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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry Mercury tipped to use Google Pixel camera sensor, run Snapdragon 625 June 01, 2025 I’ll be honest: I haven’t been as excited about an upcoming Android phone as much as I am for the BlackBerry Mercury in a while. Amidst the samey goodness of most recent Android releases, the BlackBerry Mercury is weird, wonderful and increasingly looking to be a compelling prospect....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Brave to pay its users Bitcoins for internet browsing June 24, 2025 The browser Brave has come up with a new way of dealing with ads that is as intriguing as it is controversial. By default,Braveis an ad-blocking mobile browser that leans heavily on privacy. Designed by the former CEO of Mozilla Brendan Eich, the browser is unique in that it asks users to pay for these ad-blocking services....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dish’s $20 web TV service, Sling TV, will soon be publicly available June 05, 2025 Tomorrow, Dish Network willofficially releasethe company’s new streaming TV service: Sling TV. Customers will need to pay $20 per month for channels including ESPN, CNN, Travel Channel and others. Customers can choose additional channels in $5 packs, such as a “News & Info Extra” pack with HLN, Cooking Channel, DIY and Bloomberg TV....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Disney launching a Star Wars-themed AR “treasure hunt” next week June 03, 2025 Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi is hitting cinemas this December. Ahead of its release in theaters, Disney and Lucasfilm are holding a global event to celebrate the launch of its merchandise next week. The event is known as Force Friday II (it follows the original Force Friday event that Disney rolled out prior to the release of The Force Awakens in 2015), and will launch on September 1; appearing alongside will be a global AR experience known as “Find the Force....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Diving into Android M: Memory manager and revoking/adding permissions June 13, 2025 Last week we brought you quick looks at a number of new changes that are heading toAndroid M.We’re at the point where most of the big changes have since been discussed thoroughly, but today let’s take a look at two fairly interesting changes that we’ve yet to talk much about....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t like Android 10 gestures? Now, you can customize them with gesturePlus June 30, 2025 Android 10is the latest mobile hotness from Google. It launched at the beginning of Q4 last year, and with it came a plethora of new features, tweaks, and optimizations. Most notably, Android 10 introduceda brand new way to navigatearound your mobile device. Though many prefer these new and intuitive gestures, other people do not....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S8 owners: here’s how to get the Galaxy Note 8’s Live Message feature July 12, 2025 Apart from the dual camera system and improved S Pen features, one of theGalaxy Note 8‘s more notable features is Live Message, which lets you draw on a picture you took and send it to anyone you want. Samsung emphasized the feature during the Galaxy Note 8’s Unpacked event, but with a little bit of exploring, you can now get Live Message to work on theGalaxy S8andGalaxy S8 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are all of the new features you’ll find in CyanogenMod 12/12.1 June 04, 2025 As you may have heard, CyanogenModis working hard on bringing CM 12.1to devices in the near future. The development team already has the ROM working on a select number of devices with a few bugs, but it should be ready for nightly release soon.CyanogenModhas just outlined all of the new features that will be available with the newest release....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – July 22, 2025 August 03, 2025 Unboxings, reviews, app roundups and much more – this week we managed to bring you a variety of video coverage from the world of Android. Some of the most anticipated smartphones of the year went head to head this week, as we pitted theSamsung Galaxy S6and iPhone 6s against each other....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to make a bit-for-bit copy of an SD card August 24, 2025 Following theencryption debatesurrounding the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone and increasing concerns over “digital strip searches” at the U.S. border, more and more people are paying attention to the data on your phone. From thepoliceorborder agentsthat may seek to see who you’ve been communicating with, to hackers and malware-makers that want to exploit vulnerabilities in your software or hardware to steal your identity or photos, and corporations like Google and others that simply want tokeep tabs on everything you do, the data on your smartphone is more precious than it has ever been....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to set and clear default applications in Android June 04, 2025 One of the best parts about Android is the ability to swap out default applications for ones that are more tailored to your needs. What if you don’t like your home screen launcher? What about your music player? If you’re not too fond of any of your stock apps and have a replacement in mind, go ahead and download it from the Google Play Store, and we’ll show you how to set it as a default....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Enjoy 6s announced with Snapdragon 435, 3 GB of RAM and 13 MP camera August 25, 2025 Huawei,the most profitable Android manufacturer in Q3, released the Enjoy 6 smartphone back in October. Despite being on the market for less than two months, the device already has a “successor”. In partnership with China Mobile today,Huaweitook the wraps off the slightly improved Enjoy 6s....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Watch getting a female-friendly makeover, Gen 2 in 2016 July 27, 2025 TheHUAWEI Watchmade waves in 2015 by bringing to the Android Wear landscape some of the classiest aesthetics we’ve seen. The looks came with a high price for a smartwatch, but the power under the hood was enough to justify the pricetag for many consumers.However, the HUAWEI Watch’s large face and relative thickness (11mm) made the device a little bit too clunky for members of the population with slender wrists....