Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The new Whyd speaker combines voice commands with good sound June 10, 2025 This post was originally published on our sister site,SoundGuys.com. If wireless audio was the future of 10 years ago, smarter speakers are the future today. Amazon has already had some success with theirEcholine of products, Bluetooth speaker with a voice-activated virtual assistant named Alexa built in. You can ask it questions, set timers, and of course play music....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The OnePlus 5 design is a step backwards August 13, 2025 While OnePlus – and some others – would like to have you believe theOnePlus 5design doesn’t look at all like the iPhone 7 Plus, it clearly does. But laboring that similarity misses a larger point: it’s not so much the iPhone 7 Plus connection that’s disappointing as it is theOPPO R11connection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The original ASUS Zenfone 6 is finally available in the US, starts at just $499 August 25, 2025 The ASUS Zenfone 6impressed the hell out of uswhen we first got our hands on it. Unfortunately, it’s been very difficult for everyone else to get their hands on an ASUS Zenfone 6 here in the United States — but that’s changing as of today....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This app lets you run Windows programs on your Chromebook August 22, 2025 Chromebooks have risen as a credible alternative to Windows laptops because they can outdo them on several fronts. Chromebooks aregenerallyless expensive, offer longer standby times, and are more secure. One area where they lag behind, however, is compatible products and services. Of course, Chrome OS is a far younger operating system, so it’s to be expected, but this nevertheless means Windows is your only option if you have specific software needs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: HUAWEI P30 Pro camera controversy and Galaxy Fold delay August 13, 2025 This week saw theGalaxy Fold pushed release pushed back, which came as little surprise after theserious issuesencountered by reviewers. The phone repair website iFixit published ideas aboutwhat was behind the issues, but was eventually pressured by Samsung totake down the article. HUAWEI was once again mired in controversy over theP30 Pro’s ‘Moon Mode’, which appears to add details not present in pictures taken by the phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Google officially announces Assistant for iOS devices July 13, 2025 Update, May 17:During the Google IO keynote today, Google just confirmed that Assistant will hit iPhone and other iOS devices in the coming days. Original post, May 15:Google Assistantmay be expanding its reach to another operating system. A new report says that Google’s voice command digital assistant will be coming “soon” to Apple’s iOS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Microsoft confirms SwiftKey acquisition, app will continue to be available in the Play Store July 18, 2025 Update, February 3:BothMicrosoftandSwiftKeyhave confirmed the acquisition. The SwiftKey team will be joining Microsoft and continue to work on the Android and iOS apps, which will continue to be available for free in the respective app stores. SwiftKey’s technology will be integrated into Microsoft’s own Word Flow keyboard (which was recently revealedto be coming to iOS and eventually Android), as well as other products in the future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Visiting Googleplex - what’s open to the public, what’s it like? July 21, 2025 As some of you may be aware if you follow our sibling site,VR Source, our team was recently in San Jose for theOculus Connect 3 developer conference.I was the head orchestrator of said event and had a ton of fun. On the last day, with all my work caught up and the rest of team already flying back ahead of me, I had some spare time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is DDR5? The new PC memory standard explained June 01, 2025 Generational leaps in PC memory don’t arrive as quickly as many other technological innovations. About seven years after the announcement of DDR4, the next generation of PC memory, DDR5, is finally here. At Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake CPU launch, DDR5 got some airtime, giving us a glimpse at what we can expect from the next generation of PC RAM....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What was the biggest blunder of 2018? (Poll of the Week) June 12, 2025 Last week’s poll summary:Last week,we asked youabout your favorite newcomer smartphone brand in 2018. Out of all the voteson our website and YouTube, an overwhelming majority (80 percent) said their favorite new brand is none other than Xiaomi’s POCOphone. Coming in at averydistant second place was Palm with 6 percent of the votes, followed by Black Shark with 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp limits message sharing for all to tackle fake news June 21, 2025 WhatsAppis one of the world’s top communication tools, but its popularity also means hoaxes and rumors spread like wildfire. Fortunately, the company has decided to take action and has brought its forwarding restrictions to users around the globe. According to an emailed press release, users can now only forward messages to five contacts or groups at once....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi 6 may launch with Snapdragon 821 due to 835 shortages July 09, 2025 It looks like another upcoming major flagship phone will have to make due with slightly lower hardware specs for its processor. A new rumor claims that the upcomingXiaomi Mi 6may launch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, rather than thehigher end Snapdragon 835 chip....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now download the Google Stadia app from the Play Store July 03, 2025 We’re just under two weeks shy of theGoogle Stadia release date. It would seem as though the search giant is starting launch prep early for its ambitious game streaming service as the official Stadia app is now available to download on the Google Play Store....