyph Interface improvements and widget details.

Amazon's Black Friday sale is dropping $100 off the 50-inch Class F30 Series smart TV by Insignia, dropping it down to a lowest-ever price.

Kids love tech. Some kids are really into it, and a Raspberry Pi is a cool gift they'll love learning with.

You've probably heard the term mixed reality before, but I bet you didn't know the Meta Quest 3's mixed reality mode could be so useful.

You can buy earbuds that act as a heart rate tracker, but Google is trying to use the ones you already have.

Creative just introduced the Aurvana Ace and Ace 2, the only earbuds to include solid-state silicon audio drivers.

Samsung just unveiled 'Galaxy AI,' hinting at what's to come in this new era of generative AI race.

Apple is said to be making 400,000 Vision Pro headsets in 2024, but Samsung is playing it safe with its upcoming XR headset.

A deep dive into a Google Photos update shows signs of new error messages regarding all that Magic Editor will not do.

Spotify is adding hundreds of thousands of audiobooks for Premium subscribers, but you won't be able to listen to them all at once.

Google and several EU companies have penned a letter to the Commission in hopes of pushing Apple to adopt RCS.

One UI 6 Beta 5 is beginning to arrive on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 with minimal changes.

Chrome's new tab memory snitch lets you identify the memory hogs slowing you down when you hover over a tab.

Mobvoi is rolling out a new update for Ticwatch Pro 5 users that will be rolled out to 100% of users by November 9.

The thermometer feature on the Pixel 8 Pro is pretty cool, but is it any good? Time to find out.

This handheld mapping tool comes built in with dual-frequency GPS and satellite functionality, so you never get lost and you can send an SOS or message even when there's no cellular signal.

Chinese phone manufacturers make some of the best hardware you can buy, but they lack Samsung's cachet.

With the Pixel 8, Google is showing what's possible with on-device machine learning and AI. With a suite of exciting new AI-based features and meaningful upgrades, this may just be the phone you're looking for.

A new report suggests Samsung is working on creating its own version of raytracing for future Galaxy devices.

Google released a November 2023 update for its Pixel phones; surprisingly, the older Pixel 4a (running Android 13) also got a security update.

PopSockets has unveiled a new AI customizer, giving consumers a way to create their own designs from their imagination.

Google is helping users offset the financial stress of the holiday season with a new hub that will aggregate shopping deals.

Google is issuing a small update for the LTE variant of the Pixel Watch 2. So far, there's no word on an update for the Pixel Watch models.

Have you been looking to upgrade your smart home? These deals have you covered, all thanks to Amazon Alexa's 9th birthday.