Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Check out the alleged list of Samsung Galaxy S6 pre-installed apps July 20, 2025 We are less than aweek away from Samsung’s next big thingand if all rumors prove true, the Samsung Galaxy S6 may end up being the phone that many of us believed the GS5 would be: a less bloated Galaxy with a truly new design that sets itself apart from Galaxy S devices of the past....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chinese officials continue to push western technology out August 10, 2025 facebooklogin.net In China, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is one of three antitrust regulators whose job is to investigate corporations over alleged “anti-competitive” behavior based on a 2008 anti-monopoly law. But nowat least 30 foreign corporationsfrom around the world are complaining about the treatment that their representatives are receiving from Chinese officials during such investigations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook steals Advanced Technologies and Projects chief from Google June 01, 2025 Regina Dugan was until very recently the captain ofGoogle’s Advanced Technologies and Projectsgroup (ATAP). However, Facebook is reporting that they’ve just hired the tech star to steer one of their latest projects, Building 8. Although not much is known about the goals of the Building 8 group outside of Facebook, the hardware they are looking at developing is, according to Dugan, badass and beautiful....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Future phones may come coated with this new self-healing material August 05, 2025 A team of Korean researchers have developed a new self-hearing material called “Elastomer,” which can restore dents and cracks within 30 minutes. As technologies like wireless charging become the norm, the general design trend is also changing to accompany those technologies. If we look at some of the leading smartphone manufacturers and their flagships like theGalaxy S8or the iPhone X, it’s clear that glass construction is back in style....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 20 Ultra vs Galaxy S20 Ultra camera shootout: Sibling rivalry August 02, 2025 Samsung has not one, but two phones vying for the top camera of 2020. TheSamsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultrais a photography monster, but theGalaxy S20 Ultrais a picture-taking beast too. These two flagships from the same company have lots of similarities when it comes to their cameras, but there are also plenty of differences....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Garmin vívoactive HR review June 10, 2025 Garmin vívoactive HR What we like What we don’t like Our scores Garmin has been making fitness and activity trackers for quite some time now, and perhaps one of the most beefy, jack-of-all-trade offerings from the company so far is the vívoactive HR. The vívoactive HR comes with a built-in GPS, a great water resistance rating, 8-day battery life, and an accurate heart rate monitor, but are all of those features worth the high price tag?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google I/O 2015 review for Android Developers July 10, 2025 Google I/O 2015 has come and gone, and as expected, left us with a ton of exciting new features, announcements and products, from the entirety of the Googleplex, including Android, Chrome, Search and ATAP. There is a lot of information from this years conference, and we have sifted through this information avalanche, and filtered out the most important stuff for Android Developers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is taking all your old free G Suite accounts as hostages June 07, 2025 It’s been a long time coming, butGooglehas finally rung the death knell forG Suite legacy free edition users. Launched back in 2006, the service allowed businesses and schools to set up custom domains for use with Google’s popular Gmail services. Being a free service, Google Apps gained significant popularity amongst enthusiasts as well as businesses....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why OnePlus doesn’t support Project Treble – yet July 01, 2025 Updates have always been a subject of hot debate within the Android community. Some OEMs deliver OS updates in a timely manner, and others, not so much. Google has a plan to help with that, and that plan isProject Treble. The goal of Project Treble is simple really, and it is to make updates faster and easier for device manufacturers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in Midnight Black (Update: and in Maple Gold too) June 18, 2025 As mentioned in the original coverage below, the Note 8 is rumored to come with a dual-camera setup, which the image below would seemingly verify. Just like on the Galaxy S8, the fingerprint also appears to be weirdly positioned on the rear, to the right of the cameras....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How can you use Android, but not be tracked by Google July 30, 2025 Occasionally, Android Authority receives a question from a reader. We answer as many as we can, and sometimes we think a public answer might actually be better than replying in private. Here’s a slightly edited question we received by email from Steve (not his real name), over the holidays:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use Incense in Pokemon Go, where to find them, and what they do July 29, 2025 How to use Incense in Pokemon Go Using Incense in Pokemon Go is actually very easy. Just follow these steps: Once you’ve activated your Incense, your Pokemon Go character will have a pinkish-purple mist swirling around them. That indicates that the Incense is currently active....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC says no to QWERTY Android phones, G2 owners put a sad face July 26, 2025 With top-tier smartphones sporting physical QWERTY keyboards becoming a rarity these days, we can add HTCto the list of phone manufacturers that won’t be offering a new keyboard-equipped Android smartphone anytime soon. Speaking during a press event in Seattle, HTCcreative director Claude Zellweger explained the company’s stance on creating QWERTY phones....