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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to change icons on the OnePlus 5 July 17, 2025 Android is an incredible customizable operating system. Many use it over other options, simply for the fact that they can make their device look exactly how they like it. And while many users love to use icon packs, it usually isn’t possible to use them in stock Android. While Google is offering a couple of different icon shapes in Android O, you still have to download a third-party launcher to use a third-party icon pack....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI fined $10.5 million in America for 4G LTE patent infringement June 16, 2025 AlthoughHuaweismartphones barely have a presence at all in America, that didn’t stop a Texas jury from finding the Chinese company guilty of patent infringement related to 4G LTE technology, viaWorld IP Review. PanOptis — the Texas company that owns the LTE patents in question — claims that it tried unsuccessfully nearly a dozen times over two years to strike an agreement with HUAWEI over the infringements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI may add to the already crowded field of voice-based digital assistants July 17, 2025 Are you ready to use yet another digital assistant? If you live in China, you may get that chance. A new report claimsHuaweiis working on its own voice-based AI service, which would compete with other similar products, including Apple’s Siri,Google Assistant, Microsoft’s Cortana andAmazon’s Alexa....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI might release a foldable phone before Samsung – even if it’s no good August 12, 2025 The smartphone industry (and the electronics industry at large) has keen eyes set onSamsungand its upcomingfoldable phone. However, it might be another smartphone company that gets a foldable device to market before Sammy. According to “analysts and industry sources familiar with the matter” speaking withNikkei Asian Review, Chinese device manufacturerHuaweihas its sights set on releasing a foldable phone before Samsung has the chance....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI reveals shipment spike for first half of 2019, but what about trade ban? July 25, 2025 Huaweihas had one of the most challenging periods in company history owing to theU.S. trade banagainst it. You might not know it from the firm’s financial results for the first half of 2019 though. The company announced revenue of 401 billion yuan (~$58 billion) for H1 2019, making for a 23....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. iPhone X’s TrueDepth camera said to be 2.5 years ahead of Android competition — and I hope it is July 13, 2025 Apple‘s iPhone cameras have long since been one of their most lauded features and whether they outperform those offered by Android phones has been fiercely debated. At one time, a commonly held belief was that, while Android smartphone cameras were great, the iPhone’s just had a certainje ne sais quoithat put it a nose ahead....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Chromer update lets you preload links in Chat Heads-style bubbles August 08, 2025 Chromeris a relatively new app in the Google Play Store that harnesses the power ofGoogle’s Chrome Custom Tabsto make browsingmuchquicker on mobile devices. Chrome Custom Tabs provide a lighter, faster and safe browsing experience, which is something we can all get behind. Now, developerArunkumarhas released Chromer version 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest POCOphone F1 update brings 960fps video recording and more June 09, 2025 The global stable version of MIUI 10.2.2.0 is rolling out now to theXiaomi POCOphone F1. The update comesseveral weeks afterXiaomi releasedAndroid 9 Piefor the affordable smartphone. The update introduces 960fps slow-motion video recording. The POCOphone F1 currently supports 120fps and 240fps slow-motion video recording, so the third setting is a welcome inclusion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Let’s-a go! Zip around as Mario using Google Maps July 04, 2025 Today is March 10, which if you write as MAR10, kind of looks likeMario. That’s why March 10 is officially Mario Day! As part of the celebration of everyone’s favorite Italian plumber (sorry, uncle Vinnie),Google Mapsis temporarily changing the distinctive blue arrow in its navigation mode to an image of Mario in a racing kart....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. McLaren F1 team, HTCeye pole position with official VR partnership August 01, 2025 The McLaren Formula 1 team has announced a multi-year partnership withHTCas the team’s “officialVRpartner.” The partnership will yield new virtual reality and augmented reality experiences, the team announced, along with a special McLaren-themedViveheadset. In a rather cool move, McLaren will also use the new Vive Pro headset for its esports programme, saying it will be the “world’s first VR esports competition integrated with a real sport....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Megabits vs megabytes: What’s the difference? June 30, 2025 The megabit vs megabyte confusion is widespread among internet users. That’s why we’re here to clear out some uncertainties and help you convert megabits to megabytes. The confusing part of megabits and megabytes This issue most often arises when dealing with internet providers. Imagine a company offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft made two great Your Phone features Samsung exclusives for some reason August 23, 2025 Microsoft’s unfortunately namedYour Phoneapp is incredibly useful for people who use both Android andWindows. The app allows for seamless integration between your phone and your PC. you may see notifications, respond to texts, and more without needing to touch your phone. However, two pretty neat new features available for the Your Phone app are Samsung exclusives (both viaAndroid Police)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More features coming to Google Assistant, including support for over 30 languages June 30, 2025 About a week ago,information leakedin a slideshow presentation in Amsterdam thatGooglewould allegedly be adding many more new languages toGoogle Assistantin 2018 and bringingGoogle Homeproducts to many more countries. We were skeptical of the leak for a variety of reasons, but now it looks like Google’s confirmed at least part of the leak was true....