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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Silicon Valley giants side with Samsung in a dispute with Apple August 15, 2025 AppleandSamsunghave been arguing in court over various patent infringements for years now and the proceedings are still apparently ongoing. In the latest development, a number of Silicon Valley’s top firms, including Google, Facebook, HP, Dell and eBay, submitted a “friend of the court” brief on July 1stin support of Samsung, according to a newly sourced document....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony is actually selling more smartphones than it did this time last year June 26, 2025 Sony‘s smartphone division is still well down on the lofty form it showed in the late 2000s. In recent years it has struggled to gain a firm, profitable foothold in the market, but it seems its current strategy and focus on higher-end devices could be paying off....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Take all your Spotify tunes offline with just one tap August 07, 2025 Living in the cloud definitely has its benefits. One is the ability of syncing your set-up between multiple devices and platforms. But what happens when you lose your data connection? Or when your used megabytes start adding up to insane overage fees? Sometimes you just need to give up your internal storage and take your music offline....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tasker to gain non-root firewall capability in future update July 28, 2025 Taskeris an incredibly valuable tool in the arsenal of Android modders and power users, but a future update could make it even more powerful. Pent, the developer of Tasker,took to the project’s Google Groupto tease a new feature coming in an upcoming release: network access control, no root required....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus skins to get August 22, 2025 Samsung perfected its color options for theGalaxy S20 family, but we will always want more. Cases can alter looks and offer some great protection, but they can be heavy in your pocket. You’re not out of luck quite yet, though, as skins can be a slim and stylish alternative — just don’t expect the same level of protection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The casual consumer’s misunderstanding of Android August 04, 2025 Google designed Android to be a simple experience, but if you were new to the platform, you probably wouldn’t know that. When most manufacturers produce a new Android-based smartphone, it’s typically Google’s software buried under a layer of homegrown gunk. This includes pre-loaded applications and a replacement UI often referred to as a “skin....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 wallpapers are here, download them now July 16, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy Note 20 seriesof phones are now available to purchase. However, if you don’t want to buy the smartphone, you can make your current phone look like the Note 20 . . . sort of. You can now download the official Note 20 wallpapers for your current smartphone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This could be what Xiaomi’s first phone with an in-display camera looks like July 30, 2025 We’ve been hearing about under-screen cameras ever since bothXiaomiandOpposhowed off their individual prototypes last year. Rumors also point to theupcoming Nokia flagshipincorporating the notch-killer selfie camera design. However, the tech still remains elusive and has not seen a commercial launch. Now, a new patent possibly gives us our first look at what Xiaomi’s under-screen camera phone could look like....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Three new Xiaomi phones hit TENAA: Are we looking at Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A? July 15, 2025 Xiaomi’s Redmi family of phones offers some fantastic value for money, delivering solid specs at a great price. TheRedmi 5series has been on the market for roughly six months, but isXiaomiabout to pull the trigger on the Redmi 6? Three new phones popped up on China’s TENAA telecoms authority overnight, shaping up to be entry-level, better than entry-level, and squarely mid-range devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon will bring back full-quality video streaming, but for a price July 14, 2025 Remember whenVerizonthrottled video streamingon its network to 480p on smartphones and 720p on tablets back in August? That was fun, wasn’t it? Well, it looks like Big Red found a way to give back your precious full-quality video streaming on its network: by charging you for it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We could be closer to getting multiple device support in WhatsApp June 13, 2025 WhatsApphas delivered quite a few features over the years, ranging from Stories and dark mode to QR code support andAny.do integration. We still don’t have multiple device support after all this time though, but it looks like we might be a step closer to getting the feature....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is Sarahah and why was it removed from Google Play? June 26, 2025 In late 2016, a new social networking service called Sarahah quietly launched. In mid-2017, it became extremely popular after the service launched a mobile app for iOS and Android. It became a huge hit, especially among teenagers, but it also quickly became a major concern for their parents....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s sales surge while it files for potentially the largest-ever IPO June 30, 2025 Chinese smartphone manufacturerXiaomifiled for an initial public offering in Hong Kong today, viaBloomberg, that is likely to end up being the largest ever in business history, reaching a potential valuation of $100 billion. For reference, internet sales giant Alibaba filedthe current-largest IPO of all timeat $25 billion in 2014....