Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gboard’s new floating keyboard is a blessing for multitasking June 25, 2025 Google has introduced a floating keyboard to Gboard and it makes multitasking significantly more convenient. Google added the feature to Gboard version 7.6 and it went live on October 19, according to9to5 Google. You can find the new feature by tapping on Gboard’s Google icon and then tapping the overflow menu....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get a free Google Home Mini with every Nokia 7 Plus in the UK this May (Updated) August 20, 2025 Update (04/20):HMD Global has announced that the Nokia 7 Plus in Black/Copper is now available to pre-order in the UK directly from the Nokia website. As mentioned below, it will cost £349.99 and is expected to be dispatched on May 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google has reportedly made $31 billion from Android June 27, 2025 Have you ever stopped to think just how much money something as large as Android generates for Google? Itisthe world’s most popular mobile operating system after all, so one could expect the sum to be pretty high. According to one of Oracle’s lawyers, Google’s Android OS has generated a total revenue of $31 billion and $22 billion in profit over the years....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google might start bribing you to get your friends to use Google Duo June 21, 2025 Did you know thatGooglehas a video chat app calledGoogle Duo? It’s like Facetime,Skype, or WhatsApp, but with a significantly smaller user base. It looks like Google is going to try to change that with a new rewards program that will incentivize users to get their friends to use Duo in place of whichever video chat app they currently use....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play refund decision may take up to four days now (Updated) August 12, 2025 Update, June 14, 03:35 ET:Google has once again amended the wording on itsGoogle Play refund support page— and it’s good news (viaAndroid Police). In the “3 ways to request a refund on Google Play” section, Google now states: “You’ll usually get [a refund decision] within 15 minutes, but it can take up to four business days....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Noto font family now works with all languages, dead or alive July 26, 2025 Don’t you hate it when you type something in another language and it shows up as empty squares? Those squares are known as “tofu,” and Google is saying, “No more tofu” – Noto. With the Noto typeface, Monotype and Google are introducing a font family that covers all written languages and scripts, including the dead ones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s how much the Samsung Galaxy A52 and A72 cost in India June 23, 2025 Days after announcing theSamsung Galaxy A52and theGalaxy A72in Europe, the company has now confirmed pricing and availability details for India. In case you didn’t catch this week’s announcement, the Samsung Galaxy A52 packs a 6.5-inch AMOLED with a 90Hz refresh rate. The phone’s powered by a 4,500mAh battery and packs a 15W charger in the box....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR V10 unveiled in China with 18:9 display, Kirin 970 chip and Android 8.0 Oreo July 31, 2025 HONOR has unveiled its latest marquee device, theHONOR V10. The HUAWEI sub-brand debuted the phablet-sized device at an event in Beijing, giving us our first look at the phone’s design, spec list, and features ahead of anexpected European launchon December 5th....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC leak shows fascinating side-control tech July 30, 2025 Our favorite leakerEvan Blass(@evleaks) is at it again, this time bringing us a video showcasing a project thatHTChas been working on. It’s called Ocean, and it appears to use contextual, side-located user interfaces that let you perform a variety of tasks simply by touching the side of your device. The side-mounted touch-sensitive regions let you do anything from summon “OK Google,” adjust your volume, or snap photos....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI means to trump Apple and Samsung in smartphones sales in the coming years June 15, 2025 It’s no secret that HUAWEI has been doing well for itself. Its latest financial report showed a staggering40% growth in smartphone revenue. Mind you, this is in a time when most phone makers are struggling to make a dent in anincreasingly demanding market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Indian government asks Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app stores (Update: Ban lifted) June 06, 2025 Update: August 22, 2025 at 5:50 p.m. ET:After just over a week, the Madras high court hasvacated its orderto prohibit downloading TikTok. Presumably, this reversal means the TikTok app will remain downloadable on both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Install Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich on Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro August 14, 2025 A lot of people are still waiting to get a taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and now it’s the turn of Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro users. An ICS firmware was recently released for the said device. If you own an Xperia mini pro, you can get Ice Cream Sandwich running on your phone now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is the Google Pixel 2’s screen-to-body ratio a big deal? July 04, 2025 By now you’ve probably already seen and heard plenty aboutGoogle’s new Pixel phones. These were unveiled earlier this week in San Francisco, alongside a slew of other new Google products, and combine the best of what Google has to offer in software, hardware, and AI. You may also have noticed that theGoogle Pixel 2doesn’t look like many of the other flagship smartphones from 2017 — and I’m not just talking about its rear visor....