Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Battle of the minis: OnePlus X vs Xperia Z5 Compact vs Moto G June 11, 2025 There has been an on-off trend by smartphone makers to release “mini” versions of their flagship handsets, in years gone by Samsung always had a “mini” version of its latest “S” device. However Samsung isn’t the only one playing the “mini” game. After the success of the OnePlus One, OnePlus decided to repackage the One’s internals into theOnePlus X, a smaller 5 inch device, down from 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons hits the Play Store July 17, 2025 Naturally, the pedant in me is quick to ask whether or not the subtitle is entirely necessary. I mean, if they’re brothers, don’t we kind of assume that they’re sons as well? You’re really just restating their familial status from a slightly different perspective. It really doesn’t add much additional context, now does it?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Comments of the Week: Essential’s woes, the new Nokia, and YouTube Music August 20, 2025 Happy Friday to theAndroid Authoritycommunity, both new and seasoned. This is Comment Authority, our weekly roundup of the most notable of your comments from articles published on the site over the past seven days. This week had some really terrific comments on topics as wide-ranging asthe possible sale of Essentialto the newYouTube Musicservice that Google hopes will steal some market share from Spotify....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Confirmed: More OEMs will support Android Q beta than Android P preview June 10, 2025 A big surprise regarding theAndroid P betalast year was the inclusion of third-party manufacturers in the initiative. And a Google engineer has now confirmed that more manufacturers will support theAndroid Qbeta program. “So at Google I/O, when we did the first beta, we had all these companies lined up and that was really quite amazing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. CooTek’s Cherry feminine care app does more than just track your menstrual cycle June 29, 2025 Keeping track of your period along with physical and mental health can be crucial for any female looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Cherry, a popular feminine care app that can track menstrual cycles and provide a feminine care community, is a free app that helps women monitor and sustain a healthy way of living in a personalized manner, allowing them to receive relevant feminine content and discuss health and lifestyle-related topics....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Crackables: Win big prizes with OnePlus’s puzzle game (Update: first four solved!) June 22, 2025 Update, July 04, 2025 (8:47AM ET):OnePlus’ “crypto-puzzle” mobile game Crackables is now live and players are already attempting to crack the code and be among the 1,000 that go through to compete and win the $30,000 grand prize. A few of us here atAndroid Authorityare trying to solve all of Crax’s puzzles and unlock the cube....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fortnite on Android first look - you might want to wait off… July 12, 2025 At this point, whether you’re a gamer or not, there’s a good chance that you’ve at least heard aboutFortnite. This free-to-play game has taken the world by storm and has ended up earning the company hundreds of millions of dollars through in-game purchases. Fortnite has made its way to PC, Macs, game consoles including the Nintendo Switch, and even Apple’s iPhone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. From OnePlus to HUAWEI and back again: What I learned from switching brands August 02, 2025 I switched from theOnePlus 3Tto theHUAWEI P20 Prolast year, and the experience was bittersweet. Although there’s plenty to like about the P20 Pro, I quickly started to miss my old OnePlus phone and all the awesome features it offered. After a year with HUAWEI’s flagship, I had enough, so I switched back to a OnePlus device — theOnePlus 7T....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S8 always-on home button moves around to prevent burn-in June 07, 2025 Samsung’s new flagships come with an option for an always-on home button. For those of you who were worried about burn-in problems, you’ll be happy to know that the button actually moves around slightly to prevent any unintended image retention. This year’s Galaxy S flagships – Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus – may not havethe iconic physical home buttonon the front, but they do have a pressure sensitive software home key....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Garmin announces three sporty smartwatches at CES 2015 June 07, 2025 Everyone said 2014 was the “year of the wearables,” but it seems like we’re seeing way more this year than ever before. One company who is basically only showing wearables off this year atCESisGarmin, the navigation company. Garmin is working hard to extend their already extensive line of wearables, as the company has just announced three new smartwatches....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant comes to Waze, allows for hands-free incident reports June 09, 2025 Wazeis unique in that it allows anyone using the navigation app to report traffic accidents, slowdowns, and more. Doing so enables drivers to alert others on the road to possible hazards. The primary issue with this system is that it requires users to take their eyes off the road — even just momentarily — to make a report....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Ideas is now Jigsaw July 07, 2025 As part of an ongoing initiative to strip away the “Google” branding fromAlphabetsubsidiaries, Google Ideas is calling itself Jigsaw as it ascends from think tank to technology incubator. As part of Jigsaw’s evolution into a separate entity, Jared Cohen, the leader of Google Ideas, will step up as president of the company....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Keep is now Google Keep Notes, because Google June 23, 2025 If you head over toAPKMirror, you’ll see that the latest version ofGoogle Keep—Google’s note-taking app— has a new name:Google Keep Notes. It is not quite clear why the name of the app is different.https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/keep/keep-5-0-371-03-release/ Read Next:Google News app hands-on: The be-all-end-all news aggregator Sure enough, if you install Google Keep Notes onto an Android phone via APKMirror, the default name for the app reflects this change (see above)....