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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is Android losing ground to iOS in Europe? June 24, 2025 2015 is well under way, with major Android players all announcing their flagship devices for the year. While we wait for the first sales figures to roll in, we can take a look to see how last year’s major releases shaped the current smartphone market. Kantar has just published its figures for smartphone market shares during the first quarter of 2015....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LeEco Le 2 and Le Max 2 have formally launched in India June 11, 2025 After unofficially landingin India in late May, the LeEco Le 2 has now formally launched at a special event in New Delhi, alongside theLe Max 2(pictured above). While LeEco is far from a household name, the company has been making a lot of waves in 2016, thanks to a combination of great specs and aggressive pricing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Watch Urbane 2 official: first Android Wear watch with cellular connectivity June 13, 2025 Tonight LG officially took the wraps off its latest hero device, the LG V10. That wasn’t the only announcement that LG had for us though, as they have also revealed their latestAndroid Wearsmartwatch, the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition. The new LG Watch Urbane sports a similar design to the original, albeit with a more refined look this time around....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola apologizes for warranty delays, promises solutions August 13, 2025 Motorolahas been in the wars lately, from its upcomingMoto G4andMoto G4 Plusgetting leaked every which way but sideways to a rather embarrassing issue with exchanging devices for those customers covered by warranty for which it copped a horrendous beating inRedditwhich resulted in threats of a class action lawsuit. The problem was that customers sending their Moto device or smartwatch back to Motorola under warranty were promised a replacement within days, but that timeframe often extended into weeks and months....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Movies and TV shows might be heading to YouTube Red June 06, 2025 Back in October Alphabet launchedYouTube Red, an ad-free version of its popular streaming service with offline viewing and some music to boot. At $9.99 per month it’s a tough call against some of the other services out there, but movies and original TV series’ could be heading to the service to offer some extra value for money....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia 6 (2017) went from Nougat to Oreo, and it’s getting Pie right now June 10, 2025 TheNokia 6 from 2017was the first Android Nokia device fromHMD Global, which previously had bought the rights to the brand. Now, that two-years-old phone is getting an update toAndroid 9 Pie, fulfilling HMD’s promise to give at least two years of updates to its devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Nord CE revives the headphone jack, at a cost (Updated: Pre-orders) July 15, 2025 Update: August 13, 2025 (5:35 AM ET): The OnePlus Nord CE is now available to pre-order in Europe and UK. You can use any of the below links to pre-order the phone in those regions. If you buy the phone from the OnePlus website, it’ll ship starting June 15....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Panasonic Toughpad FZ-N1 announced at MWC 2016 June 17, 2025 Going back to the mid-90s, Panasonic has been the king of tough when it comes to laptops, specifically those in its ToughBook series. In more recent times, this ruggedness has been brought to the mobile world with the ToughPad series. With that in mind, at MWC 2016 Panasonic announced the ToughPad FZ-N1, an Android-powered ruggedized “handheld tablet” (Panasonic’s words) – or what most of us would probably just call a phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm brings Bluetooth streaming and new features to AllPlay July 20, 2025 Qualcommhas announced that some new improvements are heading to its AllPlay WiFi streaming platform, promising Bluetooth support and a range of new options for manufacturers. If you haven’t heard of AllPlay before, it’s essentially a wireless audio streaming platform designed to ensure compatibility across a range of mobile and speaker products....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Real Racing 3 trailer makes us drool. Meanwhile, Real Racing 2 is now just 0.99$ on Google Play! June 08, 2025 Racing games fans know Real Racing, the mobile franchise from Electronic Arts, developed by its Australian studio Firemint. Last week,it was revealedthat EA merged Firemint with its other mobile development studio in Australia, Iron Monkey, the makers of Need for Speed for iOS, to form one big mobile studio, aptly dubbed Firemonkeys....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Researchers develop new way to potentially hack any Android phone made after 2012 June 08, 2025 An international team of eight academicspublished a papertoday outlining how they were able to exploit the LPDDR memory in anLG G4smartphone. While the test was only practiced on the G4, the exploit could theoretically work on any device with LPDDR memory, which includes virtually every smartphone released since 2012....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rogers President and CEO Guy Laurence departs after three years August 08, 2025 Rogershas revealed that its President and Chief Executive Officer Guy Laurence will leave the Canadian wireless carrier, effective immediately. Laurence became the head of Rogers back in 2013 after previously serving as theCEO of Vodafone UK. In its press release, the company stated that it currently plans to bringJoseph Natale on board as its new President and Chief Executive Officer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rumor: LG Pay may be late to the game, but they may have the trump card June 07, 2025 Android Pay, Samsung Pay and Apple Pay continue fighting over your wallet (quite literally). Competition is fierce, but LG seems to be sure they have something that will lure customers to their own mobile payments service. So far all we knew is that they were looking into amore versatile technology, and in January we heard it could be some kind ofmagical card....