Posts

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Bixby is about to get a whole lot smarter, just in time for the Galaxy Home August 16, 2025 Samsung is clearly betting big onBixby. Plans are already afoot to take the digital assistant beyond Samsung smartphones with the recently announcedGalaxy Home, as well as the company’s latest TVs and home appliances. Now Samsung is taking things a step further by announcing plans to open the platform to third-party developers in a bid to truly rivalGoogle AssistantandAmazon Alexa....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia C4 is getting Android 5.1 Lollipop after all August 16, 2025 Sony seems to be having a hard time making up its mind. Though the Japanese manufacturer confirmed late last year that some of its handsets wouldskip Android 5.1 Lollipop and go directly to Marshmallow, something changed along the way. TheSony Xperia C4was one of these few devices, but today reports of anAndroid 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile gains 2.1 million subscribers in Q2 2015, urges Sprint CEO to “stay in the kiddie pool” July 31, 2025 T-Mobilehas been doing a great job at shaking up the wireless industry as of late, and it looks like the company’s hard work is paying off. The Un-carrier has justreleased a reportstating that it gained 2.1 million total net customers in the second quarter of 2015, which is a 41% increase year-over-year and marks the carrier’s ninth consecutive quarter with over 1 million additions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tablets in double digit decline as smartphones return to double digit growth June 22, 2025 The tablet market saw a double-digit, year-on-year drop during Q1, 2017, according to a preliminary report from research companyStrategy Analytics. Tablet shipments were down 10% year-on-year, while researcherCounterpointsays smartphone shipments were up 11% year-over-year for the same period. Tablet sales peaked around 2014 after being one of the fastest growing markets in consumer tech....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TCL promises an “evolutionary first” with the new BlackBerry devices at CES August 01, 2025 Last week, we reported thatBlackBerry sold its branding rights to TCL. The Chinese manufacturer, which has already released two BlackBerry branded smartphones this year — theDTEK50andDTEK60— will be the company’s only hardware partner in the future. In a recent press release, TCL announced that it plans to “unveil an evolutionary first in the mobile industry” which will include its new BlackBerry phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The US government is using a commercial app database to track, arrest immigrants August 24, 2025 A new report fromThe Wall Street Journalclaims the Trump administration has purchased access to an extensive commercial database to map the whereabouts of millions of Americans to crackdown on illegal immigration. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acknowledged buying access to the data, though it wouldn’t discuss details about how it’s using it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: Pixel 3, Razer 2, so much more! July 20, 2025 #Phonepocalypse continues! This week we saw the newPixel 3 and Pixel 3 XLdrop in New York. Along with that, Google introduced us to theGoogle Home Huband thePixel Slate. Hot on their heels,Razerupdated its hardware to itssecond-generation phone. It made all the right moves,upgrading where it needed to, and keeping the best parts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Affordable Alcatel 3c makes its debut in Europe July 09, 2025 Rumors about the device specifications turned out to be true. Alcatel’s latest handset sports a 6-inch HD+ display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, the MediaTek MT8321 chipset, and 1 GB of RAM. Specs that we previously didn’t know include dual-SIM support, a 3,000 mAh battery, and a 5 MP selfie snapper....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Updated Chrome for Android can reduce data consumption by 70 percent Jul 21, 2025 Saving on data has become an important feature as smartphones make their way out to regions with more hit and miss connections.Opera Max’s data compressiontechnology has begun to find its way onto some new smartphones and nowGoogle’s Chrome browserhas received additional optimizations of its own, with an improved Data Saver mode....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. vivo X60 series announced: The gimbal camera returns, now with Carl ZEISS June 05, 2025 The vivo X50 series marked a step up for the brand in some ways, as thevivo X50 Proin particular delivered a micro-gimbal camera setup. This resulted in excellent low-light image quality and judder-free video recording. vivo confirmed that the X60 series was coming before the end of the year, adding that it would offer a camera setup designed in partnership with Carl ZEISS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Want to run Android on an iPhone? Now you can, if that’s what you’re into. June 11, 2025 Although we firmly believethe Android vs iPhone war should be long dead by now, the ecosystems of the two devices are still very distinct from one another. A new development project, though, has a plan to bring the two systems closer by making it easy to get Android on iPhones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Google and Apple no longer innovate on smartphones June 29, 2025 GoogleandAppleare two pillars in the smartphone world. Without either company, it’s unlikely the smartphone landscape would resemble what it is today. Apple gave the world the first popular touch screen smartphone. Google is in charge of the OS that’s used on billions of devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What’s going on all with all these Galaxy S8 size rumors? July 02, 2025 First we were told theGalaxy S8would come in two sizes that match up with the existing Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge: 5.1 inches and 5.5 inches. Then, that number changed to 5.7 inches and 6.2 inches. Now, we’re getting another rumor that puts the Galaxy S8 at 5 inches and 6 inches....