Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Here’s how much faith you have in Xiaomi staying ahead of Samsung July 19, 2025 Xiaomi has taken some large strides over the past couple of months. The biggest validation of its success came recently when itsurpassedSamsung to become the number one smartphone seller in the world. That’s a huge accomplishment from where Xiaomi was just a few years ago....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 2016 to be the year of pressure-sensitive displays, but do you care? July 11, 2025 Apple’s implementation of pressure-sensitive displays have taken the tech world by storm… or at the very least they seem to have started a trend. Research firm IHS is now predicting that 25% of all smartphones coming in 2016 will have some form of pressure sensitivity display, likely similar to Apple’s Force Touch, 3D Touch, or whatever you want to call it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. [Update: Deal is live] T-Mobile will let you buy two Galaxy S8s for the price of one (kinda) July 16, 2025 Update: As promised, theSamsung Galaxy S8 BOGO deal with T-Mobileis now live. There’s no word on how long this promotion will last, so if you want to take advantage of the deal, you might want to move quickly....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ajit Pai thinks that ISPs having power over the internet will ‘protect consumers’ July 08, 2025 Today marksthe official first dayof a Net Neutrality-free America. To commemorate the occasion, FCC chairmanAjit Pai– the man mainly responsible for the repeal of Net Neutrality – penned an op-ed piece forCNETin which he champions the dissolution of internet regulations. In the op-ed, Pai says that repealing Net Neutrality “will protect consumers and promote better, faster internet access, and more competition” while simultaneously preserving the internet as “an open platform where you are free to go where you want....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. An introduction to Firebase - the easiest way to build powerful, cloud-enabled Android apps June 30, 2025 Google I/O 2017 is rapidly approaching and taking a look at the scheduled sessions, it’s apparent that Firebase will be featuring heavily. This is something of a clue as to how Google views Firebase. In short: it’s kind of a big deal. And Google is right to want to promote the service....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android competitor Sailfish becomes official OS of Russian Government July 28, 2025 Sailfish OShas become the only mobile OS to receive domestic certification for corporate use by the Russian Government. Finnish company Jolla, who owns and develops Sailfish, made the announcement today, stating that the certification process had been on-going for almost a year and a half before it was finalized....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android gets a new battery menu [Diving into Android O] August 13, 2025 Battery life is something Google hopes to tackle withAndroid O, and it plans to do so through a new battery settings menu and battery usage portrayed in a simpler and more understandable manner. When you dive into the revamped battery settings menu, the first thing you will notice is the lack of a graph....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Instant Apps now work on over 500 million devices August 18, 2025 In May, after a number of months in testing, Google officiallylaunched support for Android Instant Apps. Since then, these lightweight versions of standard Android apps have been able to be used by a growing number of smartphones and tablets. Today, Google confirmed that support forAndroid Instant Appsis now available on over 500 million devices since it launched just a few months ago....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ANTIBIOTIC HD: A bug-zapping game for Android August 25, 2025 Believe it or not, I really don’t like bugs. Imaging the tingling sensation when they crawl on your leg. Bugs hovering in the air are just like aircraft, looking for targets to drop their bombs on. It doesn’t mean that I hate bugs. I just don’t want them near me....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry DTEK50 review July 27, 2025 BlackBerry DTEK50 What we like What we don’t like Our scores BlackBerry launched their first Android smartphone ever last year, and while there were a lot of people who were eagerly awaiting its launch, the Priv fell short of expectations. Granted, there were some good things going for it, but a lackluster camera and premium pricing meant that their first effort wasn’t exactly a smash hit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry is supposedly bringing two spooky, high-end phones to India (Update) July 17, 2025 Update (03/22/18):In addition to the Ghost,VentureBeatwriter and smartphone leaker Evan Blass also tweeted what purports to be the Ghost Pro. As with the Ghost, the Ghost Pro appears to embrace a near-bezel-less design. Indian licensee Optiemus will reportedly make the Ghost Pro, though we only have the image to go on for now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t hold your breath for cheap games on Google Stadia August 14, 2025 Google Stadiais being positioned as theNetflixof games, allowing users to play a collection of titles for $9.99 per month, on any device, if they choose the Pro subscription. The service will also host games that people can purchase outright, but it sounds like those expecting a cheap price tag will be disappointed....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Download all the OnePlus 5 wallpapers in 4K July 28, 2025 Original post (6/5):We’re coming up on the imminent launch of the newest handset from OnePlus, and in the last week alone we’ve seen an absolute plethora ofnew information leakregarding the device. If you’re the kind of person that’s antsy to get your hands on absolutely everything OnePlus the minute it hits servers, you’re in luck, because a OnePlus forum member has just found a number of the phone’s default wallpapers for you to enjoy....