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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These awesome Android experiments won their developers tickets to Google I/O June 09, 2025 Googlelovesexperiments, and has a cabinet full of failed projects to prove it. To encourage developers to come up with weird and wonderful new ideas, the Mountain View companylaunched a call for Android experimentsback in March. After receiving an “overwhelming response” from all over the world, Google has now concluded this “celebration of creativity and code” by announcing the winners of its first Android Experiments I/O Challenge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This app might give Uber and Lyft a run for their ride-sharing money in US July 22, 2025 Finnish company MaaS Global announced that its mobility app Whim will debut in the U.S. later this year, reportedTechCrunch. Whim will launch in one of the following five cities: Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, or Miami. In addition to the U.S., MaaS Global also plans to launch Whim in Singapore....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: March launch for iPhone SE 2, leaked iPhone 12 color June 15, 2025 This week in Apple news we heard a pretty solid rumor about the launch date of the upcoming iPhone SE 2 (or iPhone 9, or whatever it might be called). The mid-range iPhone might launch as early as March 2020. Elsewhere, we heard some news related to a new color for the iPhone 12 (shown in the unofficial mockup image above)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Users report some OnePlus 3 and 3T units have crooked cameras (Updated) August 12, 2025 Update, March 23:The person who took the image above, which started the original Reddit discussion about crooked cameras on the OnePlus 3/3T,commentedthat the camera bump on his phone is NOT in fact crooked. The camera is actually straight, but it appears crooked due to the angle of the shot....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Vine boss departs Twitter to work on VR at Google August 04, 2025 The arrival of consumer levelvirtual realityis one of the most anticipated tech developments heading our way this year, both for customers and developers alike. The fledgling industry clearly has some major pull, asVineGeneral Manager Jason Toff has announced that he is leaving the company to work withGoogleon virtual reality....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We could see an even cheaper foldable launch in 2022 from this BBK brand July 15, 2025 Foldable phonesare still well out of reach for most people. Sure, you can now have theSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 3for under $1,000, but what if you want a larger screen? Well, it appears that realme is the latest company to throw its weight behind the folding form heading into 2022....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Which streaming service had the best year in 2021? August 15, 2025 2021 was a truly wild year for streaming, with the so-calledstreaming warsheating right up. New services launched. Brand new films were available to stream as soon as they hit theatres. New original shows kept us all in thrall. And subscription stats swung in new directions, with yesteryear’s underdogs rising fast in their bids to become the best streaming service....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: G5 confirmed) LG sends out invites to MWC 2016 event, most likely LG G5 launch June 15, 2025 Update, January 13:LG confirmed to CNET that it will introduce the G5 at its February 21 event in Barcelona. The countdown is on! Original post, January 12:LG has sent out media invitations for an event to be held atMWC 2016. The event, entitled “Play begins,” will take place on the Sunday press day before the official start of MWC on Monday, February 22....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 7 crucial considerations for your app’s UX design July 18, 2025 You can be the best coder in the world with a fantastic idea for a mobile app but that does not guarantee success. Too often, great apps made by great programmers fall at the first hurdle; before they’ve even left the minds of their creators. It’s during the initial inception of the app, while it’s still just an idea, where things can end up going wrong....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A US-TikTok ban looms, and more tech news today August 14, 2025 1. The end of the TikTok outside of China? TikTok is in the firing line, along with other Chinese social media apps, according to the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. In a TV cable news interview, Pompeo responded to remarks questioning if the US would ban TikTok, following TikTok being banned in India, and fresh discourse in Australian politics about similarly banning the social media app for its data collection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alexa-powered Amazon Fire TV Stick now available in the UK June 05, 2025 Last year, Amazon announced the newFire TV Stickand immediately started selling it in the US. It took a while, but the device, which comes with an Alexa-enabled voice remote, is now finally available in the UK. The online retailer is offering it for £39.99. With Alexa’s help, you can open apps, search for music and TV shows, check the weather, and much more with your voice alone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Oreo update rolling out to the HUAWEI Mate 9 in the US July 31, 2025 U.S. wireless carriers might have givenHuaweiand its flagshipMate 10thecoldshoulder, butMate 9owners can still rejoice in the goodness that isAndroid 8.0 Oreo. Earlier today,Droid Lifespotted that the cookie-branded update is rolling out to models MHA-L29 and MHA-L09. The former is the one sold in the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Pie finally pushed to Nokia 8, Sirocco next in line for update August 12, 2025 HMD Globalhas taken its time to bring a stable version ofAndroid Pieto theNokia 8, but the company has finally confirmed that it’s pushing out the update to users. Chief product officer Juho Sarvikas shared the news on Twitter, saying the phased roll-out kicked off yesterday (December 19)....