About Jules Wang
Jules joined the Android Police team in 2019. He currently contributes art for our stories and edits our podcast. Before that, he managed weekend news and wrote AP's newsletter.
Jules also contributes to our sister sites XDA-Developers and Pocket-lint. He also was editor at our now-sister site, Pocketnow.
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This is the lowest price we've seen on these very good earbuds
Qi charging and ANC for under $100
Of all the wireless earbuds Anker makes, the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro aren't the only ones with a long name, but, unlike many of them, they're on sale right now and there are plenty of good reasons to pick them up.
Get to know Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon chips that may end up powering your next phone
Nokia, Oppo, and Xiaomi have specific plans for some of these new SoCs
We might be in a chip shortage, but Qualcomm isn't afraid of pumping new product down the line. Four new Snapdragon chipsets have been announced and we know which smartphone manufacturers will be getting them.
There's a new Motorola smartwatch coming in 'early 2022,' but bigger questions remain
Strugglin' like the supply chain is
Motorola's next smartwatch is coming early next year. And if you happen to appreciate it like we did the Moto 360 (2019), there's more of that where it came from.
Going to the movies? Bring an extra friend with a free ticket from Google Pay
Make sure you've got a showtime at Regal Cinemas
A ticket for one? Why not make it two? For many parts of America, theaters are back open and ready for your company. One chain is ready to commit with free tickets.
Sony's sequel to its $2,500 Xperia PRO is meant for vloggers, I guess
Low-key: rich vloggers
Over the past few years, Sony has aligned mobile efforts with its focus on the camera-to-viewership pipeline. Now, we have clearer ideas of what the Japanese manufacturer will show off in its product launch event tomorrow.
Google Search has a new tool to help expand your vo... voca... list of words you know
What's that book of words that isn't a thesaurus?
Google has found a way to send you a newsletter without sending you an email or even circulating flyers. And it's all in the effort to improve your vocabulary — there! Got it in the end.
Google throws devs a bone and lowers the Play Store's cut of subscription fees across the board
Commissions stand at 15% for all subscriptions
Tensions between app developers and the platforms they serve have never been at a higher pitch with the ongoing disputes Epic Games has with Apple and Google. But these explosive distractions and the government legislation being signed into law in their wake have motivated the sleeping giants into catering for the publishing masses.
Verizon can thank TCL for making an exclusive 5G tablet for just $400
And it has a ginormous battery to support it
5G hardware is getting more accessible with each product launch. As is for phones, the same goes for tablets and TCL is out with a new one just for Verizon subscribers: the Tab Pro 5G.
Google Fi is offering switchers $200 plus some Pixel Buds for their Pixel 6 pre-orders
Pixel Pass is also here, but you'll have to give and take on the promo
Everyone was busy jamming the Google Store trying to lodge their pre-orders in for a Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro. Another place you could have done it was at Google's own MVNO, Google Fi. And there's plenty of reason to do it here, too.
Google Docs gets unholy @ menu where you can insert formatting, pictures... literally almost anything
More mind-boggling than @everyone
The @ symbol. Ever since we started identifying our email domains with it, the circle-y-a thing has become more and more powerful by the day. On Google Docs, though, @ has become something of a god key, though. No longer restrained to mentioning people, you can now use @ to bring up a universal insertion menu for different types of formatting, media, and other Drive files, too.
Google dumped a snow cone on its new 3D Android 12 statue, and that's pretty much how we feel about it too
So... you wanna buy another?
Google's well-placed pride in Android has earned the OS some prized lawn paraphenalia over the years outside the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Unfortunately, we haven't seen it splash out for new fiberglass statues in recent years — following the pie-themed entry for Android 9, the company bored all of us with a very plain, dessert-less '10' statue and only created a similarly-styled virtual statue for 11.
Google Pixel 6's Live Translate helps you cross language barriers, even offline
Huge improvement on interpretive dance
Google is always promoting its machine-powered live translation capabilities at every opportunity. It just hasn't pulled them under a single banner until now with the company calling out several new tricks you can do with Live Translate (not to be conflated with Live Transcribe).
The Pixel 6 has a Magic Eraser feature that removes photobombers with just a couple taps
No more randos ruining your one moment
It's been a bumpy road, but artificial intelligence in image processing has been maturing — nice enough where decreasing power needs and advancing silicon can produce such a feature as the Magic Eraser on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Android 12 gets a surprise release today alongside the Pixel 6 debut
Got a Pixel 3 or later? Download it now
As it officially introduces its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones, Google has also released final OTA and factory images of Android 12 for existing Pixel devices.
Google Chat users can now mark messages and Spaces as unread
Still marked as unused in my books
Does your team hang around on Google Chat a lot? Sure, we believe you. Anyways, plenty of conversation can bring up plenty of items you'll need to be reminded of and there'll soon be a simple, new feature to help you do that.
Save up to $130 when you buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE
The biggest savings are for the 128GB version
The Galaxy Tab S7 FE — the 'FE' stands for "Fan Edition," in case you're unaware — has been out in the U.S. for a couple of months as a "premium-B" tier sidekick to the bolder Tab S7+ from earlier this year. With each product's price structure stuck close together, Samsung is making an effort to double down on sales.
This good old-fashioned Pixel 6 unboxing video is just the cherry on top of a mountain of leaks
Although all the ice cream has melted by now...
Leaking phones seems like the wrong way going about chasing clout, but if you're sure you won't face consequences for it, perhaps it's worth a go. This has led us to the first unboxing video of Google's Pixel 6. Yep, if copious amounts of official media and unauthorized renders and photos aren't enough... here you go.
We know what red flags are. Everyone's been making spicy memes out of them. But when some brands do it, well, that should put up a special red flag to let everyone know that this meme is done.
The new PinePhone Pro is a Linux phone for people who love Android
THIS will be the year of the Linux phone
Pine64, the hardcore nerds behind Linux-powered hardware including the PinePhone from 2019 which we have reviewed, is opening pre-orders for its new $399 PinePhone Pro.
Even Google wants you to buy a Samsung foldable — for now
Unfold that cash and flip out one of these babies today
With the onset of the foldable smartphone and all of the screens it can pack onto so much surface space, Google feels the need to highlight what owners of Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip3 and Fold3 can do with its services.