How games make money: an interview with Noodlecake Studios, publishers of Alto's Adventure

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How games make money: an interview with Noodlecake Studios, publishers of Alto’s Adventure August 09, 2025 WithThe Bug Butcher recently released on Android,Noodlecake Studiosmay well have another hit on their hands, following the immense popularity of Alto’s Adventure. With several mobile games achieving stratospheric success in the last couple of years, we sat down with Noodlecake’s Ryan Holowaty to talk Alto’s Adventure, Android TV, Pokemon Go, upcoming projects and how developers make money off games....

July 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1499 words · Christopher Rivera

HUAWEI Daydream-ready phone coming this fall, as company takes aim at Apple and Samsung

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Daydream-ready phone coming this fall, as company takes aim at Apple and Samsung July 17, 2025 While HUAWEI has been a ‘big deal’ in China for a long time, over the last few years they’ve seen a massive increase in interest throughout the rest of Asia and even Europe. This has largely been thanks to impressive devices like theMate 7andMate 8, as well as theNexus 6Pand theHUAWEI P9....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Ashley Watts

HUAWEI poised to spend billions to fix its bad security reputation

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI poised to spend billions to fix its bad security reputation July 18, 2025 At a recent press conference in Dongguan, China, smartphone and network equipment manufacturerHuaweideclared that it will invest $2 billion over the next five years into updating the company’s security infrastructure, viaReuters. The press conference was a rare show of openness from the highly-secretive company, in which about two dozen international reporters were treated to a tour of the inner R&D labs at a HUAWEI campus....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Bradley Jones

Is Google developing a 'YouTube Edition' Android phone?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is Google developing a ‘YouTube Edition’ Android phone? July 13, 2025 Would you buy an Android phone made specifically forYouTube? That’s what Google is trying to find out, according to a recent survey given to one ofAndroid Authority’sreaders. The survey, which was distributed through UK-based Survey Bods, details an Android phone dubbed “YouTube Edition” that features software and hardware optimized to make watching YouTube even easier....

July 1, 2025 · 4 min · 705 words · Brenda Roberts

ISPs can do what they want as long as they disclose it, under new FCC/FTC agreement

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ISPs can do what they want as long as they disclose it, under new FCC/FTC agreement June 04, 2025 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to dismantle existing net neutrality rules this Thursday, the culmination of discussions frommuch of this yearandyears previous. Ahead of this, the FCC has produced adraft“memorandum of understanding,” or “MOU,” which outlines some ways in which it may attempt to “protect” consumers following the repeal....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Ashley Thomas

Latest Facebook data breach affects 267 million users, most of them from the US

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Facebook data breach affects 267 million users, most of them from the US June 07, 2025 Facebook is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. A database containing more than 267 million user IDs and matching phone numbers has been discovered on the internet. The leaked dataset was found by security researcher Bob Diachenko, in partnership withComparitech....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Daniel Parks

Lenovo K4 Note announced with finger scanner and bundled VR headset

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo K4 Note announced with finger scanner and bundled VR headset July 20, 2025 Lenovo has announced the K4 Note, the successor to the popularLenovo K3 Note, which was released in March 2015. The new device improves on the old with the addition of a finger scanner and more RAM, alongside an updated processor and larger battery. The official Lenovo K4 Note release date will be January 19 withpre-orders on Amazon Indiaas of now....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Daniel Fuller

LG Display sees Q4 profits tumble, bets big on OLED

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Display sees Q4 profits tumble, bets big on OLED July 08, 2025 LG Displayhas just announced its fourth quarter and yearly accounting details, revealing a tough fourth quarter but another overall profitable year for the industry leading display manufacturer. Between October and December 2015, LG Display generated an operating profit of 61 billion won ($50.6 million). This equals a quarter-on-quarter decrease of 82 percent and a year-on-year fall of 90 percent, when the company posted a 626 billion won profit in Q4 2014....

July 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1221 words · Brittney Butler

LG G6, G6+, Q6, and X Charge join Amazon Prime Exclusive at discounted prices

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G6, G6+, Q6, and X Charge join Amazon Prime Exclusive at discounted prices July 25, 2025 Amazonfirst dabbled in Prime-exclusive phones with the Moto G4 and BLU R1 HD back in June of 2016. Since then, the online retail giant has only expanded on that lineup, which now includes theMoto E4,Moto G5 Plus,Nokia 6, and even theMoto X4, just to name a few....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Blake Johnson

LG goes back to its roots with new mobile division CEO, but can they turn things around?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG goes back to its roots with new mobile division CEO, but can they turn things around? June 24, 2025 LG Electronics has announced a major reshuffle of its top brass, including the appointment of a new head of the company’s mobile division that could signal a bold shift in its smartphone strategy. The biggest news on the mobile front is the appointment of Hwang Jeong-hwan as the president and CEO of the LG Mobile Communications Company....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Justin Briggs

Look out Apple and Samsung: HUAWEI shipped over 100 million phones in 2015

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Look out Apple and Samsung: HUAWEI shipped over 100 million phones in 2015 June 23, 2025 When I got my hands on theHUAWEI Mate 7for the first time, I knew that this company was on to something. Despite some glaring software issues, the phone was highly attractive, the hardware was excellent, and the rear fingerprint scanner was one of the best implementations I’d ever witnessed....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Michelle Short

Meizu M1 announced: 5-inch display, LTE, 13MP camera, only $110

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meizu M1 announced: 5-inch display, LTE, 13MP camera, only $110 June 23, 2025 Meizuhas been putting out somerather good hardwarerecently and has just launched another competitively priced smartphone – the Meizu M1. The M1 is a large mid-range handset, which seems to be targeted as a direct competitor to Xiaomi’s Redmi Note line. Let’s delve right on into the specs....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Jimmy Scott

Metal-clad LG Class gets unboxed on video

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Metal-clad LG Class gets unboxed on video June 01, 2025 Earlier this week, LG unveiled its first metal-clad smartphone,the entry-level LG Classand while the handset hasn’t gone on sale yet, we’re treated to an unboxing and preview of the handset, in 4K nonetheless. [related_videos title=”LG in video:” align=”left” type=”custom” videos=”639839,634295,630400,625608,616170,614646″]The Class is LG’s first attempt at a metal-clad smartphone and features a 5-inch display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and a 2....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Richard Guzman