Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Original Pixel phones on Android 8.1 gain Pixel 2 features in latest update July 10, 2025 The originalPixel phonesare getting a new feature, as long as they’re running the Android 8.1 developer preview. Google launched a preview ofAndroid 8.1 Oreolast month, which brought some previouslyPixel 2 and Pixel 2 XLexclusive features to its predecessors. The At a Glance widget, transparent app drawer, and search bar placed between the icons in the dock and the navigation buttons all made an appearance....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme X2 Pro launches with flagship specs (Update: On sale now!) August 08, 2025 Update: July 05, 2025:Therealme X2 Prois now officially on sale in Europe. Customers in Spain can pick the device up onAmazon.es, while customers in Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and United Kingdom can buy one fromRealme’s European website. realme set itself agoalof being present in every price category possible, from entry-level to premium handsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces the super rugged Galaxy Xcover 4 July 13, 2025 Remember the Galaxy Xcover 3? It launched way back in 2015, and Samsung marketed as a slim but robust Galaxy smartphone. But by today’s standards, its IP67 rating and 2,200mAh battery seem a bit ridiculous. That’s why Samsung has brought the all-new Galaxy Xcover 4. As you may have guessed, this year’s iteration is all about toughness: though its specs might not be on a par with this year’s flagships, it can withstand pretty much anything....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung confirms Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will offer the Exynos 8 Octa, in select markets June 26, 2025 Yesterday Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, further refining the design language first introduced with the Galaxy S6 series. One thing Samsung wasn’t so clear on was the processor inside the device. We were told that, depending on the market, you’d either see a Qualcomm or Exynos chip, but that’s about as detailed as Samsung got....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Galaxy S5 quick look June 26, 2025 Following all the teasers and rumors, Samsung has unveiled the latest model in its Galaxy S flagship range at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Galaxy S3 was a hugely popular device and the S4 and S5 continued that heritage, but somewhere along the way the Galaxy S range started to stumble, ever so slightly....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Shake it to wake it, Tasker gesture to wake display - Android customization July 30, 2025 After ourAndroid customizationproject last week, creating our own Ambient Display feature for any phone, many of you asked if Tasker can handle other, more appropriate screen-on functions. As requested, let’s look at a simple method to useTaskerto wake your display. There are more advanced tools in Tasker that will work better and reduce battery consumption, but let’s get through the basics first, using the simple gesture controls pre-recorded by Tasker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Since-removed release notes hint at incoming Moto G (2014) Lollipop update July 30, 2025 Motorola has managed to become something of a novelty in the past couple of years. Whereas its smartphone origins were coated inMotoBlur, a thoroughly customized Android skin widely considered to be just as offensive, if not more so, thanTouchWiz, the company is now making headlines for all the right reasons....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapdragon 820 Galaxy S7 suffering from slow motion video stuttering June 11, 2025 Remember those earlySamsung Galaxy S7video captures that showed off the handset’sslow-motion recording capabilities? If they looked a little jittery to you then you weren’t not alone. A number of Galaxy S7 owners are complaining about stuttering issues when recording at 240fps, even now that the handset is released....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. So you’ve got Nougat through Android Beta: now what? July 09, 2025 Android Nougat is hereandGoogledeserves praise for how fast it managed to push out OTA updates to the folks who enrolled in the Android Beta program. Many Beta users – including much of theAndroid Authorityteam – got their update notifications within 1-2 hours of the official announcement, making for a very fast and pain-free update process....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony weighing up options if smartphones are unprofitable next year July 24, 2025 Whether you’re a bigSonyfan or unimpressed by its latest batch of smartphones, the past couple of years have been tough for the company’s mobile division, with dwindling revenues and an unimpressive share of the global market. 2016 looks to be the make or break year for Sony’s smartphones, as Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai suggests that Sony may begin looking at “alternative options” for the division if it doesn’t look like breaking even....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Study says Android users make better relationship partners than iPhone users June 10, 2025 Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so a lot of people have relationships on their minds. The folks over atCompare My Mobiledecided to use that energy to do some research at the intersection of romance and technology. The site conducted a survey of a little over 2,000 people....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Super Mario Run did not make as much money as Nintendo had hoped it would June 02, 2025 BeingNintendo‘s first mobile title, there was plenty of anticipation surroundingSuper Mario Run. That anticipation and excitement certainly manifested itself in the number of downloads the game has seen since its initial December 2016 release, but according to Nintendo, the game did not make as much money as the company had hoped it would at this point....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is the tablet made for America’s prisons June 07, 2025 Private corrections service JPay, has introduced a newLinux-based tabletdesigned specifically for the two million prisoners it services across 34 US states. The company has previously launched its JP4 tablet – with around 60,000 in use across US prisons today – but the new JP5mini has one big advantage; it can connect to wireless networks, which many prisons are beginning to implement....