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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google bans apps from displaying lock screen ads August 13, 2025 Ads are unavoidable. They’re in a significant portion of the apps we download, on almost every website, and bombard us on television and radio. Ads can be a good thing as they inform us about products we’d otherwise know nothing about. But, they can become so intrusive that people take steps to get rid of them withad-blockers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google makes it easier for you to retrace your Search steps August 13, 2025 We’ve all been there: you remember searching for something onGooglea month ago and getting some interesting results, but now you can’t remember what you found or the search string that got you there. It’s the worst. Google has got your back though, asit’s introducing a few tools todaythat will help you have faster access to your Google Search history as well as take more control over your search results....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google says most security holes described in CIA documents don’t pose a threat to users August 10, 2025 Yesterday, Wikileaks dumped thousands of CIA documents online, which described a lot of security flaws ofGoogle’s Chromeand Android platforms, Apple’s iOS, as well as Samsung’s Smart TVs. As expected, the online search giant examined the documents very carefully and quickly issued a statement, hoping to calm down its users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s new AI can detect when screen snoopers are looking at your phone June 04, 2025 Maybe it’s just me, but whenever I’m using my phone while traveling via a subway system I always feel like someone behind me is closely inspecting each tap and swipe I make. If only a fancy bit of AI tech could cure my paranoia...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s plan to take over the home starts with Google Home Mini July 14, 2025 Google is betting big onartificial intelligence, and it’s doing a great job at making sure everyone has access to it. If you own an Android smartphone,you now have accesstoGoogle Assistant. If you have $129, you can get your very ownGoogle Home. What if you don’t want to spend that much, but still want access to Google Assistant in every room of the house?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are some beautiful shots taken with the new Pixels July 29, 2025 Ourquick camera shootoutcan show you what the Pixel and Pixel XL are capable of when it comes in to quick, no-fuss shots in less than ideal lighting. But that kind of shots doesn’t tell you much about how the camera performs at its best. If you want to see how the Pixel and Pixel XL perform in great conditions and when you take the time to tweak the settings, Googleshareda gallery of images taken with the two phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s how adaptive icons will work with Android O [Diving into Android O] June 10, 2025 For the most part, app icons on your smartphone are just that; flat artwork that just sits there on your home screen. Withthe release of Android O, Google hopes to put some life into those app logos on the display with the introduction of what the company is calling adaptive icons....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 8 feature focus - Camera June 10, 2025 While popular smartphone manufacturers likeLGandApplehave just recently adopted dual camera configurations, HUAWEI has largely led the way, beginning with theHUAWEI P9. While the P9 never made its way to the United States, the HONOR brand is now bringing its own dual camera tech to the US with the HONOR 8....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How The Onion and Pixar helped build Google Assistant August 22, 2025 When GoogleAllolaunched, many users were a little bit disappointed with what felt like a still in-production experience that lacked some key features. However, pretty much everyone was in agreement thatGoogle Assistant, which was bundled with the messaging platform, was a pretty impressive piece of tech. It turns out that Google has put in a lot of legwork to make their digital assistant as conversational as possible, including pulling in the likes of Pixar and The Onion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M8 won’t see Sense 7 until Android M June 18, 2025 Back in July HTCconfirmed that the HTCOne M8 would, in fact, be upgraded to Android M. What we didn’t know, however, is that HTCwould be skipping the Android 5.1 and Sense 7 update in favor of M. In a tweet this weekend, HTC’s Mo Versi revealed that the Sense 7 upgrade for the One M8 will be tied to the upcoming Android M update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P40 series 2020 launch confirmed, still no Google services July 22, 2025 According toFrandroid, HUAWEI CEO Richard Yu confirmed the launch date of the upcoming HUAWEI P40 and P40 Pro handsets. The company will launch the devices at an event in Paris toward the end of March 2020. Yu did not reveal an exact launch date or release schedule apart from that....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra as durable as you expect a $1,400 phone to be? August 13, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S20 Ultraoffers an impressive spec sheet, but it definitely comes at a price. At $1,400, it sets new standards for traditional smartphone pricing. Spending that much money for a smartphone isn’t a trivial matter, so you’d expect the device to withstand life’s everyday happenings....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is this the mysterious HTCOne Watch? June 05, 2025 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The long-rumored but never before seenHTCsmartwatch, commonly (but unofficially) known as the HTCOne Watch, could finally be on its way. Or not. The circular watch has appeared in a gallery of new images on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, but there’s no telling if this circular wearable with Under Armor co-branding is the real deal or just an early prototype....