Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DxOMark says it has received money offers for review coverage August 02, 2025 Camera ratings website DxOMark has received cash offers in exchange for covering specific phones and cameras, an executive has said. In an interview withAndroid Headlines, marketing vice-president Nicholas Touchard said the company had received offers “many times” from companies wanting reviews for their products. Touchard noted that these offers weren’t meant to be bribes, but came from companies that didn’t “understand our business model....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ford cars will run Android starting in 2023 July 27, 2025 Android Automotiveis about to become decidedly more ubiquitous. Ford hasformeda partnership with Google that, among other things, will see its cars (including Lincoln models) running on Android starting in 2023. Ford’s Android integration will give “millions” of cars worldwide extensive access to Google features, including Assistant, Maps, and Play Store apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. G Flex outranks Galaxy S5, iPhone 5s in battery longevity survey August 06, 2025 Phone manufacturers have to make a clear choice when they design devices. They can add a little more capacity to the battery, or they can shave off an extra millimeter or two from the phone’s thickness. Sadly,millimeters trump milliampere-hoursin most cases. Coupled with the rise of power-thirsty high-definition displays, that has made battery life an area of the user experience that has stagnated or even regressed over the years....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S8 supply may fail to meet demand due to “sluggish” chip production June 12, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plussupply may fail to meet demand as a result of the “sluggish production of Qualcomm chipsets,” reportsThe Korea Herald. The reason behind this wasn’t commented on, butThe Korea Herald‘s sources also indicate that Samsung’s own Exynos 8895 production is “falling behind market expectations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant will hit Sonos speakers (Update: Rolling out now) July 06, 2025 Update, July 14, 2025 (09:45 AM ET):At long last, Google Assistant support is finally rolling out to Sonos speakers — two of them, anyway. The Sonos One and the Sonos Beam should receive a software update soon which will include support for Google Assistant, perSonos’ blog....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Cardboard is no longer available on the Google Store July 14, 2025 If you were still hoping to get your hands on an official Google Cardboard headset, you’re now a little too late. As spotted byAndroid Police, Google is no longer selling the Cardboard hardware on its official store. Thelistingnow displays the product as “out of stock” unfortunately. “We are no longer selling Google Cardboard on the Google Store,” it adds, suggesting that the plug has been permanently pulled....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home Hub: Google’s in-house smart display announced July 22, 2025 After months of rumors andmore than one leak, theGoogle Home Hubis now official. Thesmart displaymarket is still in its infancy, but perhaps the Google Home Hub is the push it needs to achieve mainstream adoption. Is it a tablet? Is it a speaker? No, it’s a smart display! The Google Home Hub looks a lot like a Frankenstein-esque combination of a tablet with aGoogle Home Max....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4 face unlock seems super-fast in new leaked video July 03, 2025 We all know theGoogle Pixel 4series will sport advancedface unlockfunctionality, thanks to Google confirming the feature earlier this year. We’ve also seen videos showing off the setup process, but what about the end-result? A supposedly leaked promotional video obtained by9to5Googleshows just how fast the phone’s face unlock is....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel patent hints at under-display selfie camera future July 25, 2025 2020 saw the first major smartphone with an under-display selfie camera debut in theZTE Axon 20 5G, with the likes of Samsung and Xiaomi following up in 2021. It looks likeGoogleis also thinking about this feature thanks to a newly spotted patent. Let’s Go Digitaldiscovered a Google Pixel patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), showing a smartphone with a pair of under-display selfie cameras as well as a couple of other sensors under the screen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s latest experiment lets you jam on a keyboard with an AI partner August 01, 2025 If you are a musician, or just someone who wants to make some music in your spare time, it’s natural to want to play and jam out with a friend. However, you might not have anyone around when that time comes. TheGoogleCreative Lab team says it’s ready to help with its latest experiment called A....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands on with the ZTE Blade V8 Lite and the Blade V8 Mini July 21, 2025 ZTE is going all in with the Blade V8 Moniker. Following the launch of theBlade V8 Proback atCESand the regularV8a few days later, the company has just taken the wraps off of the Mini and Lite versions of the device. As the names suggest, these devices fall at lower-end of the specifications spectrum, but do continue to offer some unique features like their more powerful siblings....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on with YouTube Gaming at E3 2015 August 10, 2025 Amazon-ownedTwitchmay dominate the market right now, butGooglewants in on the gaming video action. Enter YouTube Gaming,the gaming video service launching later this summer, that we were able to try out on Day 3 of theE3 2015show in Los Angeles. We tested a “dogfood” (pre-release) version of YouTube Gaming on aNexus 6, and straight from the beginning we could see it’s clearly distinct (with some resemblances) from the omnipresent YouTube....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 20 and HONOR 20 Pro price, release date, and deals (Updated July 30) August 05, 2025 Update, June 05, 2025 (12:00PM EST):We have pricing and release information for the HONOR 20 Pro in the U.K. Check out the original article below to learn how much the phone will cost! Original article, June 18, 2025 (11:08 AM ET):Today,Huaweisub-brand HONOR launched theHONOR 20 and HONOR 20 Pro....