Google and Yubico offering Security Key USB drives for 50% off!

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google and Yubico offering Security Key USB drives for 50% off! June 15, 2025 Google and Yubico are partnering up to offer eligible customers a 50% discount on Yubico’s U2F Security Keys. This would bring the price down to $9, which is a significant discount over the original $18 price point. It sure is a good deal, especially when considering some companies buy these for many of their employees....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Frank Page

Google Assistant might be headed to a Chromebook near you

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant might be headed to a Chromebook near you August 01, 2025 From smartphones and tablets toAndroid TVsandheadphones,Google Assistantis slowly beginning to spread to more devices. If there is one area where Google Assistant has yet to make its presence known, it isChromebooks, though it looks like there is evidence that this could change sooner than later. Spotted by9to5Google, theGoogle Homeapp offers a nugget of information that some Google Assistant apps will work on Chromebooks....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Casey Roman

Google has patented a dual-screen, double tablet, Frankenstein's monster of a laptop

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google has patented a dual-screen, double tablet, Frankenstein’s monster of a laptop July 18, 2025 Google isn’t one to shy away from a bold idea — it tends to have many of these in the works at any given time. Google/Alphabet might haverecently let goof robotics company Boston Dynamics, but it may not be finished with Transformers™-like products just yet....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 537 words · Julian Montoya

Google Pixel 4a vs OnePlus Nord, and more news from Gary Explains

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4a vs OnePlus Nord, and more news from Gary Explains June 20, 2025 Windows on Arm only needs one thing to become great:Linux, macOS, and Windows all run on Arm-based processors. However, Windows on Arm is currently the weakest solution of the three. There is one thing that could make Windows on Arm great. (YouTube) Deal:Pay as little as $1 and learn cloud computing with AWS...

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Samantha Mclaughlin

Greenpeace disrupted Samsung's MWC event to question Note 7 phone disposal

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Greenpeace disrupted Samsung’s MWC event to question Note 7 phone disposal June 30, 2025 Samsung can’t seem to get away from the disaster of theGalaxy Note 7launch. Today, its press event at the2017 Mobile World Congresstrade show was briefly disrupted by protesters from the Greenpeace environmental group who wanted to find how the company is handling the disposal of the millions of recalled Note 7 smartphones....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Denise Riley

HONOR Magic 2 teardown shows how the phone's slider mechanism works

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR Magic 2 teardown shows how the phone’s slider mechanism works July 06, 2025 At the end of October,HONOR announced the Magic 2, the successor to itsAI-focused smartphone. While the handset is impressive from aspecsand camera perspective, the phone features a nearly bezel-less display thanks to a sliding mechanism that hides the front-facing sensors. Unlike phones like the vivo Nex that feature a pop-up camera module, HONOR separated the Magic 2’s display and fingerprint sensor from the body of the handset....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Rachel Jimenez

How does the Nokia 8 stack up against the competition?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How does the Nokia 8 stack up against the competition? July 20, 2025 After months of rumors and speculation, HMD Global unveiled theNokia 8, the firstNokiaflagship that runs Android. This carries a bit of historical significance, but it also means that Nokia has entered a domain full of strong and worthwhile contenders. Whether the Nokia 8 remains afloat in this crowded field of smartphones partly depends on how much the Nokia name can carry the phone, but also whether the Nokia 8 is a good option on its own....

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1157 words · Tracey Stokes

How to use App Pairing on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use App Pairing on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 July 22, 2025 Split Screen View is one of the most helpful features found on theSamsung Galaxy Note 8. You definitely don’t want to waste this function if you’ve got it. That’s why we’re here to show you a good way to take advantage of Split Screen View....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Timothy Kim

HTC One M9+ review

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9+ review August 18, 2025 HTC One M9+ What we like What we don’t like Our scores An increasingly prevalent trend in the smartphone world is the introduction of “Plus” smartphones, that typically bring better specifications and more features over what is available with the main flagship from the OEM. And that can be disappointing for consumers that have already committed to the latter....

August 2, 2025 · 12 min · 2362 words · Omar Adams

HUAWEI ships 50 million devices in H1, P8 Max price revealed

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI ships 50 million devices in H1, P8 Max price revealed July 01, 2025 Huaweireportedly shipped 50 million handsets in the first half of the year, representing a 46% improvement year-on-year. Last year, the company shipped 34.27 million handsets in the first six months but this year – which has seen the launch of theHUAWEI P8 flagshipamongst other handsets – represents excellent growth for theChinese manufacturer....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Elizabeth Patterson

HUAWEI Watch unboxing and initial impressions

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Watch unboxing and initial impressions July 03, 2025 Plenty of Android Wear devices come through our labs, but we have been waiting for a very specific one to reach our hands (or wrists) lately. Yes, I am talking about the HUAWEI Watch. It has just reached my doorstep and I am ready to give you an unboxing, as well as my very first impressions on this fancy smartwatch....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 654 words · Rachel Sullivan

Is Google preparing to test Project Loon in the US?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is Google preparing to test Project Loon in the US? June 12, 2025 Google’sProject Loonis a rather surreal sounding project, but according to newly filed documents at the FCC, Google may be preparing to test its internet transmitting balloons at home in the US next year. According to the document, Google has asked the FCC for a license to test experimental radios that use millimetre bandwidth for wireless transmission in all 50 US states and Puerto Rico....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Terri Hughes

Is Zoom safe? Yet another country doesn't seem to think so

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is Zoom safe? Yet another country doesn’t seem to think so August 19, 2025 Zoomis having a tough time convincing users around the world that its video conferencing platform is safe. After beingbannedby Google, UK’s Ministry of Defence,Singapore’s Ministry of Education, Siemens, and Standard Chartered bank, thevideo chattingservice is now under fire from the Indian government. As reported byThe Economic Timesand multiple other Indian news outlets, Zoom has been declared “unsafe” by the Indian government....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Lindsey Mason