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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Your phone can be hacked with ultrasonic waves and a… table? August 13, 2025 Your smartphone is capable of hearing ultrasonic waves, even though humans can’t hear these frequencies. Now, researchers have used this capability to hackGoogle AssistantandSirion smartphones. A team at Washington University in St Louis successfully used guided ultrasonic waves to trick the voice assistants into performing various actions (h/t:Vice)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: more pics) LG has its own dual curved-edge display in the works July 20, 2025 Update:The Vergescored some time with the LG Display dual curved-edge display at CES, and it’s every bit as wild as it sounds. Here are a few images, or check outThe Vergefor more. When Samsung unveiled itsYoumscreen prototype at CES 2013, few could have imagined the product that would make use of it, much less having it so “soon” (assuming an almost two year wait is considered quick)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon working on a smaller, cheaper, portable Echo August 05, 2025 When Amazon originally launched their Echo device, some thought that this wasn’t necessarily a product released to profit, but rather an experiment with voice control technology and an effort to create a new stream of customer behavior data. However, the device was a surprise hit and has developed a kind of cult following....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 7.1.2 Nougat changelog includes battery usage alerts, connectivity improvements and more August 11, 2025 Android 7.1.2 has just been released and is rolling out to Google Pixel and Nexus devices. The news broke yesterday and now the changelogs for the devices have been posted online. A Google community manager, via the Google product forums, said that thePixelandPixel XLupdate will hit devices “over the next few weeks” and includes a “number of bug fixes, added features, and general performance/stability improvements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of Android 2017: Which smartphone brand is the best? August 12, 2025 Everyone’s got their own pick for Smartphone Brand of the Year. This year we saw smartphone manufacturers bring their best devices to market, but so many were so similar. How can we choose one that did better than the rest? Each year, we give this award to a brand who we think was most impressive, and moved their smartphone portfolio forward....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry pulls out of Pakistan after refusing the governments demands for unrestricted data access June 11, 2025 Even though Pakistan remains an important mobile market, BlackBerry has announced that they will be formally withdrawing from the country.This development has come about as a result of Pakistan’s government insisting that BlackBerry grant them backdoor access to encrypted services earlier this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Essential’s second module brings back the headphone jack July 17, 2025 Even thoughEssentialmight eventually beon the chopping block, you would not know it from the company’s recent software updates. That run of surpassed expectations continues today, when Essential announced thePH-1’sfirst attachment module since its launch. Called theAudio Adapter HD, the module adds a headphone jack and a high-resolution ESS Sabre DAC that has an “audiophile-grade amp....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Expect 64MP and 100MP+ smartphones by end of 2019, says Qualcomm exec June 11, 2025 It seems like the megapixel war has returned to smartphones, as various manufacturers launch32MPand48MPdevices in recent months. But we aren’t stopping at 48MP, according to a Qualcomm executive. Judd Heape, Qualcomm’s Senior Director of Product Management (Camera, Computer Vision, and Video), toldMySmartPricethat OEMs are working with sensor makers to release 64MP and 100MP+ smartphones later this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. From today, Samsung Gear and Galaxy Apps will be consolidated into a single store June 14, 2025 Those of you with aSamsungsmartwatch may have noticed a major change to the way that Samsung is handling wearable apps today. The company has announced that its Gear Apps store will now be merged with the main Galaxy Apps shop, so that customers can find all their Samsung related downloads under a single roof....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Cardboard getting spatial audio July 30, 2025 Good news for Cardboard app developers and the rest of us as well. Today on their officialdevelopers blog, Google announced that they’re bringing spatial audio capabilities to the Cardboard SDK. This looks to make virtual reality even more immersive on the company’s playful little VR heardset. Spatial audio is basically the ability for apps to replicate the way we hear sounds in everyday life....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google I/O 2018: Watch the keynote live right here August 23, 2025 In just a few hours, Google will give the world a sneak peek of its plans for the year. Google I/Ois more than a developer conference. It’s a place for Google fans and professionals to hang out and interact; it’s a time for the folks working at Google to talk to the community; above else, it’s a celebration of all things Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 5, Fitbit Sense, and Powerbeats Pro international giveaway! June 01, 2025 NOTE:This giveaway has now ended.Check out the latest giveaway here. It’s time for the Sunday giveaway, and we’re switching up the giveaway format. No longer will the Sunday giveaway be a weekly giveaway — it’s going monthly! There will be a new giveaway on the first Sunday of each month, but we’ll be giving away more prizes to multiple winners each giveaway, increasing your odds of winning....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s ‘Unswitchables’ campaign is a painfully contrived way to promote the Pixel 3 June 29, 2025 Google has launched a new advertising campaign to promote switching to thePixel 3from another smartphone. The ‘Unswitchables’ promotion features three videos so far, which were posted on theMade by Google YouTube channelyesterday (via9to5Google). The six-to-seven-minute promo videos follow three people as they debate whether to switch to the new Pixel....