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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google could soon let you use the power button to summon Assistant August 01, 2025 Google already lets you summon theGoogle Assistantwith either a wake-word, a gesture from the corners, and more. But it looks like the company is working on yet another way to activate its voice assistant. XDA-Developershas dug into version 12.18.6.29 of the Google app and discovered references to the Assistant being triggered via a phone’s power button....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google debuts tool for measuring heart, respiratory rate with a phone (Updated) August 02, 2025 Update: August 17, 2025 (12:20 AM ET): Google is nowrolling outits camera-based heart-rate and respiratory tracking feature to Pixel phones. While Pixel phones will be the first devices to sport the feature, it will roll out to “more Android devices in the future,” according to Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home is adding hands-free voice calling, but only for outgoing calls June 14, 2025 TheGoogle Homeconnected speaker will soon add a feature that will allow owners to make outgoing hands-free voice calls. This new feature, revealed as part of the company’sGoogle I/Okeynote address, will allow those owners to call any landline or mobile phone number in the US or Canada, for free....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google I/O 2019 app is rolling out now with a dark theme and AR features June 02, 2025 Taking place from May 7 to May 9,Google I/O 2019less than two weeks away. To help attendees and viewers alike get ready for the developer conference, the Silicon Valley search giant is rolling out an update to its Android app to get it set for this year’s festivities (via9to5Google)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google launches Android Go based on Android 10 for entry-level phones June 19, 2025 Today, Google officially took the lid offAndroid Go based on Android 10, the latest iteration of the operating system designed specifically forentry-level phones. The new OS is smaller, faster, and better than ever. Android Gois built to run on phones that have 1.5GB of RAM or less....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s new security features will protect you from unverified apps June 21, 2025 Over the course of the last few months, Google has introduced quite a few safety measures includinganti-phishing tools, among others, and revealed plans forimproved security in Android O. Now, the company is taking things a step further with additional security features that block unverified apps and App Scripts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s your first look at what is likely the Fitbit Charge 3 fitness tracker July 01, 2025 Dutch siteNieuwe Mobielgot its hands on some leaked images of what appears to be the upcoming Fitbit Charge 3. While we don’t yet know any specs, pricing, or a release date, the images can give us some hints on what to expect from Fitbit’s next fitness tracker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HMD Global debuts two killer mid-range Nokia phones July 26, 2025 HMD Globalhas its eye on the bustling mid-range smartphone segment and thinks its new offerings, the Nokia 6.2 and Nokia 7.2, will compete with the best. These new Nokia phones, announced atIFA 2019in Berlin, are joined by three KaiOS-based feature phones that flesh out HMD’s global roster. Nokia 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI confirms 7nm Kirin 980 and launch window for Mate 20 series June 09, 2025 Huaweihas announced that itsKirin 980chipset will power theMate 20series of flagship phablets. The processor will be the first commercially available 7nm smartphone chipset as well. “According to Mr. Richard Yu, the CEO of HUAWEI CBG [consumer business group – ed], HUAWEI will unveil the Kirin 980 at IFA, which will be the first commercially available 7nm chip in the world,” read an official press release sent to South African media (h/t:Gearburn) and obtained byAndroid Authority....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Matias Duarte is disappointed that Windows 10 works just like XP August 06, 2025 Matias Duarte: designer extraordinaire, flamboyant shirt aficionado,r/androidcirclejerk’sobject of adoration. If there’s any one person that is responsible for the way Android looks and feels, it’sMatias Duarte, Google’s VP of Design. Under his watch, Android transitioned from a hotchpotch of mediocre design elements to the fresh, modern, and unitary design language known as Material Design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto Razr two-for-one deal leaves us with questions, plus more tech news today August 12, 2025 1. Surprise BOGO: Motorola goes Razr crazy Today, if you’re Stateside, you’ll wake up to a no-strings surprise deal from Motorola for one of its premium smartphones of 2020: Abuy one $1,500 Motorola Razr, get another one freedeal. I’m not sharing this because I think everyone should rush out and get one....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New teardown reveals upcoming Google Assistant features June 23, 2025 Teardowns are an interesting practice, providing insights, false leads and sprinkles of the future. On the hardware front we get to see the changes made to the interior workings of a smartphone, like the newGalaxy Note 7 teardownthat shows how the design has changed since theNote 5to add water-resistance. But app teardowns tend to point more to the future than hardware and the latest Google app teardown is no different, revealing a few details about the new Google Assistant coming inAndroid 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Newly announced BenQ F52 packs a Snapdragon 810 and 3GB RAM July 04, 2025 BenQ is not a name that we think of when it comes to smartphones, and arguably the Taiwanese company isn’t even that well known of a brand when it comes to its primary business: monitors and accessories — at least not in the United States. That said, it seems that BenQ is hoping to change up its reputation a bit with the introduction of the BenQ F52....