Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus scores 99 on DxOMark, for what it’s worth July 30, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S9 Plusphoto and video capabilities have been awarded a score of 99 byDxOMark, making it the best smartphone camera the website has reviewed. The Galaxy S9 Plus takes the top spotfrom the Google Pixel 2, which has a score of 98, while the iPhone X is pushed to third with a score of 97 (noteDxOMark’s scoring system is not on a 100-point scale)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 tipped to hit store shelves the day after launch June 20, 2025 Yesterday, we received photos from a tipster related to a Best Buy store accidentally putting the unannouncedSamsung Galaxy Watch 3 on the sales floor. That made us speculate that the potential Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 release date is very close. Now, a separate anonymous tipster reached out toAndroid Authorityto claim that theSamsung Galaxy Watch 3will be available to buy in stores and online on June 03, 2025....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s One UI 4.0 beta coming to the US just hours from now (Updated) August 17, 2025 Update, July 07, 2025 (12:19 AM ET):Samsung’s One UI 4 beta is now live. The beta program will be available in China, India, Germany, Poland, South Korea, UK, and the US. Samsung says the release date can vary by each market. However, users in the aforementioned countries can now check the Samsung Members app to register for the beta....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sports on Hulu: How to watch them both live and on demand July 27, 2025 Netflix,Amazon Prime Video,Disney Plus, andthe othersare great, but they’re a little disconnected from athletism. Sports on Hulu are prevalent, on the other hand. This is partly because of its tight live TV integration, but they also have some sporty movies and shows you can enjoy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Streaming censorship: If The Beatles can swear, why can’t Harley Quinn? July 17, 2025 The Beatles: Get Back, a documentary series more than 50 years in the making, dropped onDisney Pluslast month. With it came some discussion about streaming censorship, as viewers began to notice that the miniseries contained swearing beyond what’s usually allowed on the platform. Entertainment companies censoring themselves is nothing new....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Streaming devices from Roku/Google in new 4K HDR fight, and more tech news today June 18, 2025 1. Buying Google’s new Chromecast before launch, and the streaming box wars We’re all set for Google’s Launch Night In event tomorrow, where we’ll get theGoogle Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5, with pricing and availability being key interest points. (The leaks are probably right, but there’s still more to know....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TCL to put Palm back in our hands July 16, 2025 As rumored last week TCL, the parent company behind Alcatel Onetouch, has announced that it is to resurrect the Palm brand and that will remain a truly Californian, Silicon Valley, based company. TCL Communication is a Chinese electronics giant that makes a variety of products including smartphones (under the Alcatel Onetouch brand) and TVs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Telltale Games will launch Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 on July 11 [Update: now available] June 18, 2025 Original (6/7):The sandbox world ofMinecraftis getting expanded once again by Telltale Games. The developer made the surprise reveal today that it will release the first chapter, “Hero in Residence”, of the previously unannounced Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 on July 11 for Android and other platforms....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Thanks to a second data leak, Google+ will shut down sooner than anticipated August 06, 2025 Googleannouncedit has found a second vulnerability inGoogle+. As a result, the Google+ shut-down has been moved up from August 2019 to April 2019. The new vulnerability was found in a software update introduced in November and affected a Google+ API. The vulnerability possibly exposed profile information like names, email addresses, occupations, and ages to developers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The case for capacitive buttons August 13, 2025 This year’sSamsung Galaxy S8is certainly a feature rich flagship, but it’s missing one notable option for some – home and capacitive buttons are absent from the handset. Not only does this do away with one of the Galaxy S flagship’s long running signature looks, but could also be the start of a worrying precedent for fans of capacitive keys....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We hardly knew ye: Samsung is killing its game streaming service August 11, 2025 Game streaming services are all the rage today, and there are quite a few offerings available on the market.Samsungjumped on the bandwagon last year withPlayGalaxy Link, but it’s nowannouncedthat it will be discontinuing the service. “After many difficult discussions, PlayGalaxy Link will be ended on 22 June 2025 due to internal policy changes,” read a notice on the PlayGalaxy website....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Who is the next OnePlus? June 25, 2025 Injust seven years, OnePlus has fully transitioned from a niche OPPO offshoot with anoblique sales strategyandoccasionallyquestionablemarketinginto a legitimate top-tier player in the global smartphone arena. OnePlus is now a household name among even casual tech fans and its affordable flagships have resonated with buyers in the most lucrative yet wildly differing markets, including the US, China, and India....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can make Pixel 4 Motion Sense work in restricted countries, but don’t August 21, 2025 It was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to activateMotion Senseon theGoogle Pixel 4even in countries where the feature is disabled. That day has come, as a Redditor has discovereda fairly-straightforward root commandthat turns the feature on regardless of location....