Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapchat gets more features, and custom geofilters are easier to make now July 23, 2025 Snapchatfor Android is getting some fun formatting features (gotta love some alliteration!). Now you can make your caption italic, bold, and underlined simply by press and holding on the text, and if you’re taking a video Snap, you can press and hold to pin a big caption anywhere in your video....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint temporarily exchanging replacement Note 7s (Update: all major carriers too) June 14, 2025 TheGalaxy Note 7recall is finally in its closing stages, but a number of consumers are still worried about whether the new Note 7s are truly safe. To help reassure consumers,Sprintis allowing its customers with doubts to exchange their replacement handsets for any other smartphone, no questions asked, for a limited time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Survey says: You have very different ideas of how old is too old for a flagship July 14, 2025 When it comes to flagship phones such as theSamsung Galaxy S20or theOnePlus 8 Pro, the sky’s the limit in terms of pricing, with companies charging upwards of $1,500 for these high-end flagship devices. These phones offer the best-of-the-best in terms of features, which is how so many are able to justify the high cost of ownership....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile and Verizon sign spectrum agreement to help T-Mo expand 4G coverage August 23, 2025 I’m sure you recall that, just a few months back, we were all ready to forget about T-Mobile US. The smallest of the major US carriers seemed doomed, especially after the failure of the AT&T buyout. But surprisingly enough, T-Mobile, while still struggling to gain momentum against Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint, is more alive than ever and has announced a deal that could make it a serious challenger for the No....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile grills Verizon for not meeting self-imposed 5G rollout deadline August 07, 2025 T-MobileCEO John Legere is known for being outspoken and delivering his hot takes on rival carriers, and that didn’t change this week when the executive tookVerizonto task for missing its self-imposed deadline to deploy 5G. Legere took to Twitter, as he is wont to do, to deliver an almost impressive rant against Big Red, saying that the carrier has continually over-promised and under-delivered on its efforts to make 5G available to the masses....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile partners with Live Nation to offer tickets to sold-out shows and more August 05, 2025 At today’sT-Mobile Uncarrier Nextevent, the company announced that it would be giving its customers afree year of Pandora Plus. But that wasn’t the only music-related announcement made on stage. Thanks to a new multi-year partnership with Live Nation, customers will soon be able to enjoy exclusive perks such as purchasing tickets to sold-out concerts, discounted tickets, access to exclusive concession stands, and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 cases Aug 24, 2025 Xiaomi continues to impress with its Redmi line of budget smartphones. TheRedmi Note 5is the latest version to come out. With 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of onboard storage, this phone is ready to go, and won’t break your budget. Naturally, you are going to want to protect this phone from drops and breaks, so we’ve compiled a list the best Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 cases....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The next step in mobile graphics looks like a game changer (literally) July 28, 2025 Gaming is huge, over $100 billion per year huge, according to a recent report published by Newzoo. And mobile gaming is a significant chunk of that. In 2017 it is estimated that mobile games will generate $46.1 billion. As you can imagine, every game developer wants a slice of that pie....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Samsung Galaxy S21 might convince me to ditch OnePlus June 23, 2025 I’ve been writing forAndroid Authoritysince 2017. When I first started as a freelancer, my daily driver was the OnePlus 5. Later on, after I became a full staff member, I got a OnePlus 6T. Today, I’m using the OnePlus 7 Pro. Due to my devotion to OnePlus (and the 7 Pro, in particular), I’m known as the “OnePlus guy” on our team....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The truth about Bluetooth 5 - Gary explains August 09, 2025 Bluetooth is one of those pieces of tech that we now take for granted. Ever since its introduction in the mid-1990s it has become an essential wireless technology, not only for smartphones but also for tablets, laptops, desktops, and more. Bluetooth comes in two flavors: “Classic” and “Low Energy”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This could be our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S30 Plus June 07, 2025 Purported CAD-based renders of a thirdGalaxy S30device have broken cover. This time, the S30 Plus is showcased in more detail, joining theS30andS30 Ultraleaks that aired earlier this week. PerMySmartPrice, the new CAD renders aren’t flashy but they do suggest that all three S30 phones may sport the redesigned camera array....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: Mid-range Pixels and Android Q beta news from Google I/O June 23, 2025 This week we finally saw the official release of thePixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, which come withmid-range specsbut the samegreat Pixel cameraforhalf the price.Google I/Ofeatured a number ofother announcementsincluding anew Nest deviceand more, but the big takeaway seems to be an increasedfocus on Assistantandprivacy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: Names of iPhone 12 phones leak, could feature “Mini” brand July 21, 2025 This week in Apple news we heard a rumor related to the names of the four devices in the main iPhone 12 line. Most of the names were totally expected, but the smallest iPhone might come with a “Mini” moniker, which would be the first time Apple’s used that term for an iPhone....