Hidden in your Android phone's developer options is the USB debugging switch. This useful setting is designed to let Android developers send data and commands between a computer and their phone, but ...

Your phone’s camera is a real genie. I want you to start using it that way, especially this week. Whether you’re carrying the brand-new iPhone or an older Android ...

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 ...

Google has released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 with the December 2025 security patch for a wide range of Pixel phones and tablets, ahead of a planned stable release in March 2026. The beta introduces ...

The Oppo Find X8 Ultra outperforms its Samsung rival in almost every scenario. The Galaxy S25 Ultra comes close in ultrawide camera comparison. Oppo's flagship features include XPAN mode, Hasselblad ...

Shopping for new tech in 2025 can feel like a second job. Between flagship smartphones, tablets, TVs, and headphones, the choices are endless — and so is the noise. Every brand claims to be the best, ...

Ingress protection (IP) ratings were once reserved for the most premium of smartphones, but they have now made their way to even affordable smartphones like the Pixel 9a. Yet, with the launch of the ...

While Samsung has already launched the Galaxy Z TriFold, 2026 could finally be the year of the foldable iPhone and many other exciting smartphones. Prakhar Khanna is a Writer at CNET with bylines in ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...