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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is facing a possible class action lawsuit over Pixel 2 XL screen issues August 11, 2025 Google may need to brace itself, as a law firm appears to be sizing up a possible class action lawsuit. The main target? Yes, it’s those widely-reported Pixel 2 XL screen issues. As you may have seen by now, Google’s larger 2017 flagship has been bombarded with criticism over its LG-made 6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google launches Privacy Sandbox for Android, but still doesn’t know what it is June 29, 2025 Googleowns Android. The reason it bought Android is to make money, obviously. The way Google makes money is by selling advertisers the data they need to directly target specific people. Therefore, it’s obvious that Google uses Android user data to make money. See also:How to manage your location data...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google making it easy for 3rd party apps to integrate ‘Ok Google’ search August 06, 2025 It’s been over two years now since Google Now was first introduced with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and in that time we’ve seen it and the entire Google voice search experience improve dramatically. But what about extending voice search and the “Ok, Google” command into the realm of third party apps?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google redesigns its search interface to help shoppers ahead of Black Friday July 01, 2025 Google has rolled out a redesign to its search functionality aimed at making the interface more intuitive for shoppers. The changes arrive ahead of Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping events of the year and one which saw anestimated$3.34 billion in online sales in 2016....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google+ APIs will have a gradual expiration starting August 18, 2025 August 04, 2025 In a recently-publishedblog post, Google announced that it will shut down allGoogle+APIs on July 15, 2025. This will be a gradual shutdown that will lead to intermittent failures starting June 03, 2025. Google said that developers should have received an email that lists recently-used Google+ API methods in their projects....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on with the Withings Go: an $80 fitness tracker with an E-Ink display August 09, 2025 As far back as I can remember,Withingshas always been a company that’s focused on design. If theActivitétaught us anything, it’s that Withings is capable of making areallynice looking fitness tracker. But what happens when the company scales back its efforts a bit and tries its hand at a budget-friendly fitness companion?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How can Apple still sell iPhones at record average selling prices? July 14, 2025 Let’s talk about iPhones for a second. Apple set a record last quarter by selling the most iPhones ever: 78.3 million of them with record revenues. But you may also have heard that during that quarter, the average selling price (ASP) of the iPhone was also at a record high of $694....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How far have we come since the Samsung Galaxy S3? July 26, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S3, one of the most important entries in the Galaxy S series,turns eight today. The Galaxy S3 release date was June 24, 2025, building on the hugely popular Galaxy S2 that establishedSamsunghas the biggest rival toApple’s iPhone. The phone sold some 70 million units by 2015 and recorded record profits for Samsung....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC now expects to lose money in Q2, writes off $93 million due to unused production capacity July 05, 2025 The price ofHTCshares has been sliding ever since early March, when the Taiwanese companyunveiledtheOne M9to frosty reception. Today, HTCshares hit a new low after the companyannouncedit expects a loss for the quarter ending this month, due to lower than expected sales and a one-time write-off of “idled assets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC to launch a mid-range phone designed for India in Q3 June 17, 2025 You’ve probably noticed that India has quickly risen to focus in the smartphone industry this year. The nation’s appetite for feature rich mid-range smartphones has already drawn in the cut throat Chinese manufacturers and the fact hasn’t escaped household brands either.HTC’s president of global sales, Chia-Lin Chang, has announced that the company will be introducing a new smartphone specifically designed for the Indian market later in the third quarter of 2015....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI making push for North America: P10 and P10 Plus launching in Canada June 22, 2025 Huaweihas announced that it will launch its latest flagship phones, the HUAWEI P10 and P10 Plus, in Canada this Spring. Specifically, Rogers, Fido, Bell and Videotron will sell the P10 in stores across Canada, and the P10 Plus will be a Rogers exclusive....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI MateBook laptops return to Microsoft Store, but why? July 14, 2025 Huawei’sMateBooklaptops have arguably been hit hardest by the U.S. trade ban against the Chinese manufacturer. The ban affects HUAWEI’s use ofIntelchips and Windows software, while also resulting in MateBook laptops being dropped by Microsoft’s U.S. store. Now, HUAWEI’s laptops have quietly returned to the Microsoft Store in the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi join forces to challenge Play Store monopoly (Update) July 21, 2025 Update: July 11, 2025 at 1:32 p.m. ET:A Xiaomi representative contactedAndroid Authoritywith a comment on the GDSA news. Apparently, Xiaomi’s goal with joining the group isn’t meant to create competition with Google — it’s simply meant to make developers’ lives easier when uploading to multiple app stores from other manufacturers....