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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel One Touch Hero review August 08, 2025 With most of the attention directed towards “big” phone makers like Samsung, Sony, and HTC, it’s easy to forget that in the vast Android world there are many other manufacturers that have some fantastic devices on offer. Sure, some Chinese companies have really stepped up their game in an effort to make themselves known, but there still is a majority of smaller companies around the world that get lost in the mix....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best NPR podcasts: Fresh Air, Planet Money, TED Radio Hour, and more! June 18, 2025 NPR podcasts might not have the same level of prestige asBBC podcastsfrom across the pond, but there are still a number of great shows from the American non-profit media organization. Some, like the longstanding interview show Fresh Air, are simple adaptations of radio programs, while others are brand new programs for the growingpodcast format....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of Android 2015: Performance July 11, 2025 What is Best of Android? In Best of Android, we take the hottest devices of the moment and compare them in-depth. For this first edition, we picked up the following Android flagships: What about the Galaxy S6 or the HTCOne M9 or the OnePlus 2, you ask. Those are all great phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry acquires Good Technology to expand its services to other platforms July 02, 2025 It’s barely a secret that BlackBerry is working on expanding its influence to other platforms. And not only as a service provider, the company is said to be working on theBlackBerry Venice, an Android smartphone with a slide-out keyboard. But how will they keep this Google-powered handset as secure as their industry-leading BB10 products?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chainfire launches firmware.mobi to help you find stock boot and recovery images June 28, 2025 Chainfire, developer of the popular Android apps likeSuperSUandFlashFire, has launched a new website dedicated Android firmware. The website,firmware.mobi, includes a database of boot, recovery, and root images, making it easier for Android users to hunt down the firmware they want to flash. Chainfire announced the website onGoogleplus, stating that the current collection is mostly made up of Samsung and Google firmware — that which is readily available through official sources....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Confirmed: Microsoft is building Xbox streaming devices for your TV June 22, 2025 Microsoft has seemingly enjoyed plenty of success with itsGame Passservice, and it even offers a cloud gaming service so you may playXboxtitles via your PC, smartphone, or tablet. Now, the Redmond company hasannouncedthat it’s building its own streaming devices for Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft says this will let you stream Xbox games to your TV or monitor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Digital Wellbeing exits beta, available now for Pixel and Android One phones June 29, 2025 Googleannounced itsDigital Wellbeinginitiative in May at its annualGoogle I/Oconference. However, since that announcement, Digital Wellbeing has only been available in beta form for a small number of devices. While Digital Wellbeing is still only on a limited set of smartphones, one hurdle has finally been crossed: the software toolset is no longer in beta, via9to5Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Disney announces Star Wars: Rivals, a PvP shooter for Android and iOS July 13, 2025 As a bigStar Warsfan, Disney buying Lucasfilm has been great. Three new movies (with another around the corner), countless toys, andnew gameshave taken up a significant amount of my time. I’ve never been a hugemobile gamer, but therecent Star Wars mobile gameshave looked somewhat interesting, and now there’s a new one....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive: HUAWEI will introduce new P20 Pro gradient colors at IFA 2018 August 03, 2025 2018 has seen a year of incrediblesmartphonesand one of the best is undoubtedly theP20 Pro. HUAWEI’s flagship brought us several firsts including a triple camera and atwilight colorthat showed how gradients can make smartphones cool and interesting again. The gradient color palette has proved so popular that it’s already beenimitated....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S10 family getting day one update on T-Mobile and Verizon July 19, 2025 If you have aSamsung Galaxy S10,Galaxy S10 Plus, orGalaxy S10eon the way fromVerizonorT-Mobile, you’re going to find a day one update when you first turn on the device. This update supposedly addresses issues with both the camera and theultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor. This is interesting because both of those features were notable pain points inAndroid Authority’sreview of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S6 Nougat update: features leaked in user manual June 06, 2025 Samsung has already released theNougat update for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The next devices to get bumped up to the latest version of Android are expected to be theGalaxy S6andS6 Edge. The release of the update is apparently just around the corner. About a week ago, we reported that the Galaxy S6 (SM-G920) with Android 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Getting to know Android Studio and the files that make up your apps June 07, 2025 In this post, you will learn how to use Android Studio to view and open the files that make up your projects. In doing so, you’ll gain a better understanding of how an Android app is structured. To learn how to set-up Android studio,check out our recent post....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google and Apple join together to fight COVID-19 by tracking our movements June 24, 2025 Today, Google and Apple made a rare showing of solidarity bypartnering togetherto help fight the spread ofCOVID-19. The two companies will help with so-called “contact tracing” by helping coronavirus apps form a location history of infected individuals. This will be achieved through an application programming interface (API) Google and Apple will introduce soon, with a more rigorous method coming later....