Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ may come in 128GB variant (Update: Nope) August 02, 2025 Update:After getting our hopes up after putting up a listing for an 128GB model of the Note 5, it turns out this was just a simple web mistake. Samsunghas now confirmedthere will be no 128GB model, only the 32 and 64GB variant....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. To celebrate ?World Emoji Day?, Google gives us a throwback to ‘blob’ Emoji June 02, 2025 For a long time,Google’s “blob” Emojiswere one of those little details that differentiated Android from other operating systems. Slowly, however, Google started making its Emojis look a lot more like Apple’s, Microsoft’s, et al. But Google is giving us a little throwback to the days of blob Emoji by adding new stickers to bothGboardandAndroid Messages, viaThe Verge....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. UC Browser has mysteriously disappeared from the Google Play Store (Updated) June 25, 2025 Update (11/15):It’s beginning to look like UC Browser’s sudden removal from the Play Store could be temporary. ATwitteruserclaiming to work on the browser reportedly received an email confirming that the app was “removed from play store for 30 days because it used “Misleading” and “Unhealthy” methods of promotion to increase installs....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WSJ: Apple had 92% of smartphone industry’s profits in Q1 2015 July 14, 2025 According toThe Wall Street Journal, there are now approximately athousanddifferent companies producing smartphones. That number is absolutely staggering, and should without a doubt infer that there are OEMs above and beyond the scope of knowledge of just about anyone. ButAppleit seems, receives almostallof the profits from the industry according to Mike Walkley, Canaccord Genuity managing director....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi launches Redmi 6 Pro with new notch and familiar Snapdragon 625 SoC July 29, 2025 Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 6 Pro at an event in China earlier today. The latest low-cost device in the manufacturer’s Redmi Pro series, detailed on Xiaomi’smi.com(Chinese) website, is the first to adopt a notch, but it maintains the aging octa-core Snapdragon 625 SoC that’s now almost synonymous with Xiaomi....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi 4c flagship to be unveiled on Sep 22 July 16, 2025 It may have only been a month since Chinese manufacturerXiaomiannounced its newRedmi Note 2, but the company is already gearing up to launch a new flagship. In a post on its official forum, the company has teased that it will unveil a new flagship handset – dubbed theXiaomi Mi 4c– at a launch event on September 22nd....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G, Mi Mix 5G concept set for September 24 reveal date Jul 07, 2025 Between certification listings and Xiaomi’sown confirmation, we already know that theXiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5Gis coming later this year. The company also tends to launch its Mi Mix phone in the second half of the year. It looks like we can expect a bumper September for Xiaomi then, as the firm has announced a September 24 event onWeibo....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now get cutout wallpapers for your Galaxy S10 via Galaxy Themes store July 01, 2025 TheGalaxy S10series of phones differ from last year’s models by opting for a punch-hole display instead of thin bezels. Far from being seen as a hindrance though, Samsung fans have come up withplenty of creative wallpaperson reddit. It looks like Samsung has been paying attention to these wallpapers though, as its Galaxy Themes store now offers a dedicated section for cutout wallpapers, according toSamMobile....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 12 Developer Preview 3 is live, get it on your Pixel now! July 30, 2025 Today, right on schedule,Googleannounced the third developer preview for the latest version of Android, known as Android 12. This latest preview brings a bunch of new features to Android 12 as well as the usual stability improvements we expect with each new iteration....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Authority this week – August 14, 2025 July 09, 2025 Hello Android fans! This week us brought us a couple of hot new Android smartphones and some positively sizzling rumors about devices to come. More details surfaced about the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, as well as a first batch of reports about the Galaxy Note 5; OnePlus revealed its new phone would have a fingerprint scanner; the HONOR 7 and Meizu MX5 launched in China; we got another look at the Moto G 2015; and a first credible render of the Android-powered BlackBerry Venice showed up....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Barclays wants to challenge Android Pay with its own mobile payment system June 15, 2025 OK, this is getting ridiculous. It was already going to be a confusing enough landscape withAndroid Pay,Samsung Payand Apple Pay without the banks coming up with their own contactless payment systems as well. But that’s exactly what Barclays Bank in the UK has done, announcing it will release a banking app in June with support for a “Contactless Mobile” payment system....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of Android: Our 2016 Manufacturer of the Year is HUAWEI June 15, 2025 All eyes are on Las Vegas forCES, the annual technology extravaganza that sets the trends for the next year. But as we’re catching a glimpse of the amazing products coming in 2017, let’s take a final look back at the year that just ended. 2016 has been a tumultuous one in the mobile industry....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Emporio Armani Connected is the company’s first hybrid watch July 06, 2025 If you’re a fashionista with an expensive taste, looking for a fitness tracker, Emporio Armani’s new hybrid connected watch may interest you: the watch may not have a touchscreen but it does pretty much everything that a FitBit does. Or conversely, a $99 FitBit does everything this hybrid watch does, so personally, I’m going to stick with the option that’s kinder on my wallet....
