Google Fit supports 100 new activities with latest update

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Fit supports 100 new activities with latest update August 12, 2025 WithAndroid 5.0.1 Lollipopand a mass of app updates rolling out this week, Google is also pushing out a new version ofGoogle Fit. The update includes 100 new activities, bug fixes and a few extras for the Android Wear users in the crowd. Google Fit is a fitness tracking utility that Google has built to run, primarily, from the built-in sensors in your Android device....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Rachael Eaton

Google I/O 2017 app updated with a new seat reservation feature and more

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google I/O 2017 app updated with a new seat reservation feature and more July 18, 2025 Next week, the 2017 edition of theGoogle I/O developers conferencegets underway. If you are attending the event at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California from May 17-19, you’re able to check out the newly updated Google I/O app on Android to get information on the conference, as well as some new features....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · James Vargas

Got a Xiaomi phone? Take some photos for a chance to win $10,000

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Got a Xiaomi phone? Take some photos for a chance to win $10,000 August 25, 2025 Xiaomihas launched a globalsmartphone photography competitionwith up to $50,000 in prizes. The contest, which opened yesterday, features several categories, with the first-place finishers from each being awarded $10,000. Participants must shoot and edit their photos on a Xiaomi handset and no external editing is permitted — you’re only allowed to use the pre-installed photo editor....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Mark Nguyen

HONOR Play global launch: What to expect and how to watch

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR Play global launch: What to expect and how to watch July 26, 2025 Following the announcement of the phone in China and India, HONOR will globally launch it’s latest mid-range smartphone on August 30. The launch event will take place in Berlin at 2PM local time, as well as being live-streamed right here. What we don’t know yet are the HONOR Play’s price and availability, but we’ll definitely learn more during the launch event tomorrow....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Christopher Johnson

India to get twice as much Xiaomi retail presence in brick and mortar locations

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. India to get twice as much Xiaomi retail presence in brick and mortar locations July 20, 2025 Indeed, over the next few months, Xiaomi is planning on doubling their offline presence in India. Currently, 90 percent of their sales in the region are from online sources. With India being both a booming smartphone market, it’s no surprise that the Chinese smartphone maker would want to make their mid-range products available in as many physical locations as possible....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Michael Lyons

Is your Pixel 3 stuck on dark theme? Here's how to fix it.

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is your Pixel 3 stuck on dark theme? Here’s how to fix it. Jun 06, 2025 A few days after I set up my brand newPixel 3, I noticed a bug relating to the system theme. No matter which wallpaper I chose or which device theme I selected, my Pixel 3’s quick settings dropdown and volume controls were stuck on the dark theme — even though my folders,Google Discoverpage, and app drawer were all on the light theme....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Robert Wells

KaiOS is doing well in India, but it's pulling some big numbers in US too

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. KaiOS is doing well in India, but it’s pulling some big numbers in US too August 11, 2025 Update, August 09, 2025 (11:51PM):KaiOS representatives have clarified the technical underpinnings of the feature-phone platform. The company told us that it doesn’t have an Android base, but uses the Android kernel. KaiOS is derived from the FireFoxOS platform, thecompany(andAndroid Authority) previously noted....

August 19, 2025 · 4 min · 770 words · Troy Pace

Meet the Polar M430, a $230 running watch ‘built for accuracy’

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meet the Polar M430, a $230 running watch ‘built for accuracy’ August 21, 2025 The Finnish company Polar has just announced its latest running watch, the M430, equipped with integrated GPS, a wrist-based heart rate monitor, and adaptive training guidance. Polar is not new to fitness trackers and certainly not to heart rate monitoring technology, having been the first to develop a wireless heart rate monitor....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Travis Franklin

Moment now has OnePlus 6 lenses, OnePlus 6T coming in February

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moment now has OnePlus 6 lenses, OnePlus 6T coming in February August 14, 2025 Popular smartphone lens-makersMomenthave supported Pixel phones for a long time. The company recently addedSamsungdevices to the lineup, and now another manufacturer is joining the family:OnePlus. Starting today, you can buya camera case for the OnePlus 6from Moment’s online shop for $30. The case enables you to snap on various Moment lenses, which will increase the quality and versatility of theOnePlus 6camera....

August 19, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Sandra Armstrong

Moto G7 series pricing leaks: Here's what you might pay

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto G7 series pricing leaks: Here’s what you might pay August 16, 2025 Update – February 11: The four phones in Motorola’s Moto 67 series have been officially announced. you’re able to learn more about them by going to ourMoto G7 series reveal page. Original story – January 18: TheMoto G7series has been the subject of several leaks in the past few months, the latest of which gives us more renders and European pricing details....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Gary Smith

My reactions to Sony Project Morpheus at E3 2015

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. My reactions to Sony Project Morpheus at E3 2015 July 09, 2025 I just can’t get enough of E3 2015! But you know what else has me going nuts? VR technology. Especially since I hadn’t experienced anything past glorified Google Cardboard headsets like theSamsung Gear VRandLG VR for G3until today. Everyone was telling me how amazing these other virtual reality headsets really are, so I was excited to give Sony Project Morpheus a test drive....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Alicia Gallagher

New Google Pixel Buds 2020: better, but good enough? And more tech news today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Google Pixel Buds 2020: better, but good enough? And more tech news today June 30, 2025 1. New: Google Pixel Buds 2020, $179, good but not best Google’s newPixel Buds have launchedand the good news is Google appears to have come a long way since its original Pixel Buds, first seen in 2017, which were overpriced and imperfect....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Lindsey Ruiz

New MDK for Project Ara released ahead of second developer conference

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New MDK for Project Ara released ahead of second developer conference August 16, 2025 Google has just released the second version of their Module Developers Kit (MDK .2) forProject Ara, which expands on how developers should go about creating new modules. We weren’t planning to see anything regarding the new MDK from Google until their next developer conference, which will be held on January 14th in Mountain View, California....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Pamela Galloway