What’s new at Google? The Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G are official, and the differences between them are a little surprising. The Google Launch Night In event was a brief announcement video where folks from Google introduced the new phones, a new smart speaker, and a new Chromecast with a remote! In related Google news, don’t miss: Stay tuned for our official hands-on impressions and full reviews of these new devices, coming soon!

TL;DR Google just announced two new features for Google Photos: a Google Photos favorites button, and a “heart” button for shared photos. Curiously, Google didn’t announce these features at Google I/O 2018. The features are coming soon, but the favorites feature could land for you sometime this week. Google made a lot of announcements at Google I/O 2018, some of which even revolved around Google Photos. However, it didn’t announce two new features that just dropped today: a Google Photos favorites feature and a “heart” button for liking photos that someone shares with you.

ZTE’s latest flagship smartphone is making its way to many other markets after a successful launch in the USA and China. The biggest focus is on Europe, but the Chinese manufacturer wants to be clear that this is a global release. But why are they now calling it the ZTE Axon Elite? Yes, it’s essentially the same phone, but it does come with a few particular changes. Customers will be able to handle the same beautifully built device and enjoy nearly identical specifications.

Update, August 27, 2019 (02:37 PM ET): The latest Pokemon Go clone based on a popular media franchise — Men In Black Global Invasion — is now live on the Google Play Store. As described below, you take on the role of a MiB agent and wander around capturing aliens using nifty Men In Black guns and other equipment. Just watch out for the most dreaded alien of all: microtransactions.

Update (8/13): Gameloft's March of Empires is now available for download in the Google Play Store. If you're interested, hit up the link below to start playing! [aa_button text="Download March of Empires from Google Play" url="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftGHHM" size="medium" align="center" nofollow="0" color="0" ] Original post (8/6): There are plenty of strategy war games to choose from in the Google Play Store, but I must accept most of them offer nothing unique. Those looking for a more immersive and complex experience will soon have a new major option.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones may have a near bezel-free display on the front, but the rear section of the phones are still arguably a bit dull looking. Assuming you don’t want to put a protective case on the Galaxy S8, there is a way to make the back of the phone look much cooler by turning the rear panel into a clear one, showing all of its electronic circuitry.

We’ve been expecting this day for at least two or three years, basically since Chrome came out and quickly started to become the default desktop browser for many of us, even when it was still in beta. Since then, we wanted to see Chrome for Android, but for some reason, Google kept avoiding the subject until this year. This year we saw Chrome for Android Beta for the first time, and we were impressed by the browser’s speed and performance (you’d expect that from Chrome after all).

The day has finally come, folks. After months of being available exclusively on iOS and the Amazon Appstore, Crossy Road has finally hopped into the Google Play Store. The game takes most of its inspiration from the classic arcade game, Frogger, and offers up a unique block-like world to play in. Just like Frogger, your goal is to make your way across roads, rivers and train tracks while dodging cars, trucks and trying not to fall in the water.

If you want something that can charge your Samsung smartphone and smartwatch at the same time, you are in luck — Amazon knocked down the price of Samsung’s Wireless Charger Duo from $119.99 to just $49.99 today. The Wireless Charger Duo features a stand that lets you prop up and charge your smartphone either in portrait or landscape. It also features a flat, slotted area that lets you either charge a smartwatch or a second smartphone.

MediaTek has been putting increasing pressure on the mobile SoC market leaders lately, and newly leaked details about a high-end Helio X20 SoC could point to the company’s biggest challenger yet. According to the leak, MediaTek is working on a Helio X20 SoC that will feature 10 CPU cores. The ‘deca-core’ design is arranged in a tri-cluster big.LITTLE setup. There are two high performance, more efficientCortex-A72 cores clocked at around 2.