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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note Edge to release November 17: $949.99 off-contract at AT&T August 24, 2025 Love hurts: Your ego, your pride, your self-esteem. If you’re a fan of the flexible however, it’s also going to hurt yourwallet. American customers are going to be in for a world of pricing pain when sojourning to their local electronic store for Samsung’s premier phablet, the Galaxy Note Edge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Global Bixby updates rolling out ahead of Galaxy Note 8 launch July 30, 2025 After months of waiting,Galaxy S8owners across the globe might just receive Bixby Voice in advance of theGalaxy Note 8 launchnext Wednesday, with multiple app updates rolling out as of yesterday. While Samsung has yet to enable Bixby Voice functionality across the board, the code should now be in place for when the time comes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google appears to be testing N preview on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013), but don’t get excited just yet July 08, 2025 TheNexus 5remains one of the most popular Nexus devices out there, two and a half years after its release. To the vocal disdain of its loyal users, the device isnoton the list of devices announced yesterday to get Android N developer preview builds....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 5 may have much larger battery than Pixel 4, plus more RAM/storage July 21, 2025 Google’s Pixel 5may be more of a longevity champion thansome rumors suggest. Android Centralsources claim the new top-range smartphone will have a “considerably” larger battery than what we saw in thePixel 4. Those rumors of a modest 3,080mAh power pack are “entirely false,” says the report....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google releases November Android security patch for Pixel, Nexus devices (Update: Pixel 2 XL) August 13, 2025 Update (11/7):Google has now posted November security patch factory images and OTA files for the Pixel 2 XL. All of the relevant links can be found below. Just be sure you’re downloading the correct files—there are separate builds for unlocked and Verizon models....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google to European Commission: Android offers more choice for consumers June 07, 2025 In April, the European Commission regulatory agency announced a preliminary judgementthat Google violated its antitrust ruleswith its Android OS, claiming that it was the source of anti-competitive behavior in the smartphone market. Today, Google filed its official response to the EC decision, claiming that Android actually offers more choice for smartphone consumers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google welcomes HTCtalent, eyes future hardware July 19, 2025 Google has finalized its deal with HTC, bringing the Taiwanese manufacturer’s core design team across to the Mountain View company. Google Senior Vice President Rick Osterloh commemorated the occasion in ashort blog post, where he touched on what the HTCstaff could bring to the company. Osterloh said that the estimated 2,000 engineers bring “decades of experience achieving a series of ‘firsts,’” and noted HTC’s production of the first 3G smartphone (HTC Universal), the first touch-focused handset (HTC Touch) and first phone with an aluminum unibody (HTC One)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR thinks bigger (not more) pixels are the way to go in 2020 August 17, 2025 We’ve seen Xiaomi deliver a 108MP smartphone in theMi Note 10late last year, while rumors persist that at least one of theSamsung Galaxy S20phones will offer a 108MP camera. Honorseems to think bigger pixels are the future of photography in 2020 though, as the company’s marketing manager says onWeibo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to Add Facebook Friends by Tapping Two NFC Phones Together June 19, 2025 Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has become the next big thing these days as many manufacturers are bringing the technology into many of their mobile phones. If you ever thought that NFC-enabled phones are primarily being used for wiring monetary transactions, well, think again. While the majority of Android phone users are beginning to adopt Google Wallet as a means for wirelessly paying for their purchases, don’t you know that you can also do other neat stuff with your NFC-enabled phone like adding friends to your Facebook account?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use Material Design in your Android apps June 20, 2025 Material design is an important aspect of any UI because it makes apps compelling. We are visual beings and even though an app might have cool features, a poor the design will lead to users abandoning an app. In this tutorial, we are going to look at some of theprinciples of material designthat are key to an awesome design and in turn,make your application beautiful....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9+ official: 5.2-inch Quad HD screen, MediaTek SoC, fingerprint sensor July 31, 2025 HTCtoday in Beijing introduced the newest member of the One family, the M9+, a larger M9-lookalike with a couple of key differentiating features. The One M9+ features a 5.2-inch Quad HD LCD display (2560 x 1440), and not 5.5-inch, as somerumorshave suggested. This makes it HTC’s second Quad HD device after the 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P20 Pro: World’s first triple camera explained August 16, 2025 Huaweihas always seen camera innovation as a crucial part of the P-series’ identity. While the Chinese giant was far from the first OEM to incorporate a dual camera setup into a smartphone, theP9andP10both represented an impressive step-up for the technology at the time. For the larger version of its 2018 flagship, theP20 Pro, HUAWEI is introducing the world to the world’s first triple lens camera, which it boldly claims is the most advanced camera system ever to grace a smartphone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. If you loved Hulu’s free service, we’ve got some bad news July 03, 2025 Hulu, one of the largest internet TV streaming services, has decided to put an end to its free offering – a component of the service over for about nine years. You’ll now have to pay to use the platform for your beloved TV shows. There’s no word about the two tiers of monthly subscription rates changing, at $7....