Bose Sleepbuds review — Everything you need to know

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bose Sleepbuds review — Everything you need to know July 29, 2025 This article previously appeared on our sister site,SoundGuys.com If you’ve got tinnitus, getting to sleep never really gets easier with time. While we’d all like to envision ourselves as the protagonist ofBaby Driver, those afflicted with tinnitus or a noisy sleep environment are generally tired wrecks during the day....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1224 words · Andrew Hayes

Check out these triple-screen, foldable Xiaomi phone renders

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Check out these triple-screen, foldable Xiaomi phone renders June 19, 2025 Thanks to a few recent patents spotted byITHome, we just got our first look at a couple of unique devices we could see in the future from Xiaomi. These patents don’t reveal too much information, but they show us what appears to be either two triple-screen or possibly foldable devices....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Tiffany Jones

Data shows used phones are safe to buy, but one feature is tricky

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Data shows used phones are safe to buy, but one feature is tricky July 09, 2025 Buyingused phonesmight seem like a risky move. After all, who knows what the previous owner did (or didn’t do) when they were using it? However, a company calledOptoFidelity— which automates smartphone testing for various companies — just released some data it’s discovered about used phones....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Ryan Peters

Deezer is finally available for all in the US

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deezer is finally available for all in the US August 02, 2025 France’sDeezermusic streaming service just launched in full in the US, expanding its footprint beyond the toehold it already held in the States. Previously the music streaming service was only available to those in the US who signed up from Bose or Sonos, and also to Cricket Wireless customers....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Robert Garcia

Do we really need more than three rear cameras on a smartphone?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Do we really need more than three rear cameras on a smartphone? July 23, 2025 It seems like 2018 marked the start of the triple-camera smartphone, asHuaweiandLGboth issued unique rear camera setups. Samsung decided three wasn’t enough, launching the quad-cameraGalaxy A9 2018last month. Adding a quad-camera setup to a non-flagship is certainly bold, but is it a harbinger of things to come?...

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1089 words · Aaron Holmes

Download these beautiful Nexus 2016 wallpapers

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Download these beautiful Nexus 2016 wallpapers July 15, 2025 Google is good at a lot of things – including making beautiful wallpapers. Nexus wallpapers are known for their minimalist beauty, and judging by some of the leaked Nexus 2016 wallpapers, this year will be no exception. We don’t know a whole lot about the upcoming Nexus phones: codenamed “Sailfish,” the alleged 5 inch FHD smartphone will be made by HTC, sporting a quad-core chipset and a 12-megapixel rear camera....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Lori Moore

Ever wanted a foldable phone that's also a smartwatch? TCL may be working on one

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ever wanted a foldable phone that’s also a smartwatch? TCL may be working on one June 29, 2025 TCLis a name you’d usually associate with low-endAlcatelphones andBlackBerry-branded devices. But the company may be working on foldable devices too, according toCNET. The outlet obtained renders and patent image filings for several devices (seen in the main image), and the most striking gadget is afoldable phonethat turns into asmartwatchof sorts....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Cassandra Lozano

Experimental COVID-19 test attempts to use your voice to check for symptoms

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Experimental COVID-19 test attempts to use your voice to check for symptoms August 20, 2025 The currentcoronavirus pandemicis sweeping the globe, and test kits are running thin as more and more people get sick. That’s why a research team at Carnegie Mellon University developed a cheaper, more accessible way to potentially detect signs of the virus: voice detection (h/t:Futurism)....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · April Flores

FTC extends its antitrust investigation into Alphabet and Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FTC extends its antitrust investigation into Alphabet and Android July 11, 2025 Having only just received formal charges from theEuropean Commission’s antitrust investigation, Google’s parent companyAlphabetnow appears to be under closer scrutiny from the US’Federal Trade Commissionas well. Sources close to the regulator suggest that the investigator has met with several companies to gather complaints about Android. The FTC is examining very similar issues to the European Commission, which mainly revolve around Google’s grip over its Android operating system and if any of its practises constitute anti-competitive behaviour....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Brandy Stevenson

Galaxy Gear hands-on and first impressions

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Gear hands-on and first impressions July 17, 2025 Along with the Note 3 and the new Note 10.1, Samsung unveiled today the much anticipated Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Designed as a companion to Galaxy smartphones, the Gear is Samsung’s big effort to get a head start in the wearable computing race, at a time when a multitude of competitors are devising their own strategies for a new generation of computers....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1217 words · Deanna Richard

Get used to gesture navigation because it's coming to more Android phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get used to gesture navigation because it’s coming to more Android phones August 22, 2025 Googlehas been talking about gesture controls sinceI/O 2018, introducing the navigation method as an option inAndroid Pie. However, with the launch of thePixel 3, this feature is no longer optional; you can’t disable gesture navigation on the new flagship phone. And the situation will soon be the same for all Androids....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Chelsey Lynch

Google is brewing a competitor to Amazon Echo

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is brewing a competitor to Amazon Echo July 06, 2025 The most curious thing about theAmazon Echois that it wasn’t intended to be the breakaway success that it was. The project was developed almost experimentally to see what could be done with the technology, and although Amazon certainly hoped to find a niche audience, the massive success of the Echo was something that nobody really saw coming....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Mr. James Chambers

Google Pixel 4a vs Pixel 4 camera shootout: Budget vs flagship

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4a vs Pixel 4 camera shootout: Budget vs flagship June 27, 2025 TheGoogle Pixel 4ahas some big boots to fill. Its predecessor, the Pixel 3a, boasted the best camera on a mid-range smartphone by some margin, so much so that it could go toe-to-toe with Google’s flagship phones. Can the Pixel 4a do the same against the agingPixel 4series?...

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 825 words · Marisa Whitaker