Tag: android
Android will soon let kids use tap-to-pay – but it’s not as bad an idea as it sounds
Under-18s will soon be able to use their Android phone to complete contactless payments with parent-approved debit and credit cards. In a statement issued to 9to5Google, Google confirmed that Google Wallet will be made available to kids in 2025. To download and use the Wallet app, the individual in question…
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Android 16 could be borrowing a key notification trick from the iPhone
Work on Android in beta form continues Android 16 could feature a new notifications trick For now it’s called Rich Ongoing Notifications With Android 15 now rolling out to Pixel phones, we can start turning our attention to what’s coming with Android 16 – and some digging into the latest…
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‘It’s not as simple as real image and fake image’: Qualcomm weighs in on AI photo editing debate
I felt like I opened a can of worms when I asked Samsung about its stance on AI photo editing at Galaxy Unpacked back in January. “There is no such thing as a real picture,” Patrick Chomet, Samsung’s Head of Customer Experience, told me at the time – a nihilism-tinged…
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We got a sneak peak at the Asus ROG Phone 9, one of the first Snapdragon 8 Elite phones, and it’s going to be fast
Monday at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Qualcomm unveiled its new flagship mobile SoC – the Snapdragon 8 Elite – which is powered by the company’s 2nd-gen Oryon CPU cores. Qualcomm flew TechRadar to Maui to check out the latest chips, and I managed to track down some surprises that…
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We got a sneak peek at the Asus ROG Phone 9, one of the first Snapdragon 8 Elite phones, and it’s going to be fast
Monday at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Qualcomm unveiled its new flagship mobile SoC – the Snapdragon 8 Elite – which is powered by the company’s 2nd-gen Oryon CPU cores. Qualcomm flew TechRadar to Maui to check out the latest chips, and I managed to track down some surprises that…
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Did Qualcomm just kill the ring light? Future Android phones could let you add a virtual, moveable light source to video calls
Picture the scene: you jump on an important work call, fresh-faced and ready to confidently deliver your trademark “nothing from me” line, only to discover that the light (or lack thereof) in your work-from-home office has left you looking less like a serious businessperson and more like a seedy Omegle…
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