Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google looking for Jump VR camera rig testers July 29, 2025 Google is investing a lot of its efforts and resources intohelping jump start the VR revolution. They went nuts atGoogle IO, where they announced a new Google Cardboard, Google Expeditions and Jump VR, an all around set of tools for creating VR content. It’s especially exciting to see Jump VR developing, as it is a full-fledged solution for creating VR videos....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pay launching digital bank accounts next year July 24, 2025 Google’sforay into digital bankinghas started in earnest, if not quite how you might have expected. BBVA hasannouncedthat it’s working with Google to offer digital bank accounts in the US throughGoogle Paysometime in 2021. Google will handle the interface, including “financial insights,” while BBVA will provide the infrastructure. The bank will be co-branded, BBVA said....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google releases Awareness APIs, giving apps unprecedented access to your behavior July 30, 2025 We first caught a glimpse of Google Awareness APIs back atGoogle I/O 2016. Now the search giant is finallymaking these context sensitive resources available to developers, meaning apps will soon have a much stronger understanding of your behavior. These APIs will let app developers call for a number of different kinds of contexts including your general location, the local weather, user activity (such as walking or running), and the location of any nearbyBluetooth ‘beacons....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Voice to add VoIP integration in the future July 31, 2025 Earlier this week, after a wait of five years, a new and major update toGoogle Voicestarted rolling out for bothmobile and web clients. Most of the changes came in a revamped user interface, but Google promised that it would be offering regular updates from now on. Today, the company confirmed that one of those updates will add VoIP integration to the app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google, Nintendo, and Pokemon Company invest $20 million into Niantic August 08, 2025 Last month we firstlearned about Pokemon Go, a project involving the Pokemon Company, Nintendo, and Niantic labs. In short, Pokemon Go was billed as sort of like “Ingress but with a Pokemon theme”, meaning a game where you’d be encouraged to interact with the real world by walking around while catching virtual monsters, thanks to the magic of augmented reality....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s PlaNet AI can figure out where a picture was taken just by looking at it July 23, 2025 Google’sdeep-learningexperiments have produced a wide array of results both practical and fascinating. The newest AI endeavor can look at a picture and guess where it was taken by comparing it to millions of other pictures at once. It’s called PlaNet, and it’s heralding an era in which photos won’t need geotags for their photographer’s location to be pinpointed....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the full specs for ZTE’s Project CSX Hawkeye phone on Kickstarter June 30, 2025 Earlier this month,ZTElaunched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund its Project CSX phone,Hawkeye. Details have been pretty scarce about the phone for the past few weeks, but ZTE has finally started revealing more and more details about the upcoming phone. Today, the company has revealed full hardware specs (well, almost) for the phone, which it plans to begin shipping and selling in September, if the Kickstarter campaign is successful....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s when Motorola will unveil the next foldable Razr June 10, 2025 You won’t have to wait much longer to see thenext-generation Razr. Motorola has announced a virtual event on September 9 where it will “flip the smartphone experience once again” — a not-so-subtle hint at a sequel to itsfirst folding-screen phone. The company didn’t provide many clues as to what the new clamshell will entail, but previous rumors have hinted at major performance improvements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hit the wastelands with a real working Fallout Pip-Boy June 08, 2025 You may recall that Bethesdareleased a Pip-Boy devicebased on the popular clunky wearable from the Fallout universe last year, but when it arrived, it turned out just to be an elaborate case for your smartphone, not unlike something you would strap to your arm to go for a jog....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 10 release date, price, and availability details June 15, 2025 The HONOR 10 isnow launching worldwide, making for a short time betweenlast month’s Chinese launchand the global launch. The HONOR 10’s got plenty of features worth shouting about, certainly qualifying as a flagship in our book. There’s that nimbleKirin 970processor with neural processing unit (NPU) smarts, a 24MP and 16MP dual camera combination, a 24MP selfie snapper, and those visually striking color options....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 with ICS Android 4.0.1 XXKP2 Firmware June 04, 2025 It’s good to end the year right and begin a new year complete anew. If you want to welcome the new year with a loud bang on your Samsung Galaxy S2, you can do so by updating it to Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich build XXKP2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC Desire 820 now updating to Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 June 23, 2025 OEM updates are typically a constant cause for concern among the Android enthusiast crowd. If Apple’s iOS deployment could be seen as a “best case” scenario, the sheer number of handsets running Google’s mobile OS – as well as the number of manufacturers who provide them – have basically rendered all but the Nexus devices subject to sluggish software refreshes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M10 could land in the US in May July 14, 2025 HTC may have failed with its flagship efforts last year, but the mid-rangeOne A9heralded a new era of design for the Taiwanese manufacturer. This year, the company has its sights set firmly on the flagship market, and today we’re hearing that the newHTC One M10could launch in the US in early May....