Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A Google Store trade-in program might be coming soon August 25, 2025 If you’re interested in theupcoming Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XLorProject Fi-compatible Moto X4, we have some good news for you. Google just announced a new trade-in program forProject Ficustomers that lets you take as much as $165 off your order when you trade in a qualifying Nexus device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon is now the world’s second most valuable company July 17, 2025 The e-commerce giant is now the second most valuable company in the world, topping Google’s parent company Alphabet by a few billion. Amazon’s stock has been skyrocketing for the past two years, and yesterday, the company celebrated an important milestone: valued at $768 billion, Amazon officially became the world’s second most valuable company, eclipsing Google’s parent company Alphabet for the first time ($716 billion)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 6.0 Marshmallow is now running on 2.3 percent of devices August 03, 2025 Google has just released new Android distribution numbers for March 2016, and Marshmallow is on the rise. 2.3 percent of all Android devices are running 6.0 Marshmallow, up from 1.2 percentlast month. It normally takes the latest version of Android a good amount of time to roll out to a sizable number of devices, so this isn’t anything too out of the ordinary....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Authority this week – July 29, 2025 July 09, 2025 Happy New Year, Android fans! The last week of 2015 brought us hot rumors on the Galaxy S7 and the LG G5, a close look at the Xiaomi Mi 5, proof that Google Glass is living on, Google’s move from Oracle’s Java APIs, and a slew of Android Marshmallow update news....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Another report suggests Samsung Galaxy S30 will launch earlier than expected June 07, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S30series will debut a full month earlier than initially expected according to another report from South Korea. PerMaeil Business(h/t:Sleepy Kuma), the Galaxy S30 will be available at the end of January following an early Unpacked event. Some regions may only see the device in early February, but that could still likely be ahead of the Galaxy S20’s February 11 launch date and well ahead of the March availability date....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple Music now available on Android July 21, 2025 Apple Musichas finally made its way to Android. Apple firstannouncedthat its new music service would be coming to Android devices sometime “this fall”, though we really haven’t heard much about it since then, aside froma few leaked screenshots. The majority of the features Apple originally announced would come with the service have made their way to the Android version, including the Beats 1 radio station, the Connect feature and the ability to get handpicked recommendations based on what you’re listening to....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASTRO mode comes to older Pixel devices through modded Google Camera app August 10, 2025 Are you a fan of theGoogle Pixel 4’s newASTRO mode? Do you have aPixel 3 device or older? Well, you are in luck! It looks like ASTRO mode has been ported to other Pixel devices. According toXDA Developers, older Pixel owners might not need to upgrade their devices to get one of the Pixel 4’s coolest new features....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of Android 2016: Performance July 06, 2025 What is Best of Android? In Best of Android, we take the most important smartphones of the year and compare them side-by-side and in-depth. This year, with so many good phones available, we’ve stepped things up a notch and brought the 10 biggest Android phones of the year to the competition....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BLU Studio Energy review June 18, 2025 BLU is slowly making a name for itself in the smartphone world by offering smartphones, unlocked and at very affordable prices. The company released a slew of such products at CES 2015 back in January, but the most compelling of the lot is the BLU Studio Energy, with its biggest selling point being the massive 5,000 mAh battery found within....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cricket Wireless drops the price of its unlimited plan to $60 a month August 01, 2025 Cricket Wireless, the no-contract carrier that’s owned byAT&T, is the latest in the US to make some changes to its unlimited data plan. The company revealed today that the price of that plan will be going down by $10, from $70 to $60 a month....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. European HTCOne A9 gets Android Nougat today – finally July 16, 2025 Good news for HTCOne A9 owners in Europe: you should be receiving the long-awaited Nougat update today. Better late than never, eh? It was when the HTCOne A9 launched that the Taiwanese company saidthe unlocked version of the device would get “every software update within 15 days of Google’s first push to Nexus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitbit unveils three new activity trackers, one with GPS June 08, 2025 Fitbit has had its share of problems as of late, namely allergic reactions to its Force Fitness tracker that led to recalls of the product. This meant the company has spent a great deal of the year without a flagship product, but no longer! Fitbit might be down, but its latest three products hope to prove its far from out of the count....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google ‘interactive video streaming device’ hits FCC, looks like Google Home Hub July 10, 2025 TheGoogle Home Hubis expected to be the company’s own take on a smart display. Now, anFCC listingfor a Google device may have given us more information… The listing, filed by Google, describes an “interactive video streaming device.” This sounds like any gadget with a screen and wireless connectivity, but we also have a few more details....