Alcatel OneTouch POP ASTRO arrives to T-Mobile, LTE and voice over Wi-FI for $150

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel OneTouch POP ASTRO arrives to T-Mobile, LTE and voice over Wi-FI for $150 June 05, 2025 These days there is no shortage of low-priced but solid performing handsets in the Android world, with some of the best known options coming from Motorola, HUAWEI, and ASUS.Alcatelis now partnering up with T-Mobile to bring yet another option, the Alcatel OneTouch Pop ASTRO....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Jose Chavez

All the official Galaxy S10 accessories you need to know about

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All the official Galaxy S10 accessories you need to know about June 18, 2025 The Samsung Galaxy S10 and its siblings (the S10 Plus, S10e, and S10 5G) are awesome phones that pack plenty of features into stunning designs, even if they aren’t the newest devices in thefamily anymore.But to really complete the package, the discerning user might also choose to invest in some of the numerous Galaxy S10 accessories that Samsung has to offer....

August 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1608 words · Whitney Brown

Android Power Rankings: The best Android brands, ranked

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Power Rankings: The best Android brands, ranked June 26, 2025 We are now at the start of 2019 after 2018’s bumper year for Android brands. Great flagship devices fighting for overall number one status included theSamsung Galaxy Note 9, theHUAWEI Mate 20 Pro, and theGoogle Pixel 3to name just a few. At the flagship level, but with just a few less features were the likes of theOnePlus 6and6T, both given a serious shake by the newPocophone F1....

August 18, 2025 · 12 min · 2427 words · Brandon Miller

BlackBerry launches a new 'Notable' screen capture app for its Android devices

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry launches a new ‘Notable’ screen capture app for its Android devices August 06, 2025 BlackBerry continues to make its transition away from mobile hardware, as it licenses its brand name toother Android phone manufacturers. However, the company will keep developing new software for both its phones as well as other Android devices. Recently, it launched a new app in theGoogle Play Storecalled Notable, which is supposed to make capturing your phone screen easier, while also offering some additional features....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Lauren Gill

Carl Pei's Nothing announcement reveals the underbelly of modern OnePlus

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Carl Pei’s Nothing announcement reveals the underbelly of modern OnePlus August 13, 2025 Earlier today,OnePlusco-founder Carl Pei finally revealed the name of his new company:Nothing. The in-your-face moniker is garnering the new venture plenty of publicity. That’s a real feat considering we still have no idea what it is that Nothing will create. Pei would only commit to Nothing being a “London-based consumer technology company....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 857 words · Frank Beltran

Don't be a victim: How to spot a fake Samsung Galaxy S4 (or any other name brand smartphone)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t be a victim: How to spot a fake Samsung Galaxy S4 (or any other name brand smartphone) June 01, 2025 And so we have a bit of a problem: how do you spot — and avoid — imitation, clone, or downright fake Android smartphones? What steps can you take to ensure that you don’t become just another victim of a sort of scam involving phones like the Galaxy S4, or rather, fake ones?...

August 18, 2025 · 4 min · 839 words · Sharon Diaz

Elliptic Labs to bring ultrasound proximity gestures to smartphones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Elliptic Labs to bring ultrasound proximity gestures to smartphones June 13, 2025 10 points if you can recall Elliptic Labs’ ultrasonic 3D gesture showcase from CES a couple of years back. It was certainly impressive and now the company is back with its newly announced BEAUTY ultrasound proximity software, which could make the infra-red sensors found in all of today’s smartphones obsolete....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Walter Reyes

Facebook v37 lets you move app to SD card... sort of

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook v37 lets you move app to SD card… sort of June 12, 2025 A lot ofAndroid deviceshave SD cards but a criticism often leveraged towards Android is that it doesn’t really manage apps on themicroSD cardvery well. The feature has been present on the past couple of versions of Android but required developers to enable support for moving their app to the SD and some major apps have avoided doing so....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Kristen Barber

Get the new Nexus launcher look with this simple Nova recipe

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get the new Nexus launcher look with this simple Nova recipe July 09, 2025 It will probably only take the Nova team a few days to incorporate thenew Nexus launcherinto their app proper, but if you’re simply dying to have it right now, you may. Using Nova Launcher, a couple widgets and an icon pack, you can pretty effectively recreate the new Google launcher right now on your very own device, even if it isn’t a Nexus....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Nichole Taylor

Google’s standalone camera Clips is available now

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s standalone camera Clips is available now July 27, 2025 Back in January, Google’s standalone, AI-poweredClips camerasuddenlywent on sale in the Google store. However, within minutes the machine-learning camera was out of stock. Now, the full rollout of the camera is here, with Clips available in the U.S. for $249 fromBest Buy,B&H,Verizon, and theGoogle Store. Clips is a small camera with a clip on the back that enables you to quickly and easily attach it to various things....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Nicole Little

Here's what MediaTek has planned for 5G in 2019 and beyond

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s what MediaTek has planned for 5G in 2019 and beyond June 13, 2025 The mobile industry is moving to5Gat a breakneck pace, with the likes ofQualcomm,Samsung, andHuaweiall pushing ahead with launches in 2019. MediaTekisn’t standing still, either, having revealed its 5G-capableM70 modem(pictured above) earlier this year. Now, the Taiwanese chipmaker has revealed a few more details about its plans for 2019, including its 5G strategy....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Maria Schneider

HONOR brings its IFA 2020 smartwatches to India with battery life for days

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR brings its IFA 2020 smartwatches to India with battery life for days June 15, 2025 Update: July 10, 2025 (3:20 AM ET): HONOR has launched two new smartwatches in India. The HONOR Watch GS Pro and HONOR Watch ES were first announced atIFA 2020and will go on sale in India throughFlipkartandAmazon, respectively. Both smartwatches promise battery life for days and offer different designs to choose from....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Olivia Hutchinson

HTC promises hero product in October, significant improvements for M series next year

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC promises hero product in October, significant improvements for M series next year June 27, 2025 HTC hasn’t had it easy for a few years now, though the HTCOne (M7) and One M8 have been positive steps in the right direction that have somewhat helped the company make a much-needed turn around. Unfortunately, HTCstill has a long ways to go and 2015 hasn’t exactly been a great for the company so far....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Mary Whitney