Google Maps is getting support for instant messages, but it’s not what you think
The last thing we need in Google Maps is support for chat, considering the plethora of messaging apps available on smartphones right now — including …
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2007. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.
Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming new movies and TV shows, or training to run his next marathon.
Articles by Chris Smith
‘Avengers: Endgame’ might introduce a brand new Marvel hero
A crazy theory fueled by what appears to be a Google search error sent Marvel fans into a frenzy earlier this week. Hugh Jackman will …
Netflix just announced the release date for Stranger Things season 3
Netflix took advantage of the New Year’s Eve celebration to brilliantly announce the release date for the third season of the critically acclaimed horror TV …
AT&T’s 5G network speeds feel a lot like 4G LTE right now
The first mobile 5G networks are already here, but there’s no reason whatsoever to get excited right now. Carriers are making a big deal about …
Leaked Nokia 9 PureView video reveals the phone’s main specs and features
The phone Nokia fans have been waiting for is almost here, a new leak told us earlier this week without revealing any details about the …
Netflix says over 45 million accounts watched ‘Bird Box,’ but that’s not the whole story
Netflix a few days ago made available to its subscribers a brand new movie of the horror variety. Starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich, Bird …
Marvel fans are freaking out over this ‘Avengers: Endgame’ post-credits theory
With each day that goes by, we’re closer to Avengers: Endgame, and we’re learning more details about the upcoming Marvel blockbuster, as well as the …
Popular Android apps keep sending your data to Facebook without consent
Facebook probably can’t wait for 2018 to end, a year that brought a garden variety of user privacy infringing issues for the world’s largest social …
Marvel just confirmed a wild fan theory about a character who died in ‘Infinity War’
We’re now less than four months away from the Avengers: Endgame premiere, which will finally bring us the closure we’ve been waiting for. Endgame will restore …
Leak shows us the Nokia 9 flagship we’ve been waiting for
Ever since the new Nokia came out with its first Nokia phones two years ago, we heard rumblings that flagship devices that would rival the …
Netflix will help trick your kids into going to sleep early on New Year’s Eve
Kids learn about Christmas and New Year’s Eve at a very young age, and they want to make the most of it every year. But …
New ‘Captain Marvel’ leak includes a big spoiler that Disney was trying to keep secret
Launching on March 8th, Captain Marvel will be Marvel’s first new movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe next year, and it’s meant to introduce a …
‘Avengers: Endgame’ art shows a new costume we’ve been dying to see and more spoilers
A few days ago, an image on Instagram showed us the Avengers: Endgame hero we’ve been dying to see in a new Avengers episode. Before …
4 new movie trailers you need to watch from this past week
I hear you, the trailer you most wanted to see this week still isn’t here, and we have an idea or two as to why …
Disney just let a huge ‘Captain Marvel’ spoiler slip out
Captain Marvel will be the first Marvel film launching next year, and we already have a couple of trailers for the movie that will introduce …
‘Infinity War’ was just as heartbreaking as Marvel wanted, but there’s hope beyond ‘Endgame’
Avengers: Infinity War has the best ending one could ask from the first episode in the epic two-part Avengers series. By allowing Thanos to complete his …
Bloomberg says Apple’s next-gen iPhones might feature new 3D rear cameras
Smartphone makers tried to create phones capable of capturing 3D photos years ago, but the feature never caught on. But next year, a variety of …
The flat version of Samsung’s Galaxy S10 looks amazing in this leaked render
The Galaxy S7 was the last Galaxy S generation to ship in two versions when it comes to screen type. The regular Galaxy S7 had …
The Galaxy S10 won’t be the first Samsung phone to feature an in-display fingerprint sensor
Much like with the iPhone X notch design, which Samsung did not copy, the Korean smartphone vendor has not made use of in-display fingerprint sensors …
White House considering executive order to bar Huawei and ZTE purchases
The White House is considering an executive order to declare a national emergency that would bar US companies from purchasing telecommunications equipment from China, a …
Why the ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ trailer isn’t online, even after Marvel showed it
Marvel will have three new MCU movies out next year, including Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home, which are set to be …
New ‘Avengers: Endgame’ toy leak actually reveals some spoilers
As hard as Marvel and Disney might try to prevent Avengers: Endgame spoilers from leaking, it’s impossible to prevent at least some details from escaping. …
You can no longer see Google’s mysterious Android replacement in action
We’ve been talking about Fuchsia for a couple of years now, as various reports uncovered many details about Google’s mysterious operating system that will one …
Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s choose-your-own-adventure ‘Black Mirror’ show
Netflix will supposedly drop a brand new kind of TV show this Friday, a movie that will let you choose your own adventure. That’s supposed …
Another new Android phone with a camera hole in the display just beat the Galaxy S10 to market
The Galaxy S10 should hit stores at some point in early March, according to recent reports, which gives Samsung’s biggest Android rival some two months …
You can finally stream ‘Infinity War’ on Netflix while you wait for ‘Avengers: Endgame’
We have exactly four months to go until April 26th when Avengers: Endgame will finally be released, but forget all about Avengers 4 trailers, teasers, …
Galaxy S10+ leak shows the screen alone will be as big as the entire Galaxy Note 7
The hallmark feature of the Galaxy Note phones was screen size when Samsung launched its first-generation phablet back in 2011. Since then, every Galaxy Note …
This is the cool new effect that’ll play around the Galaxy S10’s in-display selfie cam
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 will be unveiled only in late February, complete with a brand new Infinity-O design — that’s a screen that features at least …
Two of the best smartphones you can’t buy will soon come in special editions
If you’re a fan of special edition phones, then you should know two such devices are coming soon. They may not be as exciting as …
Promo art shows the main villain from ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ – or will he be a hero first?
We’re still waiting for the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer to premiere, although Sony and Marvel have yet to make any announcements about it. …
