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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DotEmu brings point-and-click adventure game ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ to Android August 21, 2025 Remember the classic horror title ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ that was launched in 1995 for the PC? If you’ve been itching to experience it all over again with touchscreen-friendly controls, now you can, thanks to the folks atDotEmu....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Eight Korean card companies are testing Samsung Pay to iron out bugs July 14, 2025 I’ll forgive you if you had forgotten all aboutSamsung Pay, as we are still waiting on the consumer launch following the service’s unveiling back in March. As part of the pre-launch schedule, sources states that Samsung and eight South Korean card companies have been thoroughly testing Samsung Pay, to ensure that it’is ready for public launch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Energizer’s 18,000mAh phone is an Indiegogo disaster June 09, 2025 TheEnergizer P18K Popcaught our eye atMWC 2019, owing to its gigantic battery and comical proportions. Unfortunately, the phone’s IndieGogo campaign failed by a massive margin. TheIndieGogocampaign, launched by Energizer brand licensee Avenir Telecom, had a $1.2 million goal. It only managed to hit $15,005, or just over one percent of its goal, according toThe Verge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FCC paying billions for 10 Mbps LTE in rural U.S. areas August 20, 2025 As part of its Mobility Fund Phase II auction,the FCChas agreed to pay outover $4.5 billion over a ten-year periodtothe four major U.S. wireless carriers. The intention is forAT&T,Verizon,Sprint, andT-Mobile, to use the cash to expand their wireless service in rural areas of the United States that currently get spotty service, or sometimes no service at all....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fine Tuning Your Android Phone’s Display with Soft Screen Tuner App July 01, 2025 With the advent of touchscreen technology, there is no more need for key pads in your phone and there’s now plenty of room for the display. With wider displays, you get to enjoy pictures and videos better compared to those old phone versions with screens half the size of the handset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get Galaxy Note 8 apps for any rooted Samsung device on Android Nougat July 04, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy Note 8launched last week after many long months of anticipation and we’ll likely be talking about it for many more months to come. This is the latest major flagship from the South Korean manufacturer, arriving with a bunch of new and improved features, including the latest editions of Samsung’s apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Allo 9.0 APK teardown reveals chat backups, group incognito chats and more July 28, 2025 Allo has become a great communication alternative thanks to Assistant support, smart replies, fun sticker packs, whisper/shout options and plenty of other great features. Google is far from being done with this project, though. They continue improving Allo and have been known to leave evidence of upcoming features in the code… which we certainly enjoy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Drive’s Material Design revamp out now on iOS, next week on Android June 01, 2025 Update, July 03, 2025:Google Drive’s Material Design refresh has begun rolling out to iOS devices, so iPhone users can expect the update to hit in the next 15 days. As mentioned in the original article below, it features a number of visual and navigational changes that bring thecloud storage servicemore in line with other G Suite apps likeGmail,Google Docs, Sheets, and so on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is offering Pixel XL as replacement to eligible Nexus 6P owners (Update: Not anymore) August 18, 2025 Update (9/18): The policy of replacing faulty out-of-warrantyNexus 6Punits has been reversed. Google had been replacing faulty units with newPixel XLunits for a little over a week. However, a useron Redditrecently tried to RMA their faulty Nexus 6P only to be told to contact HUAWEI instead as Google would no longer replace out-of-warranty devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google may be building a bot-heavy messaging service July 09, 2025 For those of you who still hold fond memories of chatting it up with SmarterChild on AOL Instant Messenger, Google looks like it has a project in the works that may catch your eye. The sultan of search is rumored to be developing a new messaging service to compete with Facebook’sMessengerandWhatsApp, and one of its primary features is an army of bots that will let you get in on the chatting action even if you don’t have any friends....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 2 XL unboxing and first impressions July 18, 2025 Google is fast becoming an AI-first company, and to really put AI at the core of the smartphone experience, it needs to control the entire stack, including services, software, and hardware. Enter theGoogle Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, which are, without doubt, the ideal choices for fans of all things Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Books is getting much smarter with book recommendations August 01, 2025 If you keep adding to your collection of half-read books,Google Play Books’ new Discover featuremight help you find titles that better suit your fancy. Live now for Android and iOS, the retouched Play Books section of Google Play will deliver an regularly updated selection of ebooks that have been aggregated from a collection of hot titles around the web, and computer-generated picks of stories based off your browsing history and habits....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s our first look at the Moto G8 Plus, launching later this month June 28, 2025 For all youMotorolafans out there, the company could release a newmid-range, camera-centric device by the end of the month. The handset in question is the Motorola Moto G8 Plus, and it is expected to hit shelves as soon as October 24. According toWinFuture, the Moto G8 Plus will launch with an impressive three-camera setup....