With Android 16 QPR3, Google is introducing more granular Adaptive Connectivity settings on Pixel phones.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Update: January 16, 2026 (8:30 AM ET): Android skins are always changing, so we’ve updated our ranking as well. Some of the more notable changes include ASUS dropping a few spots, while vivo, HONOR, ...

When The 74 started looking for Bright Spots — public schools that are beating the odds helping low-income students learn to read — it was hard to miss how well charter schools performed. Charters ...