Apple and Google are waging war on all fronts. Photo: Cult of Android

Apple and Google are waging war on all fronts. Photo: Cult of Android

At its I/O conference last week, Google laid out the roadmaps for its most important platforms. It has already made its way into your pocket, but over the next few years, the search giant hopes to find a place on your wrist and in your home as well.

Things aren’t so straightforward as that, though.

Apple is fighting Google for territory in a variety of areas, with iOS competing with Android, Apple Watch battling Android Wear, and HomeKit trying to beat out Brillo.

But which one has the edge that will help it reign supreme? Here’s how they stack up against each other.

ZTE will sell the nubia Z9 directly to U.S. customers. Photo: nubia

ZTE will sell the nubia Z9 directly to U.S. customers. Photo: nubia

When ZTE started making sponsorship deals with the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors, to be the teams’ official smartphone, it was trying to raise its profile in a U.S. market that had never seen one of its phones.

But the Chinese telecommunications company changed that in a big way Thursday when it used a large Times Square billboard to announce its high-end nubia Z9 Android smartphone will soon be available in the U.S.

The Z9, which will bypass service providers and sell directly to U.S. customers, features a 5.2 borderless screen, 16 MP camera with image stabilization, fingerprint sensor technology controls that work with grip and gestures.

The Galaxy S6 takes on iPhone 6

The Galaxy S6 takes on iPhone 6

Sales of the Galaxy S 6 haven’t been as great as Samsung would have hoped, so the company is going back to what it does best: desperately make fun of the iPhone.

The company released two new ads for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge touting the phones’ wireless charging, wide angle selfies, and curved display that shows texts and emails and other info, while the iPhone 6 just has a boring metal edge with buttons.

You can watch both ads below:

The Moto 360 must wait longer for Wear 5.1.1. Photo: Google

The Moto 360 must wait longer for Wear 5.1.1. Photo: Google

If you’re a Moto 360 owner like me, you’ve probably been checking for Google’s big Android Wear 5.1.1 update several times a day. But it seems the software still isn’t ready for its public debut.

Motorola told one fan on Twitter that “performance is not quite there yet,” and so it is working with Google to “ensure the software works great on #Moto360.”

All you can eat movies for a monthly fee? Maybe. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

All you can eat movies for a monthly fee? Maybe. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Google could have plans to take on Netflix and other video streaming services with a “monthly movie pass.” The company hints at the new service in a Google Opinion Rewards survey that’s being distributed to some Android users this week.

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