Deal: Unlocked LG G7 ThinQ gets price slashed to $629.99 at B&H ($120-off)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Unlocked LG G7 ThinQ gets price slashed to $629.99 at B&H ($120-off) July 17, 2025 B&Hhas reduced the price of the unlockedLG G7 ThinQby $120 (as spotted byPhoneArena), bringing the phone down to $629.99. It comes with a free Avoda LG G7 Tempered Glass Protector worth $19.99 and a one-year warranty that can be extended to two-years if you register the phone with LG....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Patrick Norman

eBay introduces Quick Sale, a sorta quicker way to flip your old phone

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. eBay introduces Quick Sale, a sorta quicker way to flip your old phone July 02, 2025 eBay’s valet service has spawned a handy way for you to handover your handset and let someone else handle the selling part of the sales process in a system the online marketplace is calling Quick Sale. Maybe “Quicker Sale” is a more apt name for it, because it’ll require less time to turn your old smartphone into electronic funds....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Michael Johnson

Google acquires Pixate

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google acquires Pixate - mobile app prototyping platform now free July 19, 2025 Google’s never-ending shopping spree continues as the company tries to expand its reach anywhere possible. Their latest acquisition has just been announced and developers will be especially fond of it. The Search Giant is now welcoming the Pixate crew and integrating them right into their design team....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 569 words · Jennifer Estes

Google and Levi’s will host a party at SXSW to celebrate Project Jacquard

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google and Levi’s will host a party at SXSW to celebrate Project Jacquard August 17, 2025 It’s that time of the year again:SXSW in Austin, TX. It’s about music (and that was the biggest part for my teenage self), it’s about media, and it’s about technology. Well, Google and Levi’s are hosting a party featuring LCD Soundsystem among others to celebrate the Levi’s Commuter Trucker Jacket with Google’s Jacquard technology....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Jenna Young

Google Home finally gains multi-user support

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home finally gains multi-user support June 01, 2025 Google Homeis one of those products that has a lot of potential, but isn’t quite perfect yet. Example: you purchase a Google Home for your whole family to use, but you quickly realize that it can only support one Google account. This is particularly annoying if every member of your family wants their own daily news briefings, or if they want to add items to their own grocery lists....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Patricia Mason

Google Maps v9.14: improved Navigation UI and 'Popular times' charts added

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Maps v9.14: improved Navigation UI and ‘Popular times’ charts added August 01, 2025 The Google Maps team seems to be pretty busy lately. It has been only about a week sinceversion 9.13 hit the Play Store, and today we are already starting to see v9.14 hitting Android smartphones. The latest update to Maps brings forth a couple main changes to the application....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Douglas Stafford

Google Pixel 4a 5G alternatives: 6 other phones that deserve a look

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4a 5G alternatives: 6 other phones that deserve a look July 24, 2025 In September 2020, Google officially launched theGoogle Pixel 4a 5G. As its name implies, it’s a 5G-powered variant of theGoogle Pixel 4a, which launched earlier in August. You might like the Pixel 4a 5G quite a bit, but there might be things that don’t excite you....

August 9, 2025 · 8 min · 1529 words · Carol Bennett

Google Pixel and Pixel XL officially announced: everything you need to know

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel and Pixel XL officially announced: everything you need to know July 15, 2025 Google’sNexusline has been around since 2010, and it’s changed a lot over the years. It all started with the HTC-built Nexus One, which acted as almost a reference device that showcased the Android platform to developers and OEMs. It didn’t feature any crazy Android skins or bloatware, and it wasn’t locked to any one carrier....

August 9, 2025 · 5 min · 957 words · Darrell Henderson

Google unveils the official Play Awards nominees

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google unveils the official Play Awards nominees July 17, 2025 The Google Play Awards are coming atGoogle I/Oon May 19, but today Google released the nominees for each category. With ten categories and five nominees per category, what we’re looking at here is a Who’s Who among Android apps, so even if you’re not super interested in the Play Awards, you should at least take a look at this list and consider giving some of these apps and games a whirl....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Douglas Johnson

Google wants more people to copy and share AMP links

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google wants more people to copy and share AMP links June 14, 2025 In October 2015, Google first announcedits Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) program, which is designed to give website publishers a better way to display and load their pages on mobile devices. However, sites who have opted to use AMP have found that users have had issues with copying and sharing links from those pages....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Alan French

Google+ adds new Topics feature that will show you targeted content from members

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google+ adds new Topics feature that will show you targeted content from members August 05, 2025 If you are still usingGoogle+as part of your social networking activities, then you might see some new stuff popping up in your account in the very near future. Google is adding a feature called Topics that will start showing up in your home stream, with content that the company hopes that you will be interested in reading....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Sherry Harris

Hackers win $215,000 for exploiting the Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hackers win $215,000 for exploiting the Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s June 10, 2025 A group of Chinese hackers known as Tencent Keen Security Lab Team (or Keen Team for short) have scored themselves $215,000 by coming up with three successful exploits for the Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s. The hacks were performed as part of Trend Micro’s 2016 MobilePwn2Own event, where the team scooped up more than half the prize money on offer for successful hacks of theNexus 6P,Galaxy S7and iPhone 6s....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · David Johnson

Hands-on with Privacy Dashboard, one of Android 12's best new features

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on with Privacy Dashboard, one of Android 12’s best new features August 25, 2025 Update: August 20, 2025 at 11:16 a.m. ET:Android Authorityreceived additional information from Google about the 24-hour Privacy Dashboard time limit and permission restrictions. Read on for more details. Original article: August 12, 2025 at 5:24 p.m. ET:Among the plethora ofprivacy and security featurescoming to Android 12, the Privacy Dashboard will probably help people out the most....

August 9, 2025 · 5 min · 860 words · Rhonda Shelton