I’m a fitness tracker and marathon runner, and I’ve been wearing an Apple Watch for the past ten years, and I’m here to tell you about a handy feature you probably don’t use – Heart Rate Zones. Used correctly, they can transform your watch from a simple heart rate monitor, to a more advanced device … Read more
Android Central Labs (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) Android Central Labs is a weekly column dedicated to deep diving, testing, and exploring the technology you use. It covers phones, tablets and everything in between. Going into this review, I was prepared to be disappointed. From the start, Samsung seems to have made no … Read more
Since launching its first sports watch in 2018, Coros has rapidly closed the gap with the biggest brands in the space in terms of hardware, making the lightest and most durable devices available. When it comes to software, however, the Coros still lags behind Garmin’s best watches in terms of the number and depth of … Read more
Apple just made a move that no one saw coming a few years ago. The company’s programming language is it’s now officially supported for building Android devices, and it could mean big things for the future of mobile software. Swift just arrived on Android, and it’s official this time If you’re not a developer, here’s … Read more
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is here, which means now is a great time to find a deal on your next Apple Watch. The sale event runs from March 25 to March 31, with up to 38 percent off popular tech gadgets (and more). As a technology reporter for NBC Select, I review smartwatches, wireless earbuds, … Read more
Magnetic devices are designed for the MagSafe, Qi2, and Pixelsnap ecosystems. All phones that support these features also support wireless charging, and there is a general understanding that magnetism benefits those looking for wireless charging devices a lot. As important as a magnetic wireless charger is, it’s not the only reason to look for natural … Read more
Your Windows PC might be doing something you didn’t expect. As you read, work, or play, it sends bits of update files to other computers around the world. It sounds weird at first, but it’s not caused by a bug or malware. It’s part of Windows’ Delivery Optimization. Delivery Optimization is designed to make updates … Read more
The new Privacy Screen feature on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra makes it much harder for people to spy on your phone. In fact, from other angles, the eyes of the eyes will be able to see is a blank screen. More interestingly, Samsung has designed the Privacy Screen in such a way as to … Read more
Hidden iPhone tips (Image credit: Future) Hi, I’m Kaycee. Welcome to Hidden iPhone Tips, a weekly column where I dig up the best iOS features that Apple isn’t telling you about. Liquid Glass is one of the most visible design changes in iOS 26. Some people like it. Some find it heavy, distracting, or overwhelming … Read more
One week. That’s all it took. Seven days ago, Antifreeze it was a side project sitting on a server with 194 users. Then this community caught it. Two front page stories, hundreds of comments, donations from people I’ve never met, and suddenly 2,400 people across the country have an app on their phones that rings … Read more