Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Lens is your decoder ring for Stranger Things ads in today’s newspaper June 15, 2025 There are three ads inThe New York Timesrelated to Starcourt Mall, an in-universe location featured heavily in the third season of Netflix’s breakout hit Stranger Things. The ads look pretty innocuous if you just glance at them on the page, butGoogle Lensexposes the full experience....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Music has completely overhauled Chromecast integration August 19, 2025 In an announcement welcomed by tech-savvy music lovers everywhere,Google Play Musicis rolling out a new update that focuses on improving the popular music app’s integration withChromecast. Previously, using Google Play Music withGoogle Castwould occasionally stop playback between songs, which could really throw a kink into your house party’s groove....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Stadia controller pays homage to gaming lore with its Konami Code Easter egg June 17, 2025 Google earlier today finally took the wraps offStadia, the company’s cloud gaming service that debuts later this year. However, eagle-eyed viewers of the announcement noticed that the Stadia controller features an important piece of gaming lore: the Konami Code. You can spot the famous cheat code on the back of the Stadia controller, though it’s only visible for a second or two duringGoogle’sGDC 2019 presentation....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hate bezels but love selfies? Check out the all-new OPPO F5 August 02, 2025 Boasting a powerful front-facing camera and AI beauty recognition technology, the OPPO F5 brings a Galaxy-esque bezel-less design at a fraction of the cost. We gave you a glimpse of the OPPO F5 just a few weeks ago, the company’s latest Selfie Expert smartphone. Today, the Guangdong-based Chinese electronics manufacturer has officially taken the wraps off the device, and I have to say, it makes me wish I were in Asia right now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to install Java, and everything else you need to know August 04, 2025 Whether you want to begin coding in Java or just wish to run Java apps, you first need to learn how to install Java. In this post, we’ll see how to do that. Why do you need to install Java? Programmers would describe Java as both being “compiled” and “interpreted....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to install the Android SDK June 28, 2025 The Android Software Development Kit (SDK) is a crucial part of Android development for beginners to come to grips with. It’s a selection of files bundled together that you will need to begin creating Android apps. It consists of tools like the virtual device manager (emulator) and ADB bridge, as well as a library of additional code for making Java programs work with the Android platform....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI CEO slams Samsung Galaxy Fold design as ‘not good’ August 09, 2025 The two most prevalent foldable devices recently revealed are theSamsung Galaxy FoldandHUAWEI Mate X. Although both devices feature a foldable display, the designs are actually quite different. In a recent interview withBusiness Insider, HUAWEI consumer CEO Richard Yu admits that, originally, his company was working on a design more like the Galaxy Fold....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P9, P9 Plus and P9 Lite update tracker (Update: Camera and Gallery improvements) Aug 08, 2025 The updated build (EVA-L19C185B393) adds Moving Picture mode which lets users take dynamic photos in the Camera app’s Standard mode. There are also improvements to the Gallery app, including the ability to search for photos by date, location, or album name, and the addition of Highlights – a feature that lets users select multiple images and videos to commemorate an occasion or moment....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is Google’s Fuchsia OS the key to merge Android and Chrome OS or not? August 02, 2025 In August 2016, word got out that Google had very quietly started working on an newoperating system with the name Fuchsia. A few weeks after that news hit, rumors also began appearing online about anotherGoogle OS project, Andromeda. Those reports claimed that it was designed to be a hybrid of Android andChrome OS, and that an early version was running internally at Google on theNexus 9tablet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s official: YouTube TV officially adding channels, will raise prices on March 13 August 05, 2025 Update (02/14/18):Googlehas now confirmedwhat was previously leaked earlier this week about its updates to YouTube TV. It has added a number of new cable TV channels to its base package from Turner Networks, along with launching YouTube TV access in many new markets in the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo unveils the VIBE P1, P1m and S1 smartphones at IFA 2015 July 03, 2025 Lenovohas taken the wraps offquite a few new products today. We’ve already told you about the company’s new YOGA Tablet 3 and Tablet 3 Pro, as well as the PHAB and PHAB Plus smartphones. As if those weren’t enough, Lenovo has just officially announced three new smartphones, the VIBE P1, VIBE P1m and VIBE S1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG K8 and LG K10 hands on: mid-range moneymakers August 15, 2025 LG didn’t bring the big guns toCES 2017, but it did bring the guns that make money. The K series – short for Kinetic and spiritual successor to the now-defunct L series – fit comfortably in the budget mid-range spectrum with sub-$200 price points. We’re only covering the two higher-end variants here, the K10 and K8, but LG also presented the even-lower-end K4 and K3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola reveals the Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus August 23, 2025 Mere months after the release ofMoto G5 and G5 Plusin March, it appears that they’re now getting an upgrade. Today, Motorola unveiled two sequels to its mid-range device series — the Moto G5S (above) and the Moto G5S Plus (below). The new Moto G5S comes with an evident redesign of the G5 exterior and it’s now an all-metal smartphone made out of a single block of aluminum....