Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google releases November security patch (Update: OG Pixels patch is live) August 06, 2025 Update, August 07, 2025 (03:25 PM EST):If you own aGoogle PixelorGoogle Pixel XL, you’re probably wondering where your November security patch update is. Although most Google devices — including older Nexus devices — received the patch at the beginning of the month as detailed below, the original Pixel lineup was left high and dry....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google slapped with first major GDPR penalty, to the tune of $57 million June 13, 2025 Today, France’s top data-privacy agency, known as the CNIL, issued the very first major penalty against a U.S. company for violating Europe’s strict new data privacy laws, viaThe Washington Post. The accused company is none other thanGoogle, and the penalty is for a cool $57 million....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s affordable Pixel Buds A series is heading to India June 23, 2025 Some months ago, Google announced thePixel Buds A, its new budget-orientated earbuds in a few regions. Now, they’re finally heading to India to compete in the country’s competitive mid-range buds market. The Pixel Buds A are visually identical to the second generationPixel Budsand include many of the same core touch controls....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR Magic 3 series launched: The best HUAWEI alternative yet? (Updated) June 20, 2025 Update: June 17, 2025 (11:31 AM ET):HONOR CEO George Zhao has confirmed toAndroid Authoritythat the newly announced Magic 3 series will be getting “at least” two Android OS updates. This comes after HONOR previously suggested that the Magic 3 series might only receive one major OS update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR Magic Earbuds announced: Another AirPods clone, but in a nice teal July 21, 2025 HONOR announced a whole slew of things today, including the global version of theHONOR 9X Pro. Along with that new smartphone, it also launched a new set oftrue-wireless headphones: the HONOR Magic Earbuds. Notably, the earbuds feature a form of hybrid noise cancelation, which is definitely nice....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to Launch Android Apps Through Voice Commands Without Internet Connection Aug 16, 2025 Being able to use voice commands to operate your mobile device is certainly high in the coolness scale. Siri, Google Voice, Vlingo, and Sonalight are just some example applications that provide this hands-free functionality. There is one common denominator among these apps however that can be a little limiting....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to master Android Nougat’s new Direct Boot mode August 22, 2025 If your smartphone runs out of battery and shuts down then it will reboot when you connect it to its charger. You can also find yourself in the same situation if your device reboots due to an internal error which caused the software to become unstable. However when a device is encrypted these reboots can have an unfortunate side effect, the device’s storage remains encrypted until the user enters their credentials....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC launches One M9+ and One E9+ in India, One M9 won’t be offered July 26, 2025 HTCannounced today its new lineup for the Indian market, including the One M9+ and the One E9+. The One M9+ waslaunched last week in China, and while HTCsaid it wouldn’t be selling the larger M9 version in the West, the device has now made its way to India....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI HONOR 8 strolls through China’s TENAA Aug 08, 2025 In the eyes of many however, HUAWEI managed to truly up its game when Google selected it to producelast year’s Nexus 6P.This handset, combined with a number of other top tier, premium products, has made many a fan of the OEM, even if its now higher prices are ironically – and apparently –hurting sales, with the company allegedly reducing estimates by 40 million units....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leaked Mi Mix 4 video shows super flexible screen, under-display camera June 27, 2025 Xiaomiis holding an event on August 10 and itconfirmedthat the Mi Mix 4 will be revealed on the day. We’re eagerly looking forward to what the company could have up its sleeve, as the Mix series often brings a radical design to the table. Now, leaker Digital Chat Station hasshared a video on Weibothat purportedly shows the Mi Mix 4 screen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Pay is coming to low-end smartphones, and the global market June 08, 2025 LG‘s mobile payments service, LG Pay, will arrive to low-cost phones next year, according to recent comments made by LG’s mobile communication division president Cho Jun-ho. LG Pay is a platform that allows users to make in-store payments using their smartphone, eliminating the need for credit cards or PIN entry: a smartphone can simply be tapped on a terminal to complete a transaction....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG’s V-series will now be exclusively 5G, G-series will be 4G only August 11, 2025 Ever since theLG V20, LG’s V-series smartphones have suffered from an unfortunate identity crisis. Whatstarted outas a rugged, beefy, spec’d-out smartphone line slowly developed into an amalgamation of LG’s G-series smartphones with more video-centric features. Look at LG’s 2018 smartphone line as an example. Aside from a few extra features, theV40 ThinQdidn’t have a discernible focus — it was just slightly “different” to theLG G7 ThinQ....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Make your Galaxy S8’s nav buttons look like the Pixel’s without too much tinkering August 24, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S8represented a departure from previous iterations in that it uses software-based navigation buttons versus the capacitive keys/physical home button combination of yore. This change led to the creation of a modification that can make the Galaxy S8’s navigation icons look like theGoogle Pixel‘s....