The Photos app on iOS. Photo: Apple

Google made it even easier to select images photos in its new Google Photos app by giving users a simple drag gesture. It works so well, in fact, that Apple stole it for iOS 9.

Prepare yourself for a Hangouts overhaul. Photo: Google

Google is in the process of giving its Hangouts app for Android a much-needed Material Design makeover. We’ve been hearing about it for several weeks — since the app was spotted on a Googler’s Nexus 5 at Google I/O — and now we get to take a sneak peek at it before its rollout.

The Note 5 could finally bring USB-C to Android. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung is expected to embrace the new USB-C standard with its upcoming Galaxy Note 5. The flagship phablet is likely to be Samsung’s first USB-C smartphone, and we’ll have to wait until the fall to get our hands on it.

The One M9 gets more camera improvements. Photo: HTC

HTC has made more improvements to the One M9’s camera performance with an update that also promises better battery life. The release began its rollout in Europe today with the 1.40.401.5 build number, and should be making its way to other markets soon.

Don’t accept poor performance on your Galaxy S6. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge may have its latest and greatest Exynos 7420 processor and 3GB of RAM, but thanks to a frustrating memory bug, poor performance has become all too common for most users.

Samsung has promised to address the issue, but we’ve been waiting weeks for a fix. If you have a rooted handset, however, you can now eliminate the problem yourself with this tweak.