Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Reddit’s official Android app just began its closed beta test July 10, 2025 In the internet equivalent of aState of the Union address, site founder Steve “spez” Huffman revealed that the closed beta for the official Reddit Android app will be starting today. Applications for the beta opened in December, but we haven’t heard much news about it since then....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ pre-orders to begin August 20th in South Korea July 05, 2025 2015 has been an interesting time forSamsungthus far. After a less-than-favorable financial fissure in 2014, the company has been on a major image overhaul agenda. TouchWiz has beentrimmed down, the Galaxies are now made of glass (well the high-end ones at least), and even the product logos have been refined....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 will launch in India on September 7th July 31, 2025 It would seem that all the fervor over last week’sdiscovery of an Indian-based test ROMwas not a flash in the pan. According to SamMobile, theSamsungGalaxy Note 5will be launching in India on September 7th. Precise details are currently unknown as far as price and availability goes, but the report claims that a launch event will be held in New Delhi....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Research team creates stretchy circuits that can be worn like lick-and-stick tattoos June 05, 2025 The key is in their serpentine design. Extremely tiny metal blocks fit together in a DNA-esque twist that snakes back and forth along an iterative S-curve. The discrete pieces snap together in a way that the team compares to a 3D puzzle, and the zig-zagging shape of the circuit essentially forms a two-dimensional spring, allowing circuits to be stretched and twisted without diminishing their efficacy....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 camera: judge for yourself July 31, 2025 WithMobile World Congressover, we have had a couple days to play with theGalaxy S9out in Barcelona, one of the most picturesque places in Europe. Here, you will be seeing some of the photos we have so far from the trip, but we’ll save our full analysis of the Galaxy S9 camera for the review....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus vs Google Pixel 2 XL: Camera comparison July 26, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plusare finally out and if you’re wondering about the camera, you’ve come to the right place. Samsung’s cameras have always been good, but how does the S9 Plus stack up against the competition? TheGoogle Pixel 2 XLis one of the main contenders, so we decided to the two phones in a shootout....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung will charge a special one-time fee to fix Galaxy Fold screen June 27, 2025 Screen repairs can be extremely expensive in today’s era ofcurved smartphones, but costs could sky-rocket with the move to foldable phones. People who buy theSamsung Galaxy Foldcan take advantage of a special offer from the Korean company though. A leaflet inside the box notes that users are entitled to one out-of-warranty Galaxy Fold screen repair at $149....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung will unveil Neon, an ‘artificial human,’ at CES 2020 July 03, 2025 According toa relatively new Twitter accountfor a project from Samsung called Neon, an “artificial human” will be unveiled atCES 2020. According tothe Samsung Neon website, the reveal will happen on Tuesday, August 21, 2025, at 3:00 AM ET (h/tKorea Herald). Although the Samsung Neon website and its related social media accounts are vague on details, there are a few things for certain....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint’s LTE speed is up by 28%, but is that enough? August 24, 2025 According to the latest data, Sprint’s average speeds improved by 28 percent over the last seven months – but can it compete with the other three? It seems like Sprint is making dramatic improvements to its LTE speed, at least in some areas in the US: citing the latest data by Ookla Speedtest Intelligence, Sprint says that its average download speed has increased by 28 percent in the last seven months and that it is now ranked #1 for the fastest average download speed in 15 cities such as Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Seattle....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. That crazy $50 Amazon phone has just been rooted, de-bloated and TWRPed August 25, 2025 TheBLU R1 HD– probably better known as the $100 phone you can get for $50if you’re willing to live with Amazon lock screen ads– has just stepped up its desirability a few notches. Thanks to the ever-resourceful gang atXDA Developers, the BLU R1 HD has received a makeover that turns it into a phone you actually want....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: Budget iPhone landing soon, Apple Watch to sport Touch ID June 19, 2025 This week in Apple news, we heard the next iPhone could land as early as today. Confusingly, Apple will likely call this upcoming budget-friendly handset the iPhone SE 2020 version. This is a slight detour from the previously rumored iPhone 9 and iPhone SE 2 monikers....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Video: Here’s what the future of Android Auto looks like July 21, 2025 Android Autois receiving a number of promising new features, includingwirelessconnectivity, group messaging, andGoogle Assistant built-in. But there’s more to come in the longer term, which could fundamentally reshape the way Android Auto looks and interacts in future models. Alongside theannouncement that Volvowill be including Assistant, Maps, and Play Store on its future vehicles, Google showcased its vision for the future of the Android Auto interface at the Google I/O 2018 Automotive session....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Video: this is how a smartphone could turn into a tablet June 13, 2025 Current implementations of flexible displays are underwhelming. Devices like theGalaxy Round,LG G Flex, and even the newNote Edgeare interesting, but they’re not the exciting new form factors that companies developing flexible displays have been promising. For now, behold the tri-foldable display developed bySELof Japan, that shows a way devices of the future could transform and adapt to our needs....
