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.

The fact the new Qi2 wireless charging standard has completely failed to hit Android phones has left me disgruntled — and it feels like Android phone makers are squandering the chance to adopt one of the best iPhone features of the past 5 years.

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