Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Mountain Goat Mountain: a new free game from Zynga June 07, 2025 Enjoying the weekend? Probably not enough, so let’s take a look at a new game from popular developer Zynga. It goes by the name of Mountain Goat Mountain and it just might become your new addiction. As its name entails, the new title revolves around a lonely little goat....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Android distribution figures show Marshmallow cresting 1% August 25, 2025 Android just released thenew distribution numbersfor February 2016, and Marshmallow has finally crossed the 1% threshold. January saw a .5% increase from the close of 2015, bringing Marshmallow’s usage to 1.2%. This figure looks miniscule, but when you think about it, moving from .7% to 1.2% is a pretty big leap....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New screenshots show off Sony’s Concept for Android OS July 26, 2025 Last week,Sonyreleased a few details about its newConcept for Android OSand began the search for 500 Swedish beta testers. Now, a few leaked screenshots have shown up, giving us a little look at Sony’s experimental vision for Android. Overall, Sony’s Concept for Android is rather stock looking piece of software, with minimal clutter and the grey and white menus that you would usually find on a Nexus handset, which is sure to be a contentious point of preference....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NexDock Touch is a laptop that uses your phone for guts, costs just $250 August 18, 2025 Nex Computers is rolling out the third iteration of its line of NexDock laptop shells. TheNexDock Touchis the first in the line to offer a full touchscreen, which is a welcome upgrade over the NexDock 2. In fact, this was one of our biggest gripes of the NexDock 2 inour review of that unit....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NSA can no longer collect info on your phone calls August 05, 2025 Rest your tinfoil hats, folks (at least for a bit). Today opens a new era in North American history. One in which the NSA can no longer freely collect data on your telephone calls. Effective midnight, last night, the National Security Agency can no longer grab phone call information from carriers without a proper procedure....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. One of the best Allo features is coming to Android Messages June 25, 2025 Google Allo— Google’s effective but too-little-too-late chat app — is getting phased out. The company has already dismantled the staff and moved them to other projects. While this is unfortunate because Allo is actually a decent instant messenger, it doesn’t look like the useful features of Allo are going to disappear with it....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pixel 6 might have its own chip codenamed ‘Whitechapel’ (Updated: More evidence) August 11, 2025 Update: June 12, 2025 (12:40 AM ET): Folks over atXDA Developershave uncovered more evidence to suggest that the Pixel 6 could have its own custom chip codenamed “Whitechapel.” The publication refers to a code change submitted to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). While the change itself isn’t interesting, a comment made by a Google engineer refers to a “P21” device, which is likely the Pixel 6 phone for 2021....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Reasons to be excited and nervous about a closer OnePlus and OPPO relationship July 30, 2025 OnePlushas long been associated with OPPO, dating back to the early years of its formation. The association between the twoBBK-affiliated brandshas deepened in recent years, with the two companies drawing closer earlier this year by merging their R&D efforts. Now, OnePlus has announced that it will “further integrate” with its larger stablemate....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces Bixby, promises to revolutionize phone interaction June 02, 2025 Smartphones are becoming too complicated for their own good, so Samsung wants to change them fundamentally with the launch of Bixby, its long-rumored digital assistant. In a lengthyblog post, Samsung’s head of R&D for Software and Services, InJong Rhee, said Bixby will stand out from competing AI-based assistants (or “agents”) through three main factors – completeness, context awareness, and cognitive tolerance....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung could bring Google Assistant to TVs, lowering wall around Bixby July 14, 2025 A new report fromVarietysuggests some interesting news:Samsungcould bring Google Assistant to its 2019 televisions. This would be the first time Samsung has allowed a virtual assistant on its TV products that isn’t its ownBixby. Although information is scarce at the moment,Varietysuggests the two virtual assistants will live next to each other in harmony, similar to howGoogle Assistantand Alexa are both made available onLGtelevisions....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Dex app now available on Windows, Mac: Here’s why you should try it out August 22, 2025 Samsung touted improvedDexcapabilities with theGalaxy Note 10series, allowing users to access the phones’ desktop environment via a laptop and a USB cable. Now, the required Windows and Mac apps havegone live(h/t:XDA-Developers), enabling users to see what all the fuss is about....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S11 Plus camera: Is it the weirdest looking multi-lens camera? June 07, 2025 2019 saw basically every important smartphone maker produce devices with more than one rear camera. Even single-shooter holdouts like Google joined the multi-camera party with the dual-lensPixel 4, though most OEMs were a little more ambitious than the search giant and opted for two,three, or sometimes even more additional sensors....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Gear S3 officially announced: here’s what you need to know August 10, 2025 Samsung may not be focusing on theAndroid Wearplatform anymore, but that doesn’t meant the company is scrapping itssmartwatchplans altogether. 2014’sGear Scertainly left much to be desired, though last year’sGear S2was a very impressive offering. Now Samsung has just taken the wraps off its new Tizen-powered smartwatch, the Gear S3!...
