The Pixel 5 is a change of tactic for Google, with the company opting to go the route of a lower-cost “premium” or high mid-range component configuration, rather than setting up the Pixel 5 as an all-out flagship phone. Given the company’s product release cadence over the years, always releasing new phones towards the end of the year, just around the corner of the spring next-gen releases. This schedule had always been a disadvantage for Pixel flagships, so maybe Google’s change of strategy here to go for the mid-range is a more sensible approach.
Google Reorganizes Into Alphabet: Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google
Today, Google announced that they will undergo reorganization to better represent the growth that the company has seen in the past few years. As a result, Google the company...
34 by Joshua Ho on 8/10/2015
Google Redesigns Hangouts for Android With Version 4.0
Today Google shipped a major update to their Hangouts application for Android. Ever since Hangouts for iOS was updated to 4.0 a little over a month ago Android users...
37 by Brandon Chester on 8/10/2015
Google Commits To Monthly Security Updates For Nexus Devices
Security updates on mobile operating systems have typically been bundled inside larger patches that include other bug fixes and improvements. Unfortunately, the world of security exploits isn't tuned to...
41 by Brandon Chester on 8/5/2015
Google Updates Hangouts For iOS With A New Interface
Today Google shipped an update for their Hangouts application on iOS. The update brings the version number to 4.0, and rightfully so as it comes with a new design...
16 by Brandon Chester on 6/29/2015
Understanding Project Soli and Jacquard: Wearable Control Breakthroughs
Today at Google IO, Google’s Advanced Technologies and Products (ATAP) group went over some of the things that they’ve worked on in the year since the previous IO. There...
12 by Joshua Ho on 5/30/2015
Google Announces Project Brillo and Weave for IoT
As part of today's announcements at I/O 2015, Google announced a new operating system and API targeted at the Internet-of-Things (IoT) space. Starting off with the new OS, under the...
10 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/28/2015
Google Introduces Google Photos
Today during their I/O 2015 Keynote Google announced Google Photos, a new service that will allow users to easily upload, edit, and share photographs from all of their devices...
28 by Brandon Chester on 5/28/2015
Google Unveils Project Fi: A Network for the Nexus 6
Today Google officially announced their previously rumored entry into the world of wireless service. This new endeavor is known as Project Fi, and it's exclusive to owners of the...
45 by Brandon Chester on 4/22/2015
Google Updates Gmail for Android With A Unified Inbox
Today Google's Gmail team is shipping an update to Gmail for Android, which has now become the standard mail application for Android Lollipop users. The update brings a great...
22 by Brandon Chester on 3/30/2015
The Chromebook Pixel (2015) Review
Google's Chrome OS has always been similar to Microsoft Windows in how one company provides the operating system for many different manufacturers to use on their own devices. But...
123 by Brandon Chester on 3/16/2015
Google Launches The New Chromebook Pixel (2015)
Two years ago Google released the original Chromebook Pixel to the world. To this day it has remained the most premium and expensive Chromebook ever made, with specifications that...
78 by Brandon Chester on 3/11/2015
The Google Nexus 9 Review
For the past few years, we’ve seen Google place significant emphasis on price as a way of competing with other tablets on the market. The original Nexus 7 managed...
169 by Joshua Ho & Ryan Smith on 2/4/2015
Google Announces Support For 40 Third-Party App Cards In Google Now
Google Now has always been good at giving you relevant information about things like transit, emails, stocks, sport scores, etc. But everything it displays is linked to a Google...
19 by Brandon Chester on 1/30/2015
Google Updates Docs Apps With Improved Functionality and Touch ID Support
Today Google has issued an update to their Docs, Sheets, and Slides applications on iOS and Android. These productivity apps were some of the first to receive Material Design...
1 by Brandon Chester on 1/21/2015
Google Updates Chrome for iOS With Material Design and Handoff
Google has updated Chrome for iOS to version 40, specifically version 40.0.2214.61. With it comes a number of improvements that definitely justify the major increase in version number. The...
14 by Brandon Chester on 1/20/2015
Wearables: 2014 and Beyond
As the year 2014 has come to a close, now is a good time to inventory changes in the consumer electronics market and project those trends forward. One of...
79 by Stephen Barrett on 1/15/2015
Understanding Brightness in AMOLED and LCD Displays
While we generally avoid going into deep detail when it comes to our display testing, in light of statements that seemingly contradict our testing it becomes important to contextualize...
85 by Joshua Ho & Brandon Chester on 12/22/2014
The Android 5.0 Lollipop Review
Google has been very busy with their expansion of Android as a platform this year. At Google IO we saw the announcement of endeavors like Android TV and Android...
126 by Brandon Chester on 12/1/2014
Best Tablets: Holiday 2014
With the holidays approaching, it's time for our annual recommendations for devices in various product categories. Today we're taking a look at what tablets provide the best value and...
87 by Brandon Chester on 11/28/2014
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