Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Which smartphones retain their resale value the best? July 23, 2025 Keeping up in the mobile market can be a costly endeavor. Whether you’re keen to keep up to date with the latest and greatest in smartphone technology, or simply like to update your phone every year, selling your old phone can make all the difference. However, due to the fast rate of change in mobile technology and wide range of handset released every year, smartphone prices typically fall shortly after they launch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why custom imaging chips are the next mobile photography battleground June 11, 2025 Photography prowess sells smartphones. In fact, it’s probably the biggest product differentiator in the market right now and has been for some years. Experimenting withdifferent camera setupshas produced the most robust and gimmicky photography packages in equal quantities, but the next smartphone photography war looks set to be fought on the image processing front....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why India is the next battleground for smartphone makers June 21, 2025 According to a report byKantar Worldpanel, smartphone sales in the US, China, and EU5 have already surpassed 90 percent of the potential market. In order to boost sales and increase revenues, companies are increasingly turning towards India, which is currently the second biggest smartphone market in the world behind China....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Yet another WhatsApp update arrives, bringing even more Material Design June 07, 2025 Just yesterday WhatsApp made its Material Design-packing appupdate available on Google Play, after offering it exclusively for download from its website since April. It seems that this was only the beginning, however, as the WhatsApp website has now put up an even newer version of the app for your downloading pleasure....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now cast 4K YouTube videos at 60fps to NVIDIA Shield TV August 08, 2025 The Android TV streaming box from NVIDIA, which has previously impressed us with its gaming capabilities, is getting major audio and visual improvements. NVIDIA Shield TVmay not be the most affordable set-top box out there, but it certainly is one of the most capable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can stream the Winter Olympics in VR on almost any device August 24, 2025 Bummed that you won’t be in Pyeong Chang for the 2018 Winter Olympics? Thanks to NBC, you can simply stream the events on your VR device. The American broadcasting company says that it will be streaming 50 hours of VR coverage from a variety of games straight from Pyeong Chang, South Korea next month....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 2nd gen Chromecast details leaked August 10, 2025 A rather majorChromecastupdate is in the works, according to leaked documents seen by9to5Google.The refresh looks set bring some improved hardware and all new features to Google’s miniature streaming platform. Starting with the second generation Chromecast hardware, the biggest change looks to be improved WiFi, which should result in a stronger, faster connection for streaming....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A Razer Phone 3 prototype may have surfaced in a Chinese online market July 13, 2025 Razer hasn’t had a phone on the market since 2018’sRazer Phone 2, but that isn’t silencing talk about a third model. XDAreports that a merchant on China’s Taobao marketplace brieflylisted(and has since pulled) what looked like a Razer Phone 3 prototype. While the specs of the device are a mystery, the photos suggested it would have thinner top and bottom bezels as well as three rear cameras instead of its predecessor’s two....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android users in Europe may get more search choices after Google about-face June 21, 2025 You may soon get more choices forAndroid’s search engine— if you live in Europe, at least. AsTechCrunchreports (disclaimer: this author writes forTC’ssibling siteEngadget), Google hasscrappedan auction system where companies paid or a chance to be included in Europe’s Android search choice screen. It will also include more than the existing four choices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T gets slap on the wrist for ‘preventable outages’ of 911 services July 07, 2025 TheFCC just fined AT&T$5.25 million in order to settle an investigation into two nationwide outages of 911 phone services in 2017. One outage lasted for about five hours and affected over 12,000 people looking for 911 assistance. In itslast reported quarter, AT&T pulled in $38 billion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Because of Treble, OEMs will have no excuse for not consistently updating your phone August 24, 2025 Google I/O 2018wrapped up about a month ago now, but we are still processing the massive amount of informationGooglepresented at the conference. One of the hottest topics there wasProject Treble, Google’s incredible undertaking aimed at one purpose: fixingAndroid fragmentation. At the conference,ARSTechnicasat down with Iliyan Malchev (the head of Project Treble) andDave Burke(Android’s VP of Engineering) for an in-depth interview about Project Treble and the future upgrades coming withAndroid P....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best general reference apps for Android August 16, 2025 Our Android devices can be used in a lot of different ways. Aside from receiving calls and sending out SMS messages, our Android device can work just like a mini computer. you may check your mail, browse the Internet, play HD games, and as general reference. With the hundreds of thousands of apps on the Google Play Store, you can easily transform your device into a handy and pocket-sized dictionary, thesaurus, how-to manual, book of facts, and much more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Black Shark 2 Pro revealed: Snapdragon 855 Plus, UFS 3.0, 12GB RAM for under $450 August 24, 2025 Xiaomi’s Black Shark series offers gaming-focused features and powerful hardware for a reasonable price, and the brand is back with the newly announced Black Shark 2 Pro. True to its teases, the new phone offers aSnapdragon 855 Pluschipset with a so-called “direct touch liquid cooling system....