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Today โ€” 30 July 2026How-To Geek

Your old Galaxy phone is just waiting to be converted into a mini PC

30 July 2026 at 14:20

If you own an old Samsung Galaxy phone you aren't using anymore and need a secondary PC, consider converting it into a mini PC instead of buying one. The only prerequisite is support for Samsung DeX. While you might think that a desktop experience on an Android phone would be dragged down by all kinds of limitations and annoyances, I can attest that it's much better than I expected.

Yesterday โ€” 29 July 2026How-To Geek

It's finally time to replace your old Pixel 6

29 July 2026 at 12:00

The Google Pixel 6, the first Pixel phone to ship with Google's Tensor chip, will celebrate its fifth birthday soon. That means with Android 17, the Pixel 6 has received its final major Android update, and official support is coming to an end. If you're still rocking one, it's finally time to start thinking about an upgrade.

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These 3 apps helped me test whether my old SSDs are worth keeping

28 July 2026 at 16:30

Since I own a couple of SSDs that have passed the half-decade mark (the older one is pushing its first decade of service), I decided it was time for a quick health check to see if they're still in good working order and worth keeping.

Android 17 was supposed to fix this Pixel annoyance, but it only made it worse

25 July 2026 at 14:30

For years, Pixel phone owners had to put up with a unified "Internet" Quick Settings tile that combined the Wi-Fi and mobile data toggles. If you wanted to toggle your Wi-Fi or mobile data radio, you couldn't simply tap the appropriate tile like you could for more than a decade. Nope, you had to tap it once to open the Internet panel and then tap again to disable or enable Wi-Fi or mobile data.

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