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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Here’s what Apple should do for Android users in iMessage August 07, 2025 Google criticized Apple this week fortaking advantageof the “green bubble” phenomenon in iMessage, following aWall Street Journalreport on the iPhone’s dominance among teens in the US. The article also revealed how Apple’s handling of Android users in iMessage resulted in peer pressure for affected users to switch to an iPhone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ‘Lithium’ is a pro 3D film rig for the Red Hydrogen One, because why not June 29, 2025 TheRed Hydrogen Onewas one of the most highly-anticipated smartphones of 2018 — and unfortunatelylanded as a dudwith bad reviews and underwhelming photography (which should have been its main appeal). Now, viaRed’s Facebook page, we know that not only is the company standing by the Red Hydrogen One, but it’s also releasing a sure-to-be-expensive 3D filmmaking rig for the smartphone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: available now) All Android Wear watch faces will get notification indicators with version 2.9 update August 09, 2025 Android Wearmight not grab as many headlines as it once did, butGooglecontinues to push out updates for its wearable platform. The latest update, version 2.9, will bring a new feature that should delight fans: unread notification indicators. By default, the dot-shaped indicator surrounded by a ring will show up at the bottom of each watch face....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All future OnePlus phones will feature 90Hz display refresh rates August 23, 2025 Today, on stage in India, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei revealed that all future smartphones from the company will include a 90Hz display refresh rate. This feature is currently one of the most popular aspects to the company’sOnePlus 7 Pro, released earlier this year. OnePlus markets the 90Hz display refresh rate as “Fluid Display....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android P features may help you curb your smartphone addiction July 11, 2025 An anonymous source informedThe Washington Postthat the keynote addressGoogleCEO Sundar Pichai will deliver atGoogle I/O 2018will feature a focus on Google’s “responsibilities.” It appears that the keynote address will be a response to the recent social outcry against the practices of major technology companies likeFacebook,Apple, and yes,Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple fined $234 million in damages for CPU patent infringement July 18, 2025 Update:The jury has ordered Apple to pay out a little over $234 million in damages for infringing on patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the patent licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Originally, Apple faced fines up to a total of $862 million, but the amount was reduced after the judge ruled that Apple had not wilfully infringed on the patent....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple’s self-service repair program sets the bar for Android OEMs June 14, 2025 The modern-day smartphone is, by and large, a highly integrated piece of circuitry and precise engineering to maximize components in the least amount of space. Part of this comes from dropping unnecessary ports and access panels. Back in 2007, theApple iPhonewas one of the first smartphones to ship with a non-removable battery....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Believe what you see, not what you hear, says Qualcomm July 07, 2025 Which is better a fast dual-core or slow quad-core? I remember this same discussion cropping up with the first quad-core PC processors. Back then the general conclusion was that it depends on how you were using it. A brute power dual-core approach was great for gaming and situations where you need a high clock speed, where as a slower multi-core was an elegant solution for multi-tasking and greater performance could be achieved when running multi-threaded applications....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Black Shark 3 series announced: It has real shoulder triggers! July 11, 2025 Black Shark made quite a splash (heh) when it revealed itsfirst gaming phonein 2018, and the firm raised the bar in 2019 with itsBlack Shark 2phones. It isn’t stopping there either, as it’s just announced the Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro. As you’d expect from a 2020 flagship, the Black Shark 3 series delivers aSnapdragon 865processor with 5G capabilities....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Camera shootout: OnePlus 9 Pro vs Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max July 03, 2025 Solid cameras sell smartphones and iPhones have built a reputation for snapping great pictures — a reputation bolstered by its top-of-the-line 2020 device, theiPhone 12 Pro Max. Meanwhile, OnePlus has partnered with Hasselblad for this generation’s flagship smartphone, theOnePlus 9 Pro, to boost its own credentials and take on the best in the business....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DxOMark: Moto G4 Plus camera rivals Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s August 14, 2025 Offering a relatively fast, fluid Android experience there’s always beena lot to like about the Moto G series, though early iterations weren’t without a few weak points — the camera being one of them. This started to change with theMoto G 2013,which we felt provided impressive daylight shots, but pretty awful low light ones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Essential is going to make an announcement, per reclusive Andy Rubin June 17, 2025 Today, on Twitter, Essential founderAndy Rubinsaid that the company will be making an announcement at some point in the near future (viaDroid Life). He didn’t elaborate on what this announcement could be, but it’s the first we’ve heard from Rubin in quite a while, so it’s likely something fairly big....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Fold wallpapers arrive in full resolution: Download ‘em here June 23, 2025 Update, June 14, 2025 (12:30pm ET):We’re still weeks away from theSamsung Galaxy Fold’slaunch, but that hasn’t stoppedXDA-Developers(viaAndroid Police) from finding some of the unreleased phone’s wallpapers. Just like the first round of leaked backgrounds, these primarily feature butterflies. We’ve included four of the new wallpapers to the gallery below for you to preview....