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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Former Opera CEO launches a feature-packed browser called Vivaldi August 12, 2025 John S. Von Tetzchner, founder and former CEO of the popularOperabrowser, has just announced a new way to browse the web. It’s called Vivaldi, and it’s aimed at power users. When von Tetzchner created Opera back in 1994, the startup browser began gaining some traction and soon became one of the fastest web browsers on the web....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. From animated stickers to QR codes, here’s what’s new in WhatsApp July 01, 2025 We’ve known for a while now that WhatsApp was working on a couple of features like the ability toadd someone via a QR code. Now, the company has made it official while alsoannouncinga variety of other features and tweaks. The QR code feature gives each user their own unique code, and others can scan this code from within WhatsApp to add you as a contact....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google and Apple announce exposure notification API (Update: Now public) June 07, 2025 Update, June 03, 2025 (01:00 PM ET): Today, Google and Apple announced that they are starting to release the COVID-19 exposure notification API publicly. Several states in the US, as well as 22 countries on five continents, have already agreed to use the API in their own apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google announced it shipped over 10 million Cardboard viewers and more June 24, 2025 Google has made quite a few VR and AR related announcements today atMobile World Congress. First, the company said that it has shipped more than 10 million Cardboard viewers worldwide since its launch in 2014. Combined,Cardboard appshave been downloaded 160 million times on Google Play, and 30 of these apps have more than one million downloads....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google App gets a new “Saved” bookmarks section June 22, 2025 Twitter isn’t the only company that’s been working on anew bookmarking toollately;Googleis now rolling out a fresh bookmarking feature of its own to help you organize your favorite websites and save content for later. When conducting a search in the Google App, any Chrome Custom Tab that opens up (i....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Maps update: improved reviews, no voice call interruptions and more August 10, 2025 Getting places is no easy task, which makesGoogle Mapsone of the most important apps we can find on our smartphones. We have become pretty familiar with this app, as it rarely changes and we use it so much. But guess what? There’s a new update for it!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Nest Hub user sees stranger’s doorbell cam video, asks internet who it is July 10, 2025 Imagine that you’re walking by yourGoogle Nest Huband the display lights up to show the doorbell camera. Someone’s at the door, ringing the bell. This would all seem completely normal, but what if you don’t have a doorbell camera? That seems to be what happened toa Reddit user this week....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are official: IP67 ratings and no headphone jack June 20, 2025 Last year marked an important shift for Google’s mobile efforts — gone are the days of developer-focused Nexus hardware. We’re now living in a time where Google makes its own smartphones (with some help from other manufacturers) to compete head-to-head with the other devices dominating the Android space....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 3 cameras: Here’s what they can do August 04, 2025 Much of the interest in the newGoogle Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL(I’ll just use ‘Pixel 3’ through the article to keep it simple) has to do with the improved camera setup, mostly because the Pixel 2’s camera was so great. Many consider it to be the best in the business, and some would even say it’s even better than the recently launchediPhone XS(please argue in comments appropriately)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 3 fingerprint gesture issues causing headaches for some users July 23, 2025 One of the best reasons to get a phone with a rear fingerprint scanner is the ability to swipe on the scanner to view your notifications. TheGoogle Pixel 3indeed offers this gesture, but it looks like the functionality is causing problems for some folks. Numerous Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL owners have chimed onGoogle’s Issue Tracker forumand areddit thread(h/t: Twitter user@DavePilotG2) to confirm that the feature doesn’t work as intended....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Store to offer incognito mode and better device security June 25, 2025 Even though the Google Play Store has had its fair share ofmalicious apps, its security still makes it the safest way to get new apps on your device. A few upcoming Play Store security features will soon make this even more true. According toXDA Developers, the Play Store looks like it will be introducing an incognito mode for private downloads, and it will remind users to revoke previously allowed sideloading permissions from other apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google surprises us again with more confirmed Pixel 4 details June 05, 2025 On its blog today, GoogleconfirmedtwoPixel 4features: Motion Sense and Face Unlock. Starting withMotion Sense, the feature uses the Pixel 4’s onboardSolimotion-sensing radar. With the wave of your hand, you can skip songs, snooze alarms, and silence incoming phone calls. Google hinted at additional features with future updates, with Motion Sense available “in select Pixel countries....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Fuchsia OS is being tested on the HONOR Play July 06, 2025 We’ve known for quite some time now that Google is working on a new platform calledFuchsia OS. Now, it turns out thatHuaweiis using theHONOR Playas a test device for the operating system. 9to5Googlespotted a new commit to the project this week, made by a HUAWEI engineer. This isn’t unusual, because HUAWEI engineers have reportedly been making commits to the project in the past year....