Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are some of the Samsung Galaxy S20 wallpapers August 07, 2025 The Galaxy S20 series isn’t out yet — in fact, it hasn’t even been formally announced bySamsung. However, that didn’t prevent the internet from getting ahold of the Samsung Galaxy S20 wallpapers (viaXDA Developers). Well, some of them at least. Also:Here are all the best Samsung wallpapers from every major device!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why Qualcomm phones might get updates before MediaTek devices August 07, 2025 Qualcommmay have ended 2020 behindMediaTekin global smartphone chip shipments, but it still bests its rival in one key area: update rollout speed. But why is this? Thanks to a Xiaomi executive, we have a possible answer. Per aWeibo postpublished byXiaomi‘s Li Ming, Qualcomm and MediaTek’s update philosophies couldn’t be more different....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to enable Pixel 2 selfie portrait mode August 05, 2025 It seems a lot of folks are wondering why they’re not seeing portrait mode on theGoogle Pixel 2front-facing camera. After posting a couple photos of the Pixel 2 on social media yesterday, I got asked a lot if the selfie portrait feature was working for me. It wasn’t. But it is now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC to cut 15 percent of its workforce following poor sales July 10, 2025 HTC’slong running revenue troubles have been well documented, but this year has seen the companyplunge back into the redas sales of its flagship HTCOne M9 smartphone have fallen flat. As a result, HTChas announced plans to lay off 15 percent of its workforce, in a bid to cut costs and improve its profitability....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI reveals a way for developers to easily turn GMS apps into HMS apps July 16, 2025 Huawei‘s recent phones all lack Google Mobile Services (GMS), forcing the Chinese manufacturer to come up with its ownHUAWEI Mobile Services(HMS) suite as an alternative. One side-effect is that apps with GMS integration (i.e. using Google services for notifications, mapping, location etc) either don’t work properly or at all on these recent HUAWEI devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI will no longer allow bootloader unlocking (Update: Explanation from HUAWEI) June 17, 2025 Update 30-05-2025 at 9:28 A.M. EST:As mentioned in the article below, we reached out to HUAWEI to get a statement on this bootloader issue. We just got our response, which we’ve reprinted in full below. We’ll warn you ahead of time that there’s not much said in this official statement that wasn’t stated in the screenshot below....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is LG’s revised mobile strategy actually working? Revenue and sales drop again July 10, 2025 It’s been just over six months since LG revealed plans tooverhaul its mobile strategyin a bid to end its unenviable run of quarterly losses that stretches all the way back to 2016. Today, LG has posted its profit/loss margins and overall global sales for the second quarter of 2018 and it would seem that the company’s bold new strategy… hasn’t worked, and may have even made things worse....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s official: LG V30 is launching on August 31 August 19, 2025 After weeks of rumors, speculation, and even aguest appearanceon Joseph Gordon-Levitt’sHitRecord, LG took to its Korean social blog to announce that it will officially unveil the V30 on August 31 in Berlin. If the date and location ring any bells, that is because IFA 2017, Europe’s largest tech show and the home for many different announcements, officially opens its doors one day later on September 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Android distribution numbers have been posted, Lollipop now up to 3.3% July 23, 2025 Google has just posted the latest Android distribution numbers, and the biggest change we’re seeing from last month is thatLollipophas now reached 3.3% of all Android devices. Lollipop has struggled to even register on the charts in the past two months or so (only reaching about 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo misjudged what it would take to revive the Moto brand Aug 24, 2025 Despite releasing the intriguing Moto Z series and continuing with the popular Moto G range,Lenovo’sassimilation ofMotorolainto its smartphone business has not been a smooth story. Since Lenovo’s $2.91 billion purchase back in October 2014, the company had has to contend with falling smartphone sales, losing its top 3 global ranking, axing around 3,000 jobs, and posting its first annual loss since 2009....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG V20 went under 60,000 validation tests before production July 22, 2025 LG really wants to show off the strict quality tests that its new flagship goes through. After all, theV20is advertised with military-grade impact resistance as one of its selling points. And after theGalaxy Note 7 fiasco, quality control is becoming increasingly scrutinized. In Peyongtaek, South Korea, LG gave a glimpse of how the V20 is made from assembly to inspection in an organized press tour....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Material Gallery is a new Google app for designers to share their work August 02, 2025 Yesterday, we posted an article aboutMaterial Theming, a new plugin for the Sketch app that helps designers easily incorporateMaterial Designelements in their work. Now,Google is launchinganother Material Design tool in the form of a free app calledMaterial Gallery. Available for Android, iOS, and the web, Material Gallery is a simple and free way for designers to share progress on their work with other designers, clients, or even investors....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola One Hyper shows up in three gorgeous colors ahead of today’s launch July 25, 2025 Motorola is expected to announce the so-calledMotorola One Hyperlater today. If you’ve been following the rumor mill, you would know that the smartphone is Motorola’s first with a pop-up selfie camera and a 64MP sensor. We’ve seen leaked images of the phone before, but today’s photos come straight from the source....