Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bethesda takes on Hearthstone with The Elder Scrolls: Legends card game coming this year July 15, 2025 A free to play Elder Scrolls-themed card game is coming to PC and mobile later this year. Bethesda announced the new title during its keynote ahead of theE3 gaming trade showstarting tomorrow. The event brought us close looks at the upcoming console/PC titles Fallout 4, Doom, and Dishonored 2, but the surprise announcement of The Elder Scrolls: Legends has a mobile component as well – the game will be available for PC and the iPad, and while no details are available for now, there’s a good chance Legends will eventually hit Android as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. CyanogenMod nightlies now available for the Xiaomi Mi 3 and Mi 4 July 31, 2025 You may love Xiaomi’s handsets, but the fact that they offer among the best bang for your buck doesn’t mean you will also be fond of the software these Chinese handsets tout. The UI can be a bit cartoon-like and is pretty far from stock Android....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. dbrand’s Pebble Time skins bring a ton of customization options at low prices June 23, 2025 BeforeAndroid WearandApple Watch,Pebbleoffered a great smartwatch with great battery life and solid functionality. The launch of competing platforms has moved the spotlight off Pebble, but the Palo Alto-based startup showed it could give bigger competitors a run for their money with thePebble Time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Every Bluetooth headset should have this setting July 01, 2025 Everyone who has fully embraced Apple’s ecosystem has probably forgotten about the woes of usingBluetoothfor audio. Despite it being the most universal way to connect accessories to our phones, it’s finicky and far from an ideal solution. In our Android-centric world, we would love to use oneBluetooth headsetwith all of our devices, but more often than not, we have to choose....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook Messenger officially gets Material Design August 01, 2025 WithMessengerpoised as Facebook’s next big moneymaker with the advent ofin-app ads, the sultan of social media has been tinkering with their one-stop-shop communication appceaselesslyover the last few months. Although we’ve seen some limited Material Design rollouts as Facebook has been trying to field test updates for the app, now it look like the aesthetic overhaul is coming to messenger for good....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. G Data Secure Chat is a safe and easy way to send encrypted text messages on Android June 25, 2025 Germany-based software company G Data has just released a new secure messaging application to the Google Play Store. It’s called G Data Secure Chat, and it offers users secure end-to-end encryption for individual and group chats, as well as the ability to quickly and securely send images and photos....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S10 chip may take cues from MediaTek for better battery life (Update) June 27, 2025 Update, June 03, 2025:Chip designer Arm has come back to us, saying itsDynamIQsystem of flexible CPU core layouts isn’t standalone technology. In other words, it needs to be combined with Arm CPU cores and can’t be used with Samsung’s cores, as the rumor claims....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Maps now shows Lime bikes and scooters in over 80 new cities August 05, 2025 If you’ve recently usedGoogle Mapsto get directions to a location a short distance away,you probably noticed the app conveniently gave you information about Lime scooter and bike rentals — if you happen to live in a small selection of cities. However, this list of cities just got expanded withmore than 80 new locations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google wants to help games lure in more players with gameplay-streaming ads July 22, 2025 Games are a particularly hard sell in this category, because what you’re selling is an experience. Such an abstract notion is extremely hard to pack into a tiny bar at the top of a mobile device. Sure, the ad says “Become the hero of legends” alongside a warrior woman with suspiciously impractical armor, but is this going to be a top-down strategy kind of legend, a clever puzzle-solving legend, or a crappy pay-to-win kind of legend?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google will let you finance a Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P through Project Fi June 20, 2025 Unlike most other Nexus smartphones in the past, you unfortunately won’t be able to walk into your local carrier store to grab one of the newly-announced Nexus devices. Both theNexus 5XandNexus 6Pare only being made available for purchase from the Google Store (at least for the time being)starting today, which means if you want one of the new devices you’ll have to shell out the full retail price....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s answer to 3D Touch on iOS, ‘deep press,’ could come to Android Q July 21, 2025 In our review for theGoogle Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, we referred to the newest Google devices as “the Android iPhone.” In breaking downAndroid 9 Pie, we found some features clearly lifted from iOS, and we’re findingeven more in Android Q....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – July 07, 2025 June 16, 2025 If you’re interested in mobile technology in the slightest, you’ve probably been asked the question “What’s the best Android smartphone you’re able to buy?” Of course, there’s no correct answer – no smartphone is perfect, and not every mobile device can take care of everyone’s needs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here is the Lenovo Legion gaming phone in all its glory July 04, 2025 Lenovo will launch its first gaming smartphone and competitor to theASUS ROG Phone 3on July 22. Ahead of its official reveal, Chinese retailerJD.comhas put up the deviceon pre-order. The listing has been live for a few days now but it previously did not include any images of the phone....