Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. RIP Google Now Launcher, it was a good run June 19, 2025 It looks like the end of the Google Now Launcher is finally here. First spotted byAndroid Central, the Google Now Launcher reads as incompatible with almost every smartphone in theGoogle Play Store. If you are still using the Google Now Launcher on your device, don’t worry; it won’t go away....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (12GB RAM model) looks mighty fine in Luxurious Ceramic White June 05, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S10 leaksare coming in thick and fast ahead of the series’ big launch on Feb. 20. That includes afull specs list leakthat not only revealed that there will be a Galaxy S10 Plus model with aridiculous12GB of RAM and 1TB, but also that said model will come in two exclusive colorways....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung might let you download Secure Folder with Nougat June 17, 2025 Remember Secure Folder from the Galaxy Note 7? It essentially let you store various files in a protected folder. Well, according to Samsung, the company is considering adding it as a downloadable feature with the Galaxy S7 Nougat update. If you owned the Galaxy Note 7 – may it rest in peace – then you might remember something called Secure Folder....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung said to be manufacturing 10nm Snapdragon 830 processor June 17, 2025 According to a report coming out of South Korea, Samsung LSI will be responsible for manufacturing Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 830 chipsets. Very much like the rumored Exynos 8895, Snapdragon 830 will be built using the 10nm fabrication process and will be used in at least some Galaxy S8 units – presumably Chinese and US devices....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia X series hands-on July 30, 2025 LG and Samsung may be the talk of the town following their respective flagship releases, but it’s safe to say that neither OEM did a very good job with keeping things under wraps in the run up to their launch. However, one company that has taken us a bit more by surprise is Sony, who introduced an absolutely brand new series of smartphones earlier today, under the Xperia X moniker....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Unihertz Atom takes the concept of a miniature smartphone and cranks it to 11 August 22, 2025 How much can you fit in a smartphone as big as the palm of the average hand? Unihertz set out to answer that question with theJelly, and the company is back to provide a more rugged answer in the Atom. As with the Jelly, the Atom’s main draw is its ultra-portable design....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: AirPods lineup likely delayed, Apple slips to fourth place August 25, 2025 This week in Apple news we heard some rumors related to the three new AirPods products. Third-gen AirPods, second-gen AirPods Pro, and the long-fabled AirPods Studio will likely land in 2021. It was previously rumored the Studio over-ears would land this year at some point....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Twitter likely won’t add an edit button until it starts bleeding users June 12, 2025 Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” But what if I told you that there was one other truth in life? That certainty, as you might have guessed by this post’s headline, is thatTwitterwill likely never add an edit button to its social network....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Umm, is the $499 OnePlus 7T a better choice than the OnePlus 8 series? July 15, 2025 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: OnePlus increasing its prices right up to the $1,000 barrier isnot exactly popular. We all knew this endgame was coming long ago and yet, like the proverbial frog that doesn’t realize it’s being boiled, we’re still somehow surprised that it’s happened....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi Box finally getting major firmware upgrade with Oreo (Update: It’s here!) August 25, 2025 Update, June 21, 2025:It looks like Xiaomi has opened the floodgates for all Mi Box owners, as Android Oreo comes to the streaming box in earnest. The update was spotted by a U.S. redditor on theAndroidTVsubreddit. However, users in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, and Portugal reported that they received Oreo too....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 leaked in hands-on photo, shows off 18:9 display and key specs August 13, 2025 The follow-up to Xiaomi’s record-breakingRedmi Note 4has been spotted in the wild. The leaked photo (below) first appeared onWeiboand shows off the Redmi Note 5’s fresh new 18:9 display as well as a whole bunch of key specs. The biggest step-up we can see from the Redmi Note 4, from a design perspective at least, is the near bezel-less display....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Zoom’s now in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, and more July 03, 2025 1. Zoom? Not so much. Zoom has become the darling of the working-from-home/lockdown world but that popularity is coming at a cost. I mentioned yesterday how there’s been rapid backlash against the company. But people like Basecamp founder David Heinemeier Hansson(@DHH) have jumped way further, calling the organization “fundamentally corrupt....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: No it won’t) Going to McDonalds right now might actually improve your fitness July 17, 2025 Original post, August 17:No offense to McDonald’s – which has been reinventing itself as more health conscious restaurant for a long time now – but the fast food chain rarely finds itself mentioned in the same breath as the word “healthy” without an un- in front of it....
