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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch: specs, pics, video, and all the details! June 12, 2025 It’s finally here: The Galaxy Gear from Samsung. The highly anticipated, oft rumored smartwatch from Samsung has finally been officially announced, and we’ve got all the details. For Samsung fans, this will be a very useful device. For those of you desirous for the Note 3, this may be a must have accompaniment....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 appears in last-minute video leaks June 03, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy Watch 3is launching tomorrow alongside theGalaxy Note 20 seriesbut leaks and rumors these past few months have left little to the imagination. Samsung’s new flagship smartwatch has appeared in renders, its firmware has outed its features, it’s already on the shelves at some retail stores, and now, it has appeared in official AT&T how-to videos leaked by tipsterEvan Blass....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung gifts a Galaxy S7 edge to every Rio Olympian August 02, 2025 Samsung wants to give Olympic athletes in Rioan edge,and the IOC is cool with that. The Korean tech firm is handing out 12,500Samsung Galaxy S7 edgehandsets it says will “help Olympians enhance their experiences” by helping them stay in touch with loved ones. Fitted with a special metal black frame, the commemorative Galaxy S7 edge handsets are preloaded with wallpapers themed after the Rio 2016 Olympic games....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sega announces Football Manager Mobile 2016 for Android, coming this November July 10, 2025 Segaand Sports Interactive have just announced that Football Manager 2016, the latest title in the popular sports management simulation series, will launch sometime this November. There are a handful of new features being added to the title, along with a pretty big shake-up concerning the game’s release....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony adds the Xperia XA2 and Xperia XA2 Ultra to its Open Devices program August 13, 2025 Sonyaddedits latest pair of mid-range smartphones, theXperia XA2 and Xperia XA2 Ultra, to its Open Devices program. This brings the total number of devices in Sony’s developer-friendly program to 31. Resources at your disposal include bootloader unlock tools, kernel compilation guides, and step-by-step instructions for you to access the Xperia XA2’s and Xperia XA2 Ultra’s Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) ports....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia Pro: Should you buy it at $2,500? August 25, 2025 Sony announced its Xperia 1 II back in February 2020 and teased its Xperia Pro in the same event. Unfortunately, it took nearly an entire year for the Xperia Pro to debut in the US. When it finally landed, the Sony Xperia Pro proved to be a shocker for quite a few reasons....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sound Guys Monthly - August 2015 - Bose SoundLink Mini 2 International Giveaway August 21, 2025 What do 3D printing, a smartphone from an audio company, the MLB, and giveaways have in common? You guessed it: they’re all coming up in this month’s installment of Sound Guys Monthly. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway! Samsung takes another shot at wireless earbuds with the Level U In our review of the Samsung Gear Circle, our main issue was that the earbuds just wouldn’t stay put....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile considered a merger with one of the most hated companies in US Jun 23, 2025 T-Mobile’s bid to merge withSprintis currently under legal scrutiny, but confidential documents show this wasn’t the only mergerT-Mobilehad its eyes on. According to a confidential T-Mobile report from 2015 (h/t:The Verge), the carrier was also looking at a merger with cable provider Comcast....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile shipping LG G4 online orders from tomorrow, with free 128GB card for early buyers July 07, 2025 There seems to be a growing trend these days with online availability and advance releases. Both theNexus 6and the Galaxy S6/Edge wereshipped out to those ordering onlinebefore their retail availability hit. T-Mobile is continuing this trend with the newly announced (andslightly controversial)LG G4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The latest Humble Mobile Bundle lets you grab a bunch of RPGs for less (Update: More games added) August 06, 2025 Update – 2/15: As promised, the Humble Bundle team has added two more games to the Android mobile RPG bundle if you pay more than the average amount. One of the games is Mage Gauntlet, a fantasy action-RPG from developer RocketCat Games that’s inspired by classic Nintendo console RPGs of the 1990s....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Try out these new Android Q lock screen clocks July 04, 2025 Although there are quite a few changes inAndroid Qas compared toAndroid 9 Pie, the lock screen looks pretty much the same. However, there’s a hidden set of switches in Android Q that allow you to change the look of the lock screen clock (first spotted byXDA Developers)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ugh, Android Q could give carriers more powerful ways to SIM lock phones June 04, 2025 Last week, we got our first look at whatAndroid Qmight have in store for us when it launches sometime this year. There were some exciting things seen in the source code, including the potential fora system-wide dark modeand better control over Android permissions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WeChat accused of sharing users’ personal data with Chinese authorities [Update: WhatsApp now blocked in China] June 02, 2025 The news was reported byThe New York Times(viaAndroid Central), which suggested that China may have developed “specialized software” specifically to disrupt the messages. Videos, images, and file sharing through WhatsApp had already been blocked in the region earlier this year, though text-based messages could still be sent....