Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This would be the world’s first Android phone with magnetic charging August 18, 2025 A few days back, we saw renders of realme’s so-calledMagDart chargersthat are supposed to mimic the functionality of Apple MagSafe by magnetically attaching to a phone for charging. Now, a new leak from folks over atGSMArenagives us our first look at the firstAndroid phonethat would support magnetic charging....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Unless OnePlus steps in, Oxygen OS 12 won’t support GCam mods, other camera apps July 15, 2025 In years past,OnePlusphones had camera systems that just weren’t as good as top competitors. To rectify this, technologically adept fans would swap out the native OnePlus camera app with a Google Camera (GCam) port. This allowed them to get camera features and computational photography smarts of a Google Pixel phone but on a OnePlus phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Virtual Art Sessions VR Chrome Experiment - experience artists creating virtual art August 19, 2025 How do you showcase VR experience? We have always told you it’s not something we can really show you. We have tried to tell you what it’s like multiple times… but the only real way to understand virtual reality is to experience it first-hand. Your second best bet is to check out Google’s brand new Chrome experiment – Virtual Art Sessions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Holy hell you like Spigen cases July 20, 2025 Companies spend a lot of time, effort, and resources to make their new smartphones as beautiful as possible, but the majority of people end up throwing a case on their phones anyway. Do you blame them? A piece of cheap plastic can protect your new ~$1,000 investment from certain death if you’re the clumsy type....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most of you are ditching LastPass after changes July 11, 2025 LastPass is a big player in the password management game. The platform’s simple enough for newcomers to use while offering a bevy of advanced features for tinkerers and businesses. However, it’s LastPass free users that are set to bear the brunt of forthcoming changes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. When will folding phones become actually affordable? July 05, 2025 Pioneering a new technology isn’t cheap. The latest foldable display technology seen in theSamsung Galaxy Fold,HUAWEI Mate X, and even theRoyole FlexPaiis expensive. Too expensive for the general consumer to make 2019 the year of the foldable phone, despite the exciting revolution in design thinking. This is partly the outcome of first-generation devices based on first-generation innovations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why do OEMs keep reinventing the UI wheel? August 22, 2025 Although we’re all using Android, there’s a large variety of OEM software and skins running on top, presenting us with plenty of welcome choice, for the most part. However, manufacturers don’t seem to be able to settle on a design for very long, with both the newLG G6andGalaxy S8reinventing the wheel once again....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi in 2019: Westward expansion July 31, 2025 In hisannual letter to employees at the start of 2018, Xiaomi Chairman and CEO Lei Jun said 2017 was a turnaround year for the company as it exceeded the revenue goal of 100 billion yuan (~$14.9 billion). Xiaomi ended that year as the world’s fourth largest smartphone brand by sales according to IDC, behind industry behemoths Apple and Samsung, and another rising megabrand closer home, HUAWEI....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now automatically hide those dodgy WhatsApp photos from your gallery August 08, 2025 WhatsApphas a pretty extensive list of features, but the Facebook-owned company is always adding more. This time, the platform has received the ability to automatically hide shared media from appearing in your phone gallery. The new feature, spotted byWABetaInfo, first appeared in version 2.18.194, but it seems like the feature is rolling out in the latest Play Store beta too (version 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now watch some Apple TV Plus and YouTube originals for free July 30, 2025 Apple’s dedicated streaming service –Apple TV Plus– isreportedlyoffering a bunch of original shows and movies for free streaming. YouTube is alsodoing the samefor itsYouTube Premiumoriginals. The move is likely prompted by the ongoingcoronaviruscrisis that has millions of people across the world locked in their homes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube’s comments section is about to become a less awful place June 07, 2025 YouTube‘s comments sections are often filled with wonderful insight buried between many layers of deliberate obfuscation. The situation may be about to improve, however, as YouTube rolls out some tools for content creators to help them manage comments sections a little better. ‘Pinned comments’, perhaps the most significant of these, allows a creator to push a single comment to the top of the thread, similar to how pinned Tweets work....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week - Android Apps Weekly [305] July 04, 2025 Lucid Adventure Price:Free to play Lucid Adventures is a new mobile gacha RPG. You start out as a hero with all of his abilities stripped away and you help him recover all of his lost power. The game features side-scrolling battles, a story mode, online PvP, and the usual array of gacha RPG mechanics....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon Echo Buds (2nd Gen) are smaller and more powerful than before June 21, 2025 Amazon announced the Echo Buds (2nd Gen) with Amazon’s very own active noise-cancelling (ANC). This technology is an upgrade from thefirst-generation Echo Buds, which rely solely on Bose active noise-reduction technology. Bose’s technology is effective, but proficient ANC is bound to outperform it. Amazon continues its sealed design with the new Echo Buds, making sure to differentiate its earphones from theApple AirPods....