Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Live in Brazil? Look out for the Moto Z Android 8.0 Oreo update July 15, 2025 Motorolaand its parent companyLenovoare going through some major changes right now, likea massive staff reductionin Chicago and the supposedend of a few smartphone lines. But the company still found time to push out the Motorola Moto Z Android 8.0 Oreo update…but only to Brazilians....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More Moto E4 Plus details leak out, including new images June 26, 2025 The specifications of the upcomingMoto E4 Plus,along with a couple of new images, have leaked. The specs sheet confirms the biggest feature of the smartphone, which is a massive removable battery with a capacity of 5,000 mAh. Of course, we can’t say this comes as a shock — considering we first broke the news of the Moto E4 Plus (and provided a few CAD renders)back in April....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto E5 and Moto E5 Plus stop by FCC, offers a taste of the specs sheet June 20, 2025 We’ve known for a while now that Lenovo is preparingnew Moto E5 devices, the latest in its low-end smartphone range. Specifications have been elusive until now, as anFCC listinghas revealed a few details. The listing shows that model number XT1924-3 packs a low-end Snapdragon 425 processor, which would most likely be the standard Moto E5 (the model number has also beenlinked to the E seriesbefore)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola India announces the Moto X Force: available February 8th August 19, 2025 Motorola surprised quite a number of its customers last year when it chose to diversify the Moto X line. Rather than going solo as it had done in years past, the OEM – now owned by Lenovo – released three different devices: theMoto X Style, theMoto X Play, and theMoto X Force....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola launches three 2021 Moto G phones, including Play, Power, and Stylus June 18, 2025 Today, Motorola took the wraps off three new entries in the very popular Moto G lineup. Once again eschewing numbers this year, the three devices land in the Play, Power, and Stylus series. Related:The best Motorola phones you’re able to get right now None of the devices rise above the budget sector, with the Moto G Stylus’ Snapdragon 678 processor being the most powerful of the bunch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Next Qualcomm mobile chip might have dedicated NPU August 02, 2025 According to Roland Quandt over atWinFuture, the nextQualcomm Snapdragonchipset designed for flagship mobile devices might be packing a little something extra. If the rumors are true, the next Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets for mobile devices will likely be 12.4 x 12.4mm silicon built on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) 7nm process node using optical lithography....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nextbit Robin shipping to Kickstarter backers in February June 27, 2025 Nextbit turned some heads earlier this year when they attempted to crowd-fund a “cloud-first” smartphone, the Robin. The Kickstarter campaignsurpassed its $500,000 target in just ten hours, and now the early adopters will be getting their devices soon. At CES today, Nextbit’s chief designer Scott Croyle announced that the GSM varieties of the Robin will be shipping out in early February....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NFC your life June 03, 2025 Near field communication, or NFC, may be one of the most underutilized functions on your mobile device. We tend to think of it in terms of simply sharing info between devices, but it has other uses as well. One of the best reasons to use NFC is to better manage your device settings, situationally....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp spreads holiday joy with its first ever timed event June 05, 2025 The Holiday Event appears to have rolled out already in most regions. After booting the game you should see a special notice that runs through all of the new additions. If your game is anything like mine, you should also be greeted by friends sporting some fetching seasonal outfits and a whole host of new Stretch Goals to complete....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nintendo’s latest mobile game is a new RPG called Dragalia Lost (Updated) August 03, 2025 Update, July 24, 2025 (9:22AM ET):Nintendo hasconfirmedthat its next mobile title, Dragalia Lost, will launch in the U.S., Japan, and other select regions on September 27. Co-developed by Granblue Fantasy studio Cygames, the action RPG had been expected to launch only in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau with a global release to follow....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. No HUAWEI or ZTE devices sold on military bases, per Pentagon July 13, 2025 By order of The Pentagon, all retail establishments located on United States military bases must cease selling devices made by bothHuaweiandZTE. The Department of Defense reasons that using devices made by those Chinese manufacturers couldpose a security risk. In a statement a Pentagon representative gave toThe Wall Street Journal, the DoD says that “HUAWEI and ZTE devices may pose an unacceptable risk to the department’s personnel, information, and mission....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NullPointerException in Java - Explaining the billion dollar mistake June 29, 2025 WhileJavais one of the most in-demand and widely used programming languages in the world, it is not without its detractors. Java is not a particularly beginner-friendly language and it is rife with rigid rules and structures that can be tough to wrap your head around. Then there’s the NullPointerException....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Obi Worldphone SF1 now up for registration in India July 17, 2025 Last this past summer, a surprise announcement came out of seemingly nowhere: Apple’s former CEO, John Sculley, was not only back in the business, but touting a new line of wallet-friendly smartphones calledthe Obi Worldphone. Two models were announced, the SF1 and the SF1.5, with the former having more premium specs than the latter....