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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Finally, the iconic Final Fantasy VII is available on Android August 17, 2025 The wait is over. One of the most influential games of all times, the iconic RPG Final Fantasy VII is now available on Android. Final Fantasy VII for Android comes 19 years after the game’s original release on the PlayStation, a year afterSquare Enix announced its mobile release, and ten months after therelease of the iOS version....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. For a limited time, you can get 8GB for $50 at Cricket Wireless July 30, 2025 Cricket Wireless already offers pretty inexpensive cellular and data plans in the US. Well now, it’s sweetening the pot by offering 8GB instead of 5GB for the $50 monthly plan, including unlimited talk and text. That’s 60 percent more LTE data each month. But hurry if you want in on the deal because it’s for a limited time only!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Garmin intros an updated vívosmart HR with GPS tracking capabilities June 12, 2025 After just recently announcing thevívomove fitness watch, Garmin has now taken the wraps off its new vívosmart HR+ activity tracker. While it’s pretty much just an upgraded version of the super-popular vívosmart HR from 2015, there are still a few notable improvements you’ll want to check out....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gears Pop: Here’s everything you need to know (Update: out now!) August 20, 2025 First announced at E3 2018, Gears Pop is a cartoony take on the Gears of War series for mobile devices. As the name implies, the game’s characters have been reimagined asFunko Pop figureswith cute oversized heads. This is obviously a major departure from the grit and grime of the main Gears of War games, but this cutesy reimagining does a good job transforming key parts of the series like cover and lancer battles (without the gore) into a mobile-friendly format....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gionee A1 and A1 Plus hands on: big batteries and high megapixels galore June 01, 2025 While most of our time at MWC 2017 has been focused on flagships fromLG,Huawei, andSony, we’re not forgetting about the little guys either. During our time on the floor, we had the chance to check out two new phones from the brand Gionee....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google details malware that turned Android phones into powerful espionage tools July 26, 2025 A post on the Android Developers blog discussing the Chrysaor malware for Android has left me feeling a mixture of amazed and afraid. Discovered late last year, Chrysaor is spyware believed to have been created by NSO Group Technologies, an Israel-based group which specializes in the development and sale of software exploits....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Family Star features makes it easy to find kid-friendly apps August 16, 2025 We’ve know for a while now that Google was planning to make some big changes to the way parents and kidsdiscover family friendly apps on Google Play.During the Google I/O 2015 keynote, we saw this change to fruition with the announcement of the new “Family Star” program....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home Max review: Smart Sound makes the world go ’round June 23, 2025 Google Home Max What we like What we don’t like The personal assistant you have in your phone isn’t going to live there forever. Companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google are increasingly looking to place that assistant strategically throughout your life so you’ll always have access to it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Phone 8.0 adds voicemail sharing and minor visual tweaks August 10, 2025 The Google Phone app is probably one of the most important in our devices. After all, a phone’s main feature is making calls… or at least it used to be. Either way, this application was updated on February 10 and most of us were left wondering just what the search giant did to it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play’s new safety section will show how Android apps use your data August 09, 2025 Googlewill soon makeprivacymuch more of a selling point for Android apps. It’s adding a safety section to Google Play Store listings that illustrates just how a given app uses and protects your data. The privacy upgrade will not only outline how Android apps use and share data (including content types like contacts and photos), but outline the controls and safeguard for that data....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Store cleans up Android Wear selection - adds some, removes some August 21, 2025 TheGoogle Storeis doing some housecleaning as far as its selection ofAndroid Wearsmartwatches are concerned. The site has now added three recent watches to purchase directly from Google, while also delisting two older Android Wear devices. The highest profile new addition to the store is the Michael Kors Access Dylan, one of several Android Wear smartwatches that were launchedby the high-end fashion brand companyearlier this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars comes to Android August 25, 2025 Grand Theft Auto is possibly one of the most well-known video game franchises, and they’re bringing some good news to the Android community today. Their long-awaited title GTA: Chinatown Wars is finally available in the Google Play Store. After its original launch on a number of different mobile platforms, it’s finally make its way to Android a mere 5 years after launch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hell freezes over: built-in dark mode finally coming to Android (Update: nope) July 18, 2025 Update (02/24):Google added a post in the Issue Tracker stating there was a miscommunication with the team that handles AOSP issues. It doesn’t look like we’re getting native night mode in Android anytime soon. However, Google is adding a toggle in Developer Mode that will allow developers to create and test apps that implement night mode....