After launching last year, Google Pay is making its first expansion with virtual cards as American Express cardholders can now use the feature on Chrome and Android.
Announced as a part of “Safer Internet Day,” Google has confirmed that virtual cards in Pay are now available for American Express cards. This expands the feature past Capital One, which first adopted the feature last…
Apple announced that they officially have two billion active iPhone users globally, which is an absurd amount of smartphones out in the wild. With each of those iPhones, whether you love it or hate it, they come pre-installed with Safari as the default browser. So if you…
New iPhone browsers on the way without WebKit; Apple prepping Safari for competition
February 7, 2023
We may soon see entirely new iPhone browsers available, as both Google and Mozilla anticipate the end of Apple’s insistence that all iOS browsers use the same WebKit engine as Safari.
This will enable new versions of Chrome and Firefox to offer greater feature…
OnePlus 11 review: A back-to-basics flagship phone
February 7, 2023
Last year’s OnePlus 10 Pro is set to be replaced by the OnePlus 11. There won’t be a OnePlus 11 Pro, and there wasn’t a regular OnePlus 10. Things could be more straightforward, but what are you going to do? Barring any spinoffs, this is OnePlus’ flagship phone, the focus of all its attention, development budget and everything else. Leaks meant we knew what the OnePlus 11 would look like…
Over the weekend, a report from Bloomberg suggested that Apple is considering adding a new high-end option to the iPhone lineup. This device, potentially branded as the “Ultra,” would be more expensive than the “Pro Max,” but the question is how much more
Apple…
A new year means new smartphones, but with such solid offers last year, are there any devices you’re actually planning to upgrade to this year?
January has passed, and with its end has ushered in the first big Android launches of 2023. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S23…
Google Fi survey wants feedback from international travelers
February 7, 2023
One of Google Fi’s original appeals was to frequent international travelers, and it’s now running a feedback survey geared at those users.
As a Google Fi customer, we’d love to hear about your experience using Google Fi internationally. Your opinions and feedback are very much appreciated, as involvement in service feedback and improvements is key to better understanding your needs.
Google…
The year in Pixel updates continues with the Android 13 February security patch for the Pixel 4a, 4a 5G, 5, 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, and 7 Pro rolling out today.
There are 17 security issues resolved in the Android 13 February patch dated 2023-02-01 and 23 for…
Pixel 7 February update fixes Bluetooth and Clear Calling issues
February 7, 2023
With the February security patch today, the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro pick up just four fixes in a relatively quiet update ahead of next month’s bigger release.
A fix specific to the Pixel 7 series is Clear Calling “instability,” while all current devices benefit from a…
A new experimental effort in Chrome aims to run the proper Blink engine on iOS instead of Apple’s required WebKit engine.
On iOS, all web browsers, including third-party ones like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, are required to build upon the same WebKit browser engine as Apple’s Safari browser. By comparison, Android (among many other platforms) allows any and all alternative browser…
