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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Canadian Pixel update brings ‘double-tap to check phone’ and ‘lift to check phone’ gestures (Update: OTA links) August 14, 2025 Original post (11/22):If you happen to live in Canada and own aGoogle Pixel, it’s your lucky day. A 261MB update is rolling out now, carrying build number NPF26J, bringing two new ‘Moves’ to Google’s new flagship phone. In case you’re unfamiliar, ‘Moves’ is a section in the settings menu on Google’s Pixel, Pixel XL,Nexus 6PandNexus 5Xdevices runningAndroid 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New TVs lack a killer feature, and more tech news you need to know July 28, 2025 1. “Don’t buy a new TV”: yup Gizmodois on the money post-CES, explaining why the latest and greatest TV technology trends are …actually not completely amazing or necessary just yet? What’s next and why doesn’t it matter enough? Here’s what Gizmodo’s Adam Clark Estes noted out of CES 2020:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro get fourth Android Q beta: Here’s what it includes August 09, 2025 If you don’t mind walking around with an unstable version ofAndroid Qon yourOnePlus 7orOnePlus 7 Pro, the latest update is now available! OnePlusofficially announcedits fourth developer preview of Android Q for the OnePlus 7 series. The company didn’t list out what’s different with the fourth preview....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO launches a near-stock Android experience to appeal to Western markets June 20, 2025 OPPOhas long been an inventive player in the Android market, adding tons of customization to its own skin. In a change in direction however, they are now releasing a version of their ColorOS that brings users a stripped down version of Android that is much closer to stock....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Razer’s new true wireless earbuds let you game in silence August 20, 2025 Razer further diversifies its portfolio beyond the gaming market with the Razer Hammerhead True Wireless Pro earbuds. At a glance, these may seem like another pair of Apple lookalikes, but Razer’s stemmed buds differentiate themselves from the crowd with premium features like active noise-cancelling (ANC) and THX certification....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: US government unlikely to give HUAWEI another 90-day reprieve August 12, 2025 At a briefing with reporters on Thursday, Rob Strayer, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy, revealed that the United States government is unlikely to renew the temporary waiver which currently permits HUAWEI to do business with US-based firms (viaBloomberg). At the moment, HUAWEI is a few weeks intoits second 90-day long reprievefrom the repercussions of its inclusion on the so-called Entity List....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung adopts Matter support to make all our smart homes better June 30, 2025 Today, Samsung is in the middle of its annual Samsung Developers Conference (SDC). At that event, it announced some big news for folks who have Samsung-basedsmart home products, although the news also affects pretty much every smart home owner. Starting next year, Samsung will integrate the Matter protocol into its products....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung and Visa working together to bring Samsung Pay to online merchants Jul 17, 2025 Samsung has announced a partnership with Visa to bring Samsung Pay to hundreds of thousands of online merchants starting later this year. It promises a simpler and more secure way to shop wherever Visa Checkout is accepted. It’s no exaggeration when I say that one of the few things that have kept me from buying a non-Samsung phone is Samsung Pay....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus will indicate charging status of individual earbuds August 15, 2025 It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus will get a small design tweak after all. Previouslyleaked rendersof thetrue wireless earbudsmissed out on a tiny detail. New renders, however, show the addition of what look like Left (L) and Right (R) buttons on the charging case....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus international giveaway! August 07, 2025 It’s time for the Sunday giveaway! Like every week, we’re giving away a brand new Android phone to one luckyAndroid Authorityreader. A big congratulations to the winner of last week’sGoogle Pixel 4 XL giveaway, Arya A. from Australia. The daily email arrives fresh at around 7 a.m. ET every day, and we’re committed to making sure it entertains with a brief, honest, authoritative, and never-too-serious look at the tech news of the day via our Senior Editor, Tristan Rayner....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+ not coming to the UK? July 16, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge+was a big phone, and it may have also been a big mistake. Or at least releasing it in the UK without offering the Note 5 anywhere in Europe was. That is, according to the latest rumor. A “Techradar source high up” mentions the Korean giant has learnt from its mistakes and they are making things up with the coming flagships....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus look set to get Super Slow Motion video and AR Emoji June 25, 2025 Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plususers will receiveSuper Slow Motion videoandAR Emojifeatures in the next update, according to user reports onReddit(viaXDA Developers). The new camera features are said to come with the September security patch, which numerous Reddit users say they have already received....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung has released a bigger Galaxy Z Fold 2, but you won’t be able to buy it June 27, 2025 Samsung’sGalaxy Z Fold 2is already a massive device to carry around, but the brand has now launched an even bigger version of thefoldable phone. Called the Samsung W21 5G, the device is currently only available in China. No, it’s not the Chinese variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 as Samsung already sells that in the country....