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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome OS 69 brings stable Linux app support to certain Chromebooks July 05, 2025 If you’ve been waiting for a stable rollout ofLinux supportfor your Chromebook, we have some good news:the latest version of Chrome OSbrings Linux app support to specific models! Chrome OS 69 also brings many of the new designs and features that rolled outa few weeks agowith the Chrome browser update, including Material Design theming, Omnibar improvements, password management features, and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Data suggests Galaxy Note7 users aren’t exchanging their devices June 16, 2025 The Galaxy Note7 is a hot issue right now – quite literally. Due to battery-related problems, it’s been overheating and in some extreme cases, exploding. Samsung responded promptly with a global recall program, but according toApteligent,users are still stubbornly using their Note7 devices despite all the risks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition might launch on Android on Feb. 9 August 23, 2025 Update #2 (1/29/18):Apple’s iTunes pagefor Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition now shows that the game is likely to launch for that platform on Feb. 9. It stands to reason that the Android version will likely be made available worldwide on that same day. Update #1 (11/8/17):It looks like our long wait for Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition is coming to a close....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Find the right USB-C cable and charger for your needs with these new logos June 04, 2025 Buying a new smartphone, tablet, or laptop is complicated enough for many people. However, it becomes even more complicated when you want to buy a new USB-C cable and charger for your device or for transferring data. Today, the USB Implementers Forum, which helps support the various USB standards,has approved packaging and product logosfor the newer devices that support the most recent advances....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitbit Pay is coming to New York MTA: Here’s what you need to know July 21, 2025 Fitbit Payis expanding in a big way. Fitbitannounced a new partnership with Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to bring Fitbit Pay to the OMNY pilot program in New York City. Starting Friday, May 31, Fitbit Pay will be accepted at all Staten Island buses, as well as all stops on the 4, 5, and 6 subway lines between Grand Central and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fleksy keyboard gets a new owner and a new update August 20, 2025 Fleksy is now owned bya company called Thingthing, and for the first time in over a year, it’s getting updated to a new build in the Play Store. If you use the Fleksy keyboard app, you probably know a thing or two about the complicated history behind it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fortnite Season 11 guide: Battle pass, skins, map changes, and more! July 14, 2025 Fortnite Season 11 is drawing close, but how can it possibly compare to the giant robot battles and mech suits of Season 10? Even Batman is rumored to make an appearance before the end of this Season, so Season 11 (or Season XI?) needs to bring something truly special....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home teardown reveals an easy to repair speaker and a mystery cable June 27, 2025 With the $129Google Homeconnected speakernow available for purchasein the US from several retailers, you may be wondering what’s inside Google’s effort to compete with Amazon’s Echo lineup. Thankfully, iFixit has put its trademark teardown efforts on the Google Home, and it claims it’s actually easy to repair....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is cracking down on apps that can see your device’s installed apps August 23, 2025 Google is no stranger to laying down the law on Android when it comes to the permissions developers are allowed to use. The company is cracking down once again, and it’s now focusing on developers that needlessly request a list of installed apps on a user’s device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is working on a foldable phone, but you won’t see it soon June 10, 2025 It seems like most smartphone brands today are working on afoldable phoneof some kind. Now,Googlehas reportedly confirmed that it’s working on the technology too. “We’re definitely prototyping the technology. We’ve been doing it for a long time,” Google Pixel chief Mario Queiroz toldCNET. “I don’t think there’s a clear use case yet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google puts the hammer down, bans 600 apps from Play Store for disruptive ads July 10, 2025 Over the past few years, there have been some major issues related to apps on theGoogle Play Storethat deliver disruptive ads. Although many of the apps serve a useful function for the user, the primary reason for these apps’ existence is to deliver as many ads as possible regardless of the user experience....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google will pay you $20/hour to sit in their self-driving car July 02, 2025 OK, Google does expect you to “test” its self-driving car project, but when the car drives itself there’s not much else to do, right? Google has placed an ad looking for “vehicle safety specialists” to be contracted for one to two years of autonomous driving field work....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Messenger app gets renamed “Android Messages” July 09, 2025 Google’s default SMS/MMS app, Messenger, has been renamedAndroid Messages. The name change has just rolled out in thePlay Storeand arrives as Google prepares for wider adoption of the new Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging standard. RCS will provide businesses with better ways to brand their communications with consumers, with higher quality multimedia messages and custom sender icons....