Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: out now) Vodafone just announced the high-end Smart Platinum 7 July 28, 2025 Update, June 20:as promised, the Smart Platinum 7 is now available from Vodafone.Check it out. Original post, June 14:The near-flagship tierVodafoneSmart Platinum 7 has been unveiled, and we’re liking what we’re seeing so far. The smartphone costs £300 if you buy it up front on Pay-As-You-Go, but you’re getting a lot of higher-end tech for that price....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 10-core MediaTek Helio X20 is official August 22, 2025 Last week, aleaked spec sheetgave us our first look atMediaTek’s Helio X20 mobile SoC and today the company has official announced its 10-core behemoth, the second chip in itsX-series line up. Just as the leak suggested, the X20 arranges its 10 CPU cores into a Tri-cluster big.LITTLE setup. There are two heavy duty newCortex-A72cores clocked at 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android-based Alien vs Predator game coming in November June 04, 2025 If it worked for Hollywood, why wouldn’t it work for mobile gaming too? That’s probably what the guys over at Angry Mob Games thought when they decided to bring Alien vs. Predator together again for an Android and iOS legendary match-up. Highly successful on their own in the ‘80s and ‘90s movies, our two favorite extraterrestrial creatures fought it out for the first time in the 2004 “AVP: Alien vs Predator” movie....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ARCHOS' new Diamond S and 50e Helium smartphones will be shown off at IFA 2015 June 10, 2025 French smartphone makerARCHOStoday announced two new Android-powered budget smartphones that will be shown off in full atIFA 2015. Both new smartphones, the Diamond S and 50e Helium, will be available for purchase in select markets sometime in November for just £159.99 and £99....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Assassin’s Creed Rebellion now live in Google Play (Updated) July 22, 2025 Update, Jun 22, 2025:Assassin’s Creed Rebellion is now available to download from the Google Play Store. As previously mentioned, the latest free-to-play mobile game in Ubisoft’s hit franchise is a strategy-RPG set in 15th-century Spain, where you can recruit from a list of 40 characters, including many well-known assassins from the game’s long history....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome OS tablets that run Android apps might be on their way soon June 29, 2025 There’s are certainly no shortage of tablets that have some version of Android installed, but soon we may be able to pick up such a device that’s running Chrome OS instead. A Google executive has confirmed that we can expect to see those kind of products for sale sometime soon....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Despite disappointing Pixel 4, 2019 was Google’s best year for phone sales yet July 21, 2025 A few weeks ago, news broke that Google was allegedlydisappointed with the Google Pixel 4, even prior to that device’s launch. However disappointing it may have been, it doesn’t appear to have stopped Google Pixel sales from hitting a record high in 2019....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Enable fingerprint gestures on any Android 6.0 Marshmallow device with this new app August 25, 2025 About two weeks ago we wrote abouta new appthat would allow pretty much any Android device to use those neat fingerprint gestures found on Google’s newPixel and Pixel XLdevices. That application was created by developerztc1997ofXDA Developers. It was never officially released to the Google Play Store, however, meaning you’d need to install the ....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Everything Nintendo announced at the E3 2021 Direct June 27, 2025 Even with so many announcements atE3 2021, no company grabs the spotlight quite like Nintendo. At the Nintendo E3 2021 Direct event, the company showed off a slew of new games for its record-setting Nintendo Switch console. See also:Nintendo Switch buying guide: Everything you need to know If you missed the event, you can re-watch ithere....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fossil goes full-in on Android Wear, 300 connected watches planned for this year July 25, 2025 Smartwatcheshaven’t really been selling as well as manufacturers would like, but that isn’t stopping Fossil Group from releasing new models. At Baselworld 2017, a watch industry trade show currently taking place in Switzerland, the company announced it would launch more than 300 connected watches (full touchscreen and hybrid models) across 14 of its brands in 2017....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen launches in South Korea July 25, 2025 Samsunghas just quietly launched a new model in itsGalaxy Tab A (2016)tablet range in South Korea. This time around, the big new feature is the inclusion of an S Pen, made popular by the Galaxy Note range, which brings a selection of new features to the tablet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Garmin unveils the vívoactive 3, vívomove HR, and vívosport activity trackers at IFA 2017 August 18, 2025 Garminhas a multitude of wearable devices on the market right now, all categorized into different series that are made for athletes with specific needs. The most popular series is the vívo lineup of activity trackers, consisting of devices like thevívosmart HR+,vívomove,vívofit jr., and thevívoactive HR....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is buying smartwatch tech from Fossil for $40 million August 14, 2025 Google is finally getting serious aboutWear OS. On Thursday, Fossil Group, the company that’s perhaps the most focused on bringing new Wear OS watches to market, is selling $40 million worth ofsmartwatch-related intellectual property to Google. The IP is related to a smartwatch technology currently under development by Fossil....