Congressman wants an investigation on why Trump is still using his Galaxy S3

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Congressman wants an investigation on why Trump is still using his Galaxy S3 June 20, 2025 We all know that the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, loves to post on Twitter at all hours of the day and night. There is lots of evidence to suggest he is using aSamsung Galaxy S3, which was first released nearly five years ago and is no longer getting any Android security updates....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Dominique Taylor

Deal: Get a $300 bill credit when you buy an LG G7 or V35 through Project Fi

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Get a $300 bill credit when you buy an LG G7 or V35 through Project Fi August 21, 2025 The only thing preventingGoogle’s Project Fifrom being the absolute best wireless carrier is the fact that the service only supportscertain phones. But from now until July 29, two of those phones are part of a promotion that will get youa whopping $300 bill creditto add to your existing or new line of service with Fi....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Lisa Thomas

DROID Turbo 2 Employee Edition now receiving Marshmallow

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DROID Turbo 2 Employee Edition now receiving Marshmallow July 28, 2025 Ever since it was announced that Motorola would be changing owners from Google to Lenovo, users have questioned what it means for device update guarantees. In the weeks sinceAndroid 6.0 Marshmallow releasedin particular, the issue has risen to a muchmore palpable problem. Despite theMoto X Stylereceiving thesupreme structure of Stay Puftoverin Brazil, it was weeks before customers in the USA had anyopportunities....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Pamela Villarreal

Facebook is making some of its employees ditch their iPhones for Android devices

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook is making some of its employees ditch their iPhones for Android devices August 04, 2025 In a recent move to help its employees better understand what Android users need, Facebook’s chief product officer Chris Cox is forcing an untold amount ofFacebookemployees to ditch their iOS devices in favor of Android. The move is being made to help Cox’s staff realize how users in emerging markets are experiencing the social networking platform....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Tamara Macdonald

Festive Playmoji coming soon to Pixel devices, just in time for the holidays

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Festive Playmoji coming soon to Pixel devices, just in time for the holidays June 21, 2025 Yesterday, Google brought its update to AR Stickers — known now asGoogle Playground— to both the originalGoogle PixelandGoogle Pixel 2devices. Originally, Google Playground was only available on the latestGoogle Pixel 3, but now everyone on the Made by Google team can join the fun....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Ashley Lyons

Galaxy Tab S2 launches in South Korea on August 11

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Tab S2 launches in South Korea on August 11 August 07, 2025 Samsung announced its newGalaxy Tab S2tabletsa couple of weeks agoand said they would launch in August and it looks like they’ll live up to this promise, with both Galaxy Tab S2 models set to launch inSouth Koreanext week. The Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 will cost KRW 599,000 (approx....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Daniel Morris

Gboard now uses AI to suggest GIFs, stickers, and emoji

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gboard now uses AI to suggest GIFs, stickers, and emoji July 22, 2025 Gboard is already very familiar with GIFs, stickers, and emoji, since you can search for them from within the keyboard. However, today’s update automatically surfaces relevant GIFs, stickers, and emoji without the need to search for them. According toGoogle’sblog post onThe Keyword, Gboard uses AI to automatically suggest the aforementioned content....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Joe Weaver

Google launches new website to bring together all of its open source projects

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google launches new website to bring together all of its open source projects July 11, 2025 Googlehas launched a new website as the home for all of its open-source content.Google Open Sourcebrings together the company’s related initiatives — including Android, Chromium and Go — in one spot and provides information on how it develops and maintains them. Google says the website delivers the expected things such as supported organizations and a comprehensive list of the company’s ongoing open-source projects, but it says it “Also contains something unexpected: a look under the hood at how we ‘do’ open source....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Shawn Williams

Google Pixel 2 ad takes a sly shot at iPhone storage woes

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 2 ad takes a sly shot at iPhone storage woes June 18, 2025 Here’s something that shouldn’t come as a surprise: Google knows what makes a good advert. As such, it also shouldn’t come as too much of a shock that commercials advertising Google’s own products are uniformly excellent. Whether it’s thatclassic Android advertbacked by Andrew W.K.’s cheesy banger ‘Party Hard’, or the glut of stellar teasers for everyMade by Googledevice you’re able to think of, Google knows how to grab your attention with a quick video....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Robert Beck

How Google can make sure Play Pass stays afloat

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How Google can make sure Play Pass stays afloat July 20, 2025 Google Play Pass, the company’s app subscription service, isfinally here. The service already boasts more than350 games and apps, but it doesn’t quite live up to the same standard as the similarly priced Apple Arcade. Luckily, it isn’t too late yet, and Google can still make sure Play Pass doesn’t suck with a little bit more curation....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 922 words · Mr. Adam Brown

How to safely clean your Android smartphones and tablets

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to safely clean your Android smartphones and tablets June 01, 2025 Is it any news that our smartphones are as dirty as anything can get? We man-handle these gadgets all day, smear grease all over them, take them to the toilet and put them through unimaginable germ exposure. In fact, a recentMashable video(as well as studies) tells us our phones contain about 25,000 germs per square inch....

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1094 words · Brandon Roberts

HTC 10 arrives to India on June 5th, in both Snapdragon 820 and 652 configurations

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC 10 arrives to India on June 5th, in both Snapdragon 820 and 652 configurations August 05, 2025 Ever since theHTC10 was first announced, we’ve known that there would potentially be two models, one dubbed the HTC10, theother the HTC10 Lifestyle.Based on our initial understanding, the Lifestyle would come to select markets, including India, as the only option for HTCfans....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Christopher Mueller

HUAWEI Mate 20 ditches microSD in favor of "Nano Memory"?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate 20 ditches microSD in favor of “Nano Memory” - but what is it? July 21, 2025 Today HUAWEI formally announced theMate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, packing a whole lot ofnew features. Interestingly, it was also revealed that the Mate 20 series would ditchmicroSDin favor of a new standard – NM cards. But what the heck are they?...

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Joe Fernandez