Cell phones have come a long way since they first made their public debut. From calling functionality to SMS to smartphone apps, your phone can now do almost everything a larger PC might. You can use ...

Micro USB OTG: These were commonly used with older Android smartphones that came with Micro USB ports. This port could let you plug in a pen drive, keyboard, or mouse to transfer files or type more ...

The Google Pixel lineup of smartphones, particularly recent XL and XL Pro models, are able to utilize a built-in temperature ...

Cooking with the power of the entire internet at your immediate disposal has its advantages, but not every aspect of smart ...

Introduced at CES, Peri sticks to your torso and tracks anxiety, menstrual changes, sleep disturbances, and more via app.

Hubs will generally give you the ability to connect flash drives, external SSDs, and external displays to your phone. This is ...

CES 2026 unveiled game-changing tech from LG's invisible wallpaper TV to AI-powered home robots and foldable steering wheels ...

Stellar Photo Recovery is our favorite photo recovery App for a few reasons. Crucially, it can restore imagine from each type ...

Sharing your estimated time of arrival (ETA) lets others know when to expect you without constant check-ins. Apple Maps and Google Maps both include built-in tools that send live arrival updates while ...

How often do people replace their phone? It really depends on who you ask. Some surveys, like those of Reviews.org, say it's about every 2.5 years. Informal polls across the web show different results ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...