Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FCC offering $67 million to expand rural broadband August 04, 2025 In its effort to make rural broadband more accessible, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hasannouncedit will offer $67 million in funding to 207 rural carriers. The offer is available through the Connect America Fund rural broadband subsidy plan. To access some of the funds, rural carriers must “significantly expand” access to internet service with download and upload speeds of at least 25Mbps and 3Mbps, respectively....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Flashbacks and Forecasts: LG in 2016 June 14, 2025 In our second installment of Flashbacks and Forecasts, let’s take a look at LG in 2015 and make some predictions for 2016. LG’s empire may not be very big compared to Samsung’s, but the “other” South Korean OEM has been making some very impressive phones for the last several years and manages to cast a much larger shadow than its comparatively diminutive scale would lead you to believe....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gary Explains: Galaxy S20 Ultra’s 16GB of RAM is overkill and you don’t need it July 17, 2025 It was inevitable that in 2020 we would see flagship devices with 16GB of RAM. With phones like theOnePlus 7T Proand theASUS ROG Phone 2, and others, making the leap from 8GB to 12GB in 2019, it really was just a matter of time before 16GB became an option....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Drive update simplifies organization June 28, 2025 While we can all agree that Google Drive is a magical future box made of angel feathers and maple syrup bacon that has changed all of our lives for the better (Christ, do you remember emailing documents to yourself?), it’s never exactly had the most intuitive organization interface. Most people’s main Drive folder looks like a whole creative suite stepped on a landmine and got splattered across the walls, ceiling, and carpet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is cracking down on new phones launching without Android 10 July 07, 2025 There’s one thing worse than waiting for your phone to get a new version of Android, and that’s a brand-new phone launching with an old version of the platform. Fortunately,Googleis cracking down on this practice (h/t:XDA-Developers), as it will no longer approve new devices runningAndroid 9 Pieafter July 31, 2025....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL update: How to add Google’s Live Caption to your device August 11, 2025 Update: July 04, 2025 (2:44 PMET):Google’sLive Captionfeature is a neat accessibility tool that utilizes AI to translate the audio from any media source playing on your smartphone to fast, accurate captions. So far, it’s been limited toPixel 4 and 4 XLdevices unless you wanted toroot your phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel Buds 2 product listing briefly surfaces, suggests imminent launch August 07, 2025 Update: July 31, 2025 – We have just released ourfull review of the new Pixel Buds (2020). Update: July 17, 2025 (11:09 AM ET):The Pixel Buds 2 briefly surfaced on US-based retail storeAbt Electronics‘ website before the company promptly removed the product page (h/t:Android Police). The listing didn’t reveal anything new about the earbuds, but it confirmed their $179 price tag, 12mm dynamic speaker drivers, touch controls, water resistance, Fast Pair support, and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s plan to help make VR a reality August 12, 2025 It’s beginning to look like we’re on the verge of an exciting new technology that has the potential to transform the entertainment industry. An immersive experience that will whisk us away to foreign lands, put us right in the action for live events, and maybe even take us beyond the stars....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s VP of Material Design talks about working on an iPad, reveals favorite mobile devices August 02, 2025 Matias Duarte, the former Director of Android User Experience and current Vice President of Material Design at Google, has been shaping and molding the aesthetics of our favorite operating system ever since Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Duarte’s guiding hand is evident in Google’s Material Design, which he describes as “a sufficiently advanced form of paper as to be indistinguishable from magic....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9 receiving Android 5.1 update in EMEA starting tomorrow July 09, 2025 Waiting patiently for your HTCOne M9 to get Android 5.1 Lollipop? We know it’s hard to be patient, but many of you will soon be blessed with the OTA update. HTCProduct and Service Director at HTCEMEA Graham Wheeler just tweeted the upgrade would be coming tomorrow for EMEA HTCOne M9 devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI clarifies it has “no plans” to unlock the Mate 30 series' bootloader July 10, 2025 Update, Sept 22, 2019, 10:42AM EST:A HUAWEI spokesperson has reached out toAndroid Authorityto clarify comments made by Richard Yu at the Mate 30 series launch, now stating that HUAWEI has “no plans” to unlock the bootloader on Mate 30 series devices. How this choice will impact those wanting to sideload Google Play Services is as yet unknown and we don’t yet know if this decision may be revised in future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI reportedly testing Android 9.0 Pie on P20, Mate 10 Pro, HONOR flagships July 23, 2025 GoogleandEssentialhave quickly deliveredAndroid Pieto their users, following the update’s release this week. Now, it seems likeHuaweiis joining the army of brands preparing for the update, testing it on four phones, according toMydrivers(h/t:GSMArena). A company official apparentlyconfirmed on Weibothat the manufacturer was test-driving Android Pie on theHUAWEI Mate 10 Pro,HUAWEI P20,HONOR 10, andHONOR V10....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Huge Pixel feature drop today brings ‘astrolapse,’ Locked Folder, more June 18, 2025 If you own a Pixel phone, today’s a big day! Google is now rolling out the latest feature drop for its line of Pixel phones. Are you new to Pixels? Essentially, a feature drop is a quarterly update to all currently supported Pixel phones. Rather than issue a few cool updates each month as it used to do, Google now saves up all its new stuff and dumps them all out every three months....