Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp prepares to share user info with Facebook July 30, 2025 It was likely only a matter of time beforeFacebookandWhatsAppbecame more intertwined after the social media giant purchased the messaging service back in 2014. Now the first clues that closer integration is looming have appeared, as users have managed to find some new options tucked away in the latest beta build....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi just passed Apple in Europe thanks to impressive growth July 21, 2025 TheQ1 2021 smartphone reportswere recently released, and they all showXiaomiis nipping atApple‘s heels for second place in terms of global market-share. Now, at least one tracking firm has revealed that Xiaomi has already passed the Cupertino company in a crucial battleground region. According to Q1 2021 insights by Canalys (h/t:Redmi GM Lu Weibing on Weibo), Xiaomi has moved past Apple in Europe to take second place in the region behind Samsung....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: ad removed) Google Home is running Beauty and the Beast ads as part of today’s briefing July 26, 2025 Update:Engadgetreportsthat the Beauty and the Beast ad has now been removed from Google Assistant and Home. A spokesperson for the company also now claims this message “wasn’t intended to be an ad”, stating that it was simply trying to “call out timely content”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: spotted at FCC) Galaxy A8 leaked: an all-metal “S6-esque” phone with mid-range specs August 10, 2025 Original post, June 16:Despite dealing with sales most other OEMs would salivate over, 2014 was arguably one of the worst years in recent memory for Samsung’s finances, in no small part thanks to theGalaxy S5’s less-than-stellar performanceand aggressive competition in key markets such as China and India, where the Korean giantfell from its top spot....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel OneTouch unveils another 2 phones, a tablet and WiFi connected devices (IFA 2015) June 09, 2025 No way is Alcatel done unveiling devices. Last Thursday theyshowed us a bunch of new mobile productsand today they are back with another two handsets, a tablet and a couple of new WiFi boxes. The company’s popularity is growing fast, and so is their portfolio....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All four major US carriers will reportedly sell the Samsung Gear S2 August 24, 2025 Samsung’sGear S2 smartwatch, previously referred to as Project Orbis or the Gear A, has finally beenformally announced. Two main models will be released, the Gear S2 and the Gear S2 Classic to allow consumers more choice in what they wear. There will also be cellular models that can make use of 3G network services, and according to a report by SamMobile, all four major U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alleged OnePlus 2 render surfaces, shows off all-metal body June 15, 2025 There’s certainly no shortage ofOnePlus 2rumors floating around the internet, especially because the official unveiling of the device is onlya few short weeks away. It’s already been confirmed that the new smartphone will come with afingerprint scanner, aSnapdragon 810 v2.1 processorand aUSB Type-C port, though we have yet to hear any official word of the device’s chassis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon Echo device recorded and sent a family’s conversation without their consent July 28, 2025 In what must be a nightmare scenario for anyone who owns an Alexa powered smart device, a family has reported (viaKiro7) that an Echo device in their home recorded a private conversation and sent it to a person in their contact list. The family only discovered that the recording had been sent when the recipient notified them, worrying that the family had been hacked; an understandable conclusion, given the circumstances....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple’s true wireless buds leak again, signaling a shift from Lightning to USB-C August 17, 2025 Apple’s subsidiary Beats is readying a new set oftrue wireless earbudsthat could pave the way for futureAirPodsdesign. Called the Beats Studio Buds, images of the earbuds werefirst spottedin Apple’s own beta software. Making things more official, the Beats Studio Buds have now appeared (h/tMacRumors) on Taiwan’s NCC (National Communications Commission) database....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS 6Z launched in India, here’s how much it costs July 15, 2025 The ASUS 6Z is now available in India. At an event in New Delhi, ASUS introduced the latest addition to the value flagship segment. This is the same phone as theASUS Zenfone 6, but has been renamed because of the on-goingbranding related lawsuitagainst ASUS. Coming to the specs, the ASUS 6Z runs on a Snapdragon 855 chipset with up to 8GB of RAM....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlinxBox for Instagram: Social photo feeds on your homescreen, even without Instagram June 17, 2025 Users of the popular photo editor and file sharing wonder, Instagram, will soon hit another milestone in user satisfaction, thanks to an application known as BlinxBox that compliments Instagram well. In just a matter of hours after its release on the Google Play Store, Instagram reached the five million download mark, making it one of the most popular social and photography applications....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Command & Conquer: Rivals finally available to download globally on Google Play Store August 15, 2025 Update, June 06, 2025 (6:02 p.m. ET):Thesecond most hatednew mobile game based on a classic PC franchise, Command & Conquer: Rivals, is now live on the Google Play Store. The reimagined take on C&C withClash Royale-like gameplay was first announced back in June to a somewhat frosty reception at EA’s annual showcase around the E3 gaming expo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Doom 3: BFG Edition now available on Google Play for the NVIDIA Shield Android TV and Shield Tablet August 17, 2025 If you’re the lucky owner of aNVIDIA Shield TabletorShield Android TV, you’ll be happy to know that Doom 3: BFG Edition is now available in the Google Play Store for your devices. The bundle includes the original Doom, Doom 2 and Doom 3, which have all been fine-tuned to work perfectly with Android-compatible gaming controllers....