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All the latest news on Android 17, Wear OS 7, and Android XR

16 June 2026 at 19:30

Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today

16 June 2026 at 19:00
Floating Bubble windows are among the biggest changes in the OS update. | Image: Google

Following its official debut last month, Google is now rolling out Android 17 to compatible Pixel phones, alongside additional exclusive features as part of the June Pixel Drop. Not every feature announced alongside the OS at the pre-I/O Android Show is available today, though.

Android 17 itself is arriving on Pixel phones today, and Google says other manufacturers will be issuing the update throughout 2026. The biggest user interface update is the introduction of Bubbles, floating app windows that you can open with a long press - similar floating windows are already found in many Android skins, but are now an official part of 17. Google is …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Verizon’s ‘Simplicity’ flat-rate plan starts at $30 per month for new customers

16 June 2026 at 18:19
An illustration of the Verizon logo

Verizon is launching a new Simplicity plan that starts at $30 / month for new customers, or $45 / month for existing ones. In its announcement, Verizon says the plan drops activation and upgrade fees, while offering one flat price for each line.

The $30 price for new customers is an "initial promotional offer" that applies after enabling autopay and taking advantage of a discount for switching carriers, according to Verizon. But before customers can ditch Verizon's $40 fee to activate or upgrade a device, they'll need to opt in to the carrier's new loyalty program through the My Verizon app. The loyalty program comes with a new Verizon Doll …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Apple 2027 rumors: AirPods with cameras for AI and the second folding iPhone

16 June 2026 at 18:04
AirPods Pro 3 shown with an iPhone and live translation features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Now that we're clear of WWDC and all of the new AI-powered features coming to Apple's platforms, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has more details about rumored new hardware, like the camera-equipped AirPods he'd previously written about. He says they are currently on schedule for a late 2027 launch, and that while we're checking out beta releases for this fall's iOS 27 update, the new earbuds are internally being tested with next year's update, iOS 28.

With cameras mounted in their stems and lights to indicate when data is being uploaded to the cloud, they could give the upgraded version of Siri "visual context" about your surroundings, be …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Un gigantesque « dragon des mers » vieux de 180 millions d’années découvert au Royaume-Uni

16 June 2026 at 09:00
180 millions d'années sous nos pieds. Un fossile d'ichtyosaure colossal vient d'être mis au jour en Angleterre, et il redessine ce que l'on croyait savoir sur ces reptiles marins préhistoriques. Une découverte qui a fait trembler le monde de la paléontologie britannique. 

Happy birthday to the Trump phone

15 June 2026 at 15:15
Photo of a sheet cake featuring a man holding the Trump Mobile phone.

From the day it was announced, on June 16th, 2025, the Trump phone sounded ridiculous. The T1 Phone 8002 (gold version), as it was officially called, was a combination of contradictory specs, product images that were clearly not photographs of a real phone, and the worrying requirement of a $100 deposit to secure a preorder of a $499 phone with no release date. But none of Trump Mobile's outlandish announcements were as bold as the claim that the phone would be "designed and built in the United States."

The US has next to no phone manufacturing infrastructure, few engineers with the required expertise, and little of the affordable, flexible …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Honor’s Magic V6 sets three foldable firsts

15 June 2026 at 12:00
The crease isn’t quite invisible, but otherwise this feels like the complete foldable package — on the hardware side at least.

On paper, the Honor Magic V6 sounds like a tremendous leap forward for foldable phones: It's the thinnest one yet, with the biggest battery, and the best water-resistance ever. In practice, only the bigger battery feels like a meaningful improvement. The other upgrades are only fractionally superior to what came before.

This isn't entirely Honor's fault. It's getting harder to make a foldable phone stand out; even last year's offerings felt like complete flagship phones. Huawei's Pura X Max stood out for its odd new aspect ratio, which we're expecting to see both Samsung and Apple replicate later this year. Then there are the trifolds, whic …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Hello Tomorrow Summit : ETravelSIM accompagne les curieux de deeptech avec une data mobile instantanée

14 June 2026 at 11:30
Les événements consacrés à la deeptech rassemblent aujourd’hui un public particulièrement mobile, entre chercheurs, investisseurs et curieux venus découvrir les innovations en cours. À l’occasion du Hello Tomorrow Summit, la connectivité s’impose comme un enjeu discret mais essentiel : consulter...

World Youth Skills Day : La Poste Mobile accompagne les jeunes qui apprennent, postulent et créent depuis leur smartphone

14 June 2026 at 09:30
Aujourd’hui, de nombreux jeunes utilisent leur smartphone bien au-delà des réseaux sociaux. Cours en ligne, candidatures, recherches d’informations, projets créatifs ou échanges professionnels : le mobile s’impose comme un outil polyvalent qui accompagne une grande partie de leurs activités. À...

Derrière le sac en « cuir de T. rex » qui affole les enchères, voici ce que le luxe vend réellement

12 June 2026 at 14:31
Entre prouesse biotechnologique et storytelling de luxe, un sac à main présenté comme fabriqué en « cuir de T. rex » vient de faire son apparition sur le marché des enchères parisiennes. Affiché à plusieurs centaines de milliers d’euros, l’objet invoque la paléontologie et des fragments de...

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