Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant may be vulnerable to attacks via subsonic commands August 02, 2025 We have already seen that voice-based AI services likeGoogle Assistantcan accidentally be turned onjust by listening to a TV commercial. Now a new study claims that Google Assistant, along with its rivals likeApple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, could be vulnerable to sound commands that can’t even be heard by humans....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Duplex might be your next scam caller (Updated) July 28, 2025 Update (07/06):Google has poured cold water on claims that it is actively looking to hawk its incredible/terrifying Duplex technology to call center companies or any other businesses. For the time being, at least… In a statement toEngadget, a Google spokesperson said: While you won’t be hearing Duplex on the other end of a customer services phone line any time soon, it’s worth noting that Google isn’t ruling out working with enterprise clients in the future, only that it is perfecting the system for consumers first....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Fit on the web will shut down soon, mobile and Wear OS apps won’t June 29, 2025 Google recently overhauled itsGoogle Fithealth-tracking program. However, it only updated theWear OSand mobile apps, with the web interface curiously left alone. Now we know why the web interface didn’t get much love:Googleis shutting down the Google Fit website on May 30, 2025....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google hammers down on Pirate Bay apps, removes several from Play Store June 09, 2025 Google has certainly had its fair share oflegal woeslately, and as accusations mount as to how the company reacts to piracy, their view on sites and applications that have any direct correlation with piracy has also underwent some changes. Because of this, Google has started to take a more aggressive stance on piracy-related apps, and recently removed multiple applications from the Play Store despite appeals from their developers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 2 November update addresses the device’s biggest problems June 05, 2025 Googlevowedto address many of the issues surrounding thePixel 2 and Pixel 2 XLlast month following numerous user complaints. These began almost as soon as the devices were released in mid-October, and have prompted Google toextend the warrantyof the Pixel 2s in order to dispel fears over device longevity....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google pushes a fix for Pixel 6 phones' random calling bug (Update) June 17, 2025 Update: June 13, 2025 (12:25 AM ET): The end toPixel 6series users’ suffering is now in sight. As spotted byAndroid Police, a Google Pixel Community manager has nowconfirmedthat the company has rolled out a fix for the random calling bug. Taking to Reddit, the manager noted that those affected by the issue should “update to the latest version of Google App (12....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Has Samsung’s foldable phone made an appearance in this official video? August 03, 2025 A leakedSamsungvideo has appeared online, giving us a taste of what’s in the company’s future. The video shows off several high-flying design concepts, including a glimpse of a foldable phone, which isn’t as futuristic as it may seem. While the video, which appears viaSlashleaks, looks like an official Samsung video, the futuristic devices that appear in it are likely only illustrations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are some of the camera features you’ll probably find on 2018 flagships July 30, 2025 Advances in the Android ecosystem owe a lot toQualcomm. As one of the major producers of smartphone chipsets — or platforms, as it now calls to them — Qualcomm is often responsible for the progress made in Android flagship smartphones each year. For example, Qualcomm introduced itsClear Sightdual camera technology last September, prompting a number of Android manufacturers to adopt a dual camera setup on their flagship phones this year (with theSamsung Galaxy Note 8potentially being next on the list)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s a sneak peek at the Google Pixel 3’s live wallpapers June 30, 2025 Potential images of theGoogle Pixel 3live wallpapers have emerged online. Twitter leaker@IshanAgarwal24provided a glimpse at the wallpapers (via9to5Google) — supposedly taken from the Pixel 3’s dedicated wallpapers app — and promised the full versions are on their way. The live wallpapers, expected to arrive with Google’s new Pixel phones set for launch on October 9, apparently come in two variations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to add Python to Path (Windows) June 14, 2025 One of the great things about having Python installed on your Windows machine is that you can access it from anywhere. Simply pull up a command prompt and you can start entering commands, installing new modules via pip, and feeling like a badass hacker! In order for this to work though, you need to know how to add Python to PATH....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to take a screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 phones July 14, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=muyxg6APezQ The 2019 releasedSamsung Galaxy Note 10(and10 Plus) phones make it extremely easy to take a screenshot. There’s actually more than one way to do it. In fact, you have the choice of seven different methods, all of which produce more or less the same result....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC 2019 flagship to be an ‘extension’ of the U12 Plus July 24, 2025 HTCTaiwan president Darren Chen has talked about the company’s 2019 plans at a product event in the country (viaDigitimes). According toDigitimes, HTCwill focus on the mid-tier and high-end devices in the first half of 2019, though it’s unclear what form these will take. Apparently, HTC“will continue to extend its high-end U12 Plus lineup in 2019 so as to prolong the series’ product lifecycle....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC’s first Android One phone will be a rebranded HTCU11 Life (Update: new spec details) June 01, 2025 Update (10/3/17): As we get closer to a launch, we’re beginning to see more details about the HTCU11 Life start to leak out. HTCleakerLlabTooFeRis giving a look at what we’ll be getting our hands one once the phone finally drops. Here are the specs:...