Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home is way smarter than Amazon’s Alexa-powered speakers - research June 07, 2025 Amazon’s Alexa-powered speakers like the Echo and Echo Dot might bemore popular on the marketthan the Google Home, but they sure aren’t any smarter. A company called360ifrom New York has developed a software that asked the Google Home and one of Amazon’s Alexa devices 3,000 different questions in hopes of figuring out which one is more knowledgeable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on: Pantech Vega Iron 2 - the Galaxy S5 that Samsung couldn’t make June 21, 2025 By now it’s no small secret that Samsung’s Galaxy S5didn’t light up the sales chartslike the Korean OEMmay have believeditwould. While sales in the USA were quite pleasant, elsewhere things were a bit less desirable. There is no single reason that can be held accountable for the relative relegation, therearea lot of complaints to be had from the consumer-side of things: namely that the phone was lacking any semblance of new design (or premium materials), and failed to include either a 2K screen or OIS-equipped camera....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are leaked renders of the upcoming HUAWEI P30 with headphone jack August 05, 2025 TheHUAWEI P20andP20 Prowere some of the most popular and highly-rated smartphones of 2018. Now we have some leaked renders courtesy of reliable source@OnLeaks(via91mobiles)which depict the supposed follow-up to the P20 — presumably called theHUAWEI P30. On the outside, it doesn’t look like HUAWEI is deviating too far from the established look of the P20 when it comes to the new P30....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s how to get Zen Mode for older OnePlus phones August 25, 2025 Why wait for OnePlus to bringZen Mode to older phoneswhen you cangrab the APK right now? Available courtesy ofAndroid Police, the APK weighs 10.74MB and should work on theOnePlus 5,5T,6, and6T. Somenotedthat they even got Zen Mode working on theOnePlus 3Trunning the beta build ofAndroid 9 Pie....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s another “Google coming to China” rumor (Update: Employee petition begins) June 22, 2025 Update, June 21, 2025 (02:59PM EST):Although Google has yet to release any comment on the secret Dragonfly project discussed below, that hasn’t stopped Google employees from deciding to take action on the supposedly-controversial plan. Googlers are now circulating an open letter demanding more transparency about Dragonfly and any other projects currently happening in the background at Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How could HUAWEI release a P40 Pro in early 2020? Here are some theories. June 17, 2025 Earlier today,a report fromThe Informationalleged that HUAWEI has plans to move forward with a global release for the HUAWEI P40 Pro in early 2020. This is interesting news considering the company’s major 2019 flagship — theHUAWEI Mate 30 Pro— still has no global release date, despite launching months ago....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How the Google Pixel 2 Now Playing song identification works August 11, 2025 There are a number of apps and services available to help you detect what song is currently playing around you: products likeShazam,SoundHound, or even Google Now. Such services typically rely on your smartphone’s microphone to record a sample of music and then compare that sample against a database of songs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HP reveals new VR PC backpack and 24-hour laptop for businesses June 23, 2025 HP is revealing new PC products made for enterprise and businesses today, but some of them could be attractive to consumers as well. That includes a new VR PC backpack, along with new notebooks that can last as long as 24 hours (yes, one full day) on a single charge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro is already receiving its first update June 27, 2025 In case you missed it, it didn’t take long yesterday for attendees at HUAWEI’sMate 10 and Mate 10 Prolaunch to notice the device was running a little hot and that the battery was draining unusually quickly for a device fresh out of the box. HUAWEI spokespeople at the event identified it as a “Google bug” and left it at that....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Instagram finally testing multiple account support July 08, 2025 Do you have multiple Instagram accounts? Those of you who do can attest to the annoyance that it can be to switch between accounts. So far the only way to do this has been to sign in and out of separate accounts manually. Now we know this is something Instagram is definitely working on, and some of you are already lucky enough to have access to this feature....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Intel wants to pull out ahead in the race for smaller chips July 21, 2025 Hoping to catch up with rivals in thePC space, Intel has revealed aggressive plans to shrink chip manufacturing processes to 4, 3, and eventually as small as 1.8 nanometers, all by 2025. Intel’s current 10nm “Enhanced Superfin” manufacturing is being renamed to “7,” despite not actually being a true 7nm process,Engadgetreports....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo launches a feature-packed camera app for Motorola phones July 01, 2025 In recent years,Motorolahas delivered solid handsets with great value for money. The Moto G and X series have been loved for their sturdy build quality and unadulterated Android experience. However, some of these handsets faltered in the camera department, due in part to the less than impressive camera application....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meizu announces new PRO series, PRO 5 to be formally unveiled Sep 25th July 09, 2025 TodayMeizuformally announced its plans for a new sub-brand, dubbed “PRO”. The new branding joins Maizu andMX, and will be applied to the company’s higher end phones, starting with the Meizu PRO 5. Not a lot is known about the PRO 5 just yet, though Meizu says they will hold a press conference on September 25th to fully detail its plans....