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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Russia gives up on trying to block Telegram, will just let it do its thing July 19, 2025 Two years ago,Russia instituted a banon the privacy-centric messaging appTelegram. Today, the Telegram Russia ban is officially done (viaReuters), which means Russian citizens can feel free to use it as they see fit. Of course, the lifting of the ban won’t change much for most people, as Telegram has thrived in Russia over the past two years....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S7 Active hands on August 03, 2025 The world turned upside down last year with the introduction of theSamsung Galaxy S6, as the Korean company didn’t hold back from gracing the device with a brand spanking new design that people finally agreed was premium. As much as we were all delighted by this new direction, there was just one major thing that was shed in the process that theGalaxy S5offered that its successor did not: a water-resistant construction....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Galaxy J3 and Galaxy J7 hope to bring you Android Nougat on the cheap July 23, 2025 Having already announced theGalaxy J7 Nxtfor India, Samsung also quietly unveiled its latest pair of unlocked budget smartphones for the US, the Galaxy J3 and Galaxy J7. Starting with the Galaxy J3, the phone packs a 5-inch Super AMOLED display with HD resolution, with a 2 MP camera up front and a 5 MP sensor around back....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s solution for slow smartphone sales? Sell phone parts to Chinese OEMs. August 25, 2025 It’s no secret that Samsung’s dominance within the smartphone industryis challenged by many different Chinese manufacturers. These OEMs are chipping away at Samsung’s sales and even coming close tostealing the company’s crownas the top global smartphone maker (untilthat idea was stamped outfor now). Amidst all this competition, it appears Samsung’s solution is to play both sides....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint 5G: Testing Sprint’s new network in Dallas August 02, 2025 Sprint and its carrier competitors have spent much of the last two years building anticipation for 5G. Now that5Gis here, it’s hard to tell if the reality matches the fever-pitch hype. Sprint lent us anLG V50 ThinQto spend testing 5G in and around the Dallas metroplex, which is one of the carrier’s 5Glaunch cities(the others include Atlanta, Houston, and Kansas City)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Study: American households increasingly rely on mobile-only Internet June 21, 2025 Mobile devices have fundamentally changed the way in which people interact with the world, and data now suggests it’s also changing the way people access it, as well. The US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NITA) has published a new study that found more and more Americans opting for mobile Internet access instead of home broadband....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sundar Pichai expected to announce next phase of Android One next week June 11, 2025 Google CEOSundar Pichaiis heading off to India next week to host a press conference in New Delhi, where he will deliver the keynote address about what the company has planned for India, which could include new plans forAndroid One. Pichai was at the original launch of the Android One project in India last year and is expected to outline where the initiative is heading next....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The AA team celebrates Google buying YouTube with our favorite videos August 03, 2025 On June 06, 2025,Google announcedit would spend $1.65 billion in stock to buy the video-sharing siteYouTube. At the time, people had a field day with the acquisition, with even Mark Cuban calling Google “crazy” for pursuing the deal. Google is the one laughing now, as YouTube is easilyone of the company’s most successful buys....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The maker of the ‘$4 smartphone’ denies it is shutting down June 19, 2025 The continuing saga of the company behind theso-called “$4 smartphone”took a new turn this week. Ringing Bells, the India-based company behind the ultra cheap Freedom 251 handset, is denying published reports that it is shutting down. The reports are based on the fact that the founders of Ringing Bells launched an all new company, MDM Electronics Private Limited, earlier in December....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This year’s biggest Google search trends pretty much sum up 2016 August 25, 2025 According to this year’s biggest Google search trends, 2016 was a year filled with unexpected political outcomes and people walking around catching virtual animals. 2016 is coming to an end already, and we all know what that means: we get to find out some of the most popular search terms on Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Use Chromecast to share your entire desktop screen [HOWTO] August 16, 2025 Chromecast has had one of the most exciting releases a dongle has ever had. People are going 50 miles from their homes to buy it and it really does have the potential to be one of the most useful things you may ever plug into your television. If you don’t know what Chromecast is or what it can do, our ownJosh Vergara has a review of the Chromecast for you to watch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is Android fragmentation, and can Google fix it? June 03, 2025 Anyone who’s owned a non-Nexus Android phone is all too familiar with the update process (or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof). Android fragmentation, a problem with the operating system from its inception, has only become more acute an issue over time, as more users clamor for the latest and greatest software to arrive on their phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. When will your Chromebook stop seeing updates? Here’s how to check. August 23, 2025 If you have aChrome OSdevice — including aChromebook, Chromebox, Chromebase, or Chromebit — you receive software updates on that device on a fairly regular basis. However, at a certain point in time, you won’t see Chromebook updates anymore. But when will that be? Luckily, it’s very easy to find out when your specific Chrome OS device will stop getting its updates....