Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus introduces its On-Guard smartphone warranty policy June 26, 2025 OnePlushas a pretty patchy reputation when it comes to customer satisfaction and service, but the company has just announced a new optional warranty policy for its smartphones that should help to improve the customer experience. OnePlus has teamed up with a couple of insurers around the world to offer global protection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Opera for Android gets a major redesign August 17, 2025 TheVPN-ready Opera browser for Androidis receiving an update that should make the user experience a whole lot more modern and fresh, not to mention in line with Google’s Material Design. As the Norwegian companyput it, it’s a “serious lick of paint.” Changes in the design of Opera’s start page abound: the familiar Speed Dial has a new home on the leftmost screen of the carousel....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Powermat joins WPC, no longer competing with Qi on wireless charging June 18, 2025 For almost as long aswireless charginghas existed, there have been competing standards. We currently have Qi and Powermat, but the race hasn’t been close for a long time. Qi has dominated for a few years now, and with the newest iPhoneshitting the market with Qi support, the writing has been on the wall....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pre-orders begin for the consumer Samsung Gear VR June 17, 2025 Pre-orders for the consumer version of theSamsung Gear VRare finally live to reignite our interest in virtual reality, and just in time for the holiday shopping season too. Gear VR pre-orders are now live over at Best Buy in the US. The headset comes with a $99.99 price tag and the release date is scheduled for November 20th....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Remix Mini is an Android-powered desktop for just $20 August 15, 2025 Back in January we first learned aboutthe Jide Ultra Remix tablet, a new Android device designed with productivity in mind. Shortly after this, the startup launched a Kickstarter campaign pricing the Tegra 4-powered device at just $39. The catch was that early backers would get asignificant discountover the final retail price in exchange for helping test out the new device and its custom Android OS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces Pink Gold Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge June 06, 2025 Gold may glitter, but it may not matter to those who like to think Pink. Luckily Samsung has found a way to satiate both sides of the situation, as it has just announced theGalaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edgewill come in Pink Gold! As for why Samsung has decided to offer this – now the fifth color choice – option, it had the following to say:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S20 FE renders hint at frosted plastic back, no headphone jack July 06, 2025 There’s been much chatter about the rumored launch of theSamsung Galaxy S20 FE, a budget “Fan Edition” of the S20 from the Korean smartphone maker. Now, we have a better idea of the design of the device. According toPriceBabaand tipster OnLeaks, the Galaxy S20 FE may draw more design inspiration from theGalaxy Note 20series than its namesake judging by renders created by the leaker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sharp is about to introduce the most bezel-less phone you’ve ever seen June 04, 2025 Sharpwas one of the first manufacturers to begin producing bezel-less phones, and ever since it’s been trying to take it one step further. Now, the company has announced what it claims will be the “largest full-screen smartphone” on the market, the Sharp Aquos S2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Some people are seeing text in the Pixel Launcher search box June 11, 2025 From time to time,Googlelikes to test design changes to its apps before either pushing those changes out to the masses or nixing them for something else. The Pixel Launcher is no exception, though the change the search giant made to it has been polarizing, to say the least....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Mobile to focus on East Asia, Europe, and Middle East rather than India, USA July 08, 2025 Sonyrecently held an investors day in Tokyo, giving us a look at what the company has planned over the coming quarters. Most relevant to our interests is the fact that Sony Mobile has announced that they’re adopting a new regional strategy that “defocuses” on the USA and India....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Soon you will know if your new microSD card can run apps well on your phone August 11, 2025 Internal storage on a smartphone or tablet can quickly be used up by lots of apps, which is why having an microSD card slot for those devices is becoming more important. This week, the group that handles specifications for those cards, the SD Association, announced the Application Performance Class, which is designed to label SD and microSD cards that over solid performance for mobile apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Team AA: The best Android apps you’ve (probably) never heard of July 25, 2025 Ask any smartphone user about theirfavorite appsand you’ll likely hear a few names pop up time and time again. We’re all intimately familiar with theFacebooks,Instagrams, andWhatsAppsof the app world, but what about all of those lesser-known Android apps with unique features that get drowned out by the big dogs?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Pixel 5a apparently runs too hot. Google is investigating. July 20, 2025 Google launched thePixel 5ajust a few weeks back and the mid-ranger is already creating problems for some of its users. Multiple reviewers and testers are reporting that the phone has overheating issues just like the Pixel 5 did when it launched. For many, the issue seems to crop up when recording 4K videos at 60fps....