Robert Triggs / Android Authority There were loads of great smartphones released in 2021, such as the Samsung Galaxy S21 series, iPhone 13 range, and Google Pixel 6 phones. But there were also a few great devices that flew under the radar this year. We recently posted our list of the most underrated smartphones of 2021 but also asked readers to choose the most underrated device of the year. Here’s how you voted in this poll.

Photo app VSCO has rolled out a new “Discover” feature which aims to recommend pictures in a unique way. The system will use a machine learning AI, called Ava, to help its community discover pictures (or creators) capturing a similar mood to those that they’ve previously shown interest in. 15 best photo editor apps for Android in 2022 Apps The news arrives via Ubergizmo and it’s the culmination of AI research VSCO has been working on for a while.

One of the most important areas for every smartphone is how good its camera is, but there are two ways to judge a camera: by whether it is technically good, or whether it looks good. Often, the most accurate smartphone cameras aren’t the ones that produce pictures that look good, so how do you decide which is the best smartphone camera? For Best of Android 2017, we introduced an all-new method of testing smartphone cameras objectively, but we also wanted to see which smartphone camera looks the best.

BlueStacks TL;DR BlueStacks has just launched the public beta of BlueStacks X. This new version of the software is browser-based and takes advantage of cloud streaming. Due to the new format, only a very limited selection of games are currently available. If you want to play Android games on your PC with a keyboard and mouse, few software systems outmatch BlueStacks. However, that software has some significant limitations. The latest version only works on Windows, for example, and you’ll still need a PC powerful enough to emulate the games you’d like to play.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Camera modes can be daunting when you don’t know what all those letters, numbers and symbols mean. These are confusing when you are new to photography, but learning them will drastically improve your photography skills and help you capture what you really want. Figuring out camera modes takes some research and practice, but it’s nothing out of this world. Don’t be scared and let us walk you through what each camera mode means.

Google revealed the Pixel 6 series last week, and it marks the first time we’re seeing the company’s in-house Tensor processor used in a smartphone. The search colossus made a big deal about how this new chipset was much faster than the Pixel 5‘s silicon. But truth be told, the Pixel 5 used a mid-range Snapdragon 765G SoC, so it was expected that the Tensor processor would be superior. But how does the Pixel 6 fare against the Pixel 4?

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority There was plenty to take away from Google I/O 2022, particularly if you’re excited by the prospect of more Google hardware to buy. But various keynote speakers also touched on an equally important but less exciting aspect of Google’s core business — privacy. Or more specifically, the lack thereof. Unfortunately, none of them really seemed to understand what proper privacy actually means. As I’m sure you’re aware, Google’s primary business remains that of selling ads.

Now that smartphones have mostly replaced the point and shoot camera, mobile companies are scrambling to compete where the old imaging giants reigned supreme. In fact, smartphones have completely dethroned the most popular camera companies in photo communities at large like Flickr: which is a big deal. But how do you know which cameras are good? How do these tiny cameras work, and how do they seemingly squeeze blood from a stone to get good images?

Over the past hours, we’ve brought you comparisons between Apple’s new iPhones and the Galaxy S5, HTC One (M8), and the LG G3. Now it’s time for another quick look, and this time we have two heavyweights in the ring: the iPhone 6 Plus and the Galaxy Note 3. While the Note 3 is a year old, it’s still the device to beat for Apple’s new-fangled large screen iPhone 6 Plus.

These are the 4 best smartphone brands in India The Best The 2018 pairing also feature dual cameras, in the form of a 12MP+5MP combo. Last year’s devices offer single cameras: a 13MP shooter for the G5 and a 12MP snapper for the G5 Plus, so those wanting portrait mode will want to check out the new phones. Both Plus models deliver 4K recording, but the G6 has to make do with 1080p/60fps video recording — still smoother than the G5’s 1080p/30fps video.