Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon’s first Super Bowl ad has Alec Baldwin talking to Alexa August 01, 2025 For the first time ever,Amazonis getting into the ad bonanza that is the Super Bowl. They’ve carved out a 30 second time slot to pitch theEchoto millions of slightly sloshed football fans, and Alec Baldwin is along for the ride. It’s just another cozy night at Baldwin Manor....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon’s new Android web browser looks drab, probably is drab July 08, 2025 Amazon has launched a new Android web browser app calledInternet: fast, lite, and private. The app is only available in India for the moment, seemingly on select handsets, and has been downloaded “100+” times since its release last month. Internet was brought to our attention byTechCrunch, which states that it can be installed on supported devices runningAndroid 5....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android founder Andy Rubin may be working on an iPhone-Pixel killer phone June 21, 2025 Andy Rubin, one of the co-creators of the Android operating system, may be about to announce his next big project following hisdeparture from Googletwo years ago. A new report claims he plans to reveal his new company, Essential, in the very near future. Essential is rumored to be launching a high-end bezel-less smartphone to compete with Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus andGoogle’s own Pixel XL....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. App that hijacks phones to mine Dogecoin fined by the FTC July 23, 2025 We all know that free apps are never really free, there’s usually some advertising and possibly a few in-app purchases to generate revenue for developers. Prized app developers Equiliv Investments and Ryan Ramminger had a slightly different approach, by using their app to secretly mine some cryptocurrency, such as Dogecoin or Litecoin, in the background....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best board games for Android July 05, 2025 When we were kids, our parents often recommended that we play board games. These were not only fun but board games like chess, backgammon, snakes and ladders, and checkers actually developed critical thinking by encouraging players to strategize to win. Though we’ve departed from our childhood and a lot of us prefer going paperless, that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy these games....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chinese OEMs gobbling up European market share from Apple, Samsung, more July 25, 2025 According to market analysis firmCanalys, the best word to describe the 2018 European smartphone market is “China.”Canalys’ datasuggests Chinese smartphone OEMs are eating up European smartphone market share at a staggering pace. You can see a chart below giving you some stats on how Q4 2018 smartphone shipments in Europe compare to the Q4 2017 totals, but it’s fairly easy to sum up: every company in the top five that doesn’t call China home lost market share....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chromecast rooted, apparently runs Android from Google TV, not Chrome OS June 15, 2025 Unsurprisingly, the Chromecast has been rooted by a team of hackers who were apparently able to reveal that the device runs rather Android than Chrome OS, or better said a “modified Google TV release.” Initially, Google said the device runs a stripped-down version of Chrome OS, but theGTVHackercrew thinks otherwise:...
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t like glasstic? Leaker says all Galaxy S22 phones have glass backs June 28, 2025 One of the more controversial tweaks forSamsungin recent years was the introduction of a “glasstic” back on some flagship phones, being plastic that’s meant to feel like glass. On the one hand, the material should survive a drop better than glass. But on the other hand, it’s clearly a cost-cutting measure and some people feel that glass is simply a more premium material to use....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. EU demands clarifications over US involvement in Yahoo email surveillance June 11, 2025 We all know a thing or two about theUS government’s involvement in spying its citizens and foreign leaders; and we also know a thing or two aboutYahoo’s deplorable security measures when it comes to emails. So I, for one, wasn’t too surprised when reports of Yahoo aiding the US government in email surveillance started to emerge....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook places bets on the future by removing the need for a Facebook login July 07, 2025 It might sound crazy, butFacebookis placing bets on the future by making it easier for people to sign into other apps without Facebook credentials.Facebook unveiled the new Account Kitat its F8 developer conference, a framework that allows users to sign in to other apps and services using their phone number or email address....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitbit Charge 2 vs Charge HR June 14, 2025 If you’ve ever seen someone wearing a fitness tracker on their wrist, there’s a good chance it was theFitbit Charge HR. The Charge HR isFitbit’smost popular fitness tracker to date for a number of reasons. It’s affordable, accurate, packed with useful features, and it’s a pretty attractive little wearable. Now the company is back with theCharge 2: a more refined, all-around better version of the fitness tracker we all know and love....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy on Fire 3: why it dares to have an ending July 07, 2025 “We are no longer competing for people’s money, we’re competing for people’s attention and time,” said DS FishLabs Studio Head Michael Krach in our recent Skype interview. “People are drowning in entertainment offerings at very little, or flat fees, or no money at all.” Though I remember a time growing up when I would have loved an alternative to the $60 I paid for the latest console game release, we now have so much access to affordable movies, TV shows, music and other media, that being a “free” game is no longer a big deal....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google begins rollout of 8.0 Oreo for Android Wear, LG Watch Sport up first June 15, 2025 It’s only been a couple of weeks since Google finally remembered Android Wear is a thing and rolled out a number oflong-overdue quality of life features in version 2.6. Now, the smartwatch OS is receiving yet another upgrade based onAndroid Oreo. While that initially sounds quite exciting, it’s worth heavily tempering your expectations as this isn’t an Android Wear 2....
