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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New method could quadruple smartphone battery capacity, but people will still complain August 06, 2025 If there’s one thing we know about the desires of smartphone buyers the world over, it’s that we always wantmore battery power. No matter how high of a capacity batteries have, it seems like they could always have more. To be fair, battery capacity is definitely increasing; just not at a fast enough rate....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nintendo explains why it chose Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem for its next mobile offerings July 19, 2025 WhenNintendo announced it would finally develop mobile apps, the gaming world rejoiced. When Nintendo announced it would be developing those appswith IAP master, DeNA, some ofthe gaming world wept. When Nintendo announced it would bereleasing Miitomo as its first app, the gaming world just scratched its proverbial head in confusion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Offer Extended: Malwarebytes giving 90 days of premium service June 15, 2025 2018 has seen an unprecedented degree of mobile-basedmalware,adware, andransomware. But this shouldn’t surprise anyone.Online criminals are simply following their prey, and year over year we’re living on our phones more than ever before. In the PC world,antivirus and malware protection have been must-havesfor any savvy cyber sentinel since the nascent days of the internet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Nord launch date is finally official June 04, 2025 OnePlus has been teasing for its upcomingNordsmartphone for several weeks now, slowly issuing details about the new mid-ranger. Now, the firm has dropped the launch date for the device, and it’s taking place on July 21 at 4PM CEST (10AM ET, 7:30PM IST). The launch date was announced by the company in a press release sent toAndroid Authorityand follows Amazon Indiaaccidentally disclosing the dateyesterday (July 6)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Switch app migrates previous phone data to your shiny new OnePlus handset June 08, 2025 Christmas is behind us, which means at least some of you might have gotten aOnePlus-branded surprise underneath the tree. If you won’t want to start from scratch with your new device, you’re able to move stuff over from your old smartphone thanks to the new OnePlus Switch app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Phones we caught cheating benchmarks in 2018 June 20, 2025 Smartphone companies cheating benchmarks is a story as old as smartphones themselves. Ever since phones started crunching through Geekbench, AnTuTu, or any other test, manufacturers have been trying to win by any method possible. We had Gary Sims from Gary Explains walk throughwhy and how OEMs cheatback in February last year, and it appears the process described then is the same today, generously called “benchmark optimization....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PUBG Lite will shut down in late April despite going fully free-to-play August 03, 2025 You’ll soon have one less way to playPUBG. AsThe Vergenotes, Krafton hasannouncedthat it will shut downPUBG Liteon April 29. The developer has already halted new downloads for the PC-based battle royale title, and the official website is effectively closed. Player support will end on May 29....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi X TVs launched in India: 4K HDR and more for under Rs 35,000 August 25, 2025 Xiaomiis no stranger to the TV business in India, offering a variety of products in the market. We haven’t seen many Redmi TVs in the region though, but the Xiaomi sub-brand is upping the ante with the newly announced Redmi X series of smart TVs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: The Shot on OnePlus app leaked ‘hundreds’ of email addresses August 06, 2025 According to a9to5Googlereport published earlier today, a security flaw caused “hundreds” of email addresses to leak through the Shot on OnePlus app. OnePlus pre-installs the app on theOnePlus 7 Proand other OnePlus phones. As the name suggests, Shot on OnePlus shows other people’s photos and lets you upload your own....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Roundup! The top 10 (mostly) free resources for learning Android app development August 22, 2025 Sometimes you just need a nudge in the right direction, or a little structure to help guide you through the process. Happily, there are a number of great resources out there that can help including several completely free, fully-fledged courses. Next time you have a free hour in the evening, try dipping into one of these and you’re able to start building up a foundation of knowledge that will set you on track to becoming a pro developer!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung could reintroduce vapor chamber cooling to its 2022 smartphones August 04, 2025 Samsung could reintroduce vapor chamber cooling to its 2022 series smartphones, a technology theGalaxy S21series lacked. PerDigitimesquoting supply chain sources, suppliers are gearing up for Samsung’s vapor chamber development as the deployment of technologies like 5G begin ramping up once more, and chipsets grow ever faster....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus info leaks, including Spotify integration, gaming mode August 08, 2025 OnFebruary 11, we expect Samsung to launch theSamsung Galaxy Buds Plusalongside the newGalaxy S20 smartphones. Although we already know quite a bit about the upcoming true wireless earbuds, we now have some new info about some features the headphones will likely have. The leaked info comes courtesy ofMax Weinbach, who has been leaking Samsung information left and right these days....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. Galaxy Note 2 July 19, 2025 People like what they like. Yeah, that’s something that people (and writers, who don’t count asrealpeople) say, but it also happens to be true. Case in point: theSamsung Galaxy Note 2. Remember all your friends who liked the original Note? Yeah, neither does anybody else. But, as things often do, it took off....