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DEAL: Get a Google Pixel for Just $349 From Woot, Pixel XL for $399

Kellen September 27, 2017 16

The new Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL will be announced next week and the phones will likely be everything an Android nerd could ask for. Well, outside of the price, since neither will fall into the budget realm of Nexus years past. Should you still need that...

DxOMark Ranks iPhone 8 and 8 Plus Cameras Highest for Smartphones

Kellen September 22, 2017 117

DxOMark scores are a thing. I'm not sure how much they mean to most of us around here, but there is no doubt that select Android manufacturers and super fans of them like to trot out their favorite phone's DxO score as it sits close to or at the top of DxO's...

Google Pays HTC $1.1 Billion to Acquire the Pixel Team, Not Own Their Smartphone Business

Kellen September 20, 2017 78

It's now official - Google is buying into HTC. Well, sort of. The deal is an odd one that is being called a "cooperation agreement" and will cost Google $1.1 billion to essentially acquire the talent from HTC who worked on the last couple of Pixel phones. The...

Google Launches Project Fi Device Trade-In Program, Will Likely do the Same for Google Store (Updated)

Kellen September 20, 2017 63

You may be Google'd out after we revealed a whole bunch of Google's upcoming devices yesterday, like the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google Home Mini, Google Pixelbook, and new Daydream View headset, but there is more to discuss. And for those of you who are...

September’s Android Security Update (Finally) Goes Live With Factory Images for Nexus, Pixel

Kellen September 13, 2017 26

Google just posted the Android security update for September 2017 and the files are already live for a number of devices, both Pixel and Nexus. So far, we are seeing 8.0.0 files for Pixel and Pixel XL (OPR1.170623.026, OPR3.170623.007), Pixel C (OPR1.170623....

Pixel and Nexus September Security Patches Have Started, We Think (Updated)

Kellen September 12, 2017 36

Ever since Android Oreo dropped, Google has pushed the update out in manner best described as, "Who knows wtf Google is doing." From betas to stable to images and now into our first security patch, I'm not sure anyone knows if the typical rollout pattern has...

Android 8.0 Factory Images and OTA Files are Ready for Nexus and Pixel

Kellen August 30, 2017 38

Yesterday afternoon, only a few hours after Verizon told us to expect the Android 8.0 "Oreo" update to reach its Pixel and Pixel XL phones, Google posted factory image and OTA .zip files to the standard factory image page we've all utilized for the past...

Verizon Says Its Pixel and Pixel XL Units are Getting Android 8.0 Oreo Update Today

Kellen August 29, 2017 94

Android 8.0 "Oreo" may have gone stable last week for Pixel and Nexus devices, but it sure seems like only those enrolled in the Android Beta program actually received a notice to update to it. That could change here today, according to Verizon. Big Red's...