Rita El Khoury

2 weeks ago | androidauthority.com | Rita El Khoury

Eight years ago, smart locks were all the rage in the smart home world, and I really wanted one, but I had huge concerns about privacy and security. After a million and one searches, I landed on Nuki, an Austrian brand that makes secure and audited locks specifically for European cylinders, which is precisely what I had on my door back in Lebanon. I decided to give it a go and was immediately blown away by how good it was.

3 weeks ago | androidauthority.com | Rita El Khoury

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google loads its Pixel phones with the most essential apps, but there are some obscure gems worth adding, too. Every time I set up a new Pixel phone, there is a list of apps that I immediately install. Spotify, 1Password, Slack, Todoist, DuckDuckGo, JotterPad, Backdrops, Plex, Wanderlog, and many more are at the top of my list, but so are a few apps developed by the company that made my phone - Google.

4 weeks ago | androidauthority.com | Rita El Khoury

For years now, we Android fans have been a bit jealous of Apple's Continuity features and seamless integration across its ecosystem of devices. The best one of the bunch is the instant hotspot, where you don't have to manually set up a hotspot to share your data connection with your secondary phone or tablet when they're nearby - it just works . You might not know, though, that Android has had this same feature since last September.

1 month ago | androidauthority.com | Rita El Khoury

I barely remember what photo management used to be like before Google Photos, or maybe I've wanted to erase that bit from my memory. There were microSD cards, hours of transfer to-and-from computers and hard disks, and even more hours spent renaming photos, creating folders for different events, topics, people, trying to keep the metadata accurate, and bundling every remaining pic in a mish-mash of a "misc" folder.

1 month ago | androidauthority.com | Rita El Khoury

I've always liked the color green. Growing up, my parents wanted me to wear red, pink, blue, and yellow, but I always wanted green clothes, and there was never enough choice. Or even a decent choice. So I gravitated towards other colors, but when someone asked me what my favorite one was, I always said green. This is why I feel best outdoors, I love hiking among the trees, and I'll pick emerald over ruby any day.