Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Phone 9.0 teardown reveals upcoming features - notification channels, picture messaging and more July 11, 2025 A Google Phone update doesn’t usually offer too much to talk about. Last week’s version 9.0 rollout apparently had nothing for us to write about, but a teardown has uncovered a few gems within the code. There is evidence of at least a handful of new features present in this new update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google takes a swipe at pricey iPhone XS in new Pixel 3a ad June 28, 2025 TheGoogle Pixel 3ais arguably one of the best mid-range phones on the market right now, and the Mountain View company isn’t afraid to compare it to more expensive devices. In fact, Googlepreviously comparedthePixel 3ato the $999 iPhone XS. The company is stepping up its war on Apple this week (h/t:9to5Google), issuing two ads that tout the new phone’s Google integration....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google wants to show you how crowded a store is ahead of Black Friday July 27, 2025 This week is one of the most anticipated, and also one of the most dreaded, times of the year for shoppers. Black Friday used to be just one day, but retailers are now offering huge discounts on certain items all this week. That means crowded shopping centers and stores, and long delays at registers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s PhotoScan just got easier to use with receipts and other documents July 22, 2025 PhotoScan by Google is ahandy little toolthat acts as more of an add-on to Google Photos than a standalone app. It scans your old (and new) glossy paper pictures and attempts to cut out the glare that usually interferes by making the user take sequential photos at slightly different angles....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on: Garmin’s Forerunner 645 Music can hold up to 500 songs June 03, 2025 Garmin’s Forerunner 630 running watch from 2015 was extremely popular, but it had one big downside— no music storage. In fact, none of Garmin’srunning watchesfeature music storage, which is quite odd considering how annoying it can be to carry your phone with you on a run....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s what’s new in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 August 17, 2025 Qualcomm lifted the lid on its next-generation premium smartphone processor platform this week in Maui, Hawaii — theSnapdragon 855. The chip will undoubtedly end up powering a number of 2019’s highest profile smartphone releases, improving processing power, multimedia, and streaming data speeds, plus much more. The company already confirmed this is its first 7nm chip, matching HUAWEI’sKirin 980, but there are a host of other improvements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to customize the alert slider on the OnePlus 5 July 30, 2025 The OnePlus 5 has been under fire recently for issuesregarding some components, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a great phone. The company has traditionally offered flagship-level specs at a mid-tier price, and the latest iteration is no exception. But what features does it include that sets it apart from other devices available on the market?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro coming to the U.S. without a carrier partner for $799 August 09, 2025 Amid controversy,Huaweiis bringing its flagshipMate 10 Proto the United States without a carrier partner. This year was a hopeful one for HUAWEI. The Chinese OEM has sold phones unlocked in the U.S. for years, but it always hoped to bring one of its smartphones to the West with a carrier partner....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. If small flagship battery life improves in 2020, we can thank iPhone 11 June 13, 2025 Care to admit it or not, smartphones arethemost important devices in our lives. They contain everything: our calls, our messages, our photos, our location, our very electronic essence. It would make sense that these vital instruments are robust, but they often are not. Perform a casual search for “smartphone battery life,” for example, and the results will vary fromhow-tosto detailed lists explaining which ones arebestand which onessuck....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Implementing Android Nougat and Oreo’s static, dynamic and pinned shortcuts July 20, 2025 Android users can create shortcuts to any of their applications. It’s a quick and easy process that just involves placing the app’s launcher icon onto the homescreen. While this kind of shortcut does make it easier to open apps, launcher icons do have one major limitation: they can only launch an app’s starting screen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Instagram launches Focus, a portrait mode camera feature August 23, 2025 Back in March, we told you about howa hidden portrait mode settingin Instagram’s code pointed to the possibility of a fully-fledged portrait mode camera in the app. It looks like our assumption was dead on, as todayInstagram announced Focus, a portrait mode camera feature for select Android devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Jeff Bezos reveals Amazon Prime has 100 million subscribers July 18, 2025 More than 100 million people worldwide are currently signed up to subscription serviceAmazon Prime. The number was revealed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in hisannual letter to shareholdersyesterday. This is the first time that the company has ever revealed the number of people who are signed up to the service....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Just how good is reverse wireless charging on the Mate 20 Pro? July 12, 2025 Wireless charginglingered as a background featurefor years, but it got a shot in the arm in 2018. Not only doLGandSamsung phones continueto support wireless charging, but Google now includes it inside thePixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. HUAWEI even took the technology one step further, introducing reverse wireless charging with itsMate 20 Pro....