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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 best video conferencing apps for Android July 31, 2025 Meetings are a lot easier than they used to be. There weren’t a ton of options, most of them were expensive, and video quality was always really trashy. However, video calls are as easy as pressing a button these days. There are a ton of video calling apps. However, video conferencing requires a little extra from consumer-level video chats....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A date for the next Galaxy Unpacked and Note 20, and more tech news today July 14, 2025 1. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: August 5 It’s official:Samsung has announced its next Galaxy Unpacked event for August 5, at 10AM ET, a fully virtual and streamed event, of course, which will see a different approach to Samsung’s usual stadium-like events held in Brooklyn, New York City, and Berlin before that....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All the Xbox Series S details, and more tech news you need to know today August 16, 2025 1. Xbox Series S goes official for $299, and unofficial specs are good Last night some Xbox leaks revealed a bunch more about the upcoming next-gen Xbox, but not the Series X and its big tall cube console, but a much smaller console....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon’s 12 Days of Deals starts this Sunday, but Dec. 10 is the day to watch July 04, 2025 It might seem unbelievable, but tomorrow is the first day of December. Hopefully, you’re ready to get into holiday shopping mode, because the clock officially starts ticking tomorrow! To make things easier for you, there will be anAmazon 12 Days of Dealsevent happening over atAmazon....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update now rolling out to international Samsung Galaxy S2 June 01, 2025 People can’t be too happy with Samsung’s software updating “efforts” since the still very popular Galaxy S2 was supposed to get the Jelly Bean bump back in November 2012and ended up being left to ICS dust until now, but at long last things are moving forward....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android vulnerability allowing attackers to easily bypass passwords in lock screens June 05, 2025 We like to think our password-protected lock screens will keep our data secure. At the very least it should force thieves to perform a factory reset and keep our private information away from strange hands, right? The truth is this is not always the case. As with any other operating system, Android has its faults, and the guys over atThe University of Texas at Austinhave discovered a pretty nasty bug that can grant anyone access to certain phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Anker is cancelling its Roav Dashtop June 05, 2025 You may remember late last year that Ankerannounced the Roav Dashtop, a device which aimed to fix a pretty serious problem — checking your phone while driving. The Dashtop computer featured a small screen that sat above your steering wheel. It was supposed to display incoming calls and text messages, provide directions and real-time traffic updates, as well as play music and provide trip statistics....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Amazon Echo on sale for $140 today only July 17, 2025 If you’ve been on the fence about picking up anAmazon Echofor your living room, today is the perfect opportunity to grab one for cheap. To celebrate the Echo’s second anniversary, Amazon isselling the little smart speaker for just $140. You’ll have to act fast though, as the deal is valid for today only....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Developing for foldable devices: What you need to know July 29, 2025 The age of thefoldable deviceis upon us! Or at least it will be very soon,pending a slight delay. Either way, a lot of industry analysts are of the opinion that folding smartphones are the future. That means the apps of the future also need to be foldable. Consumers are clamouring at the bit to get a taste of this new hardware direction....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. February 2022 Android security patch here (Update: New Pixel 6 updates) June 03, 2025 Update, August 25, 2025 (02:27 PM ET):In a peculiar set of events, Google has today updated the February 2022 Android security patch for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The new updates are live on Google’s download pages for firmware OTAs and factory images (h/t9to5Google)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitness tracking for kids? Meet the Nabi Compete August 14, 2025 Even if you don’t have kids, odds are you’ve at least heard ofFuhu,or at least its fairly popular range of kids tablets under theNabi branding. Now Fuhu is expanding into the wearables scene as well with the Nabi Compete, a fitness tracker designed with kids in mind. Fitness trackers have risen up to be the most commonly used type of wearable device on the market, as evidenced by the many people I see on a daily basis that wear a Fitbit or something similar....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google changing how Chrome handles cookies to improve privacy, security July 12, 2025 Cookies are an integral part of the web today, allowing websites to save your login information, preferences and more. But they’re also used to track users for the purposes of targeted advertising. Now,Googlehas announced that it’s tweaking how theChromebrowser handles cookies to tackle privacy. In a post on theChromium blog, Google revealed it will offer more transparency around cookies, as well as easier controls for cookies that track you across websites....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google drone package deliveries to arrive by 2017 August 18, 2025 Google’s restructure under the newAlphabetumbrella company could be the start of exciting new things for each of the brand’s sub-divisions. Today David Vos, leader of Google’sProject Wing, announced that the company plans to have a drone delivery service up and running come 2017. The company is said to be in talks with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation (DoT) to come up with a drone registration and air traffic control system that would enable safer mass flight....