Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google wants to get rid of password logins for Android apps by 2017 June 28, 2025 At a developer’s conference Friday duringGoogle I/O, Daniel Kaufman announced that it was Google’s intent to make password identifications outmoded by the end of the year, at least on Android devices. The system would rely on a new set of technologies being developed by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Sound Notifications extends your hearing with visual alerts June 11, 2025 Googleis building its audio-recognition technology to help extend human hearing around the home. The company hasannounceda new accessibility feature called Sound Notifications that’ll provide users with visual alerts of loud or “critical” sounds around them. Built on the back of the company’s Live Transcribeambient sound recognitiontech, the feature can recognize up to 10 different sounds, including dog barks, alert sirens, running water, babies crying, and door knocks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands on with Alcatel OneTouch’s new smartphones at IFA 2015 August 14, 2025 Alcatel OneTouch took complete advantage of the spotlight available to the company at IFA 2015 to showcase a slew of new products, including everything fromsmartphones, tablets, a wearable device, and even a couple of connected accessory devices. We’ve already gone hands on with a few of these devices, and now, it’s time to take a closer look at three more mid-range smartphone offerings from the company....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s how much Uber pays to use Google Maps July 19, 2025 Ride-sharing company Uber has released itsS-1 securities formahead of its upcoming public IPO. The S-1, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, gives some interesting insights into the company’s licensing agreements — specifically, its deals with Google. The S-1 reveals that Uber paid Google approximately $58 million for the use of Google Maps between August 18, 2025 and December 2018....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate 10 to get P20 AI features with Android 8.1 June 12, 2025 In a briefing with journalists at the launch of theHUAWEI P20, P20 Proand Porsche Design HUAWEI Mate RS, Richard Yu confirmed that theMate 10 and Mate 10 Prowill both receive the six additional AI-detected scenes the P20’s ship with. The added scene detection will arrive with the update toAndroid 8....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is this the biggest battery we’ve ever seen in a smartphone? August 02, 2025 We’ve seen lesser-known mobile brands offer devices with gigantic batteries over the years, ranging from 6,000mAh all the way to 11,000mAh. Now, it looks like a new device might be a contender for the smartphone with the biggest battery. Second-string Chinese brand Ulefone has recently released the Power Armor 13 (h/t:Gizmochina), and its key attraction is a 13,200mAh battery....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leaked phone number reveals even Mark Zuckerberg is on Signal August 09, 2025 It was revealed just a few days ago that phone numbers and other details belonging to 533 million Facebook users had leaked on a hacking forum. The trove of data may have been obtained via a 2019 vulnerability that has since been patched, and it turns out that Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s phone number was leaked as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LeTV Le Max Pro First Look - the world’s first Snapdragon 820 smartphone June 05, 2025 CES may no longer be home to high profile smartphone announcements from the big names in Android, but what that does is give the lesser known OEMs a great opportunity to shine. Lesser known – or rather, unknown – is an apt description for LeTV but if nothing else, the company certainly has to be applauded for not holding back with their first smartphone offerings....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG launches Software Upgrade Center for faster Android updates June 26, 2025 LG has a mixed record when it comes toAndroidupdates, but the company is looking to change things for the better with the opening of a Software Upgrade Center. The center takes the form of a physical facility located at the company’s R&D campus in Seoul, South Korea. LG says the facility is “aimed at providing customers worldwide with faster, timelier, smartphone operating system and software updates....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG X cam and X screen begin their global roll out this week July 02, 2025 Do you remember thetwo rather unique mid-range smartphonesthatLGlaunched just ahead of its main G5 flagship back atMWC? Well, the “specialist” X cam and X screen handsets are beginning their global roll out this week, making their first stop in South Korea before hitting other markets around the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Marvel Future Fight bashes its way into the Google Play Store August 12, 2025 Marvel has released a new superhero-packed game into the Google Play Store just in time for the new Avengers: Age of Ultron movie to hit U.S. theaters. The new free-to-play action RPG has actually been out for some time in select markets, but it’s just now making its way to the Play Store for everyone to download....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Mattel’s Echo lookalike could become your child’s first AI friend July 29, 2025 You know Mattel: a multinational toy company that has manufactured some of your (and your kid’s) favorite toys. Well, the company’s new “toy” is like none other. The 300-dollar cylinder looks a lot like the Amazon Echo, but its virtual assistant can understand and interact with your toddler....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft relents, admits you can install Windows 11 on older PCs — if you dare July 07, 2025 Microsoft will let you upgrade your older PCs to Windows 11, after all. After a lot of hue and cry over system requirements for Windows 11 that Microsoftannounced a few weeks ago, it seems like the Redmond giant has changed its mind....