Awesome Android

Reflector 3 wirelessly mirrors your iOS or Android device’s screen to a Mac or Windows computer as well as to an Android device, such as Amazon Fire TV or Android-enabled smart TVs. You can take screenshots, record screens and even have audio-only streams.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp might just be Nintendo’s most faithful mobile game port yet. Available for both iOS and Android, it retains much of the spirit and gameplay of its 3DS counterparts. Make friends, collect items and upgrade your house, albeit at a smaller scale.

The upgraded version of the OnePlus 5 has a larger AMOLED display – 6″ vs. the 5’s 5.5″ – a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, an unnervingly fast facial recognition lock, and a second camera geared for low light photography. Drops 11/21/17.

Action Launcher does more than provide an alternate launch screen and customizable themes for your Android device. It also adds convenient features such as the Pixel 2’s search bar, app shortcuts, a Google Calendar/weather combo widget and so much more.

Razer’s Android smartphone has a 5.7″ 1440×2560 IPS display with a crazy 120Hz maximum refresh rate, 8GB RAM, 64GB of storage, a microSD slot, stereo speakers and a 4,000mAh battery. It doesn’t have a headphone jack, but it does come with a USB-C DAC.

The Pixel 2 and 2 XL have a 12MP f/1.8 rear camera with both optical and electronic image stabilization, an OLED screen – 5″ 1080p on the Pixel 2 and 6″ 1440p on the 2 XL – and will be the first Android phones to have Google Lens, an object recognition feature.

Bezel-less phone pioneer Xiaomi stops pushing the boundaries in favor of an actually usable phone. Unlike its gigantic predecessor, the Mi Mix 2 has a more practical 6″ 1080 x 2160 LCD screen, a rounded frame and a good old earpiece. It lost the headphone jack though.

The definitive version of BlackBerry’s 2017 flagship smartphone doesn’t just have an all-black exterior. Its RAM has been upgraded from 3GB in the standard version to 4GB, and its storage from 32GB to 64GB. The upgrade makes for a snappier and more reliable device.

LG joins the war against bezels with its latest flagship smartphone. The V30 has a 6″ QHD OLED display that looks a lot like the Galaxy S8’s screen. But it also has 16MP standard and 13MP wide angle rear cameras, a Bang & Olufsen quad DAC, and cinematic video filters.

Both the Galaxy Note 8 and its stylus are water-resistant, and the latter now has text translation and editable off-screen memos. The phone has two 12MP rear cameras that can shoot at the same time for adjustable background blur. Then there’s that immersive 6.3″ AMOLED display.

The heavy duty Samsung Galaxy S8 Active has a shatter-resistant display and a metal frame that protects the phone from shock, vibration and scratches, in addition to being dust- and water-resistant. It also has a larger battery (4,000mAh) compared to the standard S8.

The Ticwatch S (Sport) and E (Express) are the newest smartwatches from Mobvoi. The S has an integrated watchband with the GPS receiver inside the band for better reception, while the E has swappable straps. They both run Android Wear 2.0 and are water- and dust-resistant.

(PG-13, Gore) A turn-based puzzle that parodies slasher flicks. You play as Skullface, a serial killer who can move only orthogonally. Like a skull-faced rook. Observe your victims’ movement, evade cops and collect gruesome trophies. Available on PCs, iOS and Android.

The OnePlus 5 doesn’t push any boundaries but stays firmly in its lane: top-notch specs and a highly customizable and near-stock Android OS for hundreds of dollars less than the competition. Available with 6GB RAM/64GB storage or 8GB RAM/128GB storage.

A stock Android smartphone from Android co-founder Andy Rubin. The Essential Phone has a 5.7″ 2560 x 1312 edge-to-edge display, a titanium and ceramic body, Snapdragon 835 CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage, a USB-C port, and magnetic connectors for accessories.

Coming soon to Google’s Assistant and Photos applications, Lens offers information or actions based on a photo or what your device’s camera is seeing. It can identify objects, detect Wi-Fi passwords, offer to show you a restaurant’s reviews and more.