Ben Schoon

The Pebble smartwatch reboot is in full swing, with the Pebble Time 2 shipping soon and the newly-unveiled Pebble Round 2 not far behind it. After checking them out in person at CES 2026, I’m pretty stoked by the hardware, but it’s still the Index ring th... See more

Privacy often feels like an impossibility in the modern age of the internet, as your data is constantly tracked and shared by just about everything you do. That’s why privacy smartphones and privacy-focused forks of Android keep popping up. With the new P... See more

Google has started the rollout of Android Auto 16.0 this week, but there’s a more pressing issue for some users as a bug is breaking support for message replies. Android Auto app updates are generally not a big deal, which is why it’s always a little funn... See more

YouTube has confirmed a widespread upload issue that delays video processing for upwards of 30 minutes and is also looking for a fix. Uploading a video to YouTube is typically a pretty quick process. The file upload is done in the background as the creato... See more

Samsung is reworking its long-standing Bixby assistant this year with AI, and new screenshots are showing off how that will copy from of Google’s AI tools. It’s not really been a secret that Samsung is planning a big reboot of Bixby with the help of Perpl... See more