Who’s Android Central?
Led by a crew of consultants and backed by an engaged group of expertise fans and tastemakers, Android Central navigates the aggressive — and infrequently complicated — world of expertise! Android Central is among the oldest and most trusted Android websites on the net, and our writers and editors are true professionals who worth accuracy and editorial independence in every part we do, by no means receiving compensation for protection and by no means pulling punches.
Our Mission and Core Values
Android Central offers in-depth consumers guides you may belief, for Android telephones, good watches and wearables, tablets, the Android OS and wider Google ecosystem. We offer detailed assist and how-to guides readers can belief.
Every little thing we do is sincere, expert-led, and accommodates recommendation that can improve the expertise and information of any Android consumer. Our mission is to curate and clearly clarify what’s necessary, attention-grabbing, and informative on this planet of Android units and apps.
How we check units
We’re passionate concerning the services and products we assessment, dedicating numerous hours to testing every part from smartphones to good residence units. Our objective is to share this enthusiasm with our readers, conveying our experience and authority. We take our duty to supply correct, sincere, and dependable evaluations very severely.
We don’t obtain compensation for evaluations, nor can we permit manufacturers to have pre-publication entry or enter into our assessment course of until particularly marked as SPONSORED CONTENT.
You may learn extra in-depth about how we check units and why you may belief us.
Who owns Android Central?
Android Central is a part of Future US Inc, a world media group and main digital writer.
The place else can I discover Android Central?
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Meet the Android Central Employees
After 25 years masking the expertise {industry}, Jeremy Kaplan is a well-known face within the media world. He’s at the moment Content material Director for iMore, the place he oversees product improvement and high quality for the world’s most revered Apple weblog.
Earlier than becoming a member of Future, Jeremy was Editor in Chief of Digital Developments, the place he reworked the area of interest writer into one of many quickest rising properties in digital media, rating on the annual Inc 5,000 for 3 years working. The writer received a number of awards throughout his tenure, together with a sought-after Digiday Content material Advertising and marketing Award in 2019. The identical 12 months, Jeremy was named to the FOLIO: 100, which honors publishing professionals making an industry-wide affect.
Shruti Shekar is Android Central’s editor-in-chief. She was born in India, introduced up in Singapore, however now lives in Toronto and could not be happier. She began her journalism profession as a political reporter in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, after which made her foray into tech journalism at MobileSyrup and, most not too long ago, Yahoo Finance Canada. When work is not on her thoughts, she loves understanding, studying, watching all types of TV reveals, and planning what she’s going to eat the following day.
Derrek resides on the Finest Coast, initially from San Diego, and now residing in Seattle. He is a long-time cell tech fanatic, beginning with an obsession with Nokia that started on the age of 12. Since then, he is been lovingly recognized by most of his pals because the “Telephone Man.” When he isn’t speaking tech, he is both understanding, mountaineering, enjoying video video games (Ps), or making movies.
Jerry Hildenbrand is a Linux Skilled, growing old hippie, and recovering engineer who would at all times somewhat be fishing. Whereas not fishing, he is the editor in control of touching issues till they break, making an attempt to determine stuff out, and the consummate Android skilled. Jerry thinks the black jelly beans are one of the best and wears sneakers he purchased in 1996. Born and raised in South Florida, Jerry now resides in a bunker someplace within the mountains of West Virginia.
Nick began with DOS and NES and makes use of these fond recollections of floppy disks and cartridges to gas his opinions on fashionable tech. Whether or not it is VR, good residence devices, or one thing else that beeps and boops, he is been writing about it since 2011.
Harish Jonnalagadda tries to make sense of the befuddling maze that’s the Asian smartphone {industry}. Earlier than switching to telephones, he used to write down about PC {hardware}, masking motherboards and video playing cards. When he isn’t enjoying with the newest telephones, he is both studying on his Kindle or making an attempt to clear his backlog of video games on Steam. He can be discovered shouting on the TV over the weekends at Arsenal and McLaren’s continued woes.
Michael is a former book dev turned tech author whose profession arc took him from VR to wearables, rising tech to cell, earlier than arriving on the world of Android. Exterior of labor he loves sports activities groups that disappoint him (Go Sharks, A’s and Golden Bears!), D&D and Star Wars RPG campaigns, SFF novels, lengthy runs, gaming on consoles and PC, and baking. Throughout work, he’ll do his finest to ensure he does not advocate any product until he’d usually use it himself.
