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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 component details leak, sound legit August 10, 2025 TheGalaxy S9has been confirmed for an unveiling at MWC 2018 next month. As the launch date draws nearer, leaked information is going to be increasing, starting with some hardware news for you. The rumor comes fromETNewsand while it’s not backed by official sources for the moment, the breadth of knowledge the site seems to have about the device and its supply chain lends credibility to the claims....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 gets updated to Android Lollipop 5.0.2 July 10, 2025 When it comes to updating to new versions of Android,Samsunggenerally isn’t the quickest OEM on the block. Thankfully, this situation has changed some with Lollipop, at least as far as many of their flagship handsets are concerned. Unfortunately, tablets have been a completely different matter, with Samsung being much slower to push out Lollipop, and has only recently started introducing 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Pay’s defining feature not included on Galaxy S21 in India August 25, 2025 Update: July 09, 2025 (6:15 AM ET):A few days back we told you that Samsung has listed MST capabilities for the Galaxy S21 series on itsSouth African,Indian, andUK websites. However, contrary to the specs listed on those official pages, tipster Ishan Agarwal now claims that the phones don’t feature MST support, at least in India....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Some Galaxy S6 owners are seeing a purple speck on photos taken with the front-facing camera August 07, 2025 The newSamsung Galaxy S6andS6 Edgehandsets have certainly made a good impression on many folks out there. Along with a premium build and revamped software, these two handsets arguably feature two of the best cameras available on a smartphone to date. However, it looks like for some users, the experience the camera brings to the table is far from perfect....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia 1 Professional Edition is available for cost of a mortgage payment July 31, 2025 You gotta hand it to Sony: it just keeps on doing its thing. Despitemassive problems in its mobile division, it is still trying to charge exorbitant prices for its handsets that don’t offer much more than competitors do. The newly-launched Sony Xperia 1 Professional Edition is no exception (viaDroid Shout)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The case against bundled phone chargers August 08, 2025 Rumors abound that Apple and Samsung are preparing to sell their next-gen premium smartphoneswithout a charger in the box. At face value, $1,000+ flagships sold without a charger is pretty unthinkable. Just another example on an industry charging more for less (RIP, headphone jack) and ripping us consumers off. However, I’ve come around to a different way of thinking....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Vive La Humble Mobile Bundle celebrates games made in France June 15, 2025 France might be mostly known for its football, champagne, and ridiculous assortment of cheeses, but the country is also home to plenty of talented developers that Humble Bundle wants to recognize with its latest Vive La Humble Mobile Bundle. As is the case with previous bundles, the Vive La Humble Mobile Bundle uses a three-level, pay-what-you-want system that nets you more games the more you pay....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Weekly Authority: Pixel 7 leaks August 04, 2025 📚 I’m off to a crime fiction festival in the frozen North of Scotland next week, leaving you in Nick and Tristan’s capable handsfor the next couple of weekends while I geek out over books, but there’s still time to play Horizon Forbidden West first! Popular news this week Microsoft: Elsewhere: Movies/TV: Weekly Wonder This week (February 14) in 2005, YouTube was launched....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These are the phones with the best performance right now June 13, 2025 For anyone with a love of numbers and tables,Android benchmarksare a treasure trove of information that most people can’t even decipher, let alone appreciate. When it comes to Android benchmarks there are few options more widely known and quoted asAnTuTu. While it’s easy todismiss benchmarksas artificial simulations of real-world performance, they do allow for some very interesting comparisons....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Twitter enforces controversial new ‘comment ranking’ system August 05, 2025 Some of you will have noticed a new Direct Reply count inTwitter, conveniently letting you know how many folks have replied to a tweet directly. This is good. But alongside this change, Twitter has also implemented a controversial new comment ranking system that discards the old chronological approach in favor of a popularity algorithm....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ubisoft is bringing Assassin’s Creed Identity to Android this spring (Update: out now!) June 14, 2025 [aa_button text=“Get it now from Google Play” url=“https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubisoft.assassinscreed.identity” size=“medium” align=“center” nofollow=“0” color=“0” ] Original post (2/25):Video game developer Ubisoft has just announced its plans to bring Assassin’s Creed Identity to Android devices later this spring. The game launched on the iOS App Store earlier this morning for $4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. USB Type-C, ‘the single cable of the future,’ will be more secure soon July 25, 2025 With the vast majority of new Android devices supportingUSB Type-Ctechnology and USB Type-C ports showing up on lots of other new devices, there’s a good chance you already have more than a few pieces of tech with Type-C ports. While having one cable for everything is incredibly convenient, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) — the big kahuna of USB technology — is worried about the future security of USB Type-C....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most of you think the OPPO Find N is hot stuff June 04, 2025 OPPO announced theFind Nfoldable phone last week, showing a book-style foldable that’s significantly smaller than theGalaxy Z Fold 3. It really seems to address one of the main bugbears of Fold-style devices (that they’re simply too bulky). What did you think of OPPO’s first commercial foldable phone though?...