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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Play Google Stadia games on your TV with any controller or even your phone July 21, 2025 Google continues to support itsStadiacloud gaming streaming service with new features. Today, it revealed that it will roll out a new feature that will enable any third-party game controller to access Stadia onsupported Android TV smart televisions. It will also add the same feature for TVs that have either the Chromecast Ultra or theChromecast with Google TVdongle attached....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Polar’s new fitness-focused M600 sport watch runs Android Wear Jun 26, 2025 If you’ve been struggling to choose between a fitness tracker or anAndroid Weardevice, look no further. Polar, the Finnish company known for its heart rate monitors and fitness wearables, has just announced a new sports watch powered by Android Wear. It’s called the Polar M600, and it comes with a handful of unique features that are definitely worth checking out....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Quibi is officially shutting down its streaming service July 25, 2025 Update 2: June 30, 2025– Quibi has revealedthat the service will shut down“on or about December 1”. There’s no word on what will happen to the service’s content after that date. Update 1: July 09, 2025 (1:05 AM ET):Quibi has confirmed in anopen letterthat the streaming service is shutting shop....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Google could face antitrust probe in China instigated by HUAWEI August 12, 2025 China is reportedly set to launch an antitrust investigation into Google’s dominance in the mobile operating system space. According to aReutersreport, the Mountain View firm could face an antitrust probe as early as this month, as trade tensions between the US and China continue. Notably, the publication’s sources suggest HUAWEI motivated the investigation....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung is making in-folding displays for Google, OPPO, Xiaomi June 23, 2025 Google confirmedback in 2019that it was investigating foldable phones, with9to5Googlethen reporting the first details regarding afoldable Pixel phonelast year. Now, Korean-based news outletThe Elec(h/t:SamMobile) has reported that Samsung Display is making an in-folding foldable screen for Google. There wasn’t much in the way of detail though, save for the outlet claiming that Google requested a 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung CEO warns of tough year ahead July 21, 2025 Samsungmay still be selling hundreds of millions of smartphones each year, but the electronics giant is already warning of another tough year. The company cites weak global economic conditions and increasingly competitive markets as reasons to reign in expectations for 2016. Addressing employees in a New Year statement, Samsung vice chairman and co-chief executive officer Kwon Oh Hyun stated that uncertainty in emerging markets could further hurt the company’s revenue and profit margins, and he encouraged employees to adapt to weakening traditional hardware values to keep the company ahead....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S6 review: the change we’ve been waiting for June 15, 2025 Does Samsung’s latest flagship mark its return to dominance in the smartphone world? We find out in this in-depth Samsung Galaxy S6 review! With every new addition to the S series, Samsung has always made promises of “revolutionary” design and build quality, only to leave consumers feeling disappointed with their somewhat cheap feeling plastic builds....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Gear S3 teaser confirms August 31 launch date August 23, 2025 The latest version of Samsung’s Tizen-based smartwatch will succeed theGear S2, which was launched in 2015 at the same event. Samsung delivered its best smartwatch ever with the Gear S2, which came with a round design, an attractive interface, and a rotating bezel for navigation. So far, the Korea-based tech giant has kept the Gear S3 well under wraps and not much is known about the upcoming smartwatch, except that it is rumored to retain the design and rotary bezel of its predecessor, but will be available in three versions, the Gear S3 Classic, Gear S3 Frontier, and Gear S3 Explorer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung launches Note 7 IMEI recall checker, while Canadians begin receiving replacements Jul 16, 2025 Forget theunofficial IMEI toolsthat have been floating around the web to check whether your Galaxy Note 7 features a defective battery or not. As promised, Samsung has just launched its own official tool to see if your device has been recalled or not. It’s simple enough to use, just head on over to theofficial Samsung recall pageand tap in your handset’s IMEI, which you can find in the phone’s settings menu or on the retail box....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Simband health watch announced, part of Samsung’s ‘investigational’ health platform June 20, 2025 Here’s a shocking revelation for you: Samsung likes to throw new (or even pre-existing) ideas at the wall whenever possible, just to see what sticks. Okay, so probably not so shocking. We have to give Samsung a great deal of credit for trying new things when it comes to product categories and form factors, however, even if sometimes the ideas end up being less than popular....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile was tops in customer satisfaction among US carriers for 2017 July 04, 2025 Starting with HarrisX, the research firm surveyed over 360,000 consumers and found that T-Mobile had the highest customer satisfaction during each quarter of 2017. Verizon and AT&T swapped second and third place throughout the year, while Sprint’s customer satisfaction decreased as 2017 went on. HarrisX also concluded that customers were more likely to recommend T-Mobile than any other US carrier throughout 2017, with Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint coming in second, third, and fourth place, respectively....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best smartwatches and fitness trackers launched at IFA 2020 July 10, 2025 IFA 2020is an odd trade show. It’s still happening, but most of the major companies that would normally be in attendance are instead holding virtual events.Android Authorityisn’t even attending in person this year! Despite this, plenty of interesting new products are making their debut this week, from laptops to audio products to, you guessed it, wearables....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is the only charge cable you need July 30, 2025 If you own any mobile devices, you also know that there are tons of different charging cables available. You may also know that smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and even portable consoles don’t always support the same power cable. However, what if you could buy a charging cable that could support all of your devices, no matter what kinds of power ports they might have?...