Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Which phone shot it? Pixel 6 Pro, S21 Ultra, iPhone, or Pixel 5? (Answers up!) August 03, 2025 Update, July 16, 2025 (03:00 PM ET):We’ve posted the answers to the mystery camera game below. Scroll down to the bottom of the post to see which phone was the Google Pixel 6 Pro, the Galaxy S21 Ultra, etc. How did you do?...
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You might soon be able to do online banking with smartwatch verification July 15, 2025 SK Telecom in South Korea has just received an international certification from the Fast Identity Online Alliance for its smartwatch identity verification system. This means in the near future, you could use your smartwatch to access online banking data and verify transactions. Though I’m not entirely sure whether SK Telecom’s technology is that applicable here in the US where online banking is done simply with a user ID and password, if you have any experience with the Korean online banking system, this may be the best news you’ve ever heard....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Most of you think the HUAWEI ban should be dropped altogether June 03, 2025 It’s been over two years since the US instituted atrade ban against HUAWEI, citing security concerns to sanction the Chinese manufacturer’s networking and consumer divisions. This has resulted in the brand losing access to key suppliers (including chipmaking partner TSMC) as well as Google support....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: spotted in Samsung app) It looks like AT&T is preparing to launch a Galaxy S7 Active August 04, 2025 Update, March 28:Samsung itself just confirmed the existence of the Galaxy S7 Active. Thechangelog for Samsung’s Level app for Androidmentions the unannounced Galaxy S7 Active in the list of supported devices. It’s safe to say that it’s only a matter of time until the rugged version of the Galaxy S7 is made official....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Action Launcher 3 update adds new Nexus Launcher features August 09, 2025 Chris Lacy has released the September update forAction Launcher 3that officially adds all theNexus Launcherfeatures we covered in beta form a month ago. But Lacy has also tried to improve on those features, so, for example, instead of the single screen-width widget the Nexus Launcher offers, AL3 lets you choose the Google pill, the date widget or both combined, so you can put them anywhere you like in whichever order you prefer or only use one of them (or none)....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel 3 review: Extremely average June 02, 2025 Alcatel Alcatel 3 What we like What we don’t like In the last year or so, the way we view “affordable” handsets has been changing. No longer are these devices riddled with compromises in comparison to flagship phones. Today, a budget phone can still offer incredible performance, a slew of modern features, and even a great camera....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon launches GameCircle for Kindle Fire June 25, 2025 App development for Android isn’t the easiest thing to do, with multiple devices, OS versions, display sizes, and processors to take into consideration. A good way to pull in the developer crowd is to offer some kind of incentive, most preferable being the possibility of a future payout. That is exactly what Amazon hopes to do with the launch of GameCircle for its Kindle Fire tablet....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Arm targets major performance leap for next-gen CPU cores July 23, 2025 Uncharacteristically,Armhas just unveiled plans about its upcoming CPU IP roadmap through to 2020. The theme is undeniably laptop based, which follows the trend of theCortex-A76 CPUannouncement earlier in the year, but it also reveals some interesting tidbits about what will be heading to smartphones in the near future....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bel-Air trailer breakdown: What is the Peacock Fresh Prince reboot about? August 17, 2025 Peacock just released its first full trailer for the upcoming reboot of iconic 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, titled simply Bel-Air. So, let’s have a look at what we can expect with a Bel-Air trailer breakdown. Read on for everything we learned about the Fresh Prince reboot coming toPeacockin February,...
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Big Hangouts update: stickers, “last seen” timestamps, video filters and more (update: download the APK here!) July 25, 2025 Google just revealed the reason why some members of the Hangouts team couldn’t sleep last night – excitement for great new features coming in the latest update to Hangouts. According to aposting by Google’s Rhett Robinson, several major features are going to hit Hangouts in the following hours....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Canadian OnePlus 7 Pro price cut by $100 (Update: Cashback for current owners) June 05, 2025 Update, July 26, 2025 (04:10 PM ET):We received word from OnePlus explaining the new pricing updates for Canadian versions of the OnePlus 7 Pro. OnePlus says that these are permanent price changes, meaning that this is not a temporary sale. Furthermore, if you purchased a 7 Pro from OnePlus....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Canary version of Chrome OS can run split-screen Android apps June 28, 2025 There are four development levels when it comes toChrome OS: Stable, Beta, Developer, and Canary. Stable is obviously the official roll-out version, and then things get progressively more buggy and experimental the further you go down. Canary is the first rung, the level where the future features of Chrome OS are tested out in all their buggy, half-developed glory....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Connect with your friends on HQ Trivia (Update: US feature rolling out now!) July 06, 2025 Update 30-06-2025 at 3:00 P.M. EST:The social aspect of HQ Trivia — known as Friends on HQ — hit U.K. users last week. An HQ Trivia rep informed us that the U.S. rollout is happening now! If you are a United States HQ Trivia player, update your app to the latest version to access the new Friends on HQ social features....
