For the past three generations of the iPhone, Apple has stood alone in a particular area: eSIMs. Apple made a shift that many had anticipated since the first eSIM was launched in 2016, dropping the ...

Google follows in Apple's footsteps by nixing support for physical SIM cards from its US Pixel 10 phones. The company says most US Pixel owners already use eSIM. I’m PCMag’s managing editor for ...

Some Pixel 10 owners in the US requesting RMAs have received the global variant, which includes a physical SIM card slot instead of being eSIM-only. While performance remains the same, these ...

Smart Communications has launched the Smart Multi SIM, the first pluggable eSIM adapter in Asia. It’s designed for Android users whose phones don’t support eSIM by default. The adapter is a physical ...

Google’s move to make the Pixel 10 eSIM-only in the US, following Apple’s lead with the iPhone 14, shows the industry is clearly moving away from physical SIM cards. eSIMs have quickly become the ...

Made by Google kicks off Wednesday, August 20, at 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT. To keep up with live updates and explore the latest product announcements, features, and exclusive content, follow our Made by ...

Modern smartphone are fantastic. Models like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 remind us that innovation isn’t dead, daring us to ask manufacturers to increasingly push hardware and design limits to ...

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

Gboard’s AI-powered Writing Tools feature, which debuted on the Pixel 10, is now rolling out to some non-Pixel devices. Powered by the on-device Gemini Nano model, the feature helps users proofread ...

There are inevitably going to be times when you can't hold your phone in two hands: Maybe you're carrying groceries, hanging on tightly to a subway carriage rail, or walking the dog. That means just ...