No, Samsung, I don’t want to pay today for tomorrow’s features

Smartphones used to come with a slew of features. If a company touted a feature during its big, flashy keynote event, it was available immediately, or at the very least as part of an update on day one. Now, giants like Apple, Samsung, and Google are talking about AI-powered features that aren’t even close to … Read more

I tried out RCS messaging between iPhone and Android: here’s how it works

After countless ads and several years of pleading from Google, RCS has finally come to Apple’s Messages app. Right now it’s only available as part of the second iOS 18 beta before a full rollout later this fall, but for the brave beta testers, the time has finally come. So I did what any good … Read more

Google and Samsung will not lose any sleep over Apple Intelligence

Apple’s upcoming iOS 18 update heralds a few big and many small changes to Apple’s iPhone lineup. But besides the things Android has had for years, Apple Intelligence is undoubtedly the most important announcement of the bunch. However, there are a few caveats to Apple’s late push into AI that should give us extra pause … Read more