Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You might not like this latest rumor about the Galaxy S22’s battery size July 22, 2025 All Samsung Galaxy S series flagships since the past two years have packed at least a 4,000mAh battery. Before that, the Galaxy S10 series started at a mere 3,400mAh capacity. With smartphone OEMs aiming to deliver more battery life on their flagships, looks like Samsung is going in reverse gear....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. And the winner of the next Google Fiber rollout is: San Francisco! June 24, 2025 Denizens of the City by the Bay can feel free to pop open the champagne bottles this evening, because Google Fiber is headed their way. In an official announcement on the company’sblog, Director of Business Operations Michael Slinger said that San Francisco is now formally slated to get the famed gigabit-per-second internet service in the near future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 11 will make controlling your smart home products much easier June 11, 2025 According toXDA Developers, the Android 11 power menu could soon include a new Quick controls section, featuring a tweaked UI and custom app shortcuts.XDAfirst caught wind of the potential addition in theAndroid 11 DP1code, but it wasn’t able to get it working at all untilAndroid 11 DP2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Award-winning adventure game Love You to Bits now available on Android August 12, 2025 Love You to Bits is a cute point-and-click visual adventure that will put you in the shoes of Kosmo, a rookie space explorer. The heartbroken Kosmo will risk his life throughout the galaxy in a quest to reassemble the pieces of his robotic girlfriend, exploring enigmatic worlds full of bizarre aliens andmysterious puzzles....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Black Friday shoppers set records by snapping up deals via their phones July 16, 2025 Did you take advantage of the greatBlack Friday dealsto do a little holiday shopping? If so, chances are pretty good that you did at least some of it from your smartphone. Consumers spent a bank account-draining $7.4 billion online duringBlack Fridaysales, with a stunning $2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Buy your dad a new phone from T-Mobile this Father’s Day and get another for free August 22, 2025 T-Mobile is running a sweet BOGO deal to celebrate Father’s Day: buy a new Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8 Plus, LG G6, or LG V20, and you get another for free. Yes, it’s that time of the month: scrolling up and down Amazon and Googling frantically to figure out what to get your pop for Father’s Day....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome 66 launches, blocking pesky autoplaying videos out of the box August 08, 2025 One of our biggest pet peeves has to be the ability for websites to unexpectedly auto-play videos and other content (here’s looking at you,CNN). We’ve long had the ability to seewhich tab is the offender, but Chrome 66 brings another solution. The updated browser launched yesterday and the desktop version now mutes auto-playing videos by default,VentureBeatnotes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome OS recieves a host of new features on its 10th birthday August 25, 2025 Believe it or not,Chromebooksare now 10 years old — and Google ismarkingthe occasion with a major Chrome OS update that delivers several welcome features. The update chiefly focuses on syncing Chrome OS with your other devices. A new Phone Hub (pictured below) offers control over key aspects of your Android phone, including text messages, the hotspot and recent Chrome tabs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Corning’s new glass will approach sapphire in scratch resistance June 12, 2025 As phone makers look for ways to make their devices stand out in the crowd, sapphire shapes up to be the next big thing for protecting our precious devices from accidents and scratches. Of course,Corning, maker of the omnipresent Gorilla Glass, begs to disagree. To counter the rise of sapphire, Corning is working on a new variety of glass that is very hard to shatter and approaches sapphire in terms of resistance to scratches....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Could ‘Odyssey’ be Samsung’s stand-alone VR headset? Jul 20, 2025 Well, well, well. What do we have here? It seems that some legal branding paperwork has surfaced that would seem to indicate thatSamsungis working on a product they’re calling Odyssey. Based on accompanying an accompanying VR logo and a main icon that looks a bit like a VR headset if you squint, it might just be the case that this is Samsung’sstand-alone VR headset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Crowdfunding project of the week: Dot is a smart notification light June 15, 2025 It’s time for your crowdfunding project of the week, where we highlight the hottest campaigns from websites likeKickstarterandIndiegogo. There’s a lot of innovation coming from the crowdfunding movement, but we know there is also plenty of senseless noise. We are here to show you the best there is to find out there....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Developer interview: Juha Huttenen of Grafetee August 03, 2025 Smartphones have found their use in just about any application today, and crime-fighting is just one of them. Straight from Finland (the hometown of Nokia), the developers of Grafetee have developed a system through which users can explore and collaborate based on their localities. Currently, citizens and authorities from Finland have found a very effective way of fighting crime through the app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Disguise surprise: Xiaomi and Hasbro partner for a new Transformer June 30, 2025 Back in the 1980’s, it was common sense thatcars could actually morph into gigantic robots. Indeed the Transformers franchise is every bit as thriving today as it was when Hasbro created it, thanks in part to the recent movies. Coincidentally, Xiaomi – which is celebrating its 6th birthday on April 6th – has been transforming the way in which smartphone sales and devices are perceived and received....