You no longer have to buy an HTC handset to get your hands on HTC apps and services. The Taiwanese company is opening up its software to third-party Android devices, starting with Zoe, a video sharing platform that hopes to compete with the likes of Instagram and Vine.

Samsung’s upcoming virtual reality headset has been pictured for the first time ahead of its rumored unveiling next month. Codenamed “Project Moonlight,” the device works in much the same way as Google Cardboard, using your smartphone as its display.

Samsung promised us a smartphone made from “new materials,” and while it hasn’t shunned tacky plastic altogether, its new Galaxy Alpha is a huge step in the right direction. It’s the South Korean company’s first smartphone with a metal frame, and at just 6.7mm thick, it looks great.

The Samsung Z, a flagship smartphone powered by Samsung’s new Tizen operating system, has reportedly been scrapped for good after missing its scheduled release in Russia last month. Tizen phones are still a part of Samsung’s plans, according to sources familiar with the matter — but it will only be powering budget smartphones.

Can’t find the Android Wear watch face you’ve been dreaming of in Google Play? Now you can build it yourself — without learning a single line of code — thanks to an awesome new app called WearFaces.