Pccooler PC-R6The Pccooler PC-R6 is a surprisingly decent laptop cooler for its price tag. The slim, attractive design and decent cooling make it good by itself. The inclusion of a braided USB cable, USB pass-through, and fan controls appeal to power users and gamers. However, it's a bit disappointing the fans don't pump out more than 9-10 CFM a piece because it would've taken this cooler to a whole other level.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Mobile Payments is an ever growing market with OEMs attempting to replace the traditional wallet with your smartphone, but most of them have very similar feature sets. While Android Pay and Apple Pay both use the NFC standard to communicate with payment terminals, this requires retailers to upgrade their hardware to accept contactless payments. Samsung Pay may support phones from other brands in future News

TL;DR The YouTube TV price has gone up immediately from $49.99 to $64.99 a month. This is the biggest single price increase for the live TV streaming service since it first launched in February 2017. YouTube also added eight new channels to the base service and recently added HBO Max and Cinemax as add-on channels. In a blog post, Google revealed the YouTube TV price tag is going up by $15, from $49.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority It’s only taken a couple of years for true wireless earbuds to flood the market, as audio companies and smartphone brands alike all jumped on the wire-free bandwagon and ditched the cable running between earbuds. But as unobtrusive as these gadgets are, I simply find myself unwilling to switch to them. Sure, the lack of wires makes for a truly snag-free experience, but they have major downsides too.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Xiaomi Mi 10T series launched roughly a year ago as the firm’s flagship family for the second half of 2020. Now, Xiaomi is doing the same thing this year with the newly launched 11T series, with these also being the firm’s first flagships without the Mi moniker. Much like last year’s phones, we’ve got three devices in the Xiaomi 11T family, namely the 11T Pro, the standard 11T, and the 11T Lite 5G NE.

Alcatel Idol 4sThe Idol 4S undoubtedly delivers several welcome improvements over the cheaper Idol 3 and a worthy successor it is, but in an increasingly-competitive industry, the Idol 4S may not be the best smartphone you can buy for $399. Table of contents Alcatel made some noise last year with the release of the OneTouch Idol 3 as an affordable and attractive package that caught the eye of consumers. The OneTouch Idol 3 was very much a budget-friendly mid-range smartphone, but while its Alcatel may have dropped the OneTouch branding with its successor, the Idol 4S improves on it by offering better specs at an equally affordable price tag.

Sam Smart / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is facing a lawsuit after a 12-year-old suffered hearing damage from his AirPods. A loud Amber Alert on the earbuds reportedly tore the boy’s eardrum. The suit alleges Apple doesn’t provide any way to adjust alert sounds. A couple from Texas has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that an Amber Alert received on their son’s AirPods caused him permanent hearing damage.

TL;DR Samsung is reportedly working on the Galaxy W22 5G for China. It’s expected to be an ultra-premium Galaxy Z Fold 3 for the market. Samsung launched the Galaxy W21 5G last year, which was a China-exclusive Galaxy Z Fold 2 with a taller design and an eye-watering price tag. Now, it looks like Samsung is working on a similar device for China based on the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3.

David Imel / Android Authority TL;DR The state of Texas is suing Google over a slate of Google Pixel 4 ads from 2019 and 2020. The suit alleges the ads forced radio DJs to blatantly lie about using the Pixel 4 — which none had ever used. If found guilty, Google could face fines in excess of $24 million. Of course, these problems didn’t stop Google from trying to push the phones to buyers.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 features a state of the art display, with a crisp 2960 x 1440 Super AMOLED panel that will make color blow out of the screen. Factor in the “Infinity Display” edge-to-edge design and you have yourself a stunning view to enjoy, but we are sure not everyone will be content with the default color settings. Luckily, those of you who want to see things a bit different can go ahead and modify the way colors are represented in the Samsung Galaxy S8.