If you own a recent iPhone or Pixel phone, you’ve got an emergency backup communication option in a crisis: satellite messaging. Introduced by Apple with the iPhone 14 and iOS 16 in 2022 (and available on all iPhones since), it’s now available on the latest Pixel 9 series phones with Android 14 too.

The iPhone 16 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro both offer a flagship experience at $1,000, with similarities in the design, display and cameras. But which should you buy?

While it boasts some of the best hardware ever seen on a pixel and sports a different design, the Pixel 9 Pro XL also comes with a very stiff price tag, which puts it up against the likes of the iPhone 16 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Following Samsung’s super early Black Friday Galaxy S24 sale, Google has launched a new promotion that hikes trade-in prices when buying the Pixel 9 series.

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold makes a strong claim to being the best foldable phone on the planet right now, and at the same time is also arguably the best phone Google has ever made—perhaps better than the Pixel 9 Pro,

Just about every smartphone with an OLED screen has an always-on display option to persistently show info like notifications, the time, and local weather while you're not actively using the phone. Over the past few years,

That's a big deal in itself, because I wasn't keen on the Pixel 9 Pro XL initially. Google changed the aesthetic this generation, going with flatter sides and eschewing some of it