Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Smart Launcher 5 is here to dominate your home screen August 07, 2025 The Smart Launcher Team has released its latest launcher app: Smart Launcher 5. The new app, the sequel to Smart Launcher 3 featured in ourbest Android launcherlist, arrives after two years of development. The team outlined some of the new launcher’s features in a recentblog post—and it appears to be quite a departure from its predecessor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony announces pre-orders for the SmartEyeglass Dev Edition in the UK and Germany June 11, 2025 We’ve seen prototypes ofSony‘s answer to Google Glass pop upalmost a year ago, and now it’s finally official. Sony will now let you pre-order the Sony SmartEyeglass Developer Edition for $840. Units are available for pre-order from today in Germany and the UK, and will ship in March....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia X series now available for pre-order in the US June 04, 2025 When Sonyintroduced its new Xperia X seriesat MWC this year, it came with an understanding that its then-current flagship, the Xperia Z, wasfinally finished. A morerecent report suggestedthat the Japanese OEM now plans to label all new phones under the X umbrella until 2018, though even that rumor has beenseemingly disproved....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia XZs with 19 MP Motion Eye camera makes its way to India June 12, 2025 TheSony Xperia XZs, which was announced atMWC2017 in Barcelona, has made its way to India. The smartphone was officially launched today and will go on sale starting April 11. Sony says you’ll be able to get it from Flipkart, at all Sony Centers as well as a few other offline retailers for Rs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sound Guys Monthly - December 2015 - JBL Xtreme Giveaway June 15, 2025 While there are actually a whole bunch of days in November thataren’tThanksgiving, Black Friday, or Cyber Monday, it’s still thought of by many as a month of turkey and deals, stuffing and long lines. Here at Sound Guys, it means rounding up our picks for the best gear of the year, but it also saw a bunch of awesome new product announcements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TCL Plex and folding screen concepts show company ready to flex brand power June 07, 2025 TCL is the number one selling TV brand in North America, according to research firmIHS Markit, and the company plans to bank on its success in new ways. Last week at theIFA trade showin Berlin, the company announced theTCL Plex, the first smartphone to bear the company’s own brand....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This popular messaging app poses a major privacy threat to millions of users July 31, 2025 When it comes to third-party messaging apps for Android, Go SMS Pro is one of the most popular ones out there. It has over 100 million installs as per itsGoogle Play Store listingand markets itself as the number one platform to replace Android’s stock messaging app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Turn your app ideas into cash with HUAWEI’s AppsUp contest July 07, 2025 Just about everyone has had an idea for an app at one point or another. The tough part is figuring out a way to turn that idea into reality, and better yet — money. It’s time to get your coding fingers ready because HUAWEI’s newAppsUpcompetition offers the chance to bring your idea to life....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: YouTube TV is now live on Android TV and Xbox July 13, 2025 Update (11/2/17): Listings for YouTube TV are now live on both Android TV and Xbox. YouTube TV is its own independent listing and is not incorporated in the standard YouTube app, so you’ll have to head into the Play Store or Xbox Store and search for it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. US law firm looking into Google Pixel 3 class-action suit due to alleged defects July 18, 2025 It seems that every timeGooglereleases a new Pixel smartphone, the devices are inevitably plagued with accusations of hardware defects. ThePixel 3from 2018 is no different, and now a United States law firm is investigating the potential of starting a Google Pixel 3 class-action lawsuit related to the alleged defects of the line (h/tAndroid Police)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: A female voice assistant or Morgan Freeman, please August 05, 2025 The issue at play is that the dominant voice assistants are by default, female. Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, Cortana and Bixby all have a female AI voice out of the box. Each of these options also offers a range of voices, including male, and some celebrities, and some offer accented regional voices for British or Australian accents, and so on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most are worried about HUAWEI’s future June 20, 2025 It has now been over a week since HUAWEI was added to theU.S. government’s Entity List. Each day since hasbrought with it more bad newsfor the Chinese telecom. Sowe decided to ask youif you believe HUAWEI is in trouble. Here’s what you had to say....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We just got our first glimpse of Final Fantasy XI Reboot June 23, 2025 Back in March of 2015, Nexon and Square Enixannouncedthat they would be teaming up to develop a mobile version of the massively popularMMORPGFinal Fantasy XI. The goal was to create a gaming experience true to the original that takes advantage of some of the capabilities unique to the mobile platform....