wants to help you pick your next Android phone

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Published 12 Jun 2015

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There are a lot of Android phones out there. wants to give you a h in sorting through the army of devices with a new phone picker on the Android homepage.

The tool tries to decipher which phone is right for you by giving you several scenarios for how you primarily use your smartphone.

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Tell what you like to do with your phone in order to get some recommendations.

Each of the categories then have a follow-up question, which feeds the answers into an algorithm uses to narrow down the options. You have to choose at least three categories before selecting a phone.

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also will change up the choices depending on your preferred carrier, size, or price.

Once you get some choices, you can still mix up the results by price, size, or how new the device is. The Shop Now button launches another screen that takes you to the carrier’s site, finds a brick–mortar store, or lets you email the recommended phones to yourself.

y this matters: One of Android’s strengths, the wide variety of devices available, can sometimes be a detriment to consumers looking for a new phone. th all the custom interfaces, screen sizes, different manufacturers some may be tempted to keep it simple go for an ione. This proactive approach by is the right move to help you see all the phones available make sense of the options. There’s just no promise they’ll sing for you.