Galaxy S7 gets benchmarked again. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S7 has again appeared in benchmark tests ahead of its official unveiling. This time, however, the device was tested with a brand new Exynos processor — not the Snapdragon 820 chip it was running last time.

Ford is embracing the Silicon Valley vision of cars. Photo: Ford

Compared to some of the other automotive naysayers, Ford has been outspoken about the fact that Silicon Valley might (shock horror!) actually be able to successfully disrupt the car industry.

Now a Ford exec says his company actually welcomes the competition from companies like Google and Apple.

Google Play Music is offering free and discounted albums right now. Photo: Google

Google is currently offering not one, not two, but three full albums for free with a further 19 albums also on offer for a paltry $0.99.

Available to download via Google Play Music, the free and heavily discounted albums are yours to keep once you have added them to your account and should contain enough music to keep you entertained for a good number of hours, no matter your musical tastes.

Pocket Casts for Android is now even more awesome. Photo: Shifty Jelly

Pocket Casts, the best podcast client on Android, today received a mammoth update that adds a bunch of useful new features and improvements.

You can now filter your favorite podcasts by date, automatically backup your settings and database (if you’re using Marshmallow), and more.

Will Google return to HTC in 2016? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

HTC will partner up with Google again this year to deliver not one but two new Nexus smartphones, replacing those currently made by LG and Huawei, according to sources.

HTC has previously teamed up with Google to make the Nexus One, the very first Nexus smartphone — and the Nexus 9, Google’s most recent tablet.