Exclusive PUBG Mobile content now available with Amazon Prime

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive PUBG Mobile content now available with Amazon Prime August 19, 2025 Amazon Primehas long offered free stuff through itsTwitch Prime program, but those rewards have traditionally been limited to PC and console games. Now, Amazon is expanding the program to include mobile games, starting with the biggest mobile game around:PUBG Mobile. The exclusive content is available on both Android and iOS, and to claim it all you need to do is log in and tap the Amazon Prime banner....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Jessica Barnes

Facebook Messenger is getting ads

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook Messenger is getting ads August 08, 2025 FacebookMessenger, one of the world’s largest messaging apps, has historically been 100% ad-free. However,TechCrunchhas uncovered a leaked document intended for Facebook advertiser that reveals plans to begin inserting ads into Messenger in Q2 2016. TechCrunch isn’t revealing images of the document so as to protect their source, but the details reveal that Messenger will allow companies to send ads as messages to users given that the user has started a chat conversation with the company....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Frank Nguyen

Facebook will recognize you in photos where your face is not showing

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook will recognize you in photos where your face is not showing August 08, 2025 Facebook’s facial recognition blows me away every single time I see it at work. Some of us love it, as it makes it an easy task to tag all your friends and get on with your life. On the other hand, some people hate that Facebook knows so much about them....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Alan Banks

Fleksy Keyboard drops price tag, now available for free with in-app purchases

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fleksy Keyboard drops price tag, now available for free with in-app purchases June 02, 2025 In an effort to bring its wonderful text prediction to more users,Fleksy, one of the best third party keyboard apps on Android, has just dropped in price from $1.99 to free. The Fleksy team will still offer premium content within the app, but using the keyboard with its basic functionality will now be free for all users from here on out....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Jesus Johnson

Galaxy Buds Plus easily repairable, put AirPods Pro to shame

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Buds Plus easily repairable, put AirPods Pro to shame June 10, 2025 In its latest teardown video,iFixittook apart the newSamsung Galaxy Buds Plus.iFixitlabeled the previous generation Galaxy Buds the easiest wireless earbuds on the market to repair. The Galaxy Buds Plus continue that trend, scoring a cool 7/10 in its repairability scale. This is particularly impressive considering every iteration of theApple AirPodshas received a whopping 0/10, making themvirtually impossible to repair....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · James Vargas

Galaxy Note 8 could feature dual-lens camera with 3X optical zoom

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 8 could feature dual-lens camera with 3X optical zoom June 15, 2025 The latest rumor from South Korea claims that the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 could have two cameras on the back: one 12-megapixel wide-angle lens and one 13-megapixel telephoto lens. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Pluswere officially launched a month or so ago, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get excited about the upcoming Galaxy Note 8....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Sharon Ibarra

Galaxy S9 variant with iPhone X-style dual-camera housing pops up on TENAA

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S9 variant with iPhone X-style dual-camera housing pops up on TENAA July 15, 2025 Despite its tiny market share in the country, Samsung usually hassomethingup its sleeve for Chinese customers. And it looks like that something might be a rather interestingGalaxy S9variant. The device,spotted on TENAA(translated version), features model number SM-G8850 and sports a vertically stacked dual-camera setup akin to theiPhone X....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Robert Williams

Google denies Android Auto data collection claims following harsh Motor Trend report

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google denies Android Auto data collection claims following harsh Motor Trend report August 19, 2025 If you happen to own an Android smartphone, tablet, or use pretty much any other type of Google product, it’s no secret that the Mountain View-based company is collecting your data. Some people are okay with this fact, others are not. And as it turns out, this is the main reason why Porsche decided to forgoAndroid Auto, Google’s connected car platform, for Apple’s CarPlay in its new 2017 Porsche 911....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Corey Johnson

Google Docs gets a bunch of new editing features with the latest update

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Docs gets a bunch of new editing features with the latest update July 13, 2025 You can now assign custom names to previous versions of your document and suggest changes even on a mobile device, but how does it fare against Microsoft Office? Before cloud computing, Microsoft’s Office products were the norm; however, with Google’s introduction of Docs, Slides, and Sheets, the way we create, edit, and share documents has drastically changed....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Julia Ross

Google hid the big UI changes in Android 12, but here are some screenshots

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google hid the big UI changes in Android 12, but here are some screenshots July 31, 2025 Before we sawthe first Android 12 developer previewyesterday, we saw a leak of somepotential UI changesfor the operating system. However, when we actually got Android 12 installed, we found that it looked pretty much just likeAndroid 11. What happened to all those big design changes?...

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Amy Hartman

Google I/O 2019 keynote: Watch it now!

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google I/O 2019 keynote: Watch it now! July 08, 2025 It’s that time of the year again, when developers gather in Mountain View for the Google I/O conference. Google is holding a keynote address on the first day (May 7), where it’s expected to reveal new hardware and discuss its plans for the rest of the year. Here’s what you need to know about the Google I/O 2019 keynote address....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · David Bryant

Google is making passwords safer to use on Chrome and Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is making passwords safer to use on Chrome and Android August 12, 2025 TheGoogle I/Odeveloper conference is underway, and the company revealed during the event it is launchingnew ways to make strong and unique passwordsfor smartphones and PCs that use the Chrome web browser or Chrome OS. Google’s Jen Fitzpatrick talked about four new features that are coming to the company’s Password Manager....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Tonya Smith

Google Maps update v9.13: add businesses, Street View thumbnails and more

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Maps update v9.13: add businesses, Street View thumbnails and more July 02, 2025 Have you noticed a new Google Maps update hit your device? It happens to come with some nifty new features. This upgrade takes the Search Giant’s mapping app to version 9.13. It comes with a couple main improvements, as well as your typical bug fixes, so let’s dig into all the details....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Tyler Briggs