10 best Instagram Story apps for Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 10 best Instagram Story apps for Android July 08, 2025 Instagram’s Story feature is one of the most popular on the site. It’s mostly for daily updates and stuff you wouldn’t generally post on your profile. However, many use the platform as a performance art platform and Stories get really fun on occasion. Some people do comedy bits, others make super artsy posts, and it evolved into much more than intended....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1217 words · Matthew Wolf

10 Guidelines From History's Most Radically Successful People and more

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 10 Guidelines From History’s Most Radically Successful People and more July 08, 2025 You’re not alone. In today’s rapid workplace environment, all of us feel like we’re constantly one step behind. Social media and friends are constantly tugging at us for our time and attention. However, you don’t have to live in this state of constant distraction. It’s actually fairly easy to maximize your productivity on a given day....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Timothy Schaefer

5 things we want to see from Google in 2022

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 things we want to see from Google in 2022 August 12, 2025 If nothing else, 2021 will go down as a huge year for Google just because of the Pixel 6 series. Without a doubt, the newest Pixels were some of the most exciting phones of the year. The fact that it’s still difficult to get one even now is a testament to that....

June 17, 2025 · 7 min · 1462 words · Larry Flores

Activision Blizzard is planning mobile games for all of its franchises

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Activision Blizzard is planning mobile games for all of its franchises July 04, 2025 Activision Blizzard will begin a fervent push into themobile gamingspace in the coming years. As confirmed in a recentinvestor call(viaGameSpot), the company’s president Daniel Alegre says the company will eventually see all of its franchises arrive on mobile. Although console and PC seemingly remain cornerstone platforms for the firm, it seems the company is taking the financial potential of mobile gaming more seriously....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Andrea Martin

Android Auto miles safer than standard car infotainment systems

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Auto miles safer than standard car infotainment systems - report August 14, 2025 Google’s vehicle infotainment systemAndroid Autois less distracting to drivers than built-in infotainment systems, according to research from theAAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The research found that drivers are able to make calls 24 percent faster and program navigation 31 percent faster on average when using Android Auto or Apple’s CarPlay....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Andrea Mason

App uses the soothing sounds of Bob Ross to help you sleep

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. App uses the soothing sounds of Bob Ross to help you sleep July 23, 2025 Calm.com– which created the popular Android appCalmwhich is geared towards relaxing and meditation – just announced a new app feature called Sleep Stories, viaThe New York Times. Using the app, insomniacs can listen to soothing narratives to help lull them to sleep. And who will be narrating these Sleep Stories?...

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Jasmine Simpson

Bing's new Snapshot feature on Android aims to rival Google Now on Tap

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bing’s new Snapshot feature on Android aims to rival Google Now on Tap June 22, 2025 Firstannouncedat Google I/O 2015,Google Now on Tapmight be the most anticipated feature that will be baked into the consumer-ready version ofAndroid 6.0 Marshmallow. Now on Tap will be able to give you information when you need it without having to exit what you’re doing....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Colleen Austin

China-exclusive Galaxy S Light Luxury is the S8 Lite in all but name

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. China-exclusive Galaxy S Light Luxury is the S8 Lite in all but name August 14, 2025 The ‘Galaxy S8 Lite’ thatrecently popped upon Chinese social media has been made official with a new name and a very familiar look. Today, Samsung launched the Galaxy S Light Luxury exclusively in China priced at 3,999 yuan (~$626) in Burgundy Red and Midnight Black colorways....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Tina Baker

Cricket Wireless adds more data to its $30 and $40 plans

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cricket Wireless adds more data to its $30 and $40 plans June 16, 2025 It may not be the most popular option out there, but there are plenty of reasons to go withCricket Wireless, one of which being the variety of its plans that are designed to fit just about anyone. Some of those plans got a nice shot in the arm, asAT&T‘s prepaid subsidiary announced that customers will get more data without the need for a cost bump....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Jacqueline Dickson

Facebook Gaming: A Twitch-copycat hits Android first, and more tech news today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook Gaming: A Twitch-copycat hits Android first, and more tech news today July 19, 2025 1. Facebook’s dedicated game streaming app now out, if you want Last night, details emerged in a New York Times reportthat Facebook would launch a Twitch-copycaton Monday. And it happened as of about an hour ago, so you haven’t missed anything yet! Why is Facebook Gaming an app?...

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Justin Howard

Fight as your favorite TEKKEN characters in the world of Galaga in new shooter for Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fight as your favorite TEKKEN characters in the world of Galaga in new shooter for Android June 22, 2025 Popular Japanese video game publisher BANDAI NAMCO has just released a new title to the Play Store that brings together two unlikely video game franchises. TEKKEN, the well-known fighting game, and Galaga, the fixed-shooter arcade game from the 70’s, have joined forces in the new free-to-play Android game....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Shelly Smith

Fossil refines its smartwatch line, adds heart rate and GPS tracking, NFC

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fossil refines its smartwatch line, adds heart rate and GPS tracking, NFC June 25, 2025 The third-generationFossil smartwatchlooked great and functioned well withGoogle’s Wear OSapps and watch faces. However, owning a Fossil smartwatch meant that you also had toown a fitness tracker, as the third-generation Fossil watches lacked two things that have become integral to fitness: heart rate monitoring and a GPS tracker....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Heather Burnett

Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) Android 4.4.2 KitKat update begins rolling out (Update: changelog)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) Android 4.4.2 KitKat update begins rolling out (Update: changelog) August 19, 2025 The update to Android 4.4.2 is now available to Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) users in Poland, with more countries to follow soon. Over the weekend, the folks atSam Mobileleaked a test firmwarefor the Note 3 deemed as close to final, and now Samsung has begun pushing out the same firmware via the Kies companion software....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Emily Kim