Nirave Gondhia

Heathrow, New York, United States

Founder and Author at Impact by House of Tech

Brit | @HoTdotTech – focused on impact of tech on life and health | Contributor: @Forbes @digitaltrends @tomsguide @AndroidPolice | Tech, F1, MUFC

Articles

Apple should ditch Siri for Gemini and Google Cloud, here's why

1 week ago | androidcentral.com | Nirave Gondhia

It’s been a year since Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence, its long-awaited foray into the world of artificial intelligence on phones. The company promised many features, but a year on, these have been delayed for up to another year. Over the same period, Google has continuously developed and released new features for Gemini, as well as unique features for each phone maker through Google Cloud.
These are the 4 best alternatives to the Google Pixel 9a

1 week ago | digitaltrends.com | Nirave Gondhia

The best cheap phone race has been reignited by the Google Pixel 9a, which brings the Google Pixel 9 series experience at a significantly lower price. Starting at $449, Google’s latest Pixel offers the flagship processor of its siblings for flagship-level performance, an excellent camera, and long-term software support.
This one iPadOS 26 feature has me excited for the iPhone Fold

1 week ago | digitaltrends.com | Nirave Gondhia

Samsung is set to launch the seventh generation of its Galaxy Z Fold book-style folding phone this Summer, but its biggest rival is yet to show its folding phone hand. Apple has long been expected to unveil an iPhone Fold, and the latest rumors suggest that it will launch next year. I’ve used almost every folding phone released globally, with some exceptions for extremely obscure ones.
These three iOS 26 beta features are my favorite so far

2 weeks ago | digitaltrends.com | Nirave Gondhia

For fans of the Apple ecosystem, it’s been an incredible week. Apple’s annual WWDC 2025 keynote revealed a whole new Liquid Glass design that’s unified across all its platforms. Also unified across all platforms is the numbering scheme, with iOS 26 designed to represent the year of release… plus one. The new platform doesn’t deliver one of the key things I asked for — multitasking, which is available on iPadOS 26 — but it does bring several new features that make the iPhone far more usable.
Apple's new iPadOS 26 shows Google what Android tablets need

2 weeks ago | digitaltrends.com | Nirave Gondhia

Since the launch of the first iPad, Android tablets have struggled to compete. A lack of optimized apps means that Android tablets still don’t offer as seamless a transition to larger displays, which also impacts the best folding phones, where many apps don’t take advantage of the larger displays. However, one area where Android tablets have outperformed the iPad is in productivity and multitasking.
24 hours in, the iPadOS 26 beta has transformed my iPad

2 weeks ago | digitaltrends.com | Nirave Gondhia

I somewhat called it! In the run-up to WWDC 2025, I asked Apple to please introduce true multitasking to iOS (and by extension, iPadOS). We didn’t get it in iOS, but Apple did unveil an entirely new windowing system on iPadOS 26. With it, they’ve transformed the iPad for me and likely for millions of customers as well.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge camera review: The good and bad

2 weeks ago | androidcentral.com | Nirave Gondhia

The new Galaxy S25 Edge is the thinnest current smartphone you can buy, but that thinness comes at a price. As I discovered in our Galaxy S25 Edge review, Samsung’s new smartphone offers a lot but struggles in battery life, and in particular, the camera. These struggles are mainly due to the lack of space. Periscope cameras like the ones found in the Galaxy S25 Ultra require a lot of space, and as the Galaxy S25 Edge has 33% less volumetric space, it comes with some tradeoffs.
I hope Apple does more than just redesign iOS 18 at WWDC 2025 – here's why

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Nirave Gondhia

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The OnePlus Pad 3 is one of the best tablets I've used, here's why

2 weeks ago | digitaltrends.com | Nirave Gondhia

Android smartphones have long competed with, and in some cases, surpassed, the iPhone, but the same can’t be said for tablets. Android makers have long harbored ambitions to compete with the iPad in the category that Apple created, dating back to the launch of the first Galaxy Tab, which occurred 15 years ago. Yet, the iPad remains the best tablet for most people. The iPad Pro M4 ushered in the tandem OLED era as Apple stacked two OLED displays for an incredibly immersive experience.
Forget fancy new features, it's time for Apple to make sure that iOS just works again

2 weeks ago | techradar.com | Nirave Gondhia

Nothing in the Apple world has the impact of the annual iPhone launch, but the company’s yearly WWDC developer conference comes close. Last year saw the launch of iOS 18, which brought with it a revamped Control Center, a new Passwords app, in-depth Home Screen customization, and much more. Yet iOS 18 also continued a worrying trend for Apple in terms of stability.