There’s now an Xbox-branded Backbone One inspired by the Halo-themed original Xbox Controller S (like the one that Hyperkin recently modernized). It is no different than the standard Backbone — or even the PlayStation 5 version — but it’s got Xbox-specific buttons that are great for those who primarily play GamePass. This translucent green color is also undoubtedly nicer than Death Stranding’s amniotic-y yellow one.

People on Reddit are complaining they’ve missed work after their Pixel 9 alarms didn’t wake them up. Some claim they told Gemini to “stop” a timer or just to hush it, and it would unexpectedly disable all their alarms, too. This isn’t the only time we’ve heard problems with mobile device alarms recently (iPhone, Pixel Watch), have you noticed any issues?

The Find X8 Ultra will launch in China on April 10th, joined by the Find X8s and X8s Plus. The X8s is a “compact” version of last year’s Find X8, though its 6.3-inch display is still bigger than an iPhone 16.

That’s because it’s using an older Samsung Exynos 5300 modem from the Pixel 8 series, according to Android Authority, instead of the newer Exynos 5400 in the rest of the Pixel 9 lineup. It means you won’t be able to link with satellites for emergency SOS messaging or calls if you’re in an area without cellular coverage. Maybe take another phone on that long hike. The Pixel 9a is also missing AI features found in the other Pixel 9 phones.

Motorola is expected to reveal its new generation of Razr flip phones soon, and leaker Evan Blass thinks we’re going to see an unusual new finish: wood. He shared a GIF showing off the Razr Plus 2025 (a.k.a. Razr 60 Ultra outside the US) in a light brown wood version, though didn’t add any details — so we don’t know if this is real wood, like in 2014’s Moto X, or something else.

While the “undo” button sort of acts like the backspace key, it should come in handy if you want to reverse bigger errors, like pasting in an entire sentence or attaching the wrong link. You can add the shortcuts to Gboard’s toolbar for easy access.

The Realme P3 Ultra just launched in India starting at ₹26,999 (around $315). It comes in three colors, but we’re all about the “Glowing Lunar White” model, which uses a “Starlight Ink Process” to create a soil-textured lunar design that even glows in the dark.

Business Insider packs a lot into this 18-minute video on the “letdown” of 5G following years of industry promises of a many-splendored — and costly, mostly unrealized — future of robotic surgery and autonomous cars.

I tried out the new productivity app Touch Grass, which just came out for iOS. It blocks apps of your choosing and only unblocks them after you take a picture of your hand literally touching grass. I even tried tricking it with fake grass with mixed results. You can block two apps in the free version of Touch Grass and an unlimited number of apps in the subscription version, which costs $5.99/month or $49.99/year.

Google’s new affordable phone has leaked repeatedly already, but it’s back again in new images shared by Evan Blass on X. They’re mostly marketing images and renders of the purple model — supposedly dubbed “Iris” — and closely match the design we’ve seen before, complete with an almost perfectly flat camera bump.

Meta AI fans on Android will soon be able to get to the chatbot more quickly via WhatsApp. A widget is in the works offering direct shortcuts to open the chat with the AI, send an image to it, or begin a voice chat. Some WhatsApp beta users already have the widgets available, though no date’s been set for an official launch.

The keyboard app’s latest beta transforms its rectangular keys into... circles, as spotted earlier by Android Authority. It kind of looks like a digital version of Logitech’s Pop Keys keyboard, which isn’t all that pleasant to type on.