Shruti Shekar
Shruti Shekar is Android Central's Editor-in-Chief. She was born in India, brought up in Singapore, but now lives in Toronto. She started her journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa, Canada's capital, and then made her foray into tech journalism at MobileSyrup and most recently at Yahoo Finance Canada. When work isn't on her mind, she loves working out, reading, watching the Raptors, and planning what she's going to eat the next day.
Latest articles by Shruti Shekar
Samsung might launch the S22 Ultra with less RAM, but that's okay
By Shruti Shekar published
Many rumors indicate that the S22 could launch with less RAM than the S21, but experts say there's a reason Samsung would potentially do this, and here's why.
India wants to create its own operating system to compete with Google
By Shruti Shekar published
The Indian government is considering making its own native operating system as a way to compete with Google and Apple.
Samsung isn't getting rid of Bixby any time soon, here's why
By Shruti Shekar published
A lot of people hate Samsung's Bixby and a few other proprietary apps. But maybe Samsung wouldn't be smart in deleting it, or maybe Samsung should be focusing on its good apps.
Why Google's iMessage equivalent isn't able to create a green bubble cult
By Shruti Shekar published
Experts weigh in on the Google/Apple RCS/iMessage drama adding that if Google really cared enough, they would stop complaining and create a unified messaging platform.
MWC 2022 is still scheduled to happen, despite Omicron concerns
By Shruti Shekar published
OnePlus 10 Pro China-first launch is perplexing but calculated, here's why
By Shruti Shekar published
Google and Android 13: Here's what analysts want in 2022
By Shruti Shekar published
There are so many things Google accomplished in 2021. But we'd like to know what analysts want from the company, its products, and OS in 2022. And they had a lot to say!
Amazon should learn from its recent AWS outage, but it would rather make affordable devices
By Shruti Shekar published
Experts say there need to be more offline controls given to users, but there are many reasons why companies just won't do it.
The time has come for Wear OS to shine, Google did something right with Samsung
By Shruti Shekar published
Here's how to avoid scams during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the 'El Dorado' for hackers
By Shruti Shekar published
The Pixel Fold wasn't sent to the grave because it isn't actually dead yet
By Shruti Shekar published
OnePlus, even joined with OPPO, will struggle to compete with Samsung: experts
By Shruti Shekar last updated
OnePlus is shaking things up and detailing more about its partnership with OPPO. But experts still don't think that the company will be able to beat Samsung in budget phones.
Since the EU is finally fixing USB-C, the rest of the world can relax
By Shruti Shekar last updated
The EU wants to make USB-C charging cables a standard across all manufacturers and experts think that if this happens it will create a global market change.
Amazon is fixing its fitness wearables by not listening to its customers
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Samsung's Unpacked 2 could have been a press release, despite having nothing to lose
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Samsung had a second Unpacked event and experts say that while the news is interesting, the company could have done without it and just had press releases.
Google got the Pixel price right, but it needs a heavy hand with marketing
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Google was smart to partner with Snapchat, it's going to 'propel' Pixel 6 sales
By Shruti Shekar last updated
The Pixel 6 is facing a lot of criticism, but that's good for Google
By Shruti Shekar published
The Google Pixel 6 lineup has been facing a lot of criticism since it was launched about a month ago, but experts say that's normal. Now Google can focus on its hardware for future devices.
Google would be smart to keep Magic Eraser a Pixel 6 exclusive, for a while at least
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Currently, the Magic Eraser editing feature is a Pixel 6 lineup exclusive. Some experts think if Google is serious about advancing its hardware it should keep it exclusive, at least for some time.
Google will allow some employees to permanently work from home
By Shruti Shekar last updated
According to an internal email from Sundar Pichai, some Google employees will be able to work from home permanently.
It's too late Microsoft, Google beat you to dominate schools with Chromebooks
By Shruti Shekar published
Google updates Privacy Sandbox timeline, delays FLoC testing
By Shruti Shekar published
Google is going to delay phasing out third-party cookies on Chrome by a year in order to "get it right."
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