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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cortana quits Android, and more tech you need to know today June 17, 2025 1. Cortana curtailed The tech industry doesn’t kill off its services or apps with much fanfare, usually a quiet release on a Friday evening, usually hiding in some kind of upbeat confusion. On that note, here’sMicrosoft’s admission(on late Friday) that Cortana is being made “as helpful as possible” by, er, being killed off:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Does AI matter in the camera? LG V30S vs HUAWEI P20 Pro vs Google Pixel 2 June 01, 2025 AI-assisted cameras are one of this year’s hottest buzzwords. The plan is to help us take better-looking pictures, insinuating machines are better photographers than you and I. You’ll find the technology packed into high profile releases like theHUAWEI P20 Pro,LG G7 ThinQ, andGoogle Pixel 2, and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 9 tipped for Korea on August 24, may beat next iPhone to release June 29, 2025 The Galaxy Note 9 hype train is steaming on ahead of the August 9 reveal date. Now, it’s been reported that the phablet will be launched in Korea on August 24. The news comes via the Korean-languageETNewsoutlet (translated version), citingSamsungand cellular network officials....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Getting started with the Motion Editor in Android Studio 4.0 August 07, 2025 Android Studio 4.0 represents a rather large update for the IDE and offers a lot for devs to get stuck into. Perhaps the most exciting new feature is the “Motion Editor.” This feature is designed to help developers create more attractive, animated layouts. This can significantly improve the UI of any app, and now it’s considerably less fiddly to do!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is bringing one of the web’s most annoying practices to Play Store August 25, 2025 Autoplaying videos are one of the most divisive features on the web today, as websites blare out content regardless of your wishes. Now, it seems like theGoogle Play Storewill be offering this functionality. Google noted on itsPlay Console Helpportal (h/t:XDA-Developers) that it will be enabling autoplaying videos on the Google Play Store from September 2019....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is working on a new Bluetooth-based payment service June 19, 2025 If Google has its way, you will one day be able to pay for your pizza at Papa John’s by simply saying your initials to the cashier. That’s the gist of a report fromThe Informationabout a new mobile payment service that Google is working on, called Plaso (pronounced play-so....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Now on Tap experiments with Now cards June 03, 2025 The ambition ofGoogle Now on Tapseemed coherent enough. The idea was to analyze content on the screen and provide the user with relevant search results preemptively. Google has long been attempting to bring users the information they want before they know they want it, but by and large Google Now on Tap has felt like it has missed the mark....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel Buds have Assistant built-in and offer real time translation July 14, 2025 Hot on the heels of releasingthe first pair of headphones with Assistant built-in, we’re now getting our first look at Google Pixel Buds. The headphones will be tethered together by a wire but connect to your phone via Bluetooth and feature Assistant built in. The buds are circular and feature an adjustable loop that will help them stay in your ear while you’re exercising....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Live Caption could land in the Chrome desktop browser July 07, 2025 A recent commit on theChromium Gerritreveals Google’sLive Captionfunctionality found on thePixel 4could be coming to theChromedesktop browser. This commit is for the Speech On-Device API (SODA) service, and it contains all of the necessary components to launch the service, though it still in its early stages of development....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Project Fi introduces family plans, discounts on Nexus 6P and 5X July 18, 2025 If you’ve loved the idea of Google’sProject Fibut wanted to wait until more users could be on the same plan, we have some good news: Google has justintroducedfamily plans to Project Fi! Now up to six people can be on one plan, which will certainly make it easier for families and groups of friends to pay their bills, track their data usage and manage settings....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Harmony OS 2.0 includes Android Q’s easter egg app (Updated: HUAWEI responds) July 08, 2025 Update: August 12, 2025 (2:13 PM ET):HUAWEI has come back to us following the publication of this story, disputing suggestions that Harmony OS is an Android fork. “In order to protect existing mobile phone and tablet users’ digital assets, HarmonyOS 2 currently allows existing Android apps to run on some HarmonyOS 2 devices, and HUAWEI has abided by the relevant open source licensing rules....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s our first detailed look at the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 August 13, 2025 An alleged Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 render arrived last week showcasing the phone’s second screen redesign. That leak mainly focused on theGalaxy Z Fold 3sibling, though. Now, the Samsung flipper is sharing none of the limelight in a new substantial leak stemming fromGizNext....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 6X to get Android Nougat update in March (Update: nevermind) June 26, 2025 Update: After further clarification from HONOR, it seems the update isn’t actually coming until sometime in H1 of 2017. The ‘update’ mentioned below is only in reference to an update heading to review units for further testing/review. HONOR took the wraps off the 6X smartphone in China back in October of last year....