Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pokemon Go vs Clash Royale: which new game made more money in 2016? June 03, 2025 It likely came as no surprise the other day when Joe Hindy, our resident app authority, shared the news that90 percent of Google Play revenue in 2016 came from games. Mobile games are big business and as such, are a particularly difficult market to crack....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Razer Phone hands-on: a phone for gamers, and everyone June 26, 2025 What happens when a gaming computer company buys a smartphone company? They make a gaming phone, right? Not quite!Razer bought Nextbit earlier this year, and today the company has released its first smartphone. It’s not a gaming phone, but it is a phone made for gamers. We went hands-on with theRazer Phoneand here’s what it was like....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme just hit 10 million users, confirms 64MP quad camera phone this week August 22, 2025 Realmeis clearly one of the fastest growing smartphone brands around, as thelatest market-share reportsshow the company is now a top-ten global player. The good news doesn’t end there for the brand though, as realme has just announced that it’s hit 10 million users since its May 2018 inception....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme Watch S Pro Review: A smarter fitness tracker June 04, 2025 Realme Watch S Pro What we like What we don’t like realme and Xiaomi’s turf war shifted from just smartphones to ecosystem products in 2020. So when Xiaomi introduced theMi Watch Revolve,it was only a matter of time that realme would follow suit. Enter the realme Watch S Pro...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi Note 5 Pro will get a price increase in India to ensure ‘steady supply’ August 03, 2025 Xiaomi has announced that it will be increasing the suggested price of the 4GB+64GBRedmi Note 5 Pro, in a bid to ensure “steady supply” of the devices. The company has opened several manufacturing facilities in India, including a plant devoted to printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs)earlier this month....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung to take on Amazon, Google, and Apple with Bixby-powered speaker June 15, 2025 As the demand for AI-powered smart speakers increases, more and more companies are entering the market with their own devices. Andy Rubin’s Essential announced theEssential Homelast week, while Apple took the wraps off the HomePod a couple of days ago. Samsung could be the next to enter the voice-controlled speaker fray, according to a report byThe Korea Herald....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces Gear S2 classic model with GSMA e-SIM July 09, 2025 Today, Samsung has announced that it will be releasing a newGear S2 classicmodel which comes equipped with a GSMA standardizede-SIM. This will be the first consumer device on the market to feature such an e-SIM. For those unfamiliar, an e-SIM replaces the physical SIM cards that we have become accustomed to with a small embedded chip, which cannot be removed....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s free TV service is now available on the web July 04, 2025 You no longer have to buy a Samsung phone or TV to try the company’sPlus service. BothProtocolandAndroid Centralnote that Samsung made its free TV offering availableon the web, letting you stream on virtually any device with a browser. The mobile app supports Chromecast streaming, too. A Samsung spokesperson revealed that the tech giant quietly launched its web-based free TV in the second quarter of the year — it just didn’t advertise the expanded platform....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s rebranding to Galaxy is total in Japan June 14, 2025 Earlier this month, we took a look at therecent Samsung rebranding situationthat has occurred in Japan: the OEM’s logo was nowhere to be seen on any of the promotional material for the Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, nor could it be found anywhere on the devices themselves. In the weeks that followed, the story was picked up by not onlyKorean mediasources, but theJapanese mediaas well, not to mention countlesstech sites....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Say goodbye to roaming charges (at least in the EU) July 07, 2025 EU lawmakers have just overcome the “final hurdle” in theirbid to abolish roaming charges, setting limits on the calling, SMS and data fees individual carriers can charge one another. It’s a historic move: enabling the EU to shift the cost of roaming fees from the customer to the carrier....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Skype Lite’s new SMS Insights feature helps you stay on top of important messages July 21, 2025 Back in February, Microsoft launched theSkype Lite appfor Android. It’s aimed at Indian users and offers a fast, lightweight, and most importantly, data-friendly experience. The company has now launched a new feature for the app powered by machine learning called SMS Insights, which basically takes the most important info from the texts you have received and presents it to you on one page....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Speech recognition: life before Siri, and what’s to come June 02, 2025 Though the world is captivated by Siri and her charming ways, old-skoolers know better that she’s not the first virtual assistant to be offering such service. Siri may have brought some personality to the table, alongside her ability to respond to natural language and understand context, albeit in a limited way, but the technology itself is nothing new....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile will once again give free MLB.TV to customers, here are the details! June 17, 2025 Over the past few years,T-Mobilehas made a nice habit out of giving out freeMLB.TVsubscriptions to its customers. It looks like 2020 won’t be any different, as the companyjust confirmed on Twitterthat it will repeat the giveaway in 2020 (h/tDroid-Life). MLB.TV is the official network for all things Major League Baseball....