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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Windows Mobile would have defeated Android if not for antitrust case: Bill Gates June 05, 2025 Jon Fingas Microsoft luminary Bill Gates said on Wednesday thatWindows Mobilewould have prevailed overAndroidhad Microsoft not faced an antitrust case in 2001. Speaking at theNew York Times’DealBook conference, the Microsoft cofounder said, “There’s no doubt that the antitrust lawsuit was bad for Microsoft, and we would have been more focused on creating the phone operating system and so instead of using Android today you would be using Windows Mobile....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: investigation details) Gemalto assures its SIM cards are safe following NSA security breach August 16, 2025 Update:Gemalto released more details on the results of its investigation. The SIM maker acknowledged that the attacks publicized byThe Interceptlikely happened, but denied that the attacks resulted in a massive security breach. According to Gemalto, the NSA/GCHQ attack could only affect a small number of encryption keys, and only 2G networks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Adding new functionality with Kotlin’s extension functions August 04, 2025 Is there a Java class that you’ve always felt was missing some useful functionality for Android development? With Kotlin it is possible to quickly and easily add functionality to existing classes, thanks to its extension functions. Here’s how to customize Kotlin and Java classes so that they provide exactly the functionality your project requires, including closed classes that were previously impossible to modify....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 Review: one of the best budget phones of the year July 26, 2025 The competition in the mid-range Android space continues to heat up, with a slew of OEMs, some better known than others, having some fantastic devices on offer, with most coming with distinctive features to help differentiate themselves from the competition. One common thread among all of these solutions is their surprisingly affordable price tags, that unlike only a few years ago, is no more indicative of any shortcomings on the quality side of things....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Pay launches loyalty card integration, starting with Walgreens June 28, 2025 I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of packing my wallet with loyalty/reward/stamp cards from shops I find myself back to. Thankfully, there are other options, at least technically. BothAndroid PayandSamsung Paysupport baking loyalty programs right into these virtual payments, but the concept has apparently been lost on retailers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple publishes new Android app for managing Beats Pill+ speakers August 13, 2025 Applehas just released their second app for the Google Play Store, and this one allows users to manage their Beats Pill+ speaker. This app follows up their less-than-diplomatic premiereMove to iOS, a release that saw somepretty hilarious responses. This Beats Pill+ app is far more functional and less passive aggressive than Move to iOS, and it sports features that allow users to synchronize multiple speakers to achieve greater depth of sound and stereo effects, as well as the ability to let more than one user control music playing from a single speaker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe review July 15, 2025 Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe What we like What we don’t like Our scores ASUS made quite a splash in January last year with the mid-rangeZenFone 2, with the device offering impressive specifications and features that were coupled with a very budget-friendly price tag. This is a practice that has becoming increasingly common since then, with a lot of OEMs jumping on the “high quality, affordable price” bandwagon, and has also become a growing trend in the flagship space as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ATAP’s Project Abacus aims to eliminate passwords from our lives August 03, 2025 Following the incredibly futuristic announcements ofProject Soli,VaultandJacquard,Google’s ATAPteam had yet another crazy announcement at its presentation earlier today at Google I/O. This next endeavor goes by the name of Project Abacus, and it aims to eliminate passwords for good by looking at the way you type, walk, talk and a variety of other signals....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Audials Radio - a radio app done right July 29, 2025 [ooyala code=”03eHA5eDo27oZcFbqmUwYcObphsHFdoe” player_id=”456099a54cc04bafb07a186890fa7e7e” width=”1920″ height=”1080″ auto=”true”] Internet radio is a huge deal. We have a swath of amazing content to choose from including Pandora, iHeartRadio, and even Google Play Music and Spotify have radio options. There’s another name, though, that doesn’t get thrown around a lot calledAudials Radioand we’re going to take a quick look to see what this app can do and check out why it’s a great option for radio fans....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DC Legends RPG launches and lets you create your own super hero team June 02, 2025 After debuting some gameplaywith a trailer in October, Warner Bros. Interactive has officially launched DC Legends in the Google Play Store. The mobile free-to-play RPG lets players create their own super hero (or even super villain) team using the huge number of characters in the DC Comics universe....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dynasty Warriors Unleashed slashes its way worldwide on Android July 11, 2025 After asoft launch in Februaryin Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia, the free-to-play hack and slash mobile game Dynasty Warriors Unleashed is now available to download for Android worldwide from theGoogle Play Store. The game itself is based on the long-running and highly popular console game series from Koei Tecmo Games....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FedEx refuses to deliver HUAWEI phone in US (Update: Mistake) June 08, 2025 Update, August 20, 2025 (3:10 pm ET):FedEx providedPC Magwith the following statement. According to the company, the shipment was returned by mistake. Original post, June 24, 2025 (1:40 pm ET):Today, viaPC Mag, we learned that FedEx refused to deliver aHUAWEI P30smartphone headed to the United States from the United Kingdom....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google app for Android now features some offline voice commands July 23, 2025 Google Search is a very powerful tool for most Android users. It puts a a world of information right at our fingertips. And now that voice commands are just some pronunciations away, we can really take advantage of our smartphones without even touching them. The only issue is that voice commands haven’t really been available once that internet connection drops....