Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These countries will get Google Assistant by the end of 2018 June 01, 2025 Google Assistanttook center-stage atI/O 2018, as the company showed off loads of new features and tweaks. However, most publications glossed over one important story during the event, asGoogleconfirmed Assistant was coming to dozens of countries by the end of the year. “By the end of this year, the Assistant will support 30 languages and be available in 80 countries,” Google Assistant vice-president of engineering Scott Huffman said on stage during the I/O 2018 keynote....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: T-Mobile is selling the Galaxy Note 7 again July 12, 2025 T-Mobile put a notice on the new Note 7 product listing, claiming that these devices “has been approved by the CPSC for all purchases and exchanges.” Original post (10/4):The Big Four carriers in the U.S. seem to be moving fast with replacing the defectiveSamsung Galaxy Note 7units. T-Mobile is the latest to announce that it will resume the sale of the handset on October 5, nearly two weeks afterVerizon and Sprint initiated the move....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Want the Nokia X6 in your country? HMD Global is all ears right now! (Update: ?) July 13, 2025 Update, May 19:Way to send mixed messages, Nokia! As expected, the people who voted in Juho Sarvikas’ Twitter poll overwhelmingly want the Nokia X6 to launch worldwide. The HMD Global’s CPO then posted: So will the Nokia X6 launch worldwide? The definitive, official answer seems to be “Yeah, no, I don’t know....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What you need to know about Carl ZEISS July 02, 2025 HMD Global, which now owns the rights to theNokiabrand and developed the latest models, has justannounced a partnershipwith Carl ZEISS, an industry leader in imaging technology. The long term deal has some exciting implications for future Nokia smartphones, and some are already anticipating the return of the impressive ZEISS powered cameras from generations gone by....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: more screenshots) Here’s a first look at LG’s version of Android 5.0 Lollipop August 10, 2025 Update: Here are more screenshots showing LG’s Lollipop implementation, from Vietnamese websiteLGViet: We’ve already had a peak(twice)at Samsung’s vision for its Touchwiz-enhanced version of Android 5.0 Lollipop, and now it seems to be LG’s turn. After LG Netherlands, LG Belgium and LG Germany all essentially confirmed that the G3 would see Lollipop this year, we now have a look at a work-in-progress build showing off LG’s take on Lollipop....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android continues to dominate as iOS returns to growth in U.S. and Europe July 15, 2025 Android’s global growthhas continued relatively unchecked in recent quarters. While Apple is dealing withback-to-back quarterly declinesin iPhone sales amidst investor concerns, the path ahead is looking pretty rosy for Android. All this despite worldwide smartphone trends that indicate a plateauing mobile market. But the most recent figures from Kantar Worldpanel show iOS scraping out a minimal increase in market share in both the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple: We’ve made the most powerful smartphone chip, HUAWEI: Hold my beer August 19, 2025 Huaweiclaims its upcoming Kirin 980 chip will be better than A12 Bionicthe new iPhones are packing, despite Apple having only weeks agorevealedits chip as “the smartest, most powerful chip in a smartphone.” Huawei’s comment arrived during a recent product brief in Dubai, viaTechRadar(though the website didn’t provide an exact quote)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Autofill will automatically work in browsers in Android P June 20, 2025 Among the litany of user-facing and underlying changes present inAndroid PareAutofillimprovements that allow the feature to automatically work in Google Chrome and other browsers. Introduced inAndroid Oreo, Autofill automatically retrieves passwords, credit card information, and other personal details from either itself or other services like Dashlane, 1Password, and LastPass....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Banning HUAWEI’s 5G equipment in Europe wouldn’t be good, says Vodafone CEO August 10, 2025 With the European Commission thinking about apotential ban on HUAWEI’s 5G equipment, Vodafone CEO Nick Read warned that a ban would lead to repercussions for Europe. Speaking at a press conference atMobile World Congressin Barcelona, Read said a ban onHuawei’s5Gnetwork equipment would curtail competition. HUAWEI,Nokia, and Ericssonreportedly account forover half of revenues in the telecommunications equipment market, with HUAWEI being the largest telecommunications equipment provider in the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry partners with Optiemus to make and sell Android-based phones in India June 02, 2025 BlackBerrycontinues to make deals to ensure its software services and branding continue to be sold around the world — even if they are no longer the ones really behind the hardware. Today, it announced a partnership with India-based Optiemus that will allow the company to make and sell Android-based phones in the country....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Building better apps: make your app more memory efficient August 02, 2025 Regardless of whether you’re developing a free mobile app or a feature-packed piece of software that people will lay out some serious cash for, you should always pay careful attention to just how much memory your finished project is using. This becomes even more important when you’re developing for Android, as the memory available to your typical Android smartphone or tablet is significantly smaller than the memory available to other devices, such as desktops or laptops (disclaimer: understatement of the year!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cyanogenmod now supports a range of mid-range devices June 05, 2025 In an official blog post,Cyanogenhas revealed that its namesakeAndroid ROMhas been updated to support a range of new (and old) budget and mid-range smartphones. The company says it has been working with additional manufacturers to ensure that devices from the likesXiaomi,MotorolaandOppoare officially supported by the company’s Android ROM....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive: Moto Z2 Force revives the headphone port (new renders and video) July 15, 2025 In collaboration withOnLeaks,Android Authorityhas obtained renders and a 360 degree video of the upcoming Moto Z2 Force, which we first saw leaked insuper fuzzy formlast week. These images and video confirm what we saw there: a 2017 Moto Z Force that looks very much like last year’s....