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OnePlus 12R hands-on: A promising midrange phone with some premium features

If you want premium features but can't stand flagship phone prices, the OnePlus 12R may be just what you've been waiting for. Here's our first look at the first R series phone from OnePlus to ship outside of China and India.

Tom’s Guide · Jan 15, 2024

Your next Samsung phone could last you 7 years before needing an upgrade

Samsung will allegedly offer the same long-term software support as the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro

T3 · Jan 15, 2024

Those annoying smartwatch move alerts will save your life. Only one brand gets them right.

All of the medical studies show that standing every hour doesn't actually counterbalance the serious issues with sitting for eight hours a day. You need to actually move throughout the day, and only one fitness brand pushes you to do that.

Android Central · Jan 14, 2024

Beeper Mini exits the Play Store thanks to the iMessage chaos

Beeper Mini has been yanked from the Play Store, but iMessage remains a 'Labs' feature in Beeper Cloud for now.

Android Central · Jan 13, 2024

Google might actually let you search with Bing in its own Pixel Launcher, proving miracles really can happen

A feature spotted in a preview build of Android suggests Google might soon let Pixel users swap out for a different search engine on their home screens.

Windows Central · Jan 12, 2024

Best of CES 2024

Now that CES 2024 is over, here are the devices that stood out to us.

Android Central · Jan 12, 2024

Lenovo unveils most bizarre laptop of 2024 - franken-notebook is literally two computers stuck together that can run Windows and Android at the same time

Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is a Windows 11 PC and an Android tablet combined.

TechRadar · Jan 12, 2024

Lock screen widgets could finally return in Android 15, but there's a catch

Lock screen widgets could be coming back to Android with Android 15, but maybe not for every device.

TechRadar · Jan 12, 2024

Lenovo should've used ChromeOS instead of Windows with its latest hybrid device

Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid has an obnoxious name, but besides running Windows, it's the perfect multi-OS device. Now, I just have to hope for a version to be released with ChromeOS.

Android Central · Jan 12, 2024

Android 15 could see the return of lock screen widgets — what we know

A half-finished lock screen widget feature found in an Android 14 beta version suggests Android 15 could get the final version.

Tom’s Guide · Jan 12, 2024