Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google app updated with Now on Tap functionality and Android Marshmallow UI July 12, 2025 Google wasquick to tell usthe Now on Tap feature wouldn’t be coming with the Android M previews, so fans were not expecting to see it until Marshmallow came around. The Search Giant may have partially changed its mind, though. The latest Google app update (version 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Daydream VR will add Chrome support and more in upcoming updates August 10, 2025 The second day keynote address for the2017 Google I/Odeveloper conference concentrated on the company’s future plans for virtual and augmented reality. That includes some major upcoming updates for itsDaydream VRplatform. The biggest news is that Daydream 2.0, which has the code name “Daydream Euphrates”, will add support for browsing and viewing web pages on headsets via Google’sChromebrowser....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google knows what hotel you are staying at, now suggests stuff in the area August 10, 2025 Googleis continuing their push to expand their contextually aware services to each and every one of us. Last week they announced an update to Maps that adds anExplore buttonthat only shows at the right moment, based on factors including your location. This week,Google Searchis adding the ability to help you out when on vacation or business trip, by allowing you to use your hotel as a point of reference....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Store adds a thumb for quick positive feedback August 13, 2025 It’s a just tiny little change. Google has snuck a single thumbs up button into the Google Play review section and packed the spam button into a side menu. This replaces an old,Reddit-like system that allowed for both thumbs up and thumbs down. Now that they’re using a setup much closer to Facebook’s, this Like-like thumb icon lets Google Play users nod in agreement with reviews that say what they would have said about an app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Have smartphone camera bumps gotten out of control? August 02, 2025 TheXiaomi Mi 11 Ultrapacks a whopper of a smartphone camera module. Not only does it contain multiple lenses, but it also contains a 1.1-inch OLED display to help you capture that perfect selfie. Oh, the vanity. This is the phone to get if you want to accidentally fall off a cliff while taking a picture of yourself....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Having problems with your Google Pixel 3 overheating? You’re not alone June 02, 2025 SomeGoogle Pixel 3smartphones are suffering from an overheating problem while charging, according to various reports. Pixel 3 owners have taken toRedditand theGoogleproduct forumsto highlight the issue, which seems to affect both the standard Pixel 3 and the larger Pixel 3 XL variant. The problem appears to occur most frequently when video calling or charging....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s how cops caught an arsonist using an app on his son’s phone June 28, 2025 We’ve heard of parents catching their children in unwanted places usingfamily tracking apps,but in a bizarre twist, a Vermont-based man was traced to the location of a fire thanks to the family tracking app installed on his son’s phone. Glenn “Chip” Hill, a 40-year-old Barre, Vermont resident, was nabbed for arson after the police tracked his exact whereabouts using theLife360family tracking app,Forbesreported....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hoopla’s latest update lets you read Marvel comics from your public library July 15, 2025 It’s rare for me to see a movie on its first day of release, but I’m willing to make an exception forBlack Panther. The problem is I know very little about the character and the world, so knowing that Hoopla teamed up with Marvel to offer over 250 Marvel comic books and graphic novels makes me pretty happy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How sci-fi movies and TV shows have imagined mobile phones, smartphones and tablets July 18, 2025 Science fiction often takes a speculative look at the near and far future. Sci-fi comic books, novels, artwork, and especially movies and TV shows, often play with new and cool gadgets we might use in the coming years.Some have proved prophetic, predicting space travel, lasers, and the use of computers and robots....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC can’t stop launching high-end models, introduces One ME in China August 15, 2025 It was already hard to keep track ofHTC’shigh-end devices, and now the Taiwanese company is adding yet another model to the mix, the One ME. A little recap: HTC’s flagship remains theOne M9, at least in the West. In Asia, however, HTChas expanded its high-end range with theOne M9+(a 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Impulse - Indie app of the day August 13, 2025 What is Impulse? Impulseis a social media application that is kind of a mash up between Foursquare and Snapchat. Users post images and such and other people who are in the same area can see them and interact with them. It’s location based so the posts you see are from people in your immediate area....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LIFX Color review: Themes, themes, and more themes July 22, 2025 Lifx Color What we like What we don’t like There are heaps ofsmart light bulbsto choose from if you want to spice up your lighting. Some offer millions of colors, some offer convenient scheduling apps, but sometimes you need a smarter light bulb to nail both. LIFX is hoping that it’s created such a bulb, and it’s time to put those claims to the test in our LIFX Color review....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Looking back at the LG G4 June 16, 2025 Mobile World Congress 2016is just around the corner, and as has been the case every year, there is a slew of Android smartphones that we can’t wait to get our hands on. Particularly exciting is the upcoming launch of the flagship offerings from the two Korean giants, Samsung and LG, but before ushering the new, we thought that some retrospection may be in order....