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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube now lets you buy concert tickets while watching music videos July 29, 2025 If you’ve ever been watching a music video and thought “I’d love to see them live”,YouTubehas your back. The streaming giant is now rolling out a “Tickets” widget. It can be found underneath a music video’s description on desktop or right under the video in the mobile app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube’s ‘Reels’ will be slightly different from Stories on Instagram and Snapchat July 18, 2025 If you useInstagramorSnapchat, you’ve probably heard ofStories, which let you splice together images and video snippets to create, well, a story of your day. Taking to its blog,YouTubequietly announced ‘Reels,’ which look to be the service’s take on Stories, withTechCrunchnoticing that and asking YouTube what is the same and what is different....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week - Android Apps Weekly July 19, 2025 Price:Free My Limit launched over New Years to give people an idea of how drunk they are. It uses an algorithm that estimates your blood alcohol levels from how many drinks you had. It’s not a breathalyzer test so it won’t be 100% accurate. However, it can give you a general idea....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A few days in with Digital Wellbeing, and it’s already changing my life June 06, 2025 I’ll admit that whenGooglefirst announcedDigital WellbeingduringGoogle I/O 2018, I just kind of shrugged. Even though I write for a website dedicated to smartphones, I really don’t feel like I use my phone that much. I certainly am not asmartphone addict(which isn’t even a real thing)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 13 could let you ‘tap to transfer’ media controls from device to device August 08, 2025 Android 12might seem very fresh in our minds, but we are literally weeks away from the first early launches of Android 13. Until that first developer preview lands, you should expect some leaked work-in-progress features to slip onto the internet. See also:The evolution of Android...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 9 Pie review: Closing the gap August 03, 2025 TheAndroid 9 Pie releaseis the proof in the proverbial pudding that Android as an operating system has hit its stride. Lacking neither underlying features or surface polish, Android 9 Pie is the most complete, comprehensive and consistent version of Android yet. It delivers on many of the promises of Android versions past, bringing us a new navigation system and app overview, better notification handling and resource management, and more embedded AI than you’re able to poke a stick at....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 9 Pie rolling out now to T-Mobile Galaxy Note 9 devices July 20, 2025 A few days ago,T-Mobileannounced on Twitter that it had formally approved theAndroid 9 Pieupdate for theSamsung Galaxy Note 9. Now it appears that software update is rolling out to all T-Mobile-branded variants of the handset (viaSamMobile). As one would expect, this is a phased rollout, so don’t get too upset if you don’t see the update right this second....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Authority this week - August 23rd July 16, 2025 With the Note 5 launch behind us, this week brought us official word of the final name for Android M, Marshmallow. Even more intriguing, Google jumped a whole number, dubbing the OS version 6.0. We were also treated to a number of leaks from the LG Nexus to the Moto 360 (2nd-gen), and even additional evidence that an Android-powered Blackberry may be on its way....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS rebranded the Zenfone 6 to 6z in India (Update) July 01, 2025 Update, August 23, 2025 (1 pm ET):Android Policespotted that theFlipkartlisting for the ZenFone 6 has already rebranded the ASUS Zenfone to the ASUS 6z. The Zenfone branding has not dropped byother retailersaround the world, so this will likely be an India-only rebrand. Original article, June 29, 2025 (9 pm ET):The Zenfone name, used by ASUS for its series of smartphones, is in danger of going away in India due to a lawsuit from Telecare Network India....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bixby-powered speaker may not be revealed after all — report August 09, 2025 We have heard quite a few rumors about theBixby-powered speakerover the last month or so, which was expected to take on the Amazon Echo andGoogle Home, just to name a few. However, it now looks like Samsung may have had a sudden change of heart, as it might not release the device after all....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. By the numbers: iPhone 6S vs the Android competition June 07, 2025 Android has already seen its share of excellent flagship smartphones this year, offering up some cutting edge pieces of technology and plenty of general improvements over last year. Apple has now joined the fray with its newiPhone 6S and S6 Plus, so let’s see how they stack up against the very best that Android has to offer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome will soon hide those annoying website notification requests July 03, 2025 Pop-ups might be largely a thing of the past, but the latest annoying distraction when web surfing is notification requests. These are the little boxes that pop up asking if users want to receive notifications of updates even after leaving the website. While some sites provide a steady stream of great content you don’t want to miss out on (ahem,Android Authority), most users are not interested and deny or ignore notification requests every time they pop up....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chromecast Audio finally gains multi-room streaming, Hi-Res audio support July 24, 2025 Alongside thesecond-generation Chromecast, Google introduced theChromecast Audio– a handy device used to turn your normal speakers into connected audio devices. One of the most interesting features Google announced with Chromecast Audio was that users would have the ability to to link multiple Chromecast Audio devices together, making it easy to play the same song in every room at the same time....