Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Gear SDK reveals more circular Gear details: rotating bezel and more August 08, 2025 Last month Samsung announced its intention to offer the next-gen Gear SDK to developersahead of their next watch’s announcement. The rumor mill suggests that the next Gearwon’t actually arrive until IFA,but that’s not stopping Samsung from releasing the SDK. Interested developers can now grab the SDK and dive in, giving them plenty of time to develop great apps for the next-gen circular Gear....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Week deals: Make huge savings on phones and electronics June 12, 2025 Did you know it wasSamsung Week? No, us neither. We must have missed the fanfare, but the good news is that dozens of top Samsung products are on sale until December 13. The deals span both Amazon and the Samsung home site, and they include everything from $1,500 off an 8K QLED TV to $300 off selected smartphones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony: Striped displays aren’t a defect, here’s why they happen August 01, 2025 It seems likeSony Xperia XZ1 CompactandXZ2owners have had to contend with strange stripes appearing on their screens. The Japanese company has now offered an explanation toTweakers(h/t:Xperia Blog), claiming the striped displays aren’t actually a defect. The stripes reportedly appear when users frequently rub or touch their display, disappearing after a short time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Streaming video quality cuts in Europe, and more tech news today August 21, 2025 1. Coming to you soon: lower quality everything? YouTube has joined Netflix in reducing video quality in Europe, and that might just be the start of things to come. Money saving!: Update:Amazon Prime Video is also joining in, pledging to reduce its own streaming quality to helpmake more moneywith internet traffic issues....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Suicide Squad: Special Ops is now available for free in the Play Store August 20, 2025 Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have heard a thing or two about Jared Leto and his role as the Joker in the upcoming movie,Suicide Squad. It’s arguably one of the most anticipated films of this summer, featuring Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jay Hernandez as El Diablo, and many more of your favorite actors and actresses....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Witcher Adventure Game now available on Google Play June 22, 2025 Anyone that lovesRPG gameshas probably heard of The Witcher, with the highly anticipated third part of the series set to arrive on the Xbox One, PS4, and PC’s in February 2015. But Polish developer CD Projekt RED has decided to give us a little something new to hold us over before then, and has officially released digital board game The Witcher Adventure Game for Android on Google Play....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Today’s episode of ‘The Tonight Show’ filmed using only Galaxy S10 Plus July 09, 2025 Now that smartphone still photography is reaching peak performance, the next frontier isbringing new features and capabilities to smartphone video recording. With that in mind, we just learned thatSamsungis making a unique promotional push for the video capabilities of theSamsung Galaxy S10 Plus. As part of a new deal with NBC, Samsung arranged to have an entire episode of “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” filmed with aSamsung Galaxy S10 Plus(viaVariety)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Top examples of Google ignoring its own Material Design guidelines June 03, 2025 Pointing out the hypocrisies of big companies never gets old, even when the big company in question is our very own Google. Let’s be honest, Google is hardly beyond reproach when it comes to some of its business decisions and the tech giant has definitely been known to slip up now and again....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is an LTPO display and how does it help conserve battery? July 20, 2025 High refresh rate displayshave become increasingly common over the past few years, even onbudget smartphones. While a higher refresh rate does make using your smartphone feel snappier and smoother, it comes with some major drawbacks — namely increased power draw and battery drain. Luckily, the display industry has found a way to mitigate those problems with a new technology dubbed LTPO, or low-temperature polycrystalline oxide....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi 11T series launched: Affordable flagships without the Mi name June 26, 2025 The Xiaomi Mi 10T series launched roughly a year ago as the firm’s flagship family for the second half of 2020. Now, Xiaomi is doing the same thing this year with the newly launched 11T series, with these also being the firm’s first flagships without the Mi moniker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi CEO: We’re back to healthy growth, betting big on India August 23, 2025 The rapid growth Xiaomi once experienced has slowed down in the recent years, which is something the company plans on changing soon. The Chinese manufacturer wants to get back on track by increasing its presence in India, where it is already quite successful. It started doing business in the country about two years ago and has invested around $500 million since then....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Your friends might get a glimpse of your search history from Google Assistant in Allo (Updated) July 23, 2025 Google Assistant may be rolling outto all Android phones running Marshmallow and up, but the new voice assistant has actually been available on Android devices for some time now, thanks toGoogle Allo. With Allo, you can summonGoogle Assistantto perform searches, set reminders, ask about the weather, and a whole lot more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 best selling smartphones of all time June 10, 2025 We’re spoilt for choice forsmartphone modelsthese days, from high-end to cost-effective, each with an ever-growing list of features. More people are buying phones than ever before, yet finding a winning formula in today’s crowded market is harder than it sounds. We already know which are themost popular phones of all time....