Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Your next flagship might have a 48MP Sony camera sensor (Update: No super slow mo) August 04, 2025 Update, July 02, 2025 (08:06AM EST):Sony’s latest 48MP camera sensor certainly packs the megapixels, but what about the company’s trailblazing 960fps super slow-motion functionality? “No, this image sensor does not support [super slow-motion],” a Sony representative toldAndroid Authorityin an email. It’s somewhat disappointing because the super slow-motion feature is one of the best Sony features right now, even though similar modes have now landed on HUAWEI and Samsung phones too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube could soon let you try on lipstick samples using augmented reality August 05, 2025 Beauty is one of the biggest categories onYouTube, as vloggers dish out tips and information on the latest products. Now, it seems like creators will soon have another tool at their disposal in AR-powered makeup samples. Android Policeconducted a teardown of the YouTube app (version 14....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ‘Better Together’ will put your Android and Chrome OS devices in co-op mode July 24, 2025 Perhaps as early as next week,Googlewill unveil a new service called “Better Together” that will give your Android device and yourChrome OS devicethe power to work as a team. Little is known for sure about Better Together as of now, butMishaal RahmanfromXDA Developerssent out a series of tweets giving the basic gist of the service as he could glean from publicly-available Chromium commits....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 12 devices can’t use Chromecast volume controls due to a ‘legal issue’ August 24, 2025 For years, Android devices have been able to control the volume of nearby Chromecast sessions by simply using the volume keys. For example, if you cast YouTube from your phone to yourNest Hubor television, you’re able to control the Nest Hub or TV’s volume by using your phone’s volume keys....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple quietly working on its own search engine to reduce reliance on Google August 23, 2025 Over the past few years, there have been multiple rumors, leaks, and other info that suggests Apple is working on its own search engine. A recent report fromFinancial Timesrounds up a lot of these details while also suggesting that Apple’s efforts in this realm are increasing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS Zenfone Pegasus 3 announced - Zenfone on a budget August 09, 2025 Afterunveiling three new devices in the Zenfone 3 range at Computex, ASUS has today unveiled a fourth addition to the line-up: the entry-level Zenfone Pegasus 3. Targeted towards those who have a stricter budget, the Zenfone Pegasus 3 brings a similar metal design to its namesake siblings but compromises on the specs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T is the latest to roll out Android 7.0 Nougat to Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus June 08, 2025 MoreSamsung Galaxy Note 5andGalaxy S6 Edge Plusphones in the US are getting the promised update toAndroid 7.0 Nougat.AT&Thas started rolling it out to those devices, a few days afterSprint did the same. While AT&T has not yet published the official changelog for the Note 5 Nougat updateon its support pages, a number of the carrier’s customers have posted on the company’s forums they have started to download the Nougat update on their phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best and worst Android brands for trade-ins revealed: Is your phone on the list? June 17, 2025 Smartphones generally don’t hold their trade-in value after a few years, but phones from some brands do hold their value more than others. Now, a new study has revealed the big winners and losers. Trade-in company BankMyCell has published a report which found that iPhones typically lose 45....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dark mode rolling out to the Google app, Assistant, Search, and more July 18, 2025 In preparation forAndroid Q’s official release, Google has been rolling out a dark theme tomost of its mobile apps. Now, the search giant is rolling out a dark theme to the beta Google app (viaAndroid Police). The new feature appears to be rolling out server-side, which means it’s not entirely clear when it’ll hit everyone’s devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Designer reimagines Google’s iconic Search page with Material Design June 02, 2025 Android has gone through a lot of facelifts throughout the years, and mobile operating systems in general often change outfits by way of skins, fonts, icons, and animations. Google recently introduced itsMaterial Design, which brought forth a plethora of changes both aesthetically and in terms of functionality, but what about Google Search on its own?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Everything we didn’t see at Google I/O August 04, 2025 TheGoogle I/Okeynote has come and gone and was chock full of exciting news. Among the announcements, we learned about afresh design for Android 12, withupgrades to your privacy, and about Google’s new partnership with Samsung torevitalize Wear OS. We also saw how Google Photos wouldsurface old memoriesand takebetter photos of people of color....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Farming Simulator 18 crops up in Google Play Store August 09, 2025 Farming Simulator 18, the latest in Giants Software’s long-running series, has now been released in the Google Play Store. This is only the third Giants Software title to make it to Android after Farming Simulator 14, which has been downloaded more than 10 million times, and Farming Simulator 16 from 2015....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Former Apple designer hired by HUAWEI to revamp its EMUI skin departs August 04, 2025 In October 2015,Huaweirevealed that Abigail Brody, who previously worked at Apple and helped to design the user interface for the iPhone and other products, was coming on board to help improve HUAWEI’s EMUI skin on Android. Now, less than two years later, a new report says that Brody has departed HUAWEI....