Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Kyocera’s germaphobe dream phone finally gets a successor June 26, 2025 To the absolute delight of germaphobes everywhere(well, or in Japan at least),in late 2015 Kyocera brought us the world’s first soap-proofphone in the form of the Digno Rafre. Now they are back again, this time dropping the “Digno” part of the branding to bring us the new Kyocera Rafre....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Action Launcher update brings adaptive icon support to devices running Lollipop and later June 10, 2025 One of the more user-facing features available inAndroid 8.0 Oreois support foradaptive icons, which allow the shape of launcher icons to be changed across the whole operating system. For instance, if a smartphone manufacturer wants to make all its icons square, circular, or teardrop shaped, they now can much easier than ever before....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo may have used a fan video to tease its upcoming Motorola Razr foldable phone June 01, 2025 It turns out that Lenovo didn’t create apromotional videothat teased the upcomingMotorola Razrfoldable phone, reportedEngadgettoday. Instead, the video was reportedly spliced together from a separate video created by YouTube user Waqar Khan. Lenovo shared the 30-second teaser video yesterday with members of the media....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG adds the new SmartThinQ Hub to its smart home lineup June 03, 2025 We’ll no doubt be seeing tons ofInternet of Things(IoT) related gadgets and systems atCES 2016, and today we can add another one to the list.LGhas just unveiled its new SmartThinQ Hub, which will serve as a gateway to smart sensors and other connected appliances in the home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G4 v Galaxy S6 Edge v HUAWEI P8: Ask Us Anything! August 04, 2025 Choosing a new smartphone can be difficult, especially when some are available to buy and others are yet to launch and while you canread and watch reviewsof all the latest handsets, sometimes you have questions that aren’t quite answered. Maybe you’ve had a past device from the manufacturer or are thinking of switching and have some questions?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Millions of Android phones hijacked to mine cryptocurrency June 21, 2025 Mining cryptocurrencytakes a ton of processing power. In fact, in the case ofBitcoin, the amount of money one would spend on equipment and the electrical power needed to run that equipment would essentially never pay itself off in the end. There aremany other cryptocurrencies besides Bitcoin, and mining them is more lucrative....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola tipped to unveil its long-awaited new flagship smartphone at MWC 2020 August 19, 2025 Motorola may be about to live up to the promise it made during Qualcomm’sSnapdragon summitback in December. The company is officially sending out media invites for an MWC event last week and has now hinted toAndroid Headlinesthat it will be launching a flagship phone at the event....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Move over, Intel: Samsung is now the world’s largest chipmaker June 02, 2025 Intelmight have dominated the chipset market for a quarter of a century, butSamsunghas officially taken over the top spot for the first time in company history, reportsTechCrunch. According to the South Korean outfit, its chipset division made $67 billion in revenue for 2017. By comparison, Intel reported$62....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MWC 2020: Here’s what to expect from the show (Update: MWC cancelled) June 30, 2025 Update, July 18, 2025 (03:49 AM ET):The GSMA body responsible for organizing Mobile World Congress (MWC) has announced thecancellationof this year’s event. “With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has canceled MWC Barcelona 2020 because the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances, make it impossible for the GSMA to hold the event,” the association said in astatement....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Fossil Gen 5, Hybrid HR, and Sport colors offer something for everyone August 24, 2025 Fossil always brings its A-game toCES, and this year is no different. SKAGEN (a Fossil subsidiary) unveiled theFalster 3and Diesel (a Fossil partner brand) showed off itsawesome-looking Fadelite watch. Fossil isn’t showing off any brand new smartwatches, but it’s adding new colors and styles to three of its popular existing lines: the Fossil Gen 5, Fossil Hybrid HR, and Fossil Sport....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New study suggests how your cell phone could cause you physical pain July 22, 2025 Do you struggle with neck or head pain? According to a new health study by theJama Network, your cell phone could be the cause. The study found that the overall number of cell phone-related neck and head injuries has increased “steeply” over the last 20 years....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nextbit Robin Smart Save cloud service to shut down March 1 July 15, 2025 The Nextbit Robin smartphone began life on Kickstarter before Nextbit was bought by Razerin early January 2017, immediately quashing any hopes of a sequel. Given that the company has previously announced that it willno longer support the Robin, it may come as little surprise to learn that it will soon shut down its cloud services too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Now there’s evidence for Samsung developing a Wear OS watch July 22, 2025 A frequent tipsternotedlast month that Samsung has a new smartwatch in the works that will replaceTizenwithWear OS. Now, it looks like evidence has emerged for a Samsung watch running Google’s platform. XDAdeveloper ivan_meler dug through the ExynosGalaxy S20‘s latest kernel source code release and found references to a device called “merlot” in the Wi-Fi driver....