Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Pay expands to four new countries August 10, 2025 Samsung Payfirst launched in South Korea back in 2015. The tech giant then expanded its mobile payment service to a bunch of other countries including the US, China, and Spain, just to name a few. Today, the company announced that it is expanding Samsung Pay to four more markets....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Some Galaxy Note 9 cameras are freezing, but Samsung is working on a fix July 23, 2025 TheSamsungGalaxy Note 9is the company’s most expensive mainstream flagship phone to date, coming in at $1000. But that price tag doesn’t mean the phone is immune to issues, as evidenced by the Note 9’s freezing woes. According toSamMobile, users have noted freezing when taking pictures, as well as lag while recording videos....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Streaming NFL games is about to get much easier June 26, 2025 According to a new report fromBloomberg,Verizonis in the final stages of negotiations with the NFL over a new streaming rights deal. Currently, Verizon owns the streaming rights for in-market games on devices with a screen 7-inches or smaller. The new deal would give Verizon more latitude to deliver games on internet-connected TVs, tablets, and phones....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile promo plan offers four lines for $25 each with 5G included August 05, 2025 T-Mobile is marking theend of the Sprint brandby launching a promo plan that could entice you if you’re particularly cost-conscious. The newlyintroducedplan is available starting July 24 and provides four lines on T-Mobile Essentials for $25 per month (plus taxes and fees) if you set up autopay, with 5G data included....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Bump might be the all-in-one charging solution you’ve been looking for August 01, 2025 It’s not too often we see innovation when it comes to portable battery packs. They’re normally shaped like unattractive bricks, and the only differentiator between them is their size and color. They’re also inexpensive and plenty useful, which is why most smartphone owners probably own one....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Motorola One will launch in the US after all, but what about Power variant? June 15, 2025 A few months afterMotorolalaunched theMotorola Onein several international markets, the company has announced it will bring its newAndroid Onesmartphone to the U.S. Starting November 9, you can order the phone online through Best Buy for $399. You can wait another two days if you want to pick up the phone in-store, though the same $399 price applies....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Understanding color accuracy in mobile devices (Part 3 of 3) July 04, 2025 Good color has come to the mobile market. Finally. You might wonder just what I mean by that. After all, hasn’t there been a flood of phones and tablets with wide-gamut displays, brilliant bright colors, and incredible contrast specs? Sure. But as we just covered inthe second part of this series, those bright colors coming from your wide-gamut display aren’t necessarilyaccuratecolors....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Walmart’s Android TV device promises 4K at a very low price June 30, 2025 You might soon have an easy solution if you’re looking for anAndroid TV boxthat keeps costs down.9to5Googletipsters have spotted a listing for an Onn-branded Walmart device that would deliver Android TV and 4K playback for just$29.88— a price that would be low for 1080p hardware like the Roku Express Plus, let alone Ultra HD hardware....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: There’s no doubt about the best Chromebook so far in 2019 July 23, 2025 When we ask our readers to vote on something, it’s usually a pretty tight race, with so many opinions and preferences at play. Not so when we asked you tovote for your favorite Chromebookrelease of the first half of the year....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What’s new in Android Studio 1.4 August 24, 2025 Google has just released Android Studio 1.4 and it is more than just a minor update. Although lots has changed under the hood, these improvements won’t be directly visible to developers other than perhaps in performance improvements. However Google has added new features in three key areas: Design Tools, Performance Monitoring, and Developer Services....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun aims to ship 100 million smartphones in 2018 July 20, 2025 In a letter to allXiaomiemployees, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced that the company shipped 23.16 million smartphones in Q2 2017, an increase of 70% from the previous quarter. This record high for Xiaomi’s quarterly smartphone shipments signifies a major inflection point in its growth....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi A1 review: the perfect budget phone? August 16, 2025 Xiaomi Mi A1 What we like What we don’t like Our scores Introduced in 2014, Google’sAndroid Oneprogram never quite took off the way the company had envisioned. The program focused on developing markets like India and aimed to deliver budget smartphones with a stock Android experience powered by Google....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 1 in 4 phones sold in China last month were made by Xiaomi July 09, 2025 Xiaomiis once again at the top of the Chinese smartphone market, knocking out fierce competition from the likes ofhonor,Huaweiand LeEco for the number one spot in April. While the figures only represent one month of sales, this is the first time a Chinese smartphone company has captured 26% of the domestic market, demonstrating just how successful Chinese brands are becoming against the largest brands in the world....
