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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: more confirmations) Samsung: Note 2 will see Lollipop, but only in select regions August 23, 2025 Update, May 11:Samsung Portugal and Samsung Morocco have alsoconfirmedthat Lollipop will be rolled out to the Galaxy Note 2. According to the former, the update is currently being finalized. Original post, May 8: While Samsung isn’t known for being the quickest when it comes to pushing out Android updates, the Korean giant has actually done a pretty solid job with Lollipop....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: Waze responds) Waze hack lets snoopers track your location July 07, 2025 Update, April 28:Waze has responded to the UCSB report and related news coveragein a blog post. The company does not deny the existence of a vulnerability in its navigation app, but claims the issue is overblown and that the vulnerability is hard to exploit in the wild, without knowing the target user’s username and location....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 8 awesome tech gifts you can still get before Christmas July 17, 2025 Are you an extreme procrastinator? Or did you end up adding a friend, family member, or co-worker to your holiday list unexpectedly? Whatever the reason, the good news is that it’s not too late to still get an awesome gift ahead of Christmas day. The great news is that we’ve gathered up just a few affordable (sub-$50) options in this list — all of which are currently guaranteed by Amazon to arrive in time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Afterpulse, the action-packed third-person shooter has soft-launched on Android June 18, 2025 Great news for all you gamers out there. Afterpulse, the action-packed game first released on iOS last year, is now available to a few (but not all) Android users. The competitive multiplayer third-person shooter, which was developed by Gamevil and has won quite a few awards worldwide, was recently soft-launched on Google’s mobile platform....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alienware’s X-series gets an update and a new model at CES 2022 July 03, 2025 The Alienware M15 and M17 have beenpremier gaming flagshipsfor quite a few years. Then, the X15 and X17 launched last year as lighter, slimmer looks into the future. Now, the family has grown by one, along with a powerful graphics-boosting concept shown off atCES 2022....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 13 leaks reveal Bluetooth LE Audio support, major notification changes July 12, 2025 Android 12is slowly rolling out to smartphones, and theAndroid 12Lbeta for foldable phones is live ahead of an official launch in early 2022. However, Google is already working on the next big mobile OS update, Android 13. Today, two separate reports have some Android 13 leaks that could reveal possible new features in the OS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android customization - improve battery life, use ADB logcat to find battery hogs July 27, 2025 Last week on ourAndroid customizationseries, we took a few moments to look at the built-in Android tools in an attempt tohunt down rogue apps eating up your battery. We continue that pursuit for battery life perfection this week, taking a little bit more advanced look at identifying battery killing apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo hands on - are two screens better than one? July 05, 2025 ASUS today announced several new laptops and PC accessories ahead of the official start of Computex 2019. The biggest standouts at their press event were easily the ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo and Zenbook Duo. ASUS Zenbook Duo gives you a second screen ASUS latest hero laptops take the company’s Screenpad technology and give it a sizable upgrade — literally....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T will sell Magic Leap AR products as soon as they exist July 23, 2025 Even though Magic Leap’s augmented reality products have yet to materialize into stuff you can buy, you will eventually see them inAT&Tstores. That is because the U.S. carrier announced anexclusive partnershipthat sees it provide mobile data service for Magic Leap’s AR glasses. Magic Leap finally revealed its developer-focused Magic Leap One “Creator Edition” in December 2017 and has since kept very quiet on how the thing works....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Belkin’s new GaN chargers can power your MacBook Pro in a tiny package June 18, 2025 CESis always full of new gizmos and gadgets, but one thing a lot of people don’t talk about is the improvements to smaller things like chargers. Belkin has a huge number of new chargers and other accessories at the show, but probably the most interesting is its new line of gallium-nitride (GaN) chargers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BLU phones are still sending private data to China (Updated) June 15, 2025 Update #3, August 3:BLU has now responded to Kryptowire’s newly releasedstatementregarding the technical details on the Black Hat 2017 presentation. BLU has assured us that the behavior of the devices mentioned in the statement is in line with what the company has already stated in its press release, which can be found below....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chinese giant OPPO plans massive investment in India July 03, 2025 India is an increasingly contested battleground for the world’s top smartphone makers. Among them, Chinese companies likeLenovo,XiaomiandOnePlushave strong presences in the country, which recently beat the US to become the second largest telecom market in the world. Now OPPO, the Chinese company that quietlyworked its way into the top 5 of global smartphone vendors, announced massive investments into a new industrial park in Noida....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Confirmed: Sony’s next gen phones to feature an all-new design June 04, 2025 Sony‘s smartphones have looked very much alike for several years now, underscored by the company’s OmniBalance design principles. While many other manufacturers have tried to re-invent their phones every 24-months or so (at least), Sony has stuck with the same basic aesthetic. The thing is, that hasn’t really helped it in terms of unit sales, as its mobile business has also for several years beenonly a minor contributorto its bottom line....