Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Full Galaxy Note 7 specs leak along with new Gear VR and renders July 29, 2025 TheGalaxy Note 7leak fest is starting to approach HTClevels, but we won’t complain. Not only has a swathe of new renders appeared, but we now have a full specs list and our first glimpse of the newGear VRfrom Steve Hemmerstoffer (aka @OnLeaks). First up, the Galaxy Note 7 specs include a 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 7 drops Samsung SDI batteries after fires June 24, 2025 As part of itsGalaxy Note 7 recallprocess,Samsungwill be replacing the batteries used in the handset to ensure that all of its smartphones are safe to use. Reports from inside the Korean industry now suggest that the company will be completely dropping batteries produced by its Samsung SDI subsidiary from use in the Note 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Camera takes us back to the future with upcoming mode July 24, 2025 Google Camerais arguably one of Google’s greatest creations, bringing fantastic picture quality to itsPixelsmartphones. We’ve previously seen the company add features like HDR+ and Night Sight to the app, but it looks like another addition is in the works. According to a teardown of the Google Camera app (version 6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google changed power saving settings on some Pixel devices — without users knowing June 08, 2025 Google has admitted to changing the power saving mode settings automatically on some devices. According to aposton the company’s official Reddit account, this is due to the search giant having “mistakenly” rolled out an internal experiment to test battery saving to more users than intended....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home Mini gets a new color: Aqua (Update: Finally available) July 21, 2025 Update, July 06, 2025 (12:10 PM EST):The October 29 launch date of the Aqua-colored Google Home Mini came and went without a peep from Google. Now, a month later, you can officially buy a Google Home Mini in the newest color option via the Google Store, as well as from Walmart....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google: No more YouTube comments on almost every video featuring minors July 30, 2025 In a sweeping policy change announced today,Googleis disabling YouTube comments on nearly every video on the platform which features at least one minor. The company made the announcement on itsYouTube Creator Blog. According to the blog post, Google is instituting the huge alteration to YouTube comments due to “predatory behavior....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s billboard hints at October 4 reveal date for Pixel 2 series July 25, 2025 It looks like the Pixel 2 series might be announced on October 4.Droid Lifegot its hands on an image of Google’s billboard with the tagline “Ask more of your phone” that has been spotted in Boston. It also shows the already mentioned date along with company’s logo — check it out below....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are some of the design tweaks you’ll see in the Android P Beta 3 June 25, 2025 TheAndroid P beta 3 landed yesterdayand we’ve been digging into what’s new in the latest build. It’s a comparatively lightweight update without any major feature additions, but there are some small design tweaks you might notice if you get your hands on it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How is 5G actually going to work? June 26, 2025 4G LTE is already providing millions of customers with super fast data, but with more and more carriers looking to flip the switch on even nippier1 Gbps networksand phones boastingfaster modems, it’s tough not to wonder if we’re closing in on next-generation 5G networks soon. Unfortunately, we’re all used to hearing that there are still some technical hurdles to overcome and plenty of infrastructure investments left to be made until consumers start receiving their first 5G signals, but the date is closing in....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use the 3D Camera Tracker in Adobe After Effects June 17, 2025 Adobe After Effects is one of the most popular video editing platforms on the market. Whether you’re a home movie maker or an aspiring director, you can use tons of tools to perfect your videos. One of the most useful effects you can use is the 3D Camera Tracker in motion effects....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Museum winner photos now showing in Times Square June 20, 2025 Earlier this year,Huaweilaunched a new contestcalled the Emergent Projectas part of the smartphone company’s online photography community,the HUAWEI Museum. Earlier this month, the winners of the contest were revealed, and their images have been on display on a massive electronic billboard in New York City’s Times Square....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. In-display selfie cameras really are coming, and more tech news you need to know July 22, 2025 1. In-display selfie cameras hit mass production Almost a year to the day, in June 2019, we talked aboutin-display, or in-screen selfie camerasemerging from patents and labs as real technology prototypes, set to replace notches, holes, pop-ups for capturing selfies from front-facing cameras....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s 2020 and the Google Play Store still has a major fake review problem June 30, 2025 Nowadays, it’s taken for granted that user reviews are a terrible metric for quality. Everything from restaurant reviews on Yelp to product reviews on Amazon caneasily be faked, driving up (or down) aggregate review scores. When it comes to theGoogle Play Store, these fake reviews can play a huge role in the success of any given app....