Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apex Launcher beta testing begins ahead of its official update July 02, 2025 A few weeks ago, the team behind the popular Apex Launcher app for Android announced, out of the blue, they wereplanning to release a major update in May. This was welcome news for fans of the launcher app, as it had not received an update since June of 2015....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T offers ‘unlimited’ GoPhone plan, adds new 6GB plan for $40 July 31, 2025 I am personally a huge fan of AT&T’s GoPhone plans, and they just got even better: now AT&T is offering an “unlimited” plan for $60 a month and 6GB for just $40 a month, both with AutoPay. The company has also decided to make some changes to one of its current plans, now offering 6GB of high-speed data for just $40 after AutoPay....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry Priv has been delayed or has it? August 25, 2025 BlackBerryis the last of the former mobile giants still to operate under its own esteem – afterMicrosoftboughtNokiaandGoogle, followed byLenovo, boughtMotorola– and the company’s latest attempt to woo customers runs on theAndroid Lollipop OS. The long awaitedBlackBerry Privbrings a hardware keyboard and the company’s own security and applications to the Android OS and last week, BlackBerry launched the Priv in the US....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Can anyone tell me how the Xperia X Performance isn’t just the Xperia Z6? July 15, 2025 Sony surprised everyone today by announcing an entirely new product line-up atMWC 2016. TheXperia X seriesdelivers high-end camera performance with a slightly refreshed design language and “two-day” battery life. However, the surprise kind of wears off a little when you look at the Xperia X Performance, the more high-end of the new range, which seems to fit a little too easily into what we have come to expect of Sony....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Comments of the Week: Trump, Net Neutrality, and a reader who might be Batman June 10, 2025 Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read another installment of Comment Authority here atAndroid Authority. Comment Authority is a weekly roundup where we highlight some of the best comments from you, our readers. This week we saw some good discussions in the political realm, with both the hot topics ofZTE’s American woesand the vote tostop the repeal of Net Neutrality....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook responds to Android data collection furore July 23, 2025 Facebook has responded toreportsthat it has been logging people’s call and SMS history without their permission. In a “Fact Check” post on theFacebook Newsroom, Facebook said it logged such activity as part of an opt-in feature for those using Messenger or Facebook Lite. The comment arrived yesterday after the tweet embedded below sparked initial discussions....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gmail app redesign is mostly white space (Update: Rolling out now) July 16, 2025 Update, July 02, 2025 (10:05 AM ET):It looks like the Material Theme redesign for the Android Gmail app is rolling out now. While we here atAndroid Authorityhaven’t seen it yet, we’ve received a tip from a reader that they have. We’ve also seen other publications mention that they are seeing the redesign, such asThe VergeandThe Leaker....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google just ‘AMPed’ up mobile search results June 12, 2025 Wepreviously coveredGoogle’s plans for Accelerated Mobile Pages, and many users have already been experiencing it in beta. Now, however, Google has announced that they are formally rolling it out to everyone worldwide. AMP is a large project that Google has undertaken to make sites load faster on mobile. The idea is to give users a more consistent online experience between desktop and mobile by removing much of the clutter from sites that make navigating them on mobile a pain....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel is fastest-growing US smartphone brand, but context is key August 14, 2025 Market research groupStrategy Analyticsjust published a report titled “Google is Starting to Takeoff.” The report concludes that theGoogle Pixelline of smartphones is now the fastest-growing brand in the United States, beating out all major competitors — includingAppleandSamsung. According to Strategy Analytics, the Google Pixel line grew a whopping 43 percent in Q4 2018 as compared to Q4 2017....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play readying audiobook support, dedicated app and game notifications August 16, 2025 Google Play Store version 8.4 began rolling out yesterday, bringing with it only a few minor tweaks. Among these were some UI changes and a revamped Editor’s Choice section. However, some code buried within the latest version has hinted at some larger changes to come in the future, as highlighted byAndroid Police....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google tests “Andromeda” Android/Chrome hybrid OS on the Nexus 9 August 21, 2025 Googleis already lining up some new hardware for itsOctober 4th event, but the company may also have important new software details to announce soon as well. An anonymous source states that users have been running early builds of an Android/Chrome OShybrid, known as “Andromeda”, on theHTC Nexus 9, and that Google has been internally testing its new OS....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google will bring AR apps to “hundreds of millions” of Android devices in 2018 June 12, 2025 Augmented reality apps and games will be available on “hundreds of millions” ofAndroidsmartphones by the end of 2018. That’s the word from the business and operations lead for Google’s VR unit, Amit Singh, who talked up the search giant’s AR ambitions at the recent Web Summit in Lisbon....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hackers took down the most watched YouTube video of all-time (Updated) June 07, 2025 Update 06-08-2025 at 1:20 P.M. EST:Google reached out toAndroid Authorityto give some more information about the Vevo hack described below. Although its wording is not too specific, it does seem like the hackers in question gained access to specific Vevo accounts, not Vevo as a whole....
