Quin Smart Motorcycle Helmets focus on safety, dump the bells and whistles

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Quin Smart Motorcycle Helmets focus on safety, dump the bells and whistles August 01, 2025 Smart helmets are populating the market. They all offer fancy features that seem to come straight out of science fiction movies — rear-view cameras and heads-up displays are but a couple of examples. Does this make motorcycle helmets better? Other featured crowdfunding projects: The Quintessential Design team doesn’t believe so....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 758 words · Tiffany Roberson

Razer's CEO explains why the Razer Phone doesn't have a headphone jack

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Razer’s CEO explains why the Razer Phone doesn’t have a headphone jack June 17, 2025 When Razerintroducedthe brand newRazer Phone, it certainly made it feel like an enthusiast device. An amazing 120 Hz display, 8 GB of RAM, and a 4,000 mAh battery screamed out that this wasthe biggest and best on the market. If you wanted the most spec’d out phone that money could buy, you were supposed to buy a Razer Phone....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Ashley Rojas

Razer's latest Blade gaming laptops pack GeForce RTX 30 graphics

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Razer’s latest Blade gaming laptops pack GeForce RTX 30 graphics July 13, 2025 It wouldn’t beCESwithout new Razer products, and the company is making its high-end portables the stars for 2021.Razerhas unveiled updated Blade 15 (shown below) and Blade Pro 17 (above) gaming laptops that both center on NVIDIA’s newGeForce RTX 30mobile graphics. Both the Blade 15 and Blade Pro 17 take advantage of the new laptop GPUs to “dramatically” improve performance and double energy efficiency, Razer said....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Nancy Blevins

Samsung explores a Xiaomi-like dual folding phone design

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung explores a Xiaomi-like dual folding phone design August 21, 2025 Samsung’s ambitions in folding phones could extend well beyond the tablet-likeGalaxy Z Fold 2or theGalaxy Z Flipclamshell.LetsGoDigitalhas discovered a recently published Samsung patent application in South Korea for a dual folding phone reminiscent ofXiaomi’s efforts. Although the exact mechanisms would change, the basic concept would remain the same as with Xiaomi: you’d have one expansive display where both ends could fold around to improve portability or add functionality....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Paul Velez

Samsung Galaxy A32 offers LG Velvet-like lines for half the price

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy A32 offers LG Velvet-like lines for half the price August 03, 2025 Our first glimpse of the Samsung Galaxy A32 arrived in December. Those leaked renders suggestedSamsungwould take a leaf out of LG’s design book. Now, the phone has made itsofficial debutsporting a clean design. The headline feature of the Galaxy A32 is its 5G connectivity. It’s now one of the company’s cheapest devices to support the technology....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Maxwell Lowe

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge arrive in India

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge arrive in India June 07, 2025 Just one week after the handsets’ initial launch date, theSamsung Galaxy S7andGalaxy S7 Edgehave now both gone on sale in India. The March 18th local release date was originally announced bySamsungat a dedicated launch event in the country a week ago. A number of major Indian retailers and local stores are stocking both of the handsets....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Amanda Green

Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus Oreo build leaked with Dolby Atmos support

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus Oreo build leaked with Dolby Atmos support Jun 13, 2025 We’ve only just received confirmation from Samsung that the Galaxy S8 Oreo beta programwill end on January 15th, but it seems that some lucky users are getting their updates early. An Oreo build for both theGalaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plusappeared today on Reddit including all the features you’d expect fromAndroid 8....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Jessica Miller

Samsung patent reveals camera-wielding S-Pen fit for James Bond

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung patent reveals camera-wielding S-Pen fit for James Bond August 12, 2025 Samsung’sGalaxy Note 9delivered a significantly upgraded S-Pen, usingBluetoothto enable avariety of features. But the Korean company could have bigger plans for the stylus, judging by a newly granted patent. Thepatent, spotted byPatently Mobile(viaAndroid Police), reveals an S-Pen with a camera in the top section. Furthermore, this camera is equipped with an optical zoom system, which should provide better quality shots in theory than digital zoom....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Morgan Weaver

Samsung updates the Galaxy S7's Always on Display to allow for time settings

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung updates the Galaxy S7’s Always on Display to allow for time settings August 04, 2025 This year, both Samsung and LG sought to bringthe marvelous magic of Always on Display functionalityto their flagship handsets. The idea behind the thinking is that users will be able to check the time and notifications simply by looking at their phone’s display even when it’s turned off....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Jenna Owens

Samsung's AMD-boosted processor might not be limited to Galaxy phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s AMD-boosted processor might not be limited to Galaxy phones August 22, 2025 Samsung might not keep theExynos with AMD graphicsall to itself. According toSamMobile, Weibo leaker Arsenalclaimsvivo will use the high-end chip (possibly called the Exynos 2200) in at least one high-end phone, suggesting the team-up won’t be exclusive to Galaxy phones. Arsenal’s sources didn’t describe how vivo would use the mashup of Samsung and AMD hardware, but maintained that the performance was “very powerful” — although power consumption might be high....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Kenneth Kelley

Samsung's hulking Galaxy View 2 tablet launches April 26, won't be cheap

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s hulking Galaxy View 2 tablet launches April 26, won’t be cheap July 11, 2025 AT&T today announced when to expect the hulking Samsung Galaxy View 2 andhow much you’ll have to drop to get one. We first caught wind of the tabletonly a few days ago. The good news is that thetabletlaunches tomorrow, April 26 onAT&T. The Galaxy View 2 still isn’t live on AT&T’s website, but we’ll update this article with a link once it goes live....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Craig Mills

Selfies will be used to automatically adjust the screen brightness on budget Samsung phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Selfies will be used to automatically adjust the screen brightness on budget Samsung phones July 11, 2025 To help grow itsmarket share in regions such as India, Samsung produces budget smartphones that are more affordable to the ever-growing population. But to save money on the production side of the business, Samsung has to leave out certain hardware items such as the ambient light sensor....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Olivia Jones

Slack gets Material Design overhaul, better notifications and much more in version 2.0 update

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Slack gets Material Design overhaul, better notifications and much more in version 2.0 update June 01, 2025 Slack, the popular communications app, is getting a huge update to version 2.0 that brings a much more polished, refined navigation experience, a ton of visual changes, and improved notifications. Upon opening the app for the first time, you’ll notice the Slack team has taken some inspiration from Google’sMaterial Designguidelines, giving the app a nice aesthetic refresh....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Jennifer Hurley