Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile will give you a free Galaxy A32 5G in exchange for any working phone June 27, 2025 Today, T-Mobile threwa new Uncarrier event. These sporadic events are where the US wireless carrier announces big new changes to its services. Unsurprisingly, the big announcements revolve around 5G. The biggest boon for customers is a new long-term promotion called The Free 5G Phone Upgrade....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The foldable Motorola Razr revival could still land by the end of this year August 19, 2025 The long-rumoredMotorola Razrreboot — which supposedly will feature a foldable display on the interior of the device — was supposed to land this past summer. However, summer came and went without a peep from Motorola. Now, according to a scoop fromCNET, it appears the phone is still on the way and could land before the year closes out....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The OPPO R9s and R9s Plus are here with 16MP front and rear cameras August 09, 2025 Follow the handset’s announcement last week, theOPPO R9sis now on sale in China with a modest 2,799 Yuan (approximately $415) price tag. The smartphone is available to purchase through a variety of offline and online stores in the country, includingOPPO’s official website....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Pixel 5’s Extreme Battery Saver is coming to older Google phones July 28, 2025 Many phones havebattery saver featuresto squeeze an hour or two of extra life out of a device, but Google is taking that a step further with Pixel phones. It’slaunchingan Extreme Battery Saver feature alongside thePixel 5 and 4a 5Gfor those moments when you absolutely can’t afford to lose your connection to the outside world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This app can apparently test your phone’s water resistance June 14, 2025 Water-resistance used to be a niche feature on smartphones, generally relegated to Sony devices and rugged phones. Fast-forward to 2021 and it’s not uncommon to find IP ratings on a ton of flagship phones, with evenmid-range devicesgetting in on the action. How can you be sure whether your phone is still water-resistant though?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is Android 12’s wallpaper-based theme system June 10, 2025 You don’t have to wonder howAndroid 12’slong-in-the-makingtheme systemwill work in practice. Developer kdrag0n has successfullyenabledwallpaper-based theming in the operating system’s initial developer preview, and it’s now clear just how the system will work. Nicknamed Monet, the Android 12 feature sets a theme for the OS based on a dominant color in your wallpaper....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most of you don’t use voice assistants on your phones August 02, 2025 More than 500 million people are apparentlyusingGoogle Assistant. 70% of US smart speaker ownersreportedlyuse Amazon Echo devices with Alexa. Apple’s Siri continues to claim the largest relative market share among smartphone voice assistants, and a surveyclaimsthat voice assistant use on phones in the US rose from 51....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why your next phone shouldn’t be purchased through a carrier June 04, 2025 As more and more of the US has gone mobile, the nationwide postpaid-first carriers have exercised more and more hegemony over the market. Whatever AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile dictate is what the customers get, and while carriers have made aggressive moves in recent years to appeal to these consumers (T-Mobile in specific, withits Un-carrier offerings, comes to mind), there has always been a better option – to buy your phones unlocked....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can finally back up your computer to Google Drive July 29, 2025 Google’s newBackup and Sync appwas initially set to launch on June 28 but was delayed for some last-minute improvements. Now it’s finally available. Back in early June,the search giant unveiled the new Backup and Sync app for Mac and PCwhich would replace the old Google Drive uploader client as well as the Google Photos desktop uploader....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 signs that you’re ready to upgrade your smartphone July 16, 2025 It seems like the next must-have smartphone is never more than a week or two from launch. This constant stream of snazzy new flagships might make you assume people are finding it harder and harder to stick with a single phone for very long. Surprisingly, most users get about two years out of their smartphones before finally upgrading....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 9 best beer apps for Android for the hops fans June 30, 2025 Beer is one of our oldest beverages. The earliest beers were potentially 13,000 years old, if not older. Many people drink it, whether cheap beers for college parties or craft beers at local brewhouses. That’s kind of what makes beer so special. It can be cheaper than soda or expensive enough to feel fancy when drinking it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Acer Liquid Jade 2 to feature Robin-like cloud integration, a full 1TB of it August 19, 2025 One of the key features of theNextbit Robinis its unique cloud storage model that utilizes 100GB storage in a hybrid model that, up until now, was like nothing we’d seen before. Now it seems that Acer is taking a page from Nexbit’s playbookwith the Liquid Jade 2,while bumping up the cloud storage to a whopping 1TB....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android continues to grow in the US and dominate the European OS market August 19, 2025 According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, smartphone sales from the last three monthsshow that Androidis continuing its dominance of the European OS market with a 73.9 percent share, with Apple holding 15.4 percent and Windows having just 9.2 percent of the market. In fact, Android continues to hold a 70 percent or higher market share in many countries....