Andrew is a contributor with Android Central and is prepared and keen to speak about all issues Ravens, Caps, Orioles, UFC, and no matter new tech is being launched on the time. Andrew drinks manner an excessive amount of espresso, but it surely’s what retains the motor going each day. Yow will discover him lurking on Twitter sometimes, however normally, he is simply rewatching Star Wars for the umpteenth time, even when it is simply on within the background.
Namerah Saud Fatmi is an Editor and Author for Android Central. She has a ardour for all issues tech & gaming and has been an honorary Goodreads librarian since 2011. When she is not writing, she could be discovered chasing stray cats and canines within the streets of Dhaka or slaying dragons within the land of Skyrim.
Nandika Ravi is the information editor at Android Central. Primarily based in Toronto, after rocking the information scene as a multimedia reporter and editor at Rogers Sports activities and Media, she now brings her experience into the tech ecosystem. When not breaking tech information, you may catch her sipping espresso at cozy cafes, exploring new trails along with her boxer canine, or leveling up within the gaming universe.
Android Central Contributors
Tshaka Armstrong, Contributor
Tshaka Armstrong is a nerd. Co-Founding father of the non-profit digital literacy group, Digital Shepherds, he is additionally been a broadcast expertise reporter, author, and producer. Along with being an award-winning broadcast storyteller, he is additionally lined tech on-line and in print for every part from paintball gear expertise, to parenting devices, movie {industry} tech for Rotten Tomatoes, and normal shopper expertise. He blathers on about his many curiosities on his personal web site, tshakaexplainsitall.com.
Jay Bonggolto, Contributor
Jay Bonggolto is a contract information author for Android Central. A Philippine-based tech journalist, he has been writing about shopper expertise for the previous six years and has been utilizing varied Android telephones since falling in love with Jelly Bean. When he isn’t writing, he spends a little bit of time within the nice outside stealing scenes along with his telephone digital camera.
Nickolas Diaz, Contributor
Nickolas is a contract information author for Android Central who’s at all times discovered pleasure within the newest telephone or function. Writing for him can differ from speaking concerning the newest Android telephone leak or launch to no matter new function Google or an app is making an attempt to roll out for customers. He appears to be like at issues by the eyes of the patron (being one himself, in fact). When Nickolas is not hitting a narrative, he could be discovered grinding away at a recreation, studying a e-book, or scribbling in his journal.
Ted Kritsonis, Contributor
Ted is a contributor with Android Central and due to that, persistently has earbuds and headphones plugging his ears. He retains tabs on all types of latest tech popping out, and retains a digital camera or smartphone useful to snap some photographs when the chance presents itself. When he isn’t enjoying pool, studying comics, or smoking a cigar, he could also be taking in a sporting or world occasion and presumably tweeting about it.
Vishnu Sarangapurkar, Contributor
Vishnu relies out of India and works as a contract information author masking Google’s ecosystem. He’s enthusiastic about exploring the newest developments in cell expertise. With a deep understanding of the Android working system and its associated units, he’s dedicated to offering readers with up-to-date info and evaluation on the newest developments, improvements, and product releases.
Rajat Sharma, Contributor
When Rajat received his first pc (a Pentium III machine with 128MB of RAM) again in 2001, he had little thought it will mark the start of a lifelong love affair with devices. He has been analyzing and writing concerning the ever-changing world of expertise since 2013. Aside from that, Rajat can be obsessive about wrist-worn timepieces, and appreciates a Casio simply as a lot (maybe much more) as a Jaeger-LeCoultre.
Samuel Tolbert, Contributor
Samuel Tolbert is a contract write at Android Central. Whereas he primarily assists with PlayStation protection, he is additionally masking cell video games on Android. If he is not enjoying or writing about one thing, he is off studying, exercising, enjoying along with his pets or making an attempt to sketch one thing. He not solely welcomes however encourages you to yell at him on Twitter.
Charlie Wacholz, Contributor
Charlie’s a freelancer for Android Central based mostly in Chicago, IL. When he isn’t masking the newest in VR and gaming, you will discover him competing in Tremendous Smash Bros. tournaments all through the Midwest, enjoying the newest and best indie video games, making new cocktail specs or engaged on his podcast, Consolation Meals.
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