Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus specs: All about refinements June 24, 2025 Whilelast year’s Samsung flagshipsfeatured more or less the same list of specifications (barring screen size, battery capacity, and dimensions), the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus specs differ in a few more areas. The company is taking more of an Apple approach to its smartphone lineup this time around, which means buying the Plus version will get you more than just a bigger display....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung launches ‘iTest’, an app for iPhone users to try the Galaxy experience June 25, 2025 Just this week, we told you about a new study revolving around teens in the US and theirundying love for iPhones. Additionally, Tim Cook recently mentioned during an earnings call that there’s been a large increase in users leaving Android for the iPhone. Although Android is still the world’s biggest mobile operating system by a huge margin, it’s clear that the ship has a leak....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung now advising that you “power down your Note 7” August 19, 2025 The devil is in the details. Samsung has edited its Note 7 exchange page a few times in the last three days. And while this in itself might not seem like such a big deal, the edits the company has made make it look like the exploding Note 7 battery issue is getting worse rather than better....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Pay crosses 1 million users July 01, 2025 Samsung’s mobile payment solution is increasing in popularity in the company’s home market, with Samsung reporting thatSamsung Payhas now crossed 1 million users in the two months since it launched inKorea. [related_videos title=”Samsung Pay handsets:” align=”left” type=”custom” videos=”651062,643941,638334,637995,634294,623586″]According to the company, the increase in users has seen average daily payments exceed 100,000 and users find that Samsung Pay is the perfect way to settle small bills in convenience and/or department stores, supermarkets and restaurants....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sharp announces 5.5-inch 4K IGZO display with an incredible 806ppi July 12, 2025 Many high-end flagships are already making use of higher resolution QHD (2560×1440) displays, but it seems increasingly likely that we will see our first 4K display smartphone before too long.Sharp, a Japanese LCD display manufacturer, has just announced its 5.5-inch 4K (3840×2160) IGZO display, which packs in a ridiculous 806 pixels per inch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Some LG V20 owners claim camera glass cover breaks easily (Updated) July 09, 2025 Bulging cameras on phones are not only unsightly, they can also pose durability issues, as their glass surface is exposed to more wear and tear compared to the older flush designs. Unlike other phone makers who’ve adopted sapphire to mitigate this issue,LGscorned a sapphire camera cover for the V20....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia XA update tracker (Update: XA and XA Ultra Nougat rollout resumes) August 08, 2025 Both updates are arriving as slightly newer build numbers compared to the original Nougat builds. The newer build for the XA now comes in at build number 33.3.A.0.131, while the new XA Ultra build comes in at 36.1.A.0.182. [aa_image src=“https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Xperia-XA-Nougat-update-315x560-300x533.png” width=“300” height=“533” class=“aligncenter size-medium wp-image-785228”]Xperia Blog...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Supercell’s Clash Royale battles its way to the Google Play Store June 15, 2025 Following the huge success ofClash of Clans, game developerSupercellhas released a new strategy game to the Google Play Store. It’s calledClash Royale, and it’s a real-time multiplayer game that stars the Royales, many popular characters from Clash of Clans, and more. The aim of the game is to knock the enemy King and Princesses from their towers on the other side of the field....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tech companies rally to Apple’s side in encryption debate June 03, 2025 Apple’srow with the US Justice Department regarding smartphone encryption, unlocking and back-doors continues, and now a number of high profile companies in the technology industry are planning to file a joint motion in support of Apple. According to people familiar with the matter,Alphabet Inc,Facebook, andMicrosoftare among the names on the list....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Google Feed might soon get rebranded to “Discover” July 12, 2025 One thing Google is good at is predicting what type of information users might be interested in reading and learning more about. One way the company tries to deliver this content is through theGoogle Feedfound within the Google app and through a side panel in thePixel Launcher. But despite a rebranding of this section just a year ago away from the Google Now name, it appears that the search giant is looking to shake things up again and possibly rename the Google Feed to “Discover” (viaXDA-Developers)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Nokia Snake slithers its way back on the new 3310 feature phone July 07, 2025 HMD Global confirmed today at the2017 Mobile World Congress trade showthat it would release a new version of theclassic Nokia 3310 feature phone. As it turned out, that phone will also include a new version of the classic Nokia Snake mobile game as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is what Apple Music for Android will look like July 16, 2025 Back inJune, we received a heads up from Apple that their music streaming service would be hitting Android devices sometime this fall, a few months later than its arrival to iOS, OSX, and PC. Although the app rolled out to the other operating systems in due course, we didn’t hear much else about the Android version’s development since then....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. UC Browser update makes downloads even faster August 22, 2025 The latest update to UC Browser for Android promises to download files faster than any other browser regardless of your connection speed. UCWeb, developers of UC Browser, already claim their browser downloads files faster than any othermobile browser. The latest version of the app is supposed to increase speeds by 15% on 3G and Wi-Fi....