HUAWEI P40 series gets new EMUI update with 'Smart Eye Tracking' feature

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P40 series gets new EMUI update with ‘Smart Eye Tracking’ feature July 13, 2025 Update, August 24, 2025 (2AM ET): HUAWEI isreportedlyrolling out the EMUI 10.1.0.140 update for the HUAWEI P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus. It brings upgrades to the Super Night Portrait Mode 3.0 so you can click more detailed and natural selfies at night. It also adds a feature called Smart Eye Tracking to the front camera....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 700 words · Nancy Roy

HUAWEI patent hints at a hands-free rollable phone future

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI patent hints at a hands-free rollable phone future June 04, 2025 Rollable phones promise the convenience of a tablet in a form factor of a traditional smartphone. But controlling how and when that screen extends is seemingly the next development battleground. HUAWEI has now formulated a solution powered by gesture-sensing smarts. Per a newpatentspotted byLetsGoDigital, HUAWEI further builds on its rollable phone patents with its latest documentation and provides a further explanation of how a user might be able to control it....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Becky Padilla

HUAWEI Watch price unveiled by several different online retailers

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Watch price unveiled by several different online retailers August 05, 2025 Huawei’s new Android Wear-powered smartwatch may be one of the best looking wearables ever made, though we still don’t have an official price directly from the company. When the Watch wasannounced, the only detail we heard regarding its availability was that it would launch in more than 20 different countries, whenever that may be....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Dale Miller

IDC: Smartwatches aren't dead just yet

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. IDC: Smartwatches aren’t dead just yet August 14, 2025 According to theInternational Data Corporation, the overall wearable market will grow 13.4% by 2022, two fifths of which will be smartwatches. The smartwatch industry may seem dead, but the latest data gathered by the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker indicate otherwise. As you’re able to see in the table below, the total number of wearable shipments in 2018 is projected to be 132....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Anna Williams

It's World Emoji Day and Google updated nearly 1,000 Emoji to celebrate 🎉

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s World Emoji Day and Google updated nearly 1,000 Emoji to celebrate 🎉 August 20, 2025 Usually, around this time, we start seeing newEmojiland on our phones, apps, and other devices. However, the Unicode Consortium — which is in charge of developing and standardizing Unicode-based Emoji —delayed the rollout of Unicode Standard 14.0. Instead of seeing that in March this year, we won’t see it until September 😢....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Cynthia Smith

Keep Notes gets a fresh coat of Google's revamped Material Design

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Keep Notes gets a fresh coat of Google’s revamped Material Design August 01, 2025 Slowly but surely,Google’ssuite of apps continue to receive updates to the revamped version of Material Design.Keep Notesis the latest app to receive the update and features all the refreshes you have come to expect from the new Material Design, for better and for worse. As soon as you open the app, you will notice that Google’s love affair with white has yet to die....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Christopher Ramsey

LG G Pad 7.0 and G Pad 10.1 review

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G Pad 7.0 and G Pad 10.1 review June 10, 2025 There are a slew of great mid-range tablets available, and LG is hoping to make a name for itself in this category with its latest range of tablets. LG followed up the somewhat popular G Pad 8.3 with a series of mid-range offerings in different sizes, and if you’re looking for an option that is wallet-friendly, this may be the way to go....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1240 words · Lauren Morrow

LG Q7 Android One model could be coming exclusively to T-Mobile

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Q7 Android One model could be coming exclusively to T-Mobile July 29, 2025 TheAndroid One familymay be getting another addition thanks to a rumored collaboration between T-Mobile and LG. According to kernel source code unearthed by anXDA-Developersuser, LG is working with the U.S. carrier on releasing an exclusive variant of theLG Q7that runs on unmodified Android software. The mooted device would be LG’s first ever Android One phone....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Brenda Riley MD

Microsoft may have just revealed Android app support for Xbox (Updated: Nope)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft may have just revealed Android app support for Xbox (Updated: Nope) August 03, 2025 Update: June 26, 2025 (1:14 AM ET):It looks like a Microsoft Store listing hinting at Android apps coming to Xbox consoles might be an error or placeholder text. A Microsoft source toldAndroid Authoritythat the company won’t bring Android apps to Xbox consoles. So those hoping to run their favorite mobile games and other apps on console will need to wait for developers to create individual ports....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Francis May

Moto X Play hits Moto Maker in UK, shipping by Aug 26 (Update: coming to Canada Aug 21)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto X Play hits Moto Maker in UK, shipping by Aug 26 (Update: coming to Canada Aug 21) June 26, 2025 Update:While there’s no word of Moto Maker support just yet,Motorola Canada has confirmedthat the Moto X Play is arriving on August 21st through select retailers. While Motorola fans in the US only have oneMoto X variant to choose from, those in the UK are being treated to two options this year....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Stacey Trevino

Motorola Razr: Price and release date (Update: Now available in India)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Razr: Price and release date (Update: Now available in India) June 14, 2025 Update, August 03, 2025 (3:30 AM ET):The Motorola Razr has finally released in India after getting postponed several times. We’ve added details about its India availability in the original article. Meanwhile, if you’re looking to pick up the new Razr before it goes out of stock, you can do so by clicking on the link below....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · Heather Hunt

New skin for iPhone mocks Galaxy Note 7, but there’s a twist

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New skin for iPhone mocks Galaxy Note 7, but there’s a twist July 15, 2025 The folks at Uniqfind think they’re really clever: apparently the all-new “Explo-sung” skin for iPhones, which adds a burn effect to your iOS device, is their “hottestskin yet.” But ironically, the latest device to explode isn’t the Note 7, it’s the iPhone 7. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know a thing or two about the late Galaxy Note 7,Samsung’s phablet that became a legend for all the wrong reasons....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Andrew Whitney

Nextbit teases "frigging awesome" phone launching Sept 1

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nextbit teases “frigging awesome” phone launching Sept 1 August 24, 2025 When a startup company teases a “friggin awesome” product, chances are you’ll automatically dismiss them but in the case of Nextbit, you might be wise to sit up and take notice. The company has teased that it will unveil its first smartphone on September 1st and promises it to be in the new “premium tier” ofAndroid smartphonescosting between $300 and $400....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Barry Jones