Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 5.1 coming to more devices in March? June 14, 2025 Earlier this month we learned that Android 5.1 was coming. This news didn’t come directly from Google, instead we learned of 5.1 after it showed up on the latest crop of Android One devices.Since then, some of these devices have even started making their wayinto the hands of consumers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Animal Crossing mobile release date pushed back to April at the earliest June 03, 2025 It waslast Aprilwhen Nintendo said Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing would arrive to mobile in fall 2016. That release deadline was subsequentlypushed into 2017,before the end of the fiscal year. Though Fire Emblem Heroes will land in just a couple of days (ithits Android this Thursday), Animal Crossing won’t be here until the next fiscal year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple’s trade-in program will reportedly offer gift cards for rival smartphones August 18, 2025 In the past, Applehas done its partto attract Android users over to its own mobile platform, but a new report suggests that the company will begin increasing its efforts soon. In an attempt to boost iPhone sales, Apple will reportedly soon offer gift cards towards new iPhones when users trade in rival devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS Zenfone 3 family hands-on June 29, 2025 Like previous years, ASUS took to stage at Computex in its home country of Taiwan to unveil its new flagship smartphones, and just like previous years, there was more than one device to show off. This year, the Zenfone 3 range spans across three devices – the Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Deluxe and the Zenfone 3 Ultra – with each offering targeted towards a different type of consumer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Axon Phone heads to China with fingerprint scanner in tow June 13, 2025 ZTEis one of a handful of Chinese manufacturers eyeing up growth in the USA and last week, the company announced its new Axon phone – which is part of theZTE Axon brand– to offer competition to established brands in the US market. TheAxon phonealso looks set to land inZTE’s home marketwith the handset paying a visit to Chinese certification authority TENAA with model number A2015....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best interactive books for Android June 19, 2025 Our Android smartphones and tablets can be used for a lot of things. Some use their devices for causal calls, text, and other means of online communication. Others transform their devices into a gaming console. Our Android devices can also be used as a means for educating our little ones at home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bing for Android adds augmented reality search features and more June 28, 2025 Microsoft continues to update itsBingsearch app for Android, as it keeps trying to take some of Google’s market share away. The latest version of the Bing app includes a feature that puts an augmented reality twist on searching for nearby places to eat, drink and otherwise entertain users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Build a better UI with the Material Design Components library August 13, 2025 One of the most common criticisms leveled at Android, is the lack of consistency between applications. Since it’s an open platform, Android gives developers the freedom to bring their creative vision to life – but this isn’talwaysa good thing from the user’s perspective. If you flick through a few apps on your Android device then chances are you’ll encounter at least a couple of applications that lookverydifferent from one another – and potentially very different from the Android system in general!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Evernote update brings scanning and annotating June 26, 2025 Everyone’s favorite all-purpose notekeeper, scheduler, and link saver just got a pretty substantial update that is bringing us some pretty stellar features. This update affects many parts ofEvernoteincluding the in-app camera, its LinkedIn interactivity, and the basic note editor. Let’s dive right in and see what’s new! Right out of the gate, the dev team has heavily redesigned the camera to make scanning files faster and easier than ever....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive: T-Mobile REVVL T1 is the Uncarrier’s new affordable flagship (Update) August 02, 2025 Update (8/4/17): A few months back we first broke the news of the T-Moile REVVL series. Now the T-Mobile REVVL has been leaked again, this time by T-Mobile itself via support pages. While most of the specs and details match everything below, it is worth noting that they suggest this model has a 720p display, while our original information suggested a full HD resolution....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Feedly redesign introduces a cleaner and more straightforward design with bottom tabs July 07, 2025 Following this morning’s news thatPocket Castshas released a redesign for its mobile apps,Feedlyhas pushed out a major visual overhaul to its app on the beta track. While Feedly isn’t introducing any new features, the fresh design makes it much easier to switch between the app’s different categories....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. From Maps to YouTube, Google’s Go apps are getting meaty updates June 29, 2025 Google’s Go appsare handy in emerging markets, consuming less data and storage than the main apps. The search giant isn’t stopping there though,announcingnew features for three of its Go apps. Starting withYouTube Go, Google will allow users to browse downloaded videos (in the form of ....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Full Google Pixel and Pixel XL specifications leaked by retailer July 07, 2025 Google just found out, the hard way, how difficult it can be to coordinate a major smartphone launch. Details about its first self-branded smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, have been published by several retailers ahead of their official unveiling tomorrow. The most revealing leak comes from Carphone Warehouse....