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In the latest Overtime episode, 9to5Mac hosts Fernando Silva and Jeff Benjamin discuss their extended experience using Apple's iPhone Duo, a device that lacks a telephoto lens and Face ID. They compare its multitasking and FaceTime features against Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, and also touch on Apple's recent wave of product launches and rumors of a second-generation MacBook Neo.
Motorola has introduced the Signature 27, which it says will be the first phone sold in the US with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor. The device pairs that chip with a 6.8-inch tandem OLED display rated at 12,000 nits peak brightness, Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, a large silicon-carbon battery, and a four-sensor rear camera system including a 200MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom and a dedicated action sensor.
Android Authority's Stephen Radochia compares Motorola's new Signature 27 flagship, which boasts a 7,000mAh battery, a 200MP telephoto camera and a 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip, against the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. Despite Motorola's aggressive spec sheet, the piece argues Samsung's phone remains the smarter buy, citing features like its Privacy Display screen-blocking tool as more practically useful than Motorola's ultra-bright 12,000-nit display.
Mint Mobile is running a limited-time promotion giving new customers up to $500 off select Android phones, including Google's Pixel 11 series and Samsung's Galaxy S26 series. The offer requires signing up for a 12-month unlimited plan priced at $180 upfront, or $15 a month, plus taxes and fees. Customers can also get an additional $400 or more credit by trading in an eligible unlocked phone such as an iPhone 16 or newer, Galaxy S25 or newer, or Pixel 10 or newer.
Code changes found in Samsung's Contacts app suggest it will soon let users jump directly into Samsung Gaming Hub from within the app, as part of the upcoming One UI 9.5 update. The feature appears to add a social dimension to Contacts, potentially letting users see or connect with friends' gaming activity.
Samsung and Google announced that their upcoming smart glasses can be controlled using gestures detected through existing Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch devices. This lets wearers interact with the glasses without touching them or issuing voice commands.
Android Authority found evidence that Samsung is developing a dedicated Blocked Calls dashboard within its Phone app, discovered through an APK teardown of One UI 9.5. The feature displays calls blocked over the past 30 days, sorted into categories such as potential fraud, suspected spam, and calls manually blocked by the user, shown via a stacked bar chart. The dashboard was manually activated by the outlet and has no confirmed release date.
Google has launched Pixel Tag, its Bluetooth tracker for Android devices, following an August announcement at Google I/O. Google's own footnotes confirm that the tracker's advanced precision-finding features require a phone running Android 9.0+ and Bluetooth 6.0+, a combination only found in recently released models like the Pixel 10 series and Galaxy S26 Plus/Ultra.
Google is bringing display-free smart eyewear to market this fall through partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, built on its Android XR platform. Samsung supplies core hardware components like cameras, microphones and touch sensors, while the eyewear brands handle frame design, lenses and sales. Warby Parker's version starts at $395 and Gentle Monster's at $449, both sharing 2GB RAM, 64GB storage, a 12MP camera capable of 3K video, stereo speakers and far-field mics.
A leak from SammyGuru shows five previously unseen wallpapers said to belong to the Galaxy S27 series, featuring an S-shaped ribbon design in Burgundy, Light Blue, Navy, White, and Pink. The outlet notes these are static images, with live versions likely to follow, and ties the colors to Samsung's pattern of matching wallpaper hues to device body colors.
Samsung appears to be internally testing One UI 9.5 on Galaxy S25 handsets, ahead of its expected debut alongside the Galaxy S26 series. The testing comes as some Galaxy users report issues with the current One UI 9 update, including an XML "Access Denied" error screen after installing it.
A new leak claims the Galaxy S27 and S27 Plus will carry over the same ultrawide and telephoto sensors used in current models, with only the main sensor changing. The Galaxy S27 Pro reportedly gains a 200MP main camera and 50MP ultrawide but keeps a small 10MP 3x zoom lens, while the Galaxy S27 Ultra is said to drop its quad-camera setup for three lenses, pairing the same main and ultrawide sensors with a 50MP 5x telephoto.