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Samsung will ship the brand-new Galaxy S20 series starting March 6, but in contrast to recent years, it has decided to keep producing and selling Galaxy S10 phones alongside its latest lineup — the company has even lowered their prices. While the S20 handsets are top-notch, they start at a breathtaking $1,000 and omit a few beloved features like the headphone jack and extra buttons. To help you decide if last year's Samsung flagships are better suited for you, we've compiled a list of advantages they have over their successors.
Read MoreThe Galaxy S20 won't be for everyone — 10 reasons to buy a Galaxy S10 right now was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
For most of us, Google Homes are Assistant and cast speakers first: We either ask for music or audio to be played or we use them like a Chromecast target from our phones. But that's discounting two other ways they can be used: as Bluetooth speakers and as source to stream to other Bluetooth speakers. For more than a year now, that functionality has been broken and Google Homes haven't been able to maintain a Bluetooth link without disconnecting, but the Mountain View giant has finally acknowledged the issue.
Read MoreGoogle finally acknowledges Bluetooth disconnection issue on Home speakers was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Google has been trying different things with the Play Store, including changes that have been enabled and reverted so many times we've lost track — hello, account picker and review section. However, not all of these are welcome modifications, like the controversial removal of update notifications. If your workaround was to manually check your recently updated apps, Google has just made that task a little bit more difficult by messing up the Play Store's sorting method.
Read MoreGoogle messed up the Play Store's sorting order for recently updated apps was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Behaviour Interactive has announced that its asymmetric survival horror game Dead by Daylight is coming to Android and iOS before the end of 2019. It will be a free release, and the beta will land in select regions before the official worldwide launch.
The trailer above shows off a few seconds of gameplay at the tail end, though it's conspicuously provided in a small window instead of fullscreen.
Read MoreAsymmetric survival horror game Dead by Daylight is coming to Android (Update: Spring 2020) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Cheetah Mobile has earned a reputation as a dishonest, destructive Android development studio that occasionally buys up successful apps and turns them into data-collecting, IAP-infested cash machines. The company has also clashed with Play Store policies more than once, but it always managed to find its way back onto the platform. Now it looks like Cheetah Mobile is getting tired of this game and has decided to take its business off the Store altogether.
Read MoreAlmost all Cheetah Mobile apps have mysteriously disappeared from the Play Store was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Much like Samsung, Xiaomi makes its own alternatives to various Google apps that are usually tied to its notoriously heavy MIUI Android skin. In the past couple of years, the Chinese company has moved apps like Mi Calculator and Mi FileExplorer to the Play Store for faster delivery of updates and to open them up even to non-Xiaomi phones. Joining that small list of apps is the redesigned Mi Browser that likely replaces Xiaomi’s Mint Browser, which debuted in late 2018.
Read MoreXiaomi’s new Mi Browser can save WhatsApp statuses and natively show your Facebook feed (APK Download) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
When you search for any celebrity's name on Google, you first see a special card with several of their details. If you do that for a regular person, you're not going to get anything beyond the regular search results: their Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, website, and other articles mentioning them. This is about to change as Google is getting ready to roll out customizable public profile cards for users.
The idea behind the cards isn't new.
Read MoreGoogle Search to introduce public profile cards for all, a convenient replacement for Google+ profiles was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
A month ago, Austrian Huawei manager Fred Wangfei said the company wouldn't return to Google's apps and services even if the US trade ban lifted. The Chinese conglomerate tried to backtrack on that statement, but it would still make sense for it to work on its independence in case it finds itself caught in the middle of another trade skirmish. For Google, this isn't the best situation as it could lose a lot of revenue if Huawei succeeds.
Read MoreGoogle seeks trade ban exemption from US government to continue working with Huawei was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
When you get home from work and fire up Netflix on the Chromecast tonight, you might notice that something's a bit different today. The company is rolling out a new, and much more attractive interface for the entire Netflix-on-Chromecast experience, including a revamped ambient "Ready to Cast" screen and some tweaks to the loading screen and pause screen.
The "Ready to Cast" screen that shows once you connect the app to your Chromecast has a dramatically updated look.
Read MoreNetflix gets new Chromecast UI with content recommendations and more was written by the awesome team at Android Police.