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Qualcomm has confirmed two Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips for September 22, including the first phone CPU to reach 5GHz. The split is not generosity, it is a response to 2nm wafer costs and a memory crisis, and it changes what the word flagship means on an Android spec sheet.

A blank grey icon called Android Pulse appeared in Play Store updates last weekend, and it turned out to have been running on phones since March. Here is what Google’s hidden system service actually does, what the data safety listing declares, and why the reaction was harsher than the app deserved.

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and its first foldable, the iPhone Ultra, at a September 9 keynote. Pre-orders are reported to shift to Saturday the 12th because Apple avoids September 11. Here is every date, every product, and what is still uncertain.

Global smartphone shipments are on track to fall close to 14 percent in 2026, the sharpest drop ever recorded. Manufacturers are absorbing the memory crisis by quietly cutting RAM, storage and chipsets instead of raising prices further. Here is what changed and how to spot it.

Walmart and Sam’s Club start accepting Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Wallet on August 24, ending a twelve year refusal to switch on contactless. Here is where it works, what stays the same, and the fintech reason the holdout finally collapsed.

Researchers chained two Unisoc modem flaws so that answering a VoLTE video call hands an attacker full Android kernel access. Five months on there is no CVE, no patch, and no reply from the vendor. Here is which phones are affected and what you can actually do.

Samsung confirmed an August 27 Galaxy event, and the S26 FE is the star. Here is what the leaks say about the Exynos 2500 upgrade, the long list of specs that did not change, and why the price is drifting uncomfortably close to the real flagship.

Honor’s Robot Phone mounts a 200MP camera on a motorized titanium arm, adds ARRI color science, and costs about $1,480. Here is what the gimbal actually does, how it compares to every other moving part phones have tried, and why Honor is not selling it outside China.

Google put a notification light back on the Pixel 11 Pro after eight years, then limited it to favorite contacts and Gemini. Here is what HiLight does, why the restrictions exist, and whether it should matter to you.

Android 17 went stable on June 16, and two months later most people still cannot download it. Here is exactly who has it, when Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus and Xiaomi owners get their turn, and why the wait is so long.