Foldable gaming mode is coming with Android 17

Frankly, we don’t see gaming-specific features come to the Android core all too often. Recently, ex-journalist and now Google employee Mishaal Rahman offered up a surprisingly detailed preview of a great new feature coming to Android 17. It is called Foldable gaming mode, and what it does is basically spawn a highly customizable virtual controller on the bottom half of your unfolded foldable device, with the actual game playing on the top half. For now, it’s just a 50/50 split, which you can’t adjust, but that could come in the future. The virtual joystick emulates controller...

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Foldable gaming mode is coming with Android 17

Frankly, we don’t see gaming-specific features come to the Android core all too often. Recently, ex-journalist and now Google employee Mishaal Rahman offered up a surprisingly detailed preview of a great new feature coming to Android 17. It is called Foldable gaming mode, and what it does is basically spawn a highly customizable virtual controller on the bottom half of your unfolded foldable device, with the actual game playing on the top half. For now, it’s just a 50/50 split, which you can’t adjust, but that could come in the future. The virtual joystick emulates controller...

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Deals: Prime Day shopping is over, here are the best Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10 series deals

The four days of Amazon Prime Day shopping ended this Friday – so, let’s look at what the prices are like now. We’ve picked out the Samsung Galaxy S26 flagships plus a couple of Galaxy mid-rangers as well as the non-folding phones of the Google Pixel 10 lineup. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra still starts at under $1,000. However, that buys you 256GB of storage. You can upgrade to 512GB, but this year this is a $200 upgrade. As usual, we’ll point you to our comparison articles against the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 17 Pro Max. ...

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Deals: Prime Day shopping is over, here are the best Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10 series deals

The four days of Amazon Prime Day shopping ended this Friday – so, let’s look at what the prices are like now. We’ve picked out the Samsung Galaxy S26 flagships plus a couple of Galaxy mid-rangers as well as the non-folding phones of the Google Pixel 10 lineup. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra still starts at under $1,000. However, that buys you 256GB of storage. You can upgrade to 512GB, but this year this is a $200 upgrade. As usual, we’ll point you to our comparison articles against the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 17 Pro Max. ...

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 series roadmap surfaces revealing new 3nm chips

We've heard rumors that Qualcomm will launch two 2nm chips under the Snapdragon 8 Elite series this year, called the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950) and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro (SM8975). But now we learn that Qualcomm has two more Snapdragon 8-series chips on its roadmap. The word comes from reliable tipster Digital Chat Station, who claimed that Qualcomm is working on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX version and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Pro. Both of them are 3nm chips, but the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX has part number SM8850Q, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Pro has part number SM8845...

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Microsoft hikes Xbox prices for the third time in a year

Microsoft is hiking Xbox prices yet again. The company already hiked prices once back in May of last year, and then again later in October. This time, the company is increasing the prices of the 512GB models by $100 and 1TB models by $150. The 2TB model is being discontinued. The current prices are as follows. Model New pricing Previous pricing Xbox Series S (512GB) $499 $399 Xbox Series S (1TB) $599 $449 Xbox Series X Digital (1TB) $749 $599 Xbox Series X (1TB) $799 ...

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Microsoft hikes Xbox prices for the third time in a year

Microsoft is hiking Xbox prices yet again. The company already hiked prices once back in May of last year, and then again later in October. This time, the company is increasing the prices of the 512GB models by $100 and 1TB models by $150. The 2TB model is being discontinued. The current prices are as follows. Model New pricing Previous pricing Xbox Series S (512GB) $499 $399 Xbox Series S (1TB) $599 $449 Xbox Series X Digital (1TB) $749 $599 Xbox Series X (1TB) $799 ...

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