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Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold hands-on landed this week, and Engadget's headline doesn't leave much room for interpretation: "Stagnating Instead of Innovating," delivered in a year when Samsung made two new flagship foldables of its own (Engadget). That contrast is the starting point for this Pixel 11 Pro Fold vs Galaxy Z Fold 8 comparison, and it's worth being precise about which Samsung phone actually belongs in it.

Apple popularized the idea of bringing two phones together to share content. Google is now introducing a similar workflow for some Android devices. The Android Quick Share tap to share feature started rolling out this week, adding a new way for Pixel owners to start sharing files and contact info.

A rubberized, soccer-ball-shaped tracker that costs as little as $14.99 now taps into the same crowdsourced Find My network that powers Apple's $29 AirTag. That's the pitch behind Ugreen's FineTrack 2, and on paper it reads like an easy win for anyone tired of paying Apple prices for a plastic disc with a chip inside. But "half the price" only holds true on sale days, and the real question buried under that marketing line is what a buyer actually gives up at either price point.

Google officially unveiled the Pixel 11 series yesterday, calling the new Tensor G6 chip its "fastest, most powerful" yet. The announcement detailed a long list of performance claims but left out any mention of a manufacturing process node or foundry partner, leaving the pre-launch Pixel 11 2nm chip rumor unresolved on launch day (Google, yesterday).

Google's support documentation appears to extend Pixel 11 FeliCa support, the contactless standard behind Japan's transit gates, e-money terminals, and digital door keys, to some Pixel 11 models sold outside Japan. That's the claim in Android Headlines' reading of that documentation, published yesterday. No other outlet has independently confirmed it, and Google hasn't issued a statement.

The clearest evidence yet for Samsung Galaxy H1 headphones comes from code strings and icons buried inside the Galaxy Wearable app, which indicate Samsung is developing full-size, Bluetooth over-ear headphones under that codename, according to SamMobile.

Apple took away the iPad's old job. It can no longer act as a Home hub; that role now sits strictly with HomePod and Apple TV. A small independent app called HomeDeck bets there's still a use for a spare iPad in a smart home: not as the brain, but as a HomeKit dashboard for iPad that displays an Apple Home someone has already built out. HomeDeck's own pitch is a dedicated screen, not a replacement for the hub sitting underneath it.

References to WhatsApp custom emoji reactions for iPhone have turned up in WhatsApp for iOS beta version 26.32.10.16, hinting that the app may eventually let iPhone owners swap out its six standard reaction icons for their own picks (WABetaInfo, last week). Right now, every iPhone user sees the same fixed lineup, 👍, ❤️, 😂, 😮, 😢, and 🙏, when they long-press a message, with no built-in way to change it (Cult of Mac, today). The reference surfaced in that TestFlight build, though the feature...

Apple shipped the first developer beta of tvOS 27 on June 9, 2026, days after unveiling the software at its WWDC 2026 keynote, MacObserver reported that day. This is the tvOS 27 beta 1 developer release, not a later build, and nothing in the available reporting points to a sixth developer beta anywhere in this cycle.

The available reporting on a watchOS 27 beta 6 developer release doesn't include a build number, changelog, or fix list tied to that specific version. The most detailed independent account of watchOS 27's beta software comes from PCMag, which tested an earlier developer build roughly a month ago, about a week before the watchOS 27 public beta went live in mid-July.

Samsung opened public applications for the Samsung Galaxy Card on July 22, timed to coincide with Galaxy Unpacked, where the company unveiled new foldables and watches. The card is issued by Barclays U.S. Consumer Bank on the Visa network, carries no annual fee, and comes in both virtual and physical form. New cardholders who spend $2,000 within the first 90 days earn a $200 cash bonus.

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the world's lightest book-style foldable, at 201g, and among the thinnest, measuring 4.5mm unfolded, which Android Authority confirmed is slimmer than the Galaxy S25 Edge at 5.8mm. Those numbers reflect genuine engineering progress. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 thinner and wider design trade-offs, though, deserve closer examination than the spec sheet provides: the redesign that produced a lighter, more pocketable phone also created an opening for Samsung to move key features up...

When Samsung brought back the flip phone in 2020, the product practically marketed itself. The clamshell form factor carried decades of cultural memory, and Samsung packaged that nostalgia into a premium device that felt genuinely different. For a few years, the Flip was the clear winner in Samsung's foldable lineup, according to SamMobile, a remarkable result for what was, structurally speaking, a phone that folded the wrong way for productivity.

Leaked specifications circulating this week indicate Samsung is splitting its Galaxy Z Fold 8 lineup into two distinct display tiers. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra screen size is reported at 8 inches for the main panel and 6.5 inches for the cover screen, matching the current Fold 7's dimensions. The standard Fold 8, by contrast, drops to a 7.6-inch inner display and a 5.5-inch cover screen. Android Authority, Notebookcheck, SamMobile, The Verge, and Trusted Reviews have all reported on the...

Samsung launched the Samsung Health Assistant beta Tuesday, opening its first fully integrated AI-powered health tool inside Samsung Health to eligible U.S. users. Rather than presenting biometric data as graphs to decode, the assistant lets users ask questions about their health, check their daily Energy Score, and receive personalized health guidance across five wellness pillars: sleep, activity, nutrition, mindfulness, and vitals. The shift Samsung is positioning here is from a dashboard you...

The Galaxy Z Flip 8 last Samsung foldable rumor is unconfirmed. Samsung hasn't said a word about ending the line. What it has done is allocate 2.8 million display panels to its new Wide Fold, 2 million to the Fold 8 Ultra, and 1.5 million to the Flip 8, dead last in its own lineup, according to industry sources cited by TrendForce this week. Reports from Android Police and SamMobile from earlier this month suggest the Flip 8 could be Samsung's final clamshell. Neither has confirmed it.

A detailed specs leak ahead of tomorrow's Unpacked event reveals a deliberate first-gen tradeoff: no display, a phone-dependent Gemini assistant, and battery life that varies wildly depending on how you actually use them.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra vs Motorola Razr Fold matchup is the most competitive the book-style foldable category has seen. For seven years, Samsung refined this segment largely without a serious large-format rival. The Motorola Razr Fold is Motorola's first attempt at that space, and it comes in swinging on hardware: a 6,000mAh silicon-carbon battery against the Z Fold line's 4,400mAh, and charging speeds of 80W wired and 50W wireless against Samsung's 25W and 15W (PCMag UK reported in...

Connecting certain LG UltraGear monitors to a Windows 11 PC can trigger the automatic installation of adware-like software that displays McAfee subscription ads on every boot, according to reporting from heise, Hardware Busters, and TechSpot. The software arrives through Windows's device-metadata system, which matches peripheral hardware IDs against a catalog and fetches associated software automatically. No prompt. No consent dialog. No click required.

Code strings buried inside the latest Google Maps beta suggest Google is preparing to connect the app directly to Gmail, Google Photos, Calendar, and other Google services so Maps could show reservation or flight details drawn from connected Google apps.