Andy Rubin

Essential PH-2 design details surface online, reveal in-display front-facing camera

The Essential PH-2 could feature an in-display front camera with a translucent glass panel.

Essential Ph-1 discontinued but company working on a new smartphone: Report

The rumour mill had been churning out leaks about a new phone from Essential.

No transparency on transparency: Binny Bansal's Flipkart exit reflects a new normal in corporate culture

The case against Binny Bansal seems vague and his continuation on Flipkart's board in a transitional role is, if anything, an endorsement that he committed no big lapse.

We won't be swayed by employee uprisings: Sundar Pichai on walkout protests

Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a conference in New York spoke about the positive aspects of letting company employees register their protest

Over 1,500 Google employees globally plan a walkout over sexual harassment cases

Last week, Google announced that it fired 48 people for sexual harassment since 2016.

Essential founder Andy Rubin clarifies that he is not selling the company but is looking for more investors: Report

Andy Rubin reportedly added that rumours about a buy out will only worsen their fundraising efforts.

Andy Rubin's Essential patented a pop-up selfie camera design a year before Vivo brought it to the APEX smartphone at MWC

Essential was granted a patent back in 2017 where it wanted to maximise the usable screen area of a smartphone with an implementation similar to Vivo's.

Google's Android P update will take into consideration the iPhone X like 'notch' design element

Google is said to be working on an overhaul of its next Android mobile software for smartphones which may be replicating Apple's iPhone X like 'notch' design.

Reports of Andy Rubin's "inappropriate" behaviour while at Google go public; cited as the reason for his leave of absence from Essential

Andy Rubin's spokesperson has denies any connection between the leave and the report of inappropriate behaviour on his part.

Essential opens its developer portal for Ph-1; users can now download Android Oreo 8.0-based beta

Essential joins its competition Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and HTC to test the beta versions of its upcoming Android Oreo-based update.