Google Photos helps prove man's innocence after assault by police

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Photos helps prove man’s innocence after assault by police August 20, 2025 There’s many arguments for automatically backing up your photos and videos to the cloud but most of these are around being able to access them from wherever you are. Just occasionally, the auto backup feature in most services proves to have real world benefits and as a man from Toronto found out, your smartphone can save you a lot of bother....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Brian Wilson

Google Stadia: The finer print of Google's game streaming service

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Stadia: The finer print of Google’s game streaming service July 30, 2025 Set to debut in November,Google Stadiaappears to be one of the mostambitious attempts yetat a game streaming platform. That said, there are plenty of smaller questions with smaller answers that could sway your thoughts on Stadia. Let’s take a look at some of the finer print with Stadia and see what Google didn’t outright tell us....

July 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1132 words · Benjamin Roach

Got room for more dessert? Android Pie OTA update hits OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Got room for more dessert? Android Pie OTA update hits OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T August 11, 2025 OnePlus has had a phenomenal 2018, delivering the fantasticOnePlus 6, landing a deal with T-Mobile, and launching the slickOnePlus 6T(albeit without aheadphone jack). The company isn’t finished for the year though, as it’s announced late yesterday that OxygenOS 9.0.0 andAndroid Pieare officially rolling out to theOnePlus 5andOnePlus 5T....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Crystal Coleman

HMD admits it screwed up Android 11 rollout for Nokia phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HMD admits it screwed up Android 11 rollout for Nokia phones July 16, 2025 One of the key selling points of HMD’sNokiasmartphones in the early days was that they would be up-to-date in terms of software upgrades. The company was indeed quick to update phones at first, but things declined massively with the Android 11 update. Was this a case of the company spreading itself too thinly for the number of phones it had to update?...

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Cynthia Hensley

HONOR 10 specs: The HUAWEI P20 in HONOR clothing?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 10 specs: The HUAWEI P20 in HONOR clothing? July 15, 2025 HUAWEI flagshipsare traditionally followed by anHONOR phonewith very similar specifications. Most recently, we saw theMate 10/HONOR View 10, and theHUAWEI P10/HONOR 9. The HONOR 10 was revealed in China last month, offering aP20-inspired handset. Today sees confirmation of a global launch though. Read:HONOR 10 global announcement – Everything you need to know...

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Joseph Stewart

How to avoid spoilers on your phone

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to avoid spoilers on your phone June 10, 2025 Spoilers are just the worst. You’ve waited for months or even years to see an eagerly awaited movie or TV show finale, but due to circumstances well beyond your control you can’t catch it immediately. You go to check your phone for just a split second and bam! Spoiler city....

July 24, 2025 · 5 min · 873 words · Emily Farmer

How to stop your Android from accessing your location

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to stop your Android from accessing your location June 21, 2025 Ever wonder how much location information your Android reports? Well, just take a look at how much Google knows about where you’ve been by clickingthis link. It’s at once impressive and a little eerie. That’s just Google, and they’re relatively transparent about how they use your information. What about all those other apps that you’ve granted access to your location by glancing right over the Permissions when you installed them?...

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Regina Thomas

How to turn off mobile data and roaming on the HTC10

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to turn off mobile data and roaming on the HTC10 August 07, 2025 Whether you’re using mobile data when travelling abroad or have a limited amount of data included in your plan, managing when you’re using your mobile data can be the difference between a worry-free bill and bill-shock. Thankfully, Android smartphones make it easy to turn mobile data and data roaming on or off, so here’s the steps you need to perform:...

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Robert Decker

HTC One M9 goes on sale today: 11 things you should know

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9 goes on sale today: 11 things you should know July 29, 2025 We’ve already taken a look at what you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 now that its big day has arrived, and we’ve even shown you were to pick it up from. Let’s not forget that the HTCOne M9 is also hitting retailers in the US (and several other markets) today....

July 24, 2025 · 4 min · 787 words · James Parker

HUAWEI creating its own virtual assistant for Chinese market

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI creating its own virtual assistant for Chinese market August 18, 2025 While most of the world thinks ofAmazon’s AlexaandGoogle Assistantwhen it comes tovirtual assistants, not everyone finds them so useful: neither platform currently understands Chinese. Yes, you may ask both assistants to translate something into Chinese (and Amazon hassome big plans when it comes to translation), but you can’t ask the systems a question in Chinese....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Dennis Harris

HUAWEI Mate S vs Ascend Mate 7

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate S vs Ascend Mate 7 July 12, 2025 Last year saw HUAWEI introduced its first all-metal big-screen smartphone with theMate 7, which brought a stylish design and unique single-touch fingerprint sensor. Fast forward a year and HUAWEI introduced theMate Sat IFA, bringing an updated design and second-generation fingerprint scanner, but how do these two devices compare? That’s exactly what we aim to find out in this quick look at the new HUAWEI Mate S vs the Ascend Mate 7....

July 24, 2025 · 9 min · 1873 words · Kathy Valentine

Leak suggests Samsung could kill the audio jack on yet another phone

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leak suggests Samsung could kill the audio jack on yet another phone June 10, 2025 An upcoming Samsung smartphone has now broken cover, but it’s not theGalaxy S22orGalaxy S21 FE. Instead, new renders of the company’s affordable Galaxy A33 have emerged showcasing its design and one potentially disappointing omission. Published by91Mobilesand tipster OnLeaks, the Samsung Galaxy A33 will apparently sport a quad rear camera, a notched 6....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Matthew Singleton

Making your Android Tablet Homescreen look like the iPad

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Making your Android Tablet Homescreen look like the iPad June 23, 2025 Are you in love with the Apple look but not with the iPad? You don’t need to be crazy over Apple to admit that iOS has one of the best looks on the market. It’s sleek, it’s catchy, and the way those icons shake when you move them definitely catches anyone’s attention....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · William Perez