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Don't need AI on your phone? It takes a bit of work, but you can disable or uninstall most AI-assisted utilities, and I'll show you how to do just that.

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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

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Android devices are typically packed with sensors that continually record data. For the privacy-conscious, there is a simple ...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025) are the company’s two latest smartwatches, packing that squircle body, brighter displays, and larger batteries than their predecessors. Based ...

Parth, the digital nerd, dances between the realms of Android and iPhone like a tech-savvy tango. With a keyboard as his compass, he navigates the binary seas, uncovering hidden gems and unraveling ...

It’s because of all these updates that I recently switched back to the Gmail Android app after using a third-party email client for most of this year. And while I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time back ...

If you enabled it, the feature logs and stores places you visit in your Maps app. But you can turn it off later if you decide you don't want it to track your whereabouts.

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Auracast support rolls out to more smartphones and headphones. You can share your phone's audio with one or many friends. Your phone and headphones must support Auracast to access the feature. If ...