Shruti Shekar
Shruti Shekar is Android Central's managing editor. She was born in India, brought up in Singapore, but now lives in Toronto and couldn't be happier. 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 thrillers, watching the Raptors, and planning what she's going to eat the next day.
Latest articles by Shruti Shekar
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Google I/O 2024: Live blog and everything you need to know
By Shruti Shekar, Andrew Myrick last updated
Ready for I/O! AI, AI, AI, and maybe some Android.
![Ad for Galaxy Unpacked, scheduled for January 17th 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Q6oFoWq4wyyefdaypfAGd-320-80.jpg)
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024: live blog, everything you need to know about the Galaxy S24 launch
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Unpacked LIVE Samsung is hosting its first event of the year, and we're going to learn all about its latest flagship device. Join Android Central as we live blog the whole event.
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Shruti Shekar's Top 10 of 2023
By Shruti Shekar published
From becoming EIC, to reading 42 books, 2023 was a journey and here's Shruti Shekar's top 10 of the year.
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Made by Google event 2023 live blog: Pixel 8, Watch 2, and everything we expect to see
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Google is set to announce a bunch of new devices and Android Central will be closely watching to see what comes out! Follow along!
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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 LIVE updates: Z Fold 5, Galaxy Watch 6 revealed
By Shruti Shekar, Andrew Myrick, Patrick Farmer, Nicholas Sutrich last updated
LIVE BLOG Samsung Unpacked is on Wednesday, July 26th at 7am ET, and we're here to give you all the most important updates as they're announced.
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Google I/O 2023 Live Blog: Google debuts the Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, and much more
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Follow along as Android Central covers what is coming out of Google I/O. There's a lot happening!
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The Pixel Fold isn't coming to Canada, but Google has a good reason why
By Shruti Shekar published
Google has announced its first foldable smartphone and it's not coming to Canada. Analysts say this isn't a surprising move, here's why.
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Does Ultra Mobile support 5G?
By Shruti Shekar published
Ultra Mobile is an MVNO that runs on T-Mobile's network. Here's everything you need to know about the carrier's 5G network and why it might be good for you.
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As TikTok remains in limbo, it’s time for YouTube Shorts to have a major glow-up
By Shruti Shekar published
As lawmakers in the U.S. debate whether or not to ban TikTok permanently, Google and Meta should start thinking about how it can capitalize on this moment with Shorts and Reels, analysts suggest.
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Google's Bard AI chatbot now open to the public
By Shruti Shekar published
Google's Bard AI chatbot is now available to the public. The software will be used to help "people boost their productivity, accelerate their ideas, and to fuel their curiosity."
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Google misses slightly in revenue as it's faced with AI competition, job losses, antitrust lawsuit
By Shruti Shekar published
Google's parent company reports Q4 2022 earnings missing analyst expectations.
![Google CEO Sundar Pichai](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MKN7yHLQtEKp4ho4rFjru-320-80.jpg)
Alphabet, Google's parent company cuts 12,000 jobs
By Shruti Shekar published
Google cuts 12,000 jobs to tighten "its belt, reflecting a new period of more disciplined and efficient spending."
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ChatGPT could help Google more than Microsoft, ironically
By Shruti Shekar published
Analysts examine what it would mean if Microsoft decides to integrate ChatGPT with Bing and if that will create true competition with Google.
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'Twitter for iPhone' vs. 'Twitter for Android' stop chastising people for it, here's why
By Shruti Shekar published
The phone you use shouldn't determine the level of intelligence you have for an industry. But maybe certain jobs should be careful what phone they're tweeting from.
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The Pixel Watch just might make me ditch my Apple Watch
By Shruti Shekar published
Regardless of how it functions, AC managing editor Shruti Shekar is warm for the form of Google's new Pixel Watch.
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Google Pixel event 2022 live blog: Pixel Watch, Pixel 7, and Pixel Tablet
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Google showed off its new Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 phones, and Pixel Tablet in great detail and we've got the latest info you need to know about them.
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Apple doesn't try to compete with Android OEMs, and that's why it's far more successful
By Shruti Shekar published
The Watch Series 8 might be doing things Android smartwatches have already done, but Apple tries to do it better.
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Google and Apple are paving the way with digital wallets, even if some places are slow to catch up
By Shruti Shekar published
Regardless of how you pay now, digital payments are going to become ubiquitous.
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The Google Wallet / Google Pay split is messy but might just work
By Shruti Shekar last updated
Google has yet again rebranded another one of its apps and analysts are split on whether this will confuse users or not.
![The Galaxy Z Flip 4 Bora Purple in flex mode on a table next to a shiny geode](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DVGtbs5NH6wyUuDE98jY2Y-320-80.jpg)
Forget Galaxy S vs. Note, Samsung's future is Flip vs. Fold
By Shruti Shekar published
There are many reasons why the Galaxy Flip 4 is going to outsell the Fold 4, and analysts can tell you why.