The Robin is the first smartphone offered by Nextbit, which was founded by two veterans of Google and has on board former staffers of HTC, Apple and Amazon. Nextbit Launching a completely new ...

(Bloomberg) -- Essential Products Inc., a smartphone startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, has shut down. The company said it “made the difficult decision to cease operations.” Essential took ...

Android founder Andy Rubin is closing down his smartphone startup Essential, despite teasing a new product only a few months ago. On Wednesday, his company posted a vague blog post that said Essential ...

Android inventor Andy Rubin has raised $300 million in funding for his new hardware startup Essential Products. The new round was led by Access Technology Ventures, with Tencent, Foxconn and Amazon ...

Andy Rubin, an engineer known for developing Google's Android operating system, has raised $300 million (£231 million) for his new startup, Essential. The funding round, which was first reported by ...

Razer, known for its powerful gaming laptops and outlandish prototypes, has acquired smartphone startup Nextbit, the two companies announced on Monday. Nextbit, whose Android-powered Robin smartphone ...

Commentary: Android phone-makers are desperate to make their devices stand out. But in the age of Gemini, non-Google AI may not be the best way to do it. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features ...