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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pay finally supported at 7-Eleven stores in the US June 15, 2025 Shoppers in the U.S. will soon be able to useGoogle Payto pay for goods at 7-Eleven stores. The convenience store chainannounced(as spotted byEngadget) that it has started to accept both Apple Pay and Google Pay as payment options. It said it expects most of its stores nationwide to be able to handle payments through the services by the end of September....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 2 wishlist: what we want to see August 16, 2025 The originalGoogle Pixeldefinitively proved that it’s what’s inside that counts. You would have been forgiven for thinking thatgutting an HTCprojectwith nine months to go, transplanting its HTCsoul for a Google one and releasing it onto the world with a brand new skin could have turned out disastrously. But that did not happen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google publishes the Android Auto app to the Play Store June 06, 2025 We first heard aboutAndroid Auto, Google’s foray into the automobile world, back at Google I/O 2014. While we’ve heard a ton of companies announce their plans to eventually make aftermarket head units, it’s taken quite awhile for Google to get the OS out to consumers. With that said, now consumers can finally get their chance to experience Auto for themselves, because Google has just published the Android Auto app to the Play Store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Grant app permissions – and then automatically remove them – with new Bouncer app June 27, 2025 Earlier today, we told you aboutthe removal of Weather Timelinefrom theGoogle Play Store. That app’s creator,Sam Ruston, just launched a new project that might help soften the blow for the loss of Weather Timeline: an app calledBouncer. Using the Bouncer Android app, you can grant permissions for applications temporarily....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on: The Amazfit T-Rex smartwatch is rugged and cheaper than you’d expect August 20, 2025 Update: June 20, 2025 at 4:10 p.m. ET:A previous version of this article claimed that theAmazfit T-Rexdoes not have interchangeable straps. The straps are in fact interchangeable, just not quick release straps. The article has been updated with the correct information. Also, we received another Amazfit T-Rex review unit that works properly, so the connection issues have been resolved....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR V8 specs revealed as it passes through TENAA June 17, 2025 Just last week, HUAWEI’s HONOR sub brandreleased its first teaserfor the launch of its upcomingHONOR V8smartphone. Today, the smartphone has been spotted passing through China’s TENAA regulatory agency, revealing a number of key hardware specifications. The first jewel of information gleaned from the listing is that the handset will arrive in three different variants, with the model numbers KNT-AL10, KNT-TL10, and the KNT-AL20....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to toggle battery percentage and Quick Settings in Android 6.0 August 04, 2025 Android 6.0 Marshmallowmay be packing a number of useful new features, but some early adopters are a little unhappy that the ability to display a battery percentage in the status bar or configure the Quick Settings panel are still absent from stock Android. Especially as many other OEM skins have made these features available....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate X2 review: Tainted love June 20, 2025 Huawei Mate X2 What we like What we don’t like Our scores I want you to imagine an alternate timeline. In fact, just think about the one HUAWEI was on a few years ago. Google support, killer devices, consumer confidence: HUAWEI was on target to be number one globally in short order....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Imagination’s new Ci40 Creator IoT board will run Brillo from Google June 05, 2025 One company which is well placed to reap the commercial benefits of the Internet of Things, is Imagination. Last year Imagination released itCi20 Creator single board computerand now the company is preparing to launch a new board aimed specifically at the Internet of Things. Today Imagination has announced that the Ci40, which will use a dual-core MIPS based processor, will run not only Linux (which let’s face it was a foregone conclusion) but alsoBrillofrom Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Kirin 985 tipped to be Kirin 980 successor, use 7nm EUV design June 01, 2025 The HiSiliconKirin 980represents a cutting-edge chipset design forHuawei, delivering a tri-cluster arrangement, 7nm design, and dual NPU silicon for machine learning. HUAWEI isn’t standing still though, as details supposedly emerge regarding a successor design. According to theChina Times(viaXDA-Developers), the new chipset is called the Kirin 985 and offers a 7nm EUV design (reportedly marketed as 7nm+)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Android distribution numbers in, Lollipop on 1.6% of devices July 28, 2025 The latest Android distribution numbers are in, and thebiggest change from last monthis that Android Lollipop has now reached enough users to register on the list, where it has made its way to 1.6 percent of the Android devices. As for the dominant version of Android? Jelly Bean still holds the lead with a collective 44....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leaked OnePlus 8 phone cases reveal new colors and old textures June 04, 2025 With theOnePlus 8 series launch datejust around the corner,leaks and rumorshave been coming in left and right. The latest of which gives us a bit of an idea of what we can expect from OnePlus’ official line of phone cases. Over onPatreon, reliable leakerEvan Blassshared a picture of six different OnePlus 8 case variants and four different textures (pictured above)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo launches VIBE Band VB10 fitness band and VIBE Xtension Selfie Flash July 21, 2025 Lenovo has already had a big day thanks to their announcement of theP90 and VIBE X2 Pro smartphones, but the Chinese PC manufacturer still has more up its sleeve. Today, Lenovo is announcing the VIBE Band VB10 wearable and the VIBE Xtension Selfie Flash. These devices were made to work in conjunction with Lenovo’s new VIBE X2 smartphone or really any smartphone, and both accessories should be available in the coming months....