Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel’s Idol 4 handset, headset VR kit hits Cricket Wireless July 18, 2025 As expected, Cricket Wireless has just released the $200 Alcatel Idol 4 VR Experience Pack. This handset and VR headset bundle just might tide you over if you’ve grown sick ofdaydreamingabout the next generation of Google’s mobile VR initiative and are looking for something that’s available now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android P won’t bug you about apps using battery power August 14, 2025 One of the features thatAndroid 8.0 Oreointroduced is a notification that alerts you if apps are draining your battery. It was a good idea, in theory, but became more of an annoyance than anything else. Yes, I know my music app is draining my battery, Google. That’s because I’m listening to music....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple taking a page from Samsung’s playbook with iPhone gesture controls? August 10, 2025 TheiPhone Xarguably has the deepest learning curve relative to any iPhone before it, but will that learning curve eventually deepen? The short answer is that it just might. That is according toBloomberg, which reported thatAppleis working on touchless gesture support and curved screens. The gesture support would allow you to place your finger close to the screen and perform certain tasks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T to acquire more spectrum licences to help improve its upcoming 5G network June 30, 2025 AT&Tannounced another move that will bring the wireless carrier one step closer to offering 5G speeds for its wireless customers. Today, it revealed its plans to acquire Straight Path, a company which holds the rights to a portfolio of millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. AT&T will pay a total of $1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chronos turns any watch into a smartwatch July 06, 2025 Assmartwatchesbecome more commonplace, we are starting to see more companies get involved in the wearables game, including traditional timepiece makers such asFossil. Of course none of these smart devices have yet to master the iconic looks, design, or even feel of many of the high-end analog watches that attract watch enthusiasts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Confirmed: BlackBerry Priv won’t get Android Nougat update July 07, 2025 There have been several disappointments this year on the subject of Android updates. The Android Nougat rollout has been far from speedy: Android Oreo is upon us despite that Nougat has only graced13.5% of Android handsets. Meanwhile, we’ve learned that the OnePlus 2won’t be upgraded to Nougat, nor does it look like theLG G4 will in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Corning unveils its improved Lotus NXT Glass August 15, 2025 Corninghas announced its latest glass substrate for high performance LCD and OLED displays named Lotus NXT Glass. Lotus NXT Glass is the next generation of Corning’s Lotus Glass, which was unveiled back in 2011, an its 2013 Lotus XT Glass. The company boasts increased brightness, higher resolution and lower power consumption for devices making use of its new Lotus NXT Glass....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dead Island: SurVivors review: Enough to rise the series from the dead? July 23, 2025 Two years after soft launching on iOS and Android, the latest installation in the Dead Island franchise has finally been officially released. Dead Island: SurVivors takes place in the same setting as the original 2011 release, with many of the same characters. Beyond that, it’s a completely different game....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Buy a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge from Best Buy, get a free 32-inch TV July 15, 2025 The TV used to be the center of our digital universe, but these day smartphones reign supreme. TV sets are now being given away as freebies to incentivize people to buy phones. How’s that for a bizarre turn of events?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dude, where’s your phone? Top common places to lose your phone June 28, 2025 Did you hear that story about a guy who walks into a bar with a prototype of the world’s most sought-after smartphone and leaves the bar without it, after probably (we dare say) getting intoxicated? Yeah, go ahead and scoff, but if statistics are to be believed, this is a very common occurrence and one that can easily happen to any of us....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First 5G wireless hardware specifications officially approved (Update: Sprint discusses its 5G plans) July 28, 2025 Sprint reaffirmed its aims to commercialize 5G services by “late 2019,” stating that it has been working with Qualcomm Technologies and SoftBank on the tech it will utilize. Sprint also said it has more than “160 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum available in the top 100 US markets,” which it claims gives it the “largest nationwide block of sub-6 GHz 5G spectrum” available for large-scale use in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Chrome wants websites to make mobile subscriptions easier to understand August 24, 2025 The warning will take up the entire screen and will show up on the mobile Chrome app, Chrome for desktop, and Android’s WebView. According to Google, the warning will state that the website might try to charge you money and that the charges could be a one-time deal or recurring....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google I/O 2019 ticket winners have been selected and notified (Update) June 10, 2025 Update, July 22, 2025 (12:38pm ET):If you wanted to apply for Google I/O 2019, you’re out of luck as the application window closed yesterday afternoon. If you did apply, though, check your inbox because Google is already notifying people if they received a ticket or not (via9to5Google)....