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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI explains why it walked away from the Google Pixel August 01, 2025 Following its development on theNexus 6Pin 2015, HUAWEI was in the running to collaborate with Google on its next smartphone, theGoogle Pixel. However, HUAWEI later backed out of the project for an unspecified reason. Now, an executive has spoken out about the decision. Colin Giles, the Vice President ofHuaweiConsumer Business Group, talked toWinFuture....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P10 reportedly ships in different memory configurations: are some users getting a raw deal? July 22, 2025 Update, April 20:HUAWEI responds to the accusations that it’s shipping HUAWEI P10 with different memory configurations.Read the coverage here. Huaweihas reportedly been shipping its latest flagship phone, theHUAWEI P10, in different memory configurations which affect overall performance. This would mean some customers are being short-changed with regards to the latest flagship, as it could arrive with any combination of LPDDR3 or LPDDR4 RAM, and UFS 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. iFixit has some educated guesses as to why the Galaxy Fold is so fragile August 08, 2025 After news broke that early review units of theSamsung Galaxy Foldwere easily breaking — and Samsung’s subsequentdelay of the device’s worldwide release— many of us were left to wonder why the foldable phone wasn’t holding up. Even taking into account the problem of reviewers accidentally tearing off a protective layer of plastic covering the interior display, it seems the Fold is very fragile....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Incoming OnePlus 3 OTA will bring sRGB mode and better RAM management July 18, 2025 OnePlus 3 is a great little phone, but it’s by no means perfect. The good news is some of the issues that early buyers and reviewers have noticed can be fixed via software updates, and that’s exactly whatOnePlusis preparing to do. OnePlus reached out to let us know that it’s pushing a “special OTA build” to our OnePlus 3 review unit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s back to the fake nose and wig as Google bans fake ID apps July 23, 2025 You really can’t be surprised that there are Android apps claiming to help create fake IDs. After all, thePlay Storehas been home to many dodgy apps. However, Google has decided to crack down on this particular category. In an update on itsDeveloper Policy Center(and first seen byAndroid Police), the company explicitly calls out apps that claim to facilitate or generate these important documents....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot to help make mobile, PC, and console games August 05, 2025 One of Hollywood’s most well-known production companies, Bad Robot, is now apparently going all in to make games as well. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the company is partnering with China-based game publisher Tencent to launch a new division, called simply Bad Robot Games. According to the story, Bad Robot Games will look to outside game developers to help make new and original games for the mobile, PC and console space....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Java tutorial for beginners, part 2 August 10, 2025 In part 1 of this series, Gary uploaded anawesome post and videoexplaining the basics of Java programming. Java is the official programming language of Android; so if you want to build fully-fledged Android apps from scratch, you need to familiarize yourself with how the language works. This post will be carrying on from where that one left off and introducing a few new concepts such as arrays and conditional statements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Jumping off the hype train: Are flagship smartphones still worth buying? July 12, 2025 A massive HD display. Cameras with a high pixel count. A device loaded with several gigabytes of RAM, and a processor with multiple cores. For several years such attributes have been major talking points when describing flagship smartphones from high-profile electronic makers, but things are starting to change....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Nougat beta for the Galaxy S7 defaults to 1080p display June 27, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S7Android Nougatbeta test is currently underway, before Samsung rolls out its latest software features to the wider public. However, some may have noticed that the display quality looks a little different with the latest beta version, as the resolution has been notched down from QHD (2560×1440) to FullHD (1920×1080) by default....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest OnePlus 5T update delivers improved camera UI and image quality Jun 12, 2025 TheOnePlus 5Twas released only a few weeks ago at the end of November, but it has already seen a couple of updates. The first of these arrived a couple of days after the smartphone’s global release, delivering some early enhancements and fixes. The latest, Oxygen OS 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG CNS releases an Android SDK for robots. Seriously June 12, 2025 LG CNS is a subsidiary of LG Corporation that provides IT services including consulting, systems integration and now… robot software. That’s right, LG CNS has revealed an Android SDK for Pepper, the two-legged robot made by Japan’s Softbank (who also own Sprint). You probably know Pepper already, but if not, remember that six months ago, Softbank announced plans toopen a phone shop entirely staffed by robots....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G Flex 2 vs LG G3 August 06, 2025 LG unveiled its latest curved smartphone, the LG G Flex 2,at CES 2015 last month. We’ve already unboxed the device, and given youour first impressions.While we are in the midst of testing the device for our full review, we thought we’d take a look at how it compares to LG’s 2014 flagship, the G3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG unveils simpler, more human-centric UX 4.0 July 05, 2025 Yesterday,LG teased some upcoming changesto its UX software that will be heading our way with the arrival of theLG G4. Today, LG released a few more details about its upcomingLGUX 4.0, which the company says offers a “simpler and more intuitive” design. Building on UX 3.0’s Gesture Shot and UX 2....