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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fresh Galaxy A52 and A72 leaks leave little to the imagination July 30, 2025 Samsung is all set to unveil its latest A-series smartphoneson March 17, but the covers have been off them for a while. We’ve seen theGalaxy A52andGalaxy A72appear in multiple leaks and rounding those off, tipster Evan Blass has nowoutedextensive marketing materials for both phones. The Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 look identical in the leaked promotional images....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S8 could have force touch, but only for the home key July 04, 2025 Big changes are coming to the Galaxy S series. The physical home button, a staple of Samsung design since the Galaxy S, is going away in favor of the on-screen keys that have become the norm in the rest of the Android ecosystem. Read:Galaxy S8 features, specs, and release date – rumor roundup...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get money for playing a racing game with Gameloft’s ‘Asphalt esports Series’ June 25, 2025 Gameloft andXiaomi’sgaming-focusedBlack Sharkbrand today announced the “Asphalt esports Series,” a new esports tournament forAsphalt 9: Legendsplayers. This is Gameloft’s first esports tournament for its long-running Asphalt series. The first qualification rounds for the tournament start May 20, with the top-ranked players from nine different countries — France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gionee may go bankrupt as chairman loses $144m at casino (Update: Reorganization?) June 04, 2025 Update, July 16, 2025 (5:31PM EST):Thanks to a ruling from the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, Gionee’s bankruptcy proceedings moved forward. According to Chinese news outletiFeng, Gionee may soon see a complete reorganization as a result of the court’s decision. Gionee has reportedly been losing anywhere from $143,804 to $28....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is going all-in on the squircle icon for the Play Store August 07, 2025 In the image above you’ll see quite a few app icons on theGoogle Play Store. TheStarbucksone is a circle,PUBG Mobileis a square, and theLyfticon is a squircle — albeit a different squircle shape as compared to theLoffeeapp. Googlewants to do away with this disparity between icon shapes on the Google Play Store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is pushing out a bug patch for Android Q beta 2 (Update: Known fixes) June 23, 2025 Update:Now that the patch is running on a good number of Pixels, we have a better idea of what was fixed. We have updated this post to reflect the changes. When you install theAndroid Q beta, you are repeatedly warned that the firmware will be buggy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play can now prevent rooted users from downloading certain apps July 28, 2025 We learneda few days agothat those with rooted devices were no longer able to download theNetflixapp from the Play Store. This was suspected to be related to Netflix’s adoption of the Widevine DRM protection provided by Google. That may not actually be the case, and, even more worrying, Netflix may not be the only app involved....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google vs Oracle post-script: the price for revealing sensitive financial information June 18, 2025 Just when you thought theGoogle vs Oraclecourt case was finally dead and buried –the case has been ruled on, after all – not so fast, there’s still a post-script to be written. Google may have won the case, with the court ruling that Google’s use of Java APIs in Android did indeed constitute fair use, but Google has now received permission to file for sanctions against Oracle’s lawyer for revealing confidential information in open court....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Wifi app update adds a way to turn the router on or off automatically June 03, 2025 Sometimes, it might be a good idea to just turn off the internet. Maybe you are cooking dinner or reading a book, or playing with your kids. But if you have a Wi-Fi home network, it can be hard to just get completely away; the temptation is always there to check your phone or tablet for a new text message or email....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s App Maker launches for G Suite users; standalone Tasks launches June 28 August 25, 2025 It’s a busy day today for Google’s G Suite division. It has announced that its App Maker tool, which wasfirst revealed on November 2016, is now generally available for all of itsbusiness, enterprise, andeducationcustomers. App Maker provides those users with low-code tools to make their own custom mobile apps, with the goal of helping G Suite customers create apps specifically for their own needs that larger and more mainstream business and education apps cannot offer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s free Wi-Fi at railway stations connecting 2 million Indians June 07, 2025 It was in 2015 that Google’s head honcho Sundar Pichaipromised the availability of Wi-Fi at a 100 railway stations across India, an initiative that aimed at connecting millions of passengers who flock to them on a daily basis. In the first phase of the project, Google has implemented free Wi-Fi in 23 stations so far, in partnership with RailTel....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – August 01, 2025 July 08, 2025 We never sleep here at Android Authority and even during the slow of the summer, you may be sure the whole team is working hard to bring you plenty of awesome content. Of course you can’t always be on the lookout for all the new videos, so we are putting our favorite ones here… just in case you missed anything....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s a list of Android devices with security updates from the last 90 days (Ouch HTC) August 05, 2025 Today,Google published a blog poston its Android Developers Blog celebrating a big milestone: giving away over $3 million to “bug hunters” — people who find security flaws in Android and report them to Google for a financial reward. Amazingly enough, the average reward is $2,600, and the average amount of money each person has made from bug hunting is $12,500....