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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung could unveil Bixby version 2.0 next week August 11, 2025 Samsung’s Bixbydigital assistant wasn’t greeted with the enthusiasm that Samsung might have hoped it would when it first launched. Arriving a few months ago with theSamsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, many saw it as astep behindcompeting products like Google Assistant and Siri. Even after receiving its delayed English voice component, Bixby is still yet to offer a critical function that Google Assitant — which comes as standard with basically all Android phones — does not....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung fined $5.7 million for slowing down phones, Apple style August 11, 2025 A watchdog group called the Italian Authority for Market and Competition just issued South Korean electronics giantSamsunga fine for 5 million euros (~$5.7 million), viaSamMobile. The cash penalty is due to the “Samsung slow down,” i.e., the phenomenon of smartphones dropping in performance after receiving new updates....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s UNPACKED 2017 app available for Galaxy S8 unveiling July 30, 2025 What’s a Galaxy S device without some intense hype? Samsung has released an official UNPACKED 2017 app for Android and iOS where you’re able to confirm your attendance (if you were invited to the event, that is), watch promo videos, see how many days until the event, and stream the unveiling on the day of....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Screenshot confirms Android Oreo is coming soon to ZenFone 3 July 04, 2025 ASUS promised earlier this year that theZenFone 3would be updated to Android Oreo in the future, and judging by the recent series of screenshots, it might be just around the corner. The ZenFone 3 and the ZenFone 4 are expected to receive Android 8.0 Oreo at some point in the future, and the Taiwanese manufacturer even promised thatthe upcoming software update would reduce the amount of bloatware....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Street Fighter IV Champion Edition available for pre-registration now (Update: Out now!) June 02, 2025 Update (02/21):Can you download Street Fighter IV Champion Edition from the Play Store right now? Shoryuken! The long-awaited Android port of Capcom’s classic fighting game has finally arrived as a free download on Google’s store – be aware, however, that you’ll have to stump up $4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The last thing HUAWEI should do is compare the Mate 20 X with the Nintendo Switch June 14, 2025 TheHUAWEI Mate 20 Xis a strange beast. The supersized phablet, announced earlier this week alongside the regularMate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, seems to be struggling with a bit of an identity crisis. At 7.21 inches, the Mate 20 X features the largest screen we’ve ever seen on a HUAWEI phone which makes it something of a dream phone for media lovers, but HUAWEI is also talking up the phone’s productivity suite which includes support for an optional stylus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Lenovo Tab P11 Pro is a $499 iPad Air alternative July 04, 2025 At the start of August, Samsung announced theTab S7 and Tab S7 Plus, two Android tablets designed to take on Apple’s iPad Pro. Now Lenovo is taking aim at the iPad Air with its new Tab P11 Pro tablet. Lenovo is positioning the P11 Pro — which starts at $499, the same price as the iPad Air — less as a productivity device and more as something you’ll use to consume content while traveling....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The OnePlus 6 might be better than the Note 9 in other galaxies, but not this one July 24, 2025 Whether it’s industry burnout, laziness, or catering to a specific audience, I can only speculate. It was an oddly tame reaction for likely one of the top two or three best phones of the year. A surprising number of comparisons have popped up between the powerhouse, power-user friendly Note 9 and the affordable, basic, but decently equippedOnePlus 6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This BlackBerry Passport clone runs Android and has a gigantic battery June 25, 2025 We haven’t seen manyAndroid phones with a physical keypadin recent months, with the likes of theFxtec Pro 1andBlackBerry Key2series being the only major entries really. Fortunately, small mobile playerUnihertzhas taken inspiration from BlackBerry with the Unihertz Titan. The new phone, spotted byCrackberry, looks like a rugged BlackBerry Passport running Android....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This could be HUAWEI’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip June 21, 2025 We first heard about HUAWEI working on aGalaxy Z Flip-like foldable phone late last year. The company hadreportedlyfiled a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), showing rough sketches of a clamshell device. Now,TigerMobileshas discovered yet another patent for a foldable HUAWEI phone with a clamshell design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Twitter is making it easier to get a ‘verified’ account July 17, 2025 Historically, the process for attaining that validating blue sticker next to yourTwitterhandle was a little bit vague. There wasn’t really a formal procedure to request a verified account, but as of today that murkiness is in the past. Twitter has announced that they have created an online application process that makes it possible to request account verification....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Upcoming smartphone tech to look forward to August 23, 2025 Smartphone technology moves at a brisk pace, with new camera, processor, and other enhancements appearing each year. It wasn’t so long ago that smartphone fingerprint scanners, dual cameras, and contactless payments were considered wild ideas, and yet there’s still much more awesome tech to look forward to in the coming months and years....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. US Galaxy S10 devices come with Spotify pre-installed, six months free trial July 15, 2025 SamsungandSpotifyrevealeda new partnershipin August while Samsung was launching theSamsung Galaxy Note 9. With the release of theSamsung Galaxy S10today, we’re seeing further development of this partnership. According toa Spotify press release, devices in the Galaxy S10 family sold in the United States will come with Spotify pre-installed....