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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon Galaxy S8 duo updated with faster face recognition July 26, 2025 It may not be theAndroid 8.0 Oreo update, but it brings faster face recognition, improvements to the navigation bar, and other bug fixes. Verizon’s been busy rolling out updates today, it seems:the Pixel and Pixel XL started receiving the highly anticipated Android 8.0 Oreo, and now, it’s time for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (Oct. 06) Jun 18, 2025 Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday!In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful ofAndroid wallpapersyou can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here atAndroid Authorityas well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What if Google shared its profits off your data with you? July 01, 2025 Googlemakes a lot of money. In the first quarter of 2019, Google earnedjust over $36 billion in revenue. That’s about $400 million every day. Profit margins are currently at around 23 percent, so that’s $92 million every 24 hours in profit. While the company earns its cash in many different ways, it primarily earns its revenue on the back of your Google data....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What to expect from smartphones in 2021 July 05, 2025 Everything changed in 2020. With COVID-19, much of the world’s population was forced to quarantine in the hopes of preventing the spread of the virus. That led us to become reliant on video calls and social networks far more than we had been in the past. Our phones helped keep us connected, entertained, and distracted from the relative horrors of the world around us....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why Apple might kill 32-bit support (and should Android follow suit?) August 07, 2025 After debuting 64-bit processor support back in 2013, it’s looking like a future version ofApple’siOS, quite possibly iOS 11, will drop support for 32-bit applications, completing the move over to an entirely 64-bit ecosystem. This news comes courtesy of an error message discovered in the first iOS 10....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why your next premium smartphone will be $1000, and what you’re actually paying for August 19, 2025 With both sides of the iOS vs Android war set to offer their latest devices for within a few bills of $1,000, flagship smartphones are becoming increasingly expensive. Why? BothSamsung’s Note 8and Apple’snew iPhone, to be announced today, are new devices that push the boundaries of great phones: better, brighter and bigger screens, more stunning cameras, faster processing, more sensors, tougher than before, and all in a tighter, svelte package....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi patents a smartphone, smart speaker hybrid with rollable screen July 31, 2025 Smartphones are perceived as the cornerstone of thesmart home. But a new Xiaomi design patent suggests a future smartphone could literally double as a smart speaker. The quirky design, spotted byLetsGoDigital, was filed in China in March 2020 but was only approved this week. The design imagines a cylindrical device at its core reminiscent of a smart speaker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube gets a brand new logo and a new look for both mobile and desktop July 03, 2025 Google andYouTubeare making some major design changes for both its mobile and desktop apps. However, the biggest change of all is an all new logo for the online video service. As you can see above, the logo ditches the red color inside the “Tube” part of the name, and places the now familiar play icon to the left side of the YouTube name....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: gameplay video!) Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy IX to Android June 06, 2025 Update, January 29:Eager to see how Final Fantasy IX looks on mobile? A gameplay video has been posted on a Square Enix Japan YouTube channel (viaFinalFantasyUnion). Enjoy! Original post, December 31:Square Enixhas been working to bring just about everyFinal Fantasygame to mobile devices for the past couple years, and it has just announced its next re-release that’s coming to mobile....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 2019 vs 2020 camera phone shootout: Is mobile photography stagnating? June 05, 2025 It’s not hard to pick out agreat camera phonethis year. 2020 was absolutely full of them. To entice new purchases, smartphone brands tout bigger and brighter sensors than ever before, along with triple and quad-camera setups that offer a wider variety of shooting options. Yet, if you already own a good camera phone from 2019, is there anything worth upgrading for now 2020 is coming to a close?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A closer look at the LG V20’s audio capabilities June 09, 2025 The LG V20 isfinally hereand after much teasing about the handset’s audio capabilities, we finally have the official details. As well as boasting some top notch playback capabilities, LG has bundled in a selection of new recording features, both hardware and software, that will be a boon for mobile media creators and consumers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazfit GTR 2e review: Sound fundamentals, but little else July 09, 2025 Huami Amazfit GTR 2e What we like What we don’t like Over the last year, Huami has ramped up its portfolio of fitness wearables, the most recent of which was theAmazfit GTR 2. The company has made a name for itself on the back of long-lasting battery life, a compelling feature set, and affordable price tags....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazfit launches three new, long-lasting smartwatches June 12, 2025 The rumored Amazfit trio has officially launched with some expected specs and a few exciting upgrades. All three watches pack extended battery life and an arguably excessive number of sport tracking modes. The company’s newest flagship smartwatch, the Amazfit GTR 3 Pro, features a round AMOLED 1.45-inch display and a 450mAh battery offering up to 12 days of battery life....