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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. An Arm port of Google Chrome is coming to Snapdragon laptops, but when? July 11, 2025 Microsofthas pushed people to use the Edge browser on Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 Arm laptops, as third-party options likeGoogle Chromesuffer from slowdown on the new hardware. These performance woes are mainly due to the fact that the Snapdragon 835 laptops have to essentially emulate the Chrome browser....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android co-creator Andy Rubin posts image of his upcoming bezel-less phone August 20, 2025 Andy Rubin, the co-creator of Android, has finally revealed that he and his company Essential are working on a new smartphone,confirming previous rumorsabout its plans. Rubin used his Twitter account to post a image image of the phone, which shows it will have a bezel-less design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Create richer location-aware Android apps with the Google Places API July 21, 2025 Google Play Service’s Location APIs give you an easy way of displaying the user’s current location, but there’s only so much value you’re able to get out of a “You Are Here”-style marker on a Google Map! The Google Places API is a powerful tool which can add an extra layer of functionality to your location-aware apps by giving you access to detailed information about a huge range of places, located all across the globe....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Early details emerge about the Samsung Galaxy S7, aka Project Lucky July 12, 2025 The Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ may have only recently launched, butSamsungwill already be well under way with development of its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7. Although we’re still a long way from launch, some early details have surfaced which give us some idea about what we can expect from the handset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Flagship forgone: No LG G5, HTC10, or Galaxy Galaxy S7 for Japan July 07, 2025 Being based in Japan, it’s quite apparent the the extent to which iPhones and Xperias have made in the land. Several years ago,a market study by Counterpointserved to make the observation all the more visible. This week the country’s big three carriers publicly announced their Summer 2016 product selections....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Forget about battery packs, kraftwerk is a fuel cell powered portable charger July 11, 2025 With all eyes onCES 2015in Las Vegas, we have to remember to take the time to look at all the other great innovations around the globe. This Kickstarter campaign for a pocket sized fuel cell USBportable chargeris a good place to start. Introducing kraftwerk by eZelleron....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Full specs for upcoming OnePlus Nord CE leak, seem pretty good for the price July 16, 2025 OnePlus already launched three phones this year inthe OnePlus 9 series. The company isn’t done yet, though, as it has at least one more phone that should launch next week, known as the OnePlus Nord CE. The “CE” apparently stands for “Core Edition....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google and LG’s upcoming OLED VR display might feature a ridiculous resolution August 11, 2025 According to alistingfor the Society for Information Display’s (SID) conference in late May,Googlewill introduce a 4.3-inch OLED display with an 18 MP resolution. The display is destined for virtual reality headsets and will feature a jaw-dropping pixel density of 1,443 pixels per inch (ppi)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google created a zoomable timelapse video of Earth spanning 37 years July 24, 2025 Googleis giving Google Earth a new lease on life with itsbiggest updatein some four years. The digital globe surveying app is gaining an expanded timelapse mode. It now allows users to view the changes to our planet across nearly four decades. The feature collates a reported 24 million satellite photographs since 1985 and plots them on a 4D sphere of Earth....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is combining all cloud divisions into one business unit August 20, 2025 In August Google made the surprise announcement that it was restructuring its organization,with a new company called Alphabet set to act as the head,with Google and several other new companies under it. As the changes continue, yesterday afternoon Google announced it plans to combine all of its cloud-based divisions into one business unit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google lays out how it plans to fight disinformation in lengthy white paper August 02, 2025 The fight against so-called “fake news” is an important battle which affects us all. Companies that help us disseminate information — the biggest of which isGoogle— have a responsibility to figure out ways to curb the spread of false information. In a new white paperon the matter, Google lays out in clear detail what it is doing to curb fake news — or, as Google defines it, disinformation....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Photos 4.0 with Material Design and new swipe gesture is here June 22, 2025 Googleannounced that theGoogle PhotosAndroid app would get a revamp this year, and now it looks like that revamp is rolling out to everyone. Along with a Google Photos Material Design theme, the app also gets a new swipe gesture that should make your life a bit easier when you’re looking for photo info....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Surface Hub competitor launches in May for $5,000 July 26, 2025 Aftera few months of waiting, Google has now announced the price point and launch timeframe for the Jamboard, a large 55-inch 4K digital whiteboard designed for businesses. It will go on sale in May for the price of $4,999, plus an annual support fee of $600. As we reported last fall, the Jamboard is designed specifically to link up and show files that businesses store in their Google Docs, Sheets and Slides accounts on a big screen....