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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG is bringing Android 8.0 Oreo to the V20 and Q6, camera improvements to the G6 and G7 June 09, 2025 Google might have madeAndroid 9.0 Pieofficial several weeks ago, but a good number of smartphones are still stuck onAndroid Nougat. According toAndroid Central, LG is now rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo to theV20andQ6. When LG V20 and Q6 owners receive the update, they will have a good number of new features and software improvements on their smartphones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Q6 lineup officially announced with 18:9 FullVision displays July 05, 2025 One of the most compelling aspects of theLG G6is its display. Sporting a unique 18:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1440 x 2880, the G6 makes it easy to get the big-screen experience without the unwieldy form factor. The only other smartphones to sport 18:9 displays (well, 18....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG to launch 5G phone with vapor chamber cooling, big battery, at MWC June 07, 2025 LGhas confirmed it will launch its first 5G smartphone on February 24 at MWC in Barcelona. The company offered some details on the device in a post published on itsKorean newsroomearlier today (viaPhoneArena). As well as5Gconnectivity, the smartphone will also house aSnapdragon 855chipset, 4,000mAh battery, and a vapor chamber cooling system, suggesting it’s going to be a high-performance flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Watch Sport and Watch Style unveiled July 11, 2025 To mark the announcement of Android Wear 2.0’s public release, Google has teamed up withLGto produce the first two smartwatches powered by the new wearable operating system. Known as the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, these watches are hitting the market in the next couple of days to kick start consumer interest in smartwatches once again....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meet Omate Yumi, an Alexa-enabled home robot August 23, 2025 Home robots are very interesting devices that appeal to children as well as adults (especially geeks). We’ve seen quite a few of them recently, with the charmingASUS Zenboleading the pack. If the Zenbo, which will retail for $599 when it hits the market, is out of your price range, you might want to consider waiting for the new kid on the block....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Miniclip releases its popular tank shooter, diep.io, to the Google Play Store July 15, 2025 If you’ve found yourself among the millions ofAgar.io’sactive users or find yourself living in between World of Tank sessions, Miniclip’sdiep.iois offering a molded-for-mobile experience for tank drivers just like you. Miniclip describesdiep.ioas an evolution of the experience offered inAgar.io,a viral hit made even more popular by its cameo in Netflix’s House of Cards....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MIT researchers want to put a sharp 3D camera in your smartphone June 04, 2025 3D cameras, like many modern bits of technology, have been brought into consumer hands through the wonders of miniaturization, but the result are often compromised when it comes to image quality and detail when compared with more expensive equipment. Fortunately,MITresearchers have discovered a technique to vastly improve the detail captured by these small sensors, potentially increasing the resolution by up to 1,000 times....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nest officially merged into Google’s hardware division July 11, 2025 After acouple months of rumors, Google made it official today —Nest, the smart home device company that was previously run as a separate subsidiary to Google’s parent company Alphabet, will now be merged into Google’s internal hardware division. Google’s hardware head Rick Osterloh and Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz made a joint announcement onGoogle’s blog today, stating that moving the Nest team into Google’s hardware group will combine the two teams’s products and service to help create smart homes, withGoogle Assistantrunning things inside....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Amazfit fitness watch brings a ton of features for under $50 June 09, 2025 Update: June 08, 2025 (4:25 AM ET): Huami has announced the price and availability of the Amazfit Bip U fitness watch in India. The wearable will go on sale starting October 16 and will be priced at Rs 3,499 (~$47) for the first month. Its price will be revised to Rs 3,999 (~$54) after that....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia 2.4, Nokia 3.4 available now (Update: Out in Canada, too) June 18, 2025 Update, August 14, 2025 (10:00 AM ET):The Nokia 3.4 and 2.4 have been out in the United States and other countries for a while now. You can grab the 3.4 unlocked for$179.00 here, and the 2.4 unlocked for$139.00 here. Now, though, the devices are also available in Canada....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Poll: Are you happy with your wireless earphones' battery life? June 03, 2025 Our devices could always use more battery life. The less time we spend charging our tech, the more time we can spend actually using it. Of course, you can still use a smartphone while it’s plugged in. Forwireless earbudsandwireless headphones, that’s not always possible. It’s understandable if you feel they’re lacking in this department....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Poll: How are you liking Wear OS 3 so far? June 22, 2025 Google showed us its vision for the future of Wear OS back in August, whenWear OS 3debuted on theSamsung Galaxy Watch 4. To say Wear OS 3 has been polarizing would be an understatement; some of our readers love it, some hate it, and some are cautiously optimistic about the platform’s future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi shows off in-display fingerprint sensor on LCD screen August 21, 2025 In-display fingerprint sensors are commonplace onflagship phonesand some mid-range devices, but they require an OLED screen. Thankfully, biometric authentication companies like Goodix havepreviously confirmedplans to bring the technology to LCD screens in 2020. Now, Redmi general manager Lu Weibing has demonstrated an LCD smartphone with an in-display fingerprint sensor....