Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon opens up Echo’s voice recognition tech to everyone August 15, 2025 As ifAmazon’s Alexawasn’t already the voice assistant of note in most voice-enabled products, Amazon is opening up the voice recognition tech found in the Echo to anyone that wants to use it. Well, sort of. Interested third party OEMs will have toapply for accessto theAmazon Alexa 7-Mic Far-Field Development Kit, and it will be a strictly invite-only affair to start with....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android version distribution: Are Google’s faster rollout initiatives working? Jul 11, 2025 Android isinfamousfor its fragmented ecosystem, swathes of active phones run outdated operating systems and are missing crucial security patches. Android OS distribution numbers have been historically woeful, forcing Google to try a few initiatives to bring its latest OS to more devices. Google’s distribution numbers took a leave of absence last year and are now hidden away inAndroid Studio....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry turning things around thanks to record software sales June 29, 2025 BlackBerry has posted higher than expected profit in the second quarter of the year thanks to record software sales. The company generated a net income of $19 million, compared to a loss of $372 million a year before, while software and services revenue stood at $196 million, or 26 percent more than in the same period in 2016....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Boomerang will stream your favorite old cartoons to your Android phone this spring August 24, 2025 We live in an era where more and more streaming services are popping up, bringing specialized content of movies and TV to anyone who owns a mobile device, and can also pay a monthly fee. Earlier today, we reportedon the launch of BritBox in the US, offering tons of access to new and classic UK TV shows....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Comments of the Week: iPhone switching, flagship fatigue, and Google Assistant June 10, 2025 It’s Friday, which means it’s time to round up your comments from the past week into another Comment Authority post! As usual, our commenting community here atAndroid Authorityhad a lot to say about some hot news topics. Some of the best conversations of the week happened in ourGary Explainsfeature aboutStock Android vs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Conflicting reports can’t decide if Google is or isn’t the top smart speaker vendor July 13, 2025 Prestigious analytics firm Canalys just postedits report on smart speaker shipmentsfor the second quarter of 2018. While shipments of a product andsalesof the product are two different things, shipment numbers can give us a good idea of how market share is divvied up between companies....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Even with Location History off, Google will still track you (Update: New wording) June 29, 2025 Update, June 28, 2025 (10:30AM EST):After various news organizations posted earlier this week about some confusion regarding Google’s location tracking policies, the company justupdated the wording in the description of its Location History feature. Previously, the language describing the feature strongly implied that by turning Location History off on your Android phone your information would no longer be tracked....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fashion designer goes too far, makes ankle brace smartphone holder July 26, 2025 People tend to make fun of high-fashion design, usually because the looks designers create are so out-there and impractical that no one can imagine actually wearing them. But fashion design is more about creating art that just happens to be worn, rather than hung on a wall....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus update adds Bixby button remapping, Instagram Mode June 24, 2025 TheGalaxy S10isn’t out yet, but Samsung is already rolling out an update for theGalaxy S10 Pluswith some significant improvements and new features. The most notable part of the update, which was first spotted by the folks atSamMobile, is the new option to remap theBixbybutton on Samsung’s new flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 8 launch: Watch the live stream right here August 03, 2025 For Samsung fans, late summer means one thing: a newGalaxy Note. The seventh generation of the Galaxy Note series (remember, there was no Galaxy Note 6) is about to be unpacked in a launch event in New York. These launches are always a big deal for Samsung, with tens of billions in revenue and the top spot in the industry at stake....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get the Secure Folder feature on your Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge (Nougat only) August 11, 2025 Update – Feb. 24: Samsung has now releasedan official downloadable versionof its Secure Folder app for both the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge on Android 7.0 Nougat, via its Galaxy Apps store (not the Google Play Store). The company says more phones will gain Secure Folder support “soon”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant triples number of supported devices, but Amazon is still tops August 11, 2025 Google Assistantis pretty adept at hooking into your connected appliances and devices. But exactly how adept? Well, the company hasannouncedsupport for over 5,000 devices, up from just 1,500 in January 2018. Googleclaims “every major device brand” in the U.S. now works with Google Assistant. This meansGoogle Homewould probably be the safest smart speaker choice for those with obscure connected devices, right?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Copresence reportedly is an upcoming short-range file transfer service August 07, 2025 It seems Google is gearing up for the release of a new communication service dubbed “Copresence” that will reportedly make it easy to share files, pictures and other data with those nearby. This might sound a lot like Android Beam to you at first glance, but the biggest differences are that this system is allegedly cross-platform, completely contactless and works over a combination of Bluetooth (for authentication) and Wi-Fi (for data transfers)....