Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Method in madness: why does Samsung Galaxy S6 lack microSD and a removable battery? August 14, 2025 Many of you have expressed no small measure of dismay over the latest iteration of Samsung’s flagshipGalaxy S,particularly that it lacks a micro-SD card and a removable back. I’ll be the first to admit that I shared this feeling initially, at least until I gave it a little more thought and realized exactly why it had to be this way....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Metroid-inspired shooter Morphite finally coming to Android this spring June 08, 2025 Developer Crescent Moon Games first announced Morphite, its upcoming mobile sci-fi shooter, in May 2016. Today, the developer revealed that the game will finally become available for Android devices sometime in the late spring of 2017. The developers took a lot of their inspiration from Nintendo’s Metroid series, particularly the more modern Metroid Prime shooters....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft Translator gets “conversation” feature, live translation in 7 languages July 02, 2025 Microsoft Translator is upping its game to compete with Google Translate in the world of travelling companion apps. Their new “conversation” feature looks like it might give Google a run for its money – at least in regions where Mandarin, English, French German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish are primary languages....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians brings the fantasy RPG series to phones (Update: Out now!) July 26, 2025 Update (05/31):Might & Magic: Elemental Guardiansis now available to download on Android devices via the Google Play Store. Publisher Ubisoft celebrated the launch with a new trailer (above) showing the turn-based gameplay in action. If you pre-registered to play Elemental Guardians you’ll be able to grab a “special reward” in-game until June 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Mobius Final Fantasy coming August 3rd, here are our first impressions July 31, 2025 When it comes to Final Fantasy games in the Google Play store, there’s certainly no shortage. This is doubly the case in Japan, where a number of free-to-play Square Enix titles have released over the years with only a handful ever making their way to other markets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto G Stylus and Moto G Power review: Mega battery life for less than $300 August 11, 2025 Motorola’sMoto G series for 2020demonstrates what happens when companies respond to the market. Motorola listened to its customers, took a look at its competition, and decided that battery life and the productivity enhancements enabled by a stylus were needed in its lineup....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola reveals the 12 finalists for its Moto Mods developer challenge June 16, 2025 A few months ago, Motorola announced its plans to offer third-party developers a chance to create their ownMoto Modsthat would attach and expand the features of the company’sMoto Zfamily of smartphones. It also announced a contest to find the best ideas and prototypes from those teams....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola slammed with $5 million lawsuit for poor customer service June 27, 2025 Motorolaoffers a 1 year warranty with every device they sell, which means the company is really good at making their customers feel like they’ll be taken care of. Unfortunately, when displays go out and hardware fails, Motorola is proving not to be particularly good at actually fulfilling these warranties....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola team-up will bring over-the-air wireless power to smartphones June 22, 2025 Xiaomi isn’t the only company hoping to makeover-the-air charginga practical reality. Motorola is expanding on its earlierair-to-air plansbyteaming upwith GuRu to add true wireless power toits smartphones, making it one of the first phone brands to embrace the technology. The future devices would use GuRu’s RF Lensing tech to supply wireless power at a “watts-over-meters” level....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola’s wild west ad campaign is truly hilarious July 07, 2025 In one commercial, the gang sits around a fire in repose after a massive cash haul, when suddenly a notification goes off. After checking social media via theirMoto X Pure EditionsandMoto 360s, the posse realizes that one of their less savvy members has tagged them in photos with the cash....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Non-Google smart speakers aren’t performing Assistant Routines correctly August 02, 2025 WhileGoogle Homeproducts are by far the most popular smart speakers which integrateGoogle Assistant, there are plenty of speakers out there made by third-party OEMs that also have Assistant features, like theJBL Link Bar, shown above. Unfortunately, it seems that these third-party products have a serious flaw right now: Google AssistantRoutinesdon’t work correctly, viaAndroid Central....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Obfuscation: What it is and why you need it August 22, 2025 Reverse engineering and tampering attacks threaten every mobile app, yet many apps apply basic code hardening techniques (or none at all!) to defend against these attempts. In fact,researchhas shown that half of the world’s leading financial services apps on the Android marketplace are not using proper application shielding techniques such as code and data obfuscation....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus is loud and unashamed of it August 16, 2025 Drip, drip, drip… that’s the sound of the latestOnePlus Twoleaks that have been fed our way over the past week or so. The company has made quite a few announcements, yet we still know so little about OnePlus’ next smartphone. Whether you think OnePlus’ marketing techniques are tedious, intriguing, or just a sign of the times, it’s clear that they know what they’re doing and are unashamed of their techniques....