Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Watch the Motorola event live stream here: new Moto X and Moto G landing! July 31, 2025 Motorola is gearing up for its biggest 2015 event. The venue is New York, and the stars of the show will be Motorola’s 3rdentry in its “new era”: the Moto G and the Moto X (2015). Our Lanh Nguyen will be on the ground capturing Moto’s magic as it happens, and he’ll bring you his hands-on video coverage as soon as possible....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Many are charging their phones all night, every night July 03, 2025 I’ve been thinking a lot aboutbattery degradationlately. With new and exciting quick charge tech coming out every few months, companies are touting super-fast charge times, even on phones with big batteries. But one thing they don’t advertise is how badly some of these quick charge methods degrade your phone’s battery over time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp updated with custom notifications, new emojis and more June 30, 2025 Following a number of new features creeping into the beta build, a shiny new version ofWhatsApphas finally landed at the Play Store, bringing with it new customizable notifications, contact mute controls, new emojis and the introduction of skin tone colors, among other things. The new version is listed as 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. When it comes to smartwatches, is it actually hip to be square? August 08, 2025 The discussion of square vs. circularsmartwatchesisn’t new, but it’s yet to reach a definitive answer. It’s certainly easier to pull off an angular device than it used to be, but many users still swear by the circular aesthetic. This year, we saw the debut of an exciting new Wear OS on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, an effortlessly classy flagship device featuring a round profile....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi deletes poll which finds Android One more popular than MIUI August 10, 2025 Xiaomi has deleted a Twitter poll which saw its MIUI skin lose a popularity contest to Android One (stock Android). The poll, which garnered 14,769 votes, was posted on February 8th and removed within the following two days (viaAndroid Police). While Xiaomi didn’t specifically announce what people were voting for, it clearly pitted its own MIUI 9 software skin against Android One, with the latter receiving 57% of the votes compared to the former’s 43%....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now test Lollipop on the Motorola DROID Turbo… on the web Jun 27, 2025 TheMotorola DROID Turbo is an awesome smartphone, but one dreaded problem always lurks around Verizon-exclusive devices like this one. It takes forever for Big Red to update them! Usually even longer than with all other smartphones. Every device and their mothers is already on Lollipop, yet the DROID Turbo is staying far behind in the race....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: now in Play Store) SwiftKey 6.0 has dual-word predictive goodness, UI changes and more August 24, 2025 Update, November 6:Version 6 of the SwiftKey keyboard app has made the jump from beta to general availability to the public.Get it now in the Play Store. Original post, October 23:October is turning out to be a good month for SwiftKey users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 77-year-old Spaniard fined for playing Pokemon Go amid coronavirus lockdown Jun 17, 2025 A 77-year-old man from Spain thought it was a good idea to walk around and hunt Pokemon at a time when the entire country is on lockdown. Spain’s COVID-19 death tollsurpassedChina’s on Wednesday, with over 3,434 dead due to the virus. Spanish authorities announced a two-week nationwide lockdown on March 14, but it could extend further as the situation evolves....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel OneTouch becomes the smartphone partner of Toronto FC August 25, 2025 Alcatel continues to expand its brand in America, which makes today’s announcement one of the most important events in this continent. Alcatel OneTouch has officially become the official smartphone partner of Toronto FC, the Canadian city’s acclaimed soccer team. Alcatel describes this as a “multi-year partnership”, which will result in a “focus on pre-game fan experiences, in-game fan engagement, social media, digital campaigns, in-game branding advertising and in-market promotion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All major carriers in US experiencing issues right now (Updated: Fixed) August 19, 2025 Update, June 06, 2025 (2:16 AM ET):Last evening, we reported that all major US carriers were facing widespread outages. It appears that the main problem was with T-Mobile’s network. As a result, calls from other networks to T-Mobile were not going through, creating an impression that AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon were also down....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon officially bans bad USB Type C cables, but you still need to be careful July 24, 2025 Amazon is putting the kibosh on non-standard USB Type C accessories. That means that it should be safer, and simpler, to buy cables, adapters, or chargers for your Type C device, be it smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Non-standard USB Type C are nowon the list of items that Amazon prohibits on its platform, along with cell phone jammers, laser pointers, and –controversially– Chromecasts and other streaming devices competing with Amazon’s own Fire TV products....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon will hold its fall Alexa hardware event next week June 10, 2025 Device announcements might be very different during the 2020 pandemic, but that isn’t stopping Amazon from holding its customaryfall Alexa eventand launching new Echo products. The internet giant has sent invitations toThe Vergeand others for hardware news on September 24th at 1PM Eastern. The company didn’t tease what it might unveil, saying only that it had “some news....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android App Bundles: What are they and how to create them August 08, 2025 At Google I/O 2018, the search giant introduced Android App Bundles, a new file type built to keep file size and complexity under control. The new file is meant to better serve the diverse spread of devices that run Android. Traditionally, Android apps are distributed using a special file called an Android Package, which uses the file extension ....