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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google updates app title guidelines for clarification on naming third-party apps July 12, 2025 Google has just updated their app title guidelines to help developers choose better, more disconnected titles for third-party applications. The guidelines are put in place to help third-party app developers separate themselves from potentially tricking a user into thinking the developer is directly associated with a brand....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on with Samsung One UI and Android Pie on the Galaxy S9 June 11, 2025 Samsungrecently announced an all-new user interface for its phones. It’s calledOne UI, and it aims to simplify Samsung’s notoriously feature-packed software while also making everything more visually appealing. If you own a Galaxy S8, S8 Plus, Note 8 or Note 9, you cantry out the betaversion of One UI right now — and I’d suggest you do so....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – June 04, 2025 June 29, 2025 Every week at Android Authority we produce a ton of great news coverage and exceptional videos; but during events things kick it up a notch, taking it to eleven. While IFA 2016 admittedly was absent of massive flagship announcements, there were plenty of interesting mobile news including the release of several new tablets, a few mid-rangers and Sony’s latest high-end darling....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here we go again: Samsung to ship two versions of Note 3 – AMOLED and LCD (rumor) July 09, 2025 If this report sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve heard it before. Back at the beginning of the year, it was rumored that Samsung would useLCDs instead of AMOLED displaysfor the Galaxy S4, or use both technologies and ship multiple variants of the phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s everything new in LineageOS since September August 19, 2025 LineageOS, the ROM that rose from CyanogenMod’s ashes at the end of last year, saw regular updates in the first few months after its release — new features and supported devices appeared thick and fast, but things have turned rather quiet lately. Following its last update post the middle of September, Lineage has now outlined what it has been working on since....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s what the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium camera can do June 21, 2025 Alongside theZ5 CompactandZ5 proper, Sony today unveiled the world’s first smartphone with a 4K display, theXperia Z5 Premium. Of course the big news with the Premium is its big 5.5-inch super clear display, but that’s not the only big upgrade the company’s flagship line is seeing today....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to send phone numbers from desktop Chrome to your Android device June 19, 2025 Last month, Chrome users finally gained the ability tosend tabs between devices. Then last week, Google announced that users could use Duplex tobuy movie ticketsin the browser. Now, Google is adding another useful feature: Chrome users can now send phone numbers from their desktop directly to their Android device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use Mi Pay to make UPI payments in India July 02, 2025 UPI, or the Unified Payment Interface gateway, has played a big role in the burgeoning fintech revolution in India. This has seen the arrival of several players withGoogle Pay,PayTM, PhonePe being some of the biggest ones around. With the launch of Mi Pay,Xiaomitoo is looking for a piece of the pie....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI readying a new Windows 10 desktop PC for launch outside China July 07, 2025 Huaweiis poised to launch its first desktop PC in a market beyond China. As spotted byHuaweiCentral, the Mate Station S could soon be available to purchase in Malaysia. HUAWEI’s touting the machine as a compact computer with a custom cooling system that ensures quiet operation and minimal throttling....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Huawei’s AI Cube isn’t just an Alexa-powered smart speaker, it’s a 4G LTE router too June 08, 2025 HUAWEI is jumping headfirst into thesmart speakermarket with the HUAWEI AI Cube, announced today atIFA 2018. Unlike theGoogle Home,Amazon Echo, and other leading smart speakers, the AI Cube — which, let’s face it, is quite clearly a cylinder and not a cube — is being marketed as a “two-in-one speaker” which, in addition to packing in Amazon’sAlexa AIfor voice commands, can also double up as a 4G LTE router....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is this the Nokia 7.1 Plus? New render shows display notch, ZEISS-branded dual camera August 14, 2025 HMD Globalhas revealed a few Nokia X.1 Plus devices this year, including theNokia 5.1 Plusand theNokia 6.1 Plus. Now, it seems like the company has yet another entry up its sleeve, in the form of the Nokia 7.1 Plus. Renders of the new device have purportedly leaked viaMySmartPrice, revealing a Carl ZEISS-branded dual-camera setup on the back, for one....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest official Android distribution numbers finally show Nougat stats June 21, 2025 Usually, Google updates its Android Developers site with the latest distribution numbers of all versions of the OS every month. However, for some reason, the latest such update was posted nearly two months ago on Sept. 13. Today, the Android distribution stats were finally refreshed, and they gave us the first official numbers on the latest version,Android 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leak: OnePlus Nord 2 set for flagship-level chipset but not from Qualcomm August 07, 2025 TheOnePlus Nordlaunched with ambitions of breaking into the mid-range market. Since then, the line has seen two additional models arrive serving even lower price points. Now, it seems that theOnePlus Nord 2might be aiming a little higher than its predecessors. According to info gained byAndroid Central, the OnePlus Nord 2 is upgrading its silicon in a big way....