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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android TV and Google Assistant both built into the JBL Link Bar July 22, 2025 Update, July 23, 2025 (01:15 PM ET):The JBL Link Bar is now officially available for sale — roughly 14 months after it was announced. Its price in the United States is $400. you may buy the Link Bar by clickinghereor the button below! Original article, July 24, 2025 (03:24 PM ET):Just ahead ofGoogle I/O 2018,GoogleandJBLannounced the brand newJBL Link Bar....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Angry Birds 2 receives a substantial content update, with new levels and piggies July 16, 2025 The seasons are a-changing, and Rovio’s way of acknowledging falling leaves and the return is the PSL is by throwingAngry Birds 2a bunch of new content. The forefront of this sizable update is two new chapters, which each bear 40 new levels and 6 boss pigs to sling-shot your way through....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple TV Plus will cost just $4.99 a month, launches November 1 July 25, 2025 Today Apple held a big press event to announce several new products and announcements, including the price and launch date for its highly anticipatedApple TV Plusstreaming video service. Apple TV Plus will be priced at just $4.99 a month, and it will launch on November 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Basemark Power Assessment Tool review July 04, 2025 I don’t know how many times I have said it, but I will say it again, “power efficiency is everything on mobile.” Normally we focus on the power efficiency of the CPUs and GPUs at the heart of our smartphones and tablets (for example when thenew Cortex-A73 CPU core designwas launched), however there is more to power efficiency than just the System-on-a-Chip....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Can you guess which device won the best smartphone award at MWC 2021? June 29, 2025 MWC 2021was a tiny shadow of its usual frenetic self this year due to the ongoing pandemic. As a result, few companies turned up, and even fewer showcased devices during the show. However, MWC still handed outawardsfor the year’s best products, including an award for the Best Smartphone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Epic Games will give away free cross-platform Fortnite tools to developers August 22, 2025 Today,Epic Games— the creator of the mega-smash hit battle royale gameFortnite— announced that it will offera new set of free developer toolsto game-makers of all kinds. The completely free software development kit (SDK) will work on games for any platform on any store running on any engine....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Essential Phone will be a Sprint exclusive June 23, 2025 A couple of weeks ago, Andy Rubin took the wraps off theEssential Phone. You can currently pre-order the high-end device from the company’s website, but it looks like you’ll also be able to get it from Sprint soon. In an interview withUSA TODAY, Essential’s President, Niccolo de Masi, said that the company’s first smartphone will be exclusive to the fourth biggest carrier in the country....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Final Android Wear 2.0 SDK arrives for developers July 16, 2025 On Wednesday, Google officially announced the release ofAndroid Wear 2.0. Today, developers can snag the final version of the Android Wear 2.0 SDK, allowing them to prepare their older apps for the launch of the first smartwatches that will use the updated OS.LG’s Watch Sport and Watch Styleare the first two devices to run version 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 7 won’t return to US until October 21 August 02, 2025 After issuing numerousapologies, Samsung now assures us that the exploding battery issue is completely fixed. New devices will begin going on sale in Korea next week on September 28, but US Note 7 fans will have to wait nearly until the end of next month before they can pick up a safe version of the flagship phablet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Global smartphone shipments are down big time, but there are two winners August 03, 2025 The Q1 2020 smartphone shipment reports are out now, and three tracking firms have reported double-digit drops in global shipments in the wake of theCOVID-19pandemic. CanalysandCounterpoint Researchreported year-on-year drops of 13% for the quarter, while Omdia said smartphone shipments dropped by 16%. Either way, this represents an unprecedented drop for the industry....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google delivers device-local Safe Browsing API to developers June 25, 2025 Back atGoogle I/Oin June, the Android team made it clear that security was certainly a watchword for 2016. They announced that they would be bringing a device-local Safe Browsing API to Android developers, and today the security team has finally announced that it’s available. In their blog post announcement, the team made it clear that the API is very accessible and easy to use, hopefully encouraging many devs to adopt and make use of its capabilities....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Nexus 5: specifications and features explained July 24, 2025 And just like that, the Nexus 5 is official. Google just took the veil off its highly anticipated pure Android smartphone, confirming most of the leaks and rumors that have circulated in the past month. With the new Nexus 5, comes KitKat, the refreshed version of Android that we’ve all been craving ever since Google announced it officially in early September....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4a vs iPhone SE: Which is better? June 04, 2025 Flagship smartphones have blown past the $1,000 mark over the past couple of years and continue to get more expensive. However, not everyone needs or wants a maxed-out flagship, and consumers are clamoring for more affordable alternatives. Surprisingly, it’s two companies that are well-known for over-priced flagships that are delivering: Google with thePixel 4aand Apple with theiPhone SE....