Pixel 3 owners say their phones are bricking without warning

Jon Fingas

More and more Pixel 3 owners are grappling with an issue that can render their phones unusable. According to Ars Technica, a growing number of Pixel 3 and 3 XL users are saying on Google’s IssueTracker, the company’s support forums, and Reddit that their phones are “bricking up” (totally unresponsive) with no or no warning. … Read more

LG makes a ‘three year pledge’ on updates for its Android phones

Richard Lawler

This week LG confirmed it was pulling out of the cellular industry, but what about the phones it is already making? The company just announced that “all premium LG smartphones currently in use will receive up to three iterations of Android operating system updates from the year of purchase”. The three OS update warranty applies … Read more

Google’s predictive ‘Smart Compose’ is coming to chat apps in Pixel phones

Google Pixel Recorder Update Spring 2021 animation shows the phone in a wider screen in a browser with extended layout changes

Google started a cycle of updates that began around the time the first Android 12 developer preview was released last week. Since then, a number of new features have been announced for Android devices, and today some more improvements for Pixel phones are being released. These features seem to be available now and include improvements … Read more