Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel Buds 2 will get regular feature updates June 22, 2025 TheGoogle Pixel Buds 2will get updates in the form of “feature drops,” similar to the wayPixel smartphonesreceive updates. That should allow the company to keep the headphones current with new stuff to keep users happy with their relatively expensive earbud purchase. In a statement toForbes, Google confirmed that the regular feature updates would be available for the Pixel Buds 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google told Epic not to allow Fortnite sideloading, said sideloading is ‘awful’ June 28, 2025 The ongoing court battles between Epic Games — which ownsFortnite— andGoogleand Apple keep giving us juicy tidbits of behind-the-scenes info. Today, we got a glimpse of even more drama between Epic and Google (viaThe Verge). According to the documents, Google tried to dissuade Epic from allowing sideloads of Fortnite for Android....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google wants a piece of TikTok’s pie, and purchasing Firework could take it July 20, 2025 With more than one billion active users,TikTokis one of the fastest-growing social networks in history. Google sees that success and wants a piece of the pie. That’s why, according toThe Washington Journal, Google is considering acquiring Firework, a US-based video sharing platform. Firework is currently a part of a suite of apps by Redwood City, California, based company Loop Now Technologies....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why Xiaomi hasn’t delivered a 100W charging phone just yet June 08, 2025 Xiaomi made waves almost a year ago when it revealed that it was working on100W charging technology, capable of charging a 4,000mAh battery in 17 minutes. The company saidRedmiphones would get the tech first, but we haven’t heard anything else since then. Now, Redmi general manager Lu Weibing has taken toWeiboto reveal five technical difficulties associated with 100W charging (and fast charging in general)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR Magic 2 specs: The most feature-packed slider phone you’ve ever seen? August 22, 2025 We’ve known about theHONOR Magic 2for quite some time, asHuaweiand its sub-brand have been teasing the phone for weeks now. HONOR has finally launched the device today, so what does the spec sheet look like? Read Next:HONOR Magic 2 teardown shows how the phone’s slider mechanism works...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI can allegedly buy Samsung display panels now (but not chipsets) August 03, 2025 The United States government’sban on HUAWEIprevents the company from buying components from multiple major distributors. However, it looks like the US has given one component-maker the greenlight: Samsung Display. According toYonhap News(viaSamMobile), Samsung’s display division can now sell OLED smartphone panels to HUAWEI. It’s not yet clear when or how Samsung earned this approval from the US government, as the HUAWEI ban’s statutes previously prevented this....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI thinks all-screen fingerprint unlock is the future August 06, 2025 All-screen fingerprint unlock tech is perhaps the holy grail for biometric authentication right now, allowing you to tap anywhere on the display to unlock the phone. Now,Huaweihas confirmed toAndroid Authoritythat it’s filed a patent for the tech in six markets (China, Europe, the US, Japan, Korea and India), and that it’s pending approval....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is this our first look at the OnePlus 5T? August 21, 2025 OnePlusseems to be gearing up for the release the next device in its T range. TheOnePlus 3Tarrived last year on November 15, featuring a similar design as theOnePlus 3with a few specs upgrades, but this year, it seems that the OnePlus 5T will come with a new look....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lollipop will try to make it easier to control pre-installed bloatware July 23, 2025 Several months ago, Strategy Analyticsreleasedthe results of a study which showed that few, if anyone, use the large amount of bloatware that companies like Samsung include on their handsets. As the study showed, US users spent just six seconds on Samsung bloatware and many times that number was due to people accidently clicking on the bloatware app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MediaTek’s latest chip designed for Android Things and virtual assistants July 13, 2025 MediaTekhas just unveiled its latest chipset, but this one isn’t built with smartphones in mind. Instead it’s targeting the latest trend is smart assistant power speakers, or Voice Assistant Devices (VADs) as the company calls them. The new MT8516 has also been pre-certified to support Google’sAndroid Thingsplatform and will therefore likely end up running the increasingly popularGoogle Assistanttoo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More than 20 million students are using Chromebooks, says Google June 27, 2025 Low prices, snappy performance, and ease of use have madeChromebookshugely useful and popular in the education sector. According to a recent blog post fromGoogle, in which the company celebratesWorld Teachers’ Dayand the impact that teachers have on students’ lives, there are now more than 20 million students using Chromebooks around the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto Z and Moto Z Force hands on August 02, 2025 At the end of the keynote, just when it started to seem like the announcement may not even happen at all, Lenovo took the wraps off of the latest Motorola flagships to great dramatic effect. All the rumors and leaks that have led up to this launch have been true for the most part, and there are certainly some aspects to get really excited about....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola P40 may be a budget phone with a difference thanks to Samsung chipset July 20, 2025 We got our first look at what is allegedly theMotorola P40back in December, and it now seems like more details have emerged regarding the upcoming mid-range handset. According to91Mobiles, the new phone will be powered by Samsung’sExynos 9610chipset. This processor is positioned as a mid-range offering akin to theMediaTek Helio P60, delivering four Cortex-A73 CPU cores and four power-sipping Cortex-A53 cores....