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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Essential in 2019: A clouded future June 10, 2025 2017 was supposed to be Essential’s coming-out party. With areported valuationof $1 billion,Androidco-founder Andy Rubin at the helm, and the near-bezel-less wonder known as theEssential PH-1, Essential should made a real splash. Instead, Essential entered the smartphone market with a whisper. Read Next:Best upcoming Android phones of 2019 From the PH-1’sunderwhelming salesand various issues to Andy Rubin’s personal baggage, 2017 was a year to forget for Essential....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fingerprint lock? Science wants to use your brainwaves instead June 24, 2025 Scientists and mathematicians have told us for over a century that the likelihood of two people having the same fingerprint is slim to none. That’s why we use fingerprints to solve crimes andunlock our phonesand computers. But it’s not like fingerprint sensors and criminologistscan’t be fooledwhen it comes to fingerprints....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Five Xiaomi devices, including mysterious POCOphone, tipped for Europe July 16, 2025 Xiaomi has beenspreading its wingsacross Europe in 2018, but the brand may not be done yet. Five Xiaomi products have passed through the EEC regulatory body (h/t:GSMArenaandMySmartPrice), suggesting Russians and Europeans at large will soon have even more devices to choose from. The filings reveal that the unreleased Mi Max 3, POCOphone, and Mi A2 phones could be launching in the region soon....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gear.Club racing game now available on Android August 22, 2025 Are you looking for a new racing game? If the answer is yes, well, then you’re in luck. In addition toRe-Volt3,which has recently hit the Play Store, and the upcomingHill Climb Racing 2, you now have a new game available to try out. Gear.Club, the popular racing game developed by the France-based Eden Games, has made its way over to the Android platform....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get virtual courtside tickets for the NCAA Final Four and National Championship with Gear VR June 21, 2025 TheNCAAhas announced that the Final Four and National Championship will be broadcast in live VR to owners of theSamsung Gear VR. When game time arrives, users can launch the dedicated app and transport themselves to court-side seating. More than just a virtual reality experience, this stream will intermingle elements of augmented reality by providing commentary normally available to those tuning in by television and a virtual scoreboard that keeps up with detailed stats as the game goes on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant Connect makes it easier for companies to create smart products June 23, 2025 Google Assistantwill likely be available on 1 billion devicesby the end of January, and it looks like the company is gunning for the next billion. Google just announced a new set of capabilities — called Google Assistant Connect — that will allow companies to add the Assistant to even more devices around the home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant will soon add a better translation mode for travelers July 18, 2025 Google Assistanthas been in the news a lot lately. Last week at IFA 2017, many companies announced that some of their upcoming connected hardware products will support Google’s virtual companion. This week, Google showed off a few upcoming improvements for Assistant at its Developer Days conference, which was held in Krakow, Poland....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s a first proper look at the Google Pixel 4 camera features July 30, 2025 RecentGoogle Pixel 4leaksprimarily focused on the hardware and software. However,today’s leaksfromXDA-Developersmainly discusses an upcoming version of the Google Camera app and the Pixel 4’s camera features. Starting with the camera interface, the camera switcher, shutter, and gallery buttons float above the viewfinder. The camera modes move from above the aforementioned to below them, though you can still swipe left or right on the viewfinder to change modes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P10 and P10 Plus price and availability (Update: Canada availability) Aug 24, 2025 TheHUAWEI P10 and the HUAWEI P10 Plusare now both available in the UK across multiple carriers and retailers. We’ve put them through their paces, scoring them 8.9/10 in our full review (at the previous link), pointing to the outstanding camera and superior battery life as particularly impressive features....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Iqoo 3 review: Not even Snapdragon 865 can make this ‘affordable flagship’ shine August 09, 2025 Iqoo Iqoo 3 What we like What we don’t like Sub-brandsare the flavor of the season and Chinese-majorBBKhas introduced yet another one. Hot on the heels of therealme X50 Pro, the Iqoo 3 5G joins the ranks of the first Snapdragon 865-equipped phones. A little over a week after the launch of theSamsung Galaxy S20, we now have another brand that brings you most of the hardware for less than half the price....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. JDI reveals a 1000 nit, 7 inch display, with 40 percent less power consumption June 03, 2025 JDI, an LCD technology joint venture between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, has just unveiled its latest breakthrough in display technology – a 7 inch panel that can output 1000 nits of peak brightness, whilst still managing to offer greatly reduced power consumption. For comparison, most modern smartphone displays, such as the Galaxy S5’s or HTCOne M8’s, typically top out at around 500 nits....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Macaulay Culkin recreates iconic ‘Home Alone’ scenes with Google Assistant twist June 08, 2025 Christmas is only six days away, and you know what that means: it’s time to take your enormous family on an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris and accidentally leave your eight-year-old son behind so he can defend the family home from a pair of inept burglars!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Miss your original Motorola Droid? Check out this physical keyboard mod for Moto Z June 18, 2025 One of the biggest features of theMoto Z seriesis its modular design. You can attachMoto Modsto the back of the devices, including a JBL speaker, a projector, and a power pack, among others. Soon, there might be another Moto Mod available that will bring a physical keyboard to the Moto Z smartphones....