Smartphone Reviews & Leaks Google Follows Samsung with a Quiet Price Hike on the Pixel 10a October 3, 2026 Lina Hope It is rapidly turning into price hike season across the global smartphone market. Just a day after Samsung made headlines by raising the retail prices of its flagship Galaxy S26…
Google Ecosystem & Pixel Google Overhauls Gemini App Model Tiers and Introduces New Effort Levels for Subscribers October 3, 2026 Basiran Google is restructuring access to its artificial intelligence models across its subscription tiers, introducing tighter boundaries on which versions of Gemini are available to free users and entry-level paid subscribers.…
Google Ecosystem & Pixel Looking Back at the Google Pixel 5: How an Unlikely "Exercise in Compromise" Aged Surprisingly Well October 3, 2026 Layla Zulfa In 2020, the Google Pixel smartphone lineup found itself navigating an exceptionally difficult landscape. The tech industry was grappling with severe global supply chain disruptions, while the onset of a…
Custom ROMs & Modding Google Restricts Gemini Pro Access and Tightens Lower Subscription Tiers October 3, 2026 Suro Senen Google is rolling out significant changes to its artificial intelligence subscription model, scaling back access to its most powerful conversational models for users on lower pricing tiers. The shift comes…
Google Ecosystem & Pixel Google already rolling out Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 for Pixel October 3, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy As is customary with early beta builds, Google is opening up the software to testers and developers to iron out bugs, fine-tune system stability, and evaluate newly introduced backend adjustments.…
Android News & Updates Google Releases Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 for Pixel Phones Just in Time for the Weekend October 2, 2026 Suro Senen Just as users head into the weekend, Google has rolled out a fresh software drop for its smartphone lineup, releasing Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 to eligible Pixel devices. The…
Google Ecosystem & Pixel Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 [Gallery] October 2, 2026 Pevita Pearce The deployment of Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 marks the beginning of another comprehensive preview period. As has become customary with major quarterly platform releases, Google is utilizing this testing…
Android Development & SDK Google Enhances Android Development Ecosystem with New CLI Capabilities and Expanded AI Agent Skills October 2, 2026 Dwi Wanna As the landscape of mobile development continues to evolve at a rapid pace, Android developers now utilize a vast ecosystem of artificial intelligence agents, large language models, specialized development tools,…
Android News & Updates Mastering the Google Pixel Camera: How Real-World Workarounds Overcome Hardware Limits October 2, 2026 Nana Wu While professional camera gear and advanced computational photography offer incredible advantages in low light, zoom ranges, and depth of field, they ultimately cannot replace the human element of composition. A…
Google Ecosystem & Pixel The Pixel 3a at Seven: How Google’s Unlikely Budget Phone Saved Its Hardware Ambitions October 2, 2026 Dwi Wanna Google’s Pixel lineup was originally conceived as a strictly premium smartphone effort, but that entire strategy shifted dramatically in 2019 with the introduction of the Pixel 3a. That budget-conscious launch…
