2019

What Did You Love in 2019 Tech?

The final countdown has begun to 2020, with hours remaining until you fall asleep early and fail to stay up until midnight to ring in the new year. So to finish on a productive note these last few moments and be able to say that you did something, we have one...

Poll: How Often Do You Use Dark Mode?

Talk of Android 11 getting a Dark Mode scheduler got us thinking, how often do you use the dark mode setting on your Android phone? Personally, when the sun is going down and I'm relaxing on the couch at night is when I manually toggle dark mode on my Pixel 4...
Favorite Google Assistant Command

What’s Your Favorite Google Assistant Command?

There's been a lot of talk about Google Assistant this week. We reviewed a new Lenovo smart display powered by it, told you how to setup Google Keep as your shopping list in Assistant, and learned about Interpreter Mode on phones. See what I mean? I also feel...
Google RCS

How Much Has Your Life Changed With RCS?

When Google said "Ahhh, to hell with carriers!" last month and started rolling out RCS to US Android users through the Google Messages app, there was quite the celebration. Part of me was proud to see Google finally take a bit of a stand against carriers when...
OnePlus 7T

What Makes Your Phone Great?

What do you love about your phone? We all own the phones that we own for certain reasons. We bought them for the camera. We bought them for the battery life or the high refresh rate display. We wanted frequent software updates or support for years. We wanted...
Black Friday Ideas 2019

What are You Planning to Buy for Black Friday?

We are hours from real Black Friday deals rolling out, not these faux pre-Black Friday discounts that are never as good as they might be over the next couple of days. We know that Verizon is prepping a bunch, as is Google, Samsung, and others. There will be...

Tuesday Poll: Do You Own a Smart Display?

Last year, when Smart Displays were still relatively new, we asked if you were interested in them. 43% of those who responded said they were interested, followed by 39% of people saying they weren't. It's time for a followup. It's almost 2020 and Lenovo has...
Pixel 4 XL

Why Are You Still Using Android?

Yep, we're asking - why are you still using Android in 2019? A couple of years ago, if I were to ask this same question, I'm guessing the answer would be given without hesitation. You would tell me that you love Android because it gives you choice, that it's...