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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Desktop YouTube now adapts to vertical videos, other aspect ratios August 16, 2025 Vertical videos, and the black bars accompanying them when played onYouTube, are one of the internet’s biggest pet peeves. Now, YouTube has rejigged its desktop player to reduce the annoyance, as well as adapting to other odd aspect ratios, and your computer’s screen/browser size. According to an official post on theGoogle Product Forums(h/t:Android Police), black bars no longer appear when playing “non-widescreen” clips, such as vertical or square videos, on desktop....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Evidence strongly suggests Sprint will carry Google Pixel phones soon August 07, 2025 An anonymous tipster sent a leaked image toAndroid Policethat appears to include details for a Google Pixel display setup to be erected in aSprintstore. The image, which you may see below, lists out various parts for what appears to be three Pixel-related in-store displays. One of the displays is clearly labeled as theGoogle Pixel 3 XL, which makes it pretty clear that this Sprint store will, at the very least, carry the Pixel 3 XL at some point in the future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fourth-person puzzler arrives on NVIDIA Shield as a timed exclusive, dubbed Pavilion July 25, 2025 NVIDIA Shield owners have the chance to be among the first people to play what’s being billed as afourth-person experience, now that 2D puzzler Pavilion has made its first stop in its multi-platform launch. It was supposed to launch on PlayStation 4 roughly two years ago, but now it appears Sony’s latest games console will be one of the last stops on Pavilion’s grossly late launch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FTC fines AT&T over ‘unlimited’ data misrepresentation, refunds to be issued August 18, 2025 Today, theFederal Trade Commission announcedthat it will issue a $60 million fine against wireless network providerAT&T. The penalty is related to misleading advertising published by the company pertaining to its so-called “unlimited data” plans which actually weren’t so unlimited. “AT&T promised unlimited data — without qualification — and failed to deliver on that promise,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge get Android 5.1.1 Lollipop in India July 24, 2025 After releasing the latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update forGalaxy S6andGalaxy S6 Edgeusers in several countries including theUSandUK, Samsung has released the update to users inIndia. The details of the firmware update for the Galaxy S6 (model number SM-G920I) and Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925I) can be seen below:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gaming disorder is now a mental illness, according to World Health Organization June 08, 2025 Gaming can indeed be addictive, but is it a mental health condition? Well, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared that gaming disorder is indeed a thing. The move came after the organization adopted the 11th revision of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), its globally recognized listing of diseases and diagnoses....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4 software white balance has bugs (Update: Fixed with Nov. patch) July 11, 2025 Update, June 23, 2025 (10:25 AM ET):The Pixel 4 white balance issue described below appears tohave been fixedwith theNovember security patch. Going forward, you should be able to take photos without drastic color changes as we saw in the example shots in this article....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Podcasts website is now available on desktop (sort of) July 08, 2025 Google officially launched itsPodcasts appfor Android back in June 2018, but desktop users were left in the lurch at the time. Fortunately, it looks like Google has silently enabled a desktop website of sorts, although it’s clearly a work-in-progress version. The Google Podcasts app allows users to share a web link to a particular podcast or episode, but opening this link on desktop usually shows the podcast’s cover art and a prompt to download the Android app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s how much you’ll be spending on POCO F3 GT in India (Updated: Launch date) August 17, 2025 Update: June 10, 2025 (4:33 AM ET):POCO confirmed earlier this week that the upcoming POCO F3 GT would retail for roughly Rs 30,000 (~$403), but it didn’t give an exact launch date at the time. Fortunately, the company has nowrevealed on Twitterthat the device will launch on Friday, July 23 at midday IST (2:30 AM ET)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why Xiaomi thinks good under-screen cameras are impossible for now July 28, 2025 Oppoand several other brands teased under-screen camera technology in 2019, showing off prototype phones with cameras hidden under the display.Xiaomialso demonstrated this feature, but an executive may have dashed hopes of us seeing the technology anytime soon. Redmi general manager Lu Weibing took toWeibo(h/t:GSMArena) to explain why mass-production isn’t possible yet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. House finds Google, Apple wield ‘monopoly power’ that demands changes August 24, 2025 TheBig Tech hearing in Congressmight not have produced much in the way of meaningful answers, but the investigation linked to that hearing might produce significant results. The House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust haspublishedthe results of a 16-month investigation (viaCNBC) and found that Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook all have “monopoly power” that warrants major changes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use Skype for personal and business calls and video conferencing June 23, 2025 Skype is one of the most popularvideo,voice, andtext chatservices around. Its wide feature set and device compatibility make it one of the best options for keeping in touch with others from a distance. If you are trying to get in on the fun, let us help you with this guide....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI HONOR Band Zero: a circular new smartwatch August 25, 2025 HUAWEI is tenacious, to say the least. Despite the fact itsexistingwearable, theHUAWEI Watchhasn’t even been released yet, the company is already anxious to start spreading the news of yet another time-telling-trinket: While absolutely nothing is yet known about this product, there are a couple of points which can be deduced from the pic:...