A Reddit leak attributed to u/desterpot details how many 'picks' T-Mobile's upcoming T-Mix plans will charge for each add-on perk. Items like DashPass, Sirius XM, Delta SkyMiles and YouTube Premium Lite cost one pick, while Google AI Pro, Xbox Game Pass Premium and YouTube Premium cost two, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs three, and ESPN Unlimited costs four. Founder members reportedly get Apple TV, Hulu with Ads, and Netflix Premium for one pick through mid-2027.
WIRED has published a roundup of Amazon Prime Day deals covering phone cases, chargers, storage, batteries and other mobile accessories. The outlet notes that although discounts are live, overall electronics prices have risen, so savings are generally smaller than in previous years.
Amazon is selling the 256GB Nothing Phone 3 for $549, down from its $799 retail price, a 31% discount. The unlocked model includes 12GB RAM, a 6.67-inch 120Hz OLED display, a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, a triple 50MP camera system with OIS, and a 5,150mAh silicon-carbon battery with fast and wireless charging.
Android Authority released its weekly Wallpaper Wednesday roundup for October 7, featuring six reader-submitted images and three from its own team. The free, watermark-free wallpapers are available in both JPG and PNG formats, optimized for phones, tablets and PCs, with full-resolution downloads offered via a linked Google Drive folder.
A tech writer reports that enabling Apple's Call Screening feature, introduced in iOS 26 with the 'Ask Reason for Calling' option, eliminated spam and scam calls impersonating their mobile carrier and fake job offers that had been arriving weekly. The feature requires callers to state their reason before the phone rings through to the user.
Android Authority polled over 1,800 readers about how they sideload apps now that Google has rolled out new sideloading restrictions, including advanced warnings and a 24-hour wait timer. More than 63% said they manually download APK installation files from sources like GitHub, while only 20.7% use third-party app stores such as F-Droid or Obtainium.
An Android Authority writer lays out personal reasons for favoring Google's Pixel 11 Pro over rival Android flagships, citing a cleaner software experience with fewer duplicate or bloatware apps compared to phones like Samsung's. The piece also highlights Pixel's position as first in line for software updates as a key advantage.
Android Authority's review of the 2026 Motorola Razr finds it largely unchanged from last year's model in specs, but with a higher price tag of $799.99. The phone retains its 3.6-inch cover screen, dual 50MP cameras, and a Dimensity 7450 chipset, delivering solid performance and photo quality in a design nearly identical to its predecessor aside from new color options.
Samsung has pushed the stable, Android 17-based One UI 9 update to the Galaxy Quantum 7 in South Korea, the local variant of the Galaxy A57 5G, making it the first A-series phone to receive the finished build. The firmware carries the September 2026 security patch and arrives alongside One UI 9's rollout to the Galaxy S24 lineup and 2024 foldables. The US version of the Galaxy A57 5G has not yet received the update.
Google is widening the rollout of a redesigned Google Wallet card selector that replaces the horizontal card carousel with a vertically stacked list of saved debit and credit cards. The new layout opens as a separate screen, leaving transit cards, loyalty cards, and passes accessible from the main Wallet screen as before. Android Authority says the interface, previously seen only by a small number of users, has now appeared on Pixel phones used by its own team.
Developers have released nanoMuse, an open-source AI agent licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later that runs across Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux, plus a web console and self-hostable relay. The project, styled after Meta's Muse, performs tasks autonomously, keeps running when the app is closed, retains memory of the user, and pauses to confirm before irreversible actions. Users get a free allowance of model use on a community relay subsidized by the developer, or can supply their own API key or self-host the relay.
Google has confirmed that its newly released Googlebook laptops do not yet support cross-device 'Better Together' features with Samsung phones, even those running Android 17. Google's Mishaal Rahman said on Reddit that support for Samsung devices will roll out over the coming weeks, after users reported the feature failing to work and at least one buyer returning their device.
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