Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What was the best phone of 2021? It’s the grand final for Readers' Choice! August 17, 2025 And just like that, there were just two finalists left inAndroid Authority‘s best phone of 2021: Readers’ Choice award. From a monster list of 33 of the best smartphones of 2022, you’ve reduced it to your two favorites: theGoogle Pixel 6 Proand theSamsung Galaxy S21 Ultra....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why Google chose the Snapdragon 765G for the Pixel 5 July 04, 2025 Can mid-range smartphones become the new flagships?Googleappears to think so with the newPixel 5. The handset simultaneously offers some brand new hardware and software, while stripping away a few old design ideas to reach a more attractive price point. Perhaps the biggest omission is the lack of a premium tier processor for cutting edge performance....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi admits growing too fast, no longer sharing yearly sales figures August 16, 2025 Chinese manufacturerXiaomiwill not reveal last year’s smartphone sales figures, a previous company tradition, according to a report fromTechCrunch. The news arrives as Xiaomi’s CEO and co-founder Lei Jung admits the company grew “too fast”. Xiaomi has become one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world since it launched in 2010, with its smartphone sales seeing often dramatic year-on-year increases....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s latest app lets you control your phone from a PC July 02, 2025 We’ve seen several companies offer smartphone/PC integration in recent years, with HUAWEI offeringHUAWEI Sharefunctionality while Samsung and Microsoft delivertighter integrationvia the Your Phone app. Now, it looks like it’s Xiaomi’s turn to deliver a similar feature asXDA-Developersspotted and confirmed a so-called Device Control app in the latest MIUI 12 beta for theMi 10 Ultra....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Yes, the POCOphone F1 will get updated to Android Q as well August 11, 2025 ThePocophone F1might be the best value for money smartphone of 2018, offering flagship power in a $300 package.Xiaomiisn’t messing around with support either, constantly soliciting feedback via forums and delivering bug fixes and new features. Now, POCOphone head of product Jai Mani has confirmed that the POCOphone F1 will receive theAndroid Qupdate as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Allo lead thanks everyone who is not complaining June 11, 2025 Google’s much anticipated messaging appAllofinally arrived in the Google Play Store this week, and it was met with much rejoicing. However, this rejoicing quickly turned to confusion and then agitation as it became clear that, althoughGoogle Assistantwas fairly cool, the messaging side of the app left a lot to be desired....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon makes amends after backlash for destroying millions of unsold products June 01, 2025 Amazon has made plans to give unsold products lying in its warehouses a new lease of life after arecent investigationfound that the e-commerce giant was destroying millions of brand new, perfectly good items such as iPads, MacBooks, phones, TVs, and more because of stocking issues at one of its 24 UK warehouses....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 10 gestures: Everything you need to know June 05, 2025 Therelease of Android 10in 2019 included plenty of new features and improvements for Google’s mobile operating system. Perhaps the most controversial new additions are the Android 10 gestures. These control features completely replaced the older button design. One Android 10 gesture even lets you launch Google Assistant. The use of gesture-based controls are supposed to make it easier to navigate through Android 10’s screens and menus, particularly for phones that have edge-to-edge displays....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 10 Rules finally pushed out to (some) Google Pixel users June 26, 2025 Android 10 previews showed off a Rules feature, allowing users to automate settings based on location and/or Wi-Fi connection. The feature disappearedfor the most partfollowing the final Android 10 release, but it looks like Google has pushed it out to plenty more people. Android Policereports that the feature is now available to a variety of Pixel phones on Android 10, and we can confirm seeing it on ourPixel 4as well (running Android 10 and the February 2020 patch)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 11 could let you easily see dismissed notifications August 19, 2025 Google could finally give users a simple way to see recently dismissed notifications. You probably know how frustrating it is to accidentally dismiss a notification in your drawer. Maybe it’s a message from someone important, or an alert from one of your apps, or any number of other things....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android NDK — Everything you need to know July 17, 2025 What is the Android NDK? The Android Native Development Kit allows developers to get the most performance out of devices, this can be beneficial for game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine. Because the source code is compiled directly into machine code for the CPU (and not into an intermediate language, as with Java) then developers are able to get the best performance....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Q gestures might rely only on pill icon, no back button July 25, 2025 Thegesture navigation toolsintroduced withAndroid 9 Pieeliminated the need for the recent apps button. Now, the default gesture navigation configuration is down to two buttons: the home “pill” icon and the back button, which appears when needed. However, according to some earlyAndroid Qcode obtained byXDA Developers, the back button might not be around for the next iteration of Android....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Wear 2.0 coming soon to LG Watch Urbane 2 and New Balance RunIQ August 17, 2025 Back in February, Android Wear 2.0 made its debut on theLG Watch Sport and Watch Style. Since then, some manufacturers have already upgraded their smartwatches to the latest version of Android Wear. A few days ago, LG released the update for theG Watch R and Watch Urbane....