Dominic Preston

New images of the flagship don’t leave much to the imagination. It’s apparently based closely on the ROG Phone 9 Pro, with the same Snapdragon 8 Elite, gimbal-stabilized camera, and a 3.5mm headphone jack that pushes the USB-C port awkwardly to one side. The Zenfone adopts a smaller 5,500mAh battery and a simpler design though.

According to Android Police, T-Mobile has added Google’s latest phones to its beta test of direct-to-cell satellite service powered by SpaceX’s Starlink. iPhones and a select few Samsung phones were already in the beta.

Google’s cheaper Pixel A-series phones usually launch in the summer, but the 9A might come early. Android Headlines reports that Google will open preorders on March 19th, with shipping a week later. Previous leaks reported that the phone will once again start at $499, but may break from recent Pixel design philosophy by ditching the camera bar.

A teaser hints that we can expect the 3A series to have Nothing’s first triple-camera along with updated Glyph lighting when it launches on March 4th. Last year’s affordable 2A and 2A Plus never officially released in the US, and we don’t yet know if the 3A will change that. It’s separate from the regular Phone 3, which CEO Carl Pei promised would be “flagship” when it arrives.

Today marks the start of the Lunar New Year, and Google Search has a new serpentine Doodle to mark the occasion. It looks cute, but click through for a bonus playable game of... well, you can probably guess.

Turns out Google’s photo manager wasn’t able to flip photos from left-to-right — until now. The editing feature has just been added, found within the Crop tools, which cover photo rotation too. For now at least, it’s Android only.