Instagram now has 500 million users, 300 million of them active every day

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Instagram now has 500 million users, 300 million of them active every day August 15, 2025 Hitting a half-billion users for any app is no mean feat, but doing so with more than 60% of them using your app every single day is a laudable achievement. Today Instagramannouncedthe social platform has reached 500 million users, with more than 300 million using the platform on a daily basis....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · David Morrison

It took five years, but Trivia Crack 2 is finally here (Update: Download now!)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It took five years, but Trivia Crack 2 is finally here (Update: Download now!) August 13, 2025 Update, October 25 at 1:09 p.m. ET:Trivia Crack 2 is now available for download on Google Play! Head to the link below for the download. Original article, September 26 at 1:46 p.m. ET:With five years of existence under its belt, it was only a matter of time until Trivia Crack would get a sequel....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Mr. Michael Thomas

Kickstarted earbuds will automatically mold to the specific shape of your ear

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Kickstarted earbuds will automatically mold to the specific shape of your ear June 24, 2025 Personalized earphones aren’t a new idea. Everyone has had that irritating experience of owning earbuds that needed constant readjustment lest they fall right out. A few people with money to burn got fed up with that experience and finally forked over the cash to get fitted for their own earbuds....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Cody Ford

LG G4 Color Comparison

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G4 Color Comparison August 20, 2025 LG just took the wraps off of its latest flagship, the G4, combining design elements from previous generations with some from its Flex series, making for an impressive overall package. One of the key aspects of the LG G4, as has been teased by the company for a while, is the availability of genuine leather back covers for the device....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Jason Williams

MacGruber on Peacock: Release date and more on this comedy series revival

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MacGruber on Peacock: Release date and more on this comedy series revival July 25, 2025 He’s coming back, and it looks like he’s taking no prisoners. MacGruber, that dim-witted military adventurer who thinks he’s smarter than he is, will soon return to our home screens. Will Forte will once again play MacGruber onPeacockin a new eight-episode comedy series for the NBC Universal-based streaming service....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Barbara Gray

MediaTek accused of cheating in benchmarks, accuses 'key competitor' too

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MediaTek accused of cheating in benchmarks, accuses ‘key competitor’ too August 10, 2025 We’ve seen several smartphone brandscheat benchmarksover the years, ostensibly in a bid to earn some ill-deserved praise among enthusiasts. But a new report suggests chipset manufacturerMediaTekcould be gaming these scores. Anandtechuncovered evidence of benchmark cheating by MediaTek when it received a Helio P95-powered OPPO Reno 3 Pro (European version) and a standardDimensity 1000L-poweredOPPO Reno 3(Chinese model)....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 592 words · Sydney Martinez

Motorola updates Camera and Gallery apps: move albums to SD, scan QR codes and more

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola updates Camera and Gallery apps: move albums to SD, scan QR codes and more August 04, 2025 Are you rocking an older Motorola phone? You may have notice some significant improvements hitting your device. Said manufacturer has just pushed out updates to a couple of their main applications. Namely, the Motorola Camera and Gallery apps, which now come with a set of added features that will definitely make some of you happier campers....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Daniel Cook

New Qualcomm chipset might fix huge Wear OS issue, but is it already too late?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Qualcomm chipset might fix huge Wear OS issue, but is it already too late? July 12, 2025 According to a rumor stemming fromWinFuture, there’s a new Wear OS chipset in the works. The alleged processor could be known as the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 429 and would be the follow-up to theSnapdragon Wear 3100. The report states that the Wear 429 would be a modified version of the regular Snapdragon 429 chipset, which is already in use by mid-range smartphones such as theNokia 3....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Felicia Hayden

Nokia 8.1 hands-on: The best yet from HMD Global?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia 8.1 hands-on: The best yet from HMD Global? August 19, 2025 Last week, HMD Global unveiled the Nokia 8.1 in Dubai and today the company launched its latest smartphone in India. The new Nokia 8.1 is not a successor to theNokia 8orNokia 8 Siroccoin terms of specifications and also isn’t in the same segment as those flagship smartphones. The nomenclature can confuse you, but essentially, the Nokia 8....

July 15, 2025 · 4 min · 790 words · John Chavez

OnePlus 5 battery life review

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 5 battery life review August 14, 2025 Every new smartphone brings with it the inevitable question: how good is the battery life? Smartphone technology has advanced rapidly over the past 10 years, but while there have been some improvements in battery technology, it definitely hasn’t kept up with other developments. Battery life can be the make or break feature for a smartphone, regardless of what else it has to offer....

July 15, 2025 · 9 min · 1874 words · Kristin Lopez

OnePlus 5 prototype leaked in design sketches

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 5 prototype leaked in design sketches July 14, 2025 Design sketches of theOnePlus 5have appeared on Weibo, but according to our sources, they show a prototype model rather than the final OnePlus 5 design. Nevertheless, we can assume some features will make it onto the final product, including the hotly anticipated dual camera and the popular Alert Slider. But other features only serve to reinforce the likelihood of the sketches being of a prototype only....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 562 words · Melissa Jones

OnePlus makes fun of Pixel 4’s 90Hz issue, gets cold feet and deletes tweet

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus makes fun of Pixel 4’s 90Hz issue, gets cold feet and deletes tweet July 22, 2025 We love a bit of healthy competition between smartphone makers. Today, it wasOnePlusthat threw major shade at Google. Slyly referencing thePixel 4’srefresh rate problem, OnePlus put out this tweet: It’s obvious OnePlus is trying to toot its own horn here. The company says that its 90Hz display phones are “fast and smooth anytime, anywhere....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Kristina Rodriguez

PieMessage brings iMessage functionality to Android, with a catch

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PieMessage brings iMessage functionality to Android, with a catch August 24, 2025 Both Microsoft and Google tend to be pretty open to the idea of bringing their apps and services to rival platforms, with Microsoft beingparticularly friendly with Android,and Google releasing the vast majority of its apps onto Apple’s ecosystem. On the other hand, Apple takes a decidedly different strategy, keeping most of its apps and services close to the vest, save forApple Musicand an app designed to help peopleswitch awayfrom Android....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Jason Blake