Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Taking on Amazon and Google turns out to be harder than Apple thought July 21, 2025 Apple’s $350HomePodwas meant to be a premium smart speaker that would do battle with the likes of Amazon’sEchoand Google’sHome Maxfor your holiday dollars. Unfortunately for the Cupertino-based outfit, that will not come to fruition as it announced that the HomePod would be delayed until early 2018....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. There’s now a LTE version of the Samsung Gear S3 Classic June 06, 2025 Samsung has officially launched a LTE-equipped version of theGear S3Classic. Until now, the only LTE-enabled option for Gear S3 fans was the more rugged-looking Frontier edition. For now, the smartwatch is available exclusively through South Korea’s SK Telecom. The carrier is selling it for 451,000 won, which is around $390....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Two new Samsung watches may arrive soon, but will either pack chargers? August 16, 2025 Samsung‘s set to launch its next wearable flagship line later this year. We’ve already seen a Finnish certification firm spilling some of the beans recently. Now, a listing on China’s 3C site (h/tMyFixGuide) has shared some more details on theGalaxy Watch 4. The listing suggests the Galaxy Watch 4 series (model numbers SM-R880 and SM-R890) will arrive alongside the Galaxy Watch Active 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. VariDesk Pro Plus review: It’s popular for a reason June 26, 2025 Vari VariDesk Pro Plus 36 What we like What we don’t like If you’re reading this review, you probably don’t need an explanation on whystanding desksare good for you. Unfortunately, not everyone can accommodate a standing desk in their home or office due to space limitations. This is where standing desk converters (also known as risers) come in....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon’s struggling Go90 app might be Go90ing away (Updated) July 07, 2025 Update (06/29):The final nail appears to be in the coffin for Go90.Varietyreports that Verizon’s streaming service will close for good on July 31. According to the report, existingGo90 operations will be brought into Verizon’s Oath. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise as Verizon has been publishing Go90 content on Oath sites over the past six months....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Video shows how Android’s Nearby Sharing will work basically just like AirDrop July 10, 2025 Rumors have been floating around for a while now that Google plans to launch a new Android feature that will allow users to share files between devices using Wi-Fi. Originally known asFast Share, it’s since been renamed to Nearby Sharing, and the folks over atXDA Developershave already got a demonstration video showing it in action....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. vivo V23 series launched: Two selfie cameras, color changing back July 21, 2025 Vivo’s V series of mid-range phones tend to focus on the selfie experience, with previous entries offering features like 44MP cameras and even LED flash modules. Now, the company has announced the vivo V23 and V23 Pro, continuing this tradition of prioritizing selfies. The two phones share a number of features, starting with the selfie cameras....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. VLC 3.0 brings Chromecast support and many others new features June 23, 2025 Popular jack-of-all-codecs app VLC Media Player has received a big update to version 3.0 and it packs lots of new features. Codenamed ‘Vetinari’, major additions in this version include support for Chromecast, 10-bit HDR video, hardware decoding for 4K and 8K video, and support for Blu-Ray Java....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is the LG G6’s 18:9 aspect ratio all about? - Gary explains July 30, 2025 Now that LG has launched the G6 we have a couple of new phrases to add to our vocabularies, “18:9 aspect ratio” and “FullVision”. So what is an aspect ratio? What is 18:9? Why isn’t it called a 2:1 aspect ratio? And what does Charlie Chaplin have do to with it?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is the OnePlus Concept One? Here are our 5 best guesses June 01, 2025 CES 2020is almost upon us and the biggest names in tech are all preparing their wares for the annual technology show. One name confirmed for the event is OnePlus. While the Shenzhen brand is no stranger to CES, it’s bringing something a little special this year — theOnePlus Concept One phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What we know about The Nevers, coming to HBO June 07, 2025 Looking to fill the Sunday night HBO void left by Game of Thrones, Watchmen, and His Dark Materials? The Nevers is making a bid to be your next weekly viewing appointment over at the prestige cable network. Mixing superhero action and period drama intrigue, The Nevers premiers this month, and here’s what we know about it so far, as well as how to watch it on HBO and HBO Max....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why haven’t we seen Windows on Arm laptops with MediaTek chips? July 30, 2025 Apple announced its firstMac computers with Arm siliconyesterday, but the Cupertino company isn’t the first major computing platform to embrace Arm. In fact, we’ve seenWindows on Armlaptops being released for over two years now. These Windows on Arm devices are largely powered byQualcomm Snapdragonchipsets though, with rival chipmakerMediaTekbeing conspicuously absent in this space....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why you won’t be using Bluetooth 5 on your Galaxy S8 just yet - Gary explains July 20, 2025 TheBluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) announced Bluetooth 5during the summer of 2016 and then towards the end of that year the new specification was officially ratified and we started to see Bluetooth 5 appear in hardware, first in development boards and then in consumer devices, most notably theGalaxy S8....