Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gearbest user info left unsecured, reportedly exposing 1.5 million records August 01, 2025 Gearbest is one of the world’s most popular electronics and smartphone stores, delivering a range of eclectic devices from China and beyond. Unfortunately, it looks like the website wasn’t taking adequate care of its user information. A white hat security team fromVPNMentor(h/t:Android Police) discovered that Gearbest’s user database is “completely unsecured....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get a taste of Google Pixel with Rootless Launcher, now available in the Play Store June 04, 2025 Popular launcher appRootless Pixel Launcheris now available for download from theGoogle Play Store. The app, which was previously only available as an APK, landed in the store yesterday, bringing the stock Pixel experience to phones withAndroid 5.0 Lollipopand up. The launcher has proved popular among Android fans thanks to its neat integration of features from Google’s flagship handset series....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Photos backs up your photos even if you delete the app August 21, 2025 If you decided to try outGoogle Photoswhen it was launched last month but decided it wasn’t for you, the app will keep uploading your photos to the service unless you disable the backup from the Google Settings menu. As spotted byNashville Business Journalwriter David Arnott, Google Photos usesAndroid’sGoogle Settings menu to determine whether to backup your photos which means if you’ve deleted the app but not disabled the option, you’ll find your pictures are still being uploaded to Google Photos....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 4 international giveaway! July 23, 2025 NOTE:This giveaway has now ended.Check out the latest giveaway here. It’s time for the Sunday giveaway! Like every week, we’re giving away a brand new Android phone to one luckyAndroid Authorityreader. A big congratulations to the winner of last week’sSamsung Galaxy S20 and Defense Shield casegiveaway, Cristiano S. from Italy. This week we’re giving away a brand newGoogle Pixel 4, courtesy of theAA Deals Store!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s first-ever permanent retail store will open this summer June 26, 2025 Over the years,Googlehas opened dozens of temporary pop-up retail stores all around the world. Whether at a trade show or to promote the launch of a brand new product line, Google has a long history with physical retail. However, it’s never had a permanent home. That will change next month when the company opens theGoogle Store NYC, its very first non-pop-up shop....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – June 04, 2025 July 02, 2025 We thought we’d have a little fun this week. As you’re probably well aware, April Fools’ Day was yesterday, and we figured it was a good time to show you what we consider to be the perfect smartphone. It has a giant screen, a computer fan to help cool it down, a battery that will last for months at a time, and even a DSLR camera strapped to the back....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR teases HONOR Watch: Could be unveiled alongside Magic 2 smartphone August 20, 2025 HONOR hasshareda promotional image (spotted byGizmoChina) that suggests the HUAWEI sub-brand is gearing up to launch smartwatch alongside theHONOR Magic 2at its event on October 31. The image shows the outline of the device, the date October 31, and the name HONOR Watch. While no other info is given, the outline in the image suggests the watch will have a similar shape to theHUAWEI Watch GT....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9 Prime Camera Edition announced (but it’s really just a renamed One M9s) June 11, 2025 Knowing full well the gravity of itssliding financial situation, HTChas taken 2016 to task with a number of new handsets, including its recently released flagship,the HTC10. For those time when just a 9 will do however, the Taiwanese corporation has come to the rescue with just that: one nine that is a One [M]9....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. John Perzow of the WPC gives us the lowdown on how wireless charging will change our lives July 26, 2025 This week at CES 2016, John Perzow, vice president of marketing development for the Wireless Power Consortium, gave us a walkthrough of how wireless charging is changing our everyday lives.Perzow begins by showing us all the places where wireless charging stands can keep our devices fully juiced, from the bedside table, to the kitchen, to the car....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lawnchair is a highly customizable rootless Pixel launcher August 18, 2025 Created by a senior XDA member “deletescape,” Lawnchair is essentially a highly customizable Pixel launcher that does not require root. Often times, life demands that you make sacrifices: either get the Pixel launcher without root and forego of any customization or get an incredibly customizable Pixel launcher but root your device first....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG to demo 5-inch OLED flexible display, world’s first Full HD 7-inch tablet panel June 18, 2025 LG announced it would showcase a 5-inch OLED flexible screen at SID this week, along with the world’s first full HD 7-inch LCD display. There’s a serious rivalry going on in Korea over the leadership in the booming OLED business. While Samsung, through its daughter company Samsung Display, makes a vast majority of the OLED displays sold today, LG Display is coming hard from behind and makes its own claims of industry leadership....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto G7 looking to OPPO and vivo for notch inspiration? August 19, 2025 A render video of the rumoredMotorolaMoto G7 has emerged online, potentially revealing the handset from all angles. The video arrived viaMySmartPriceandOnLeaks, who have leaked a number of accurate design videos previously. The G7 is the anticipated seventh generation of Motorola’s budget handset range, and it appears to share a lot in common with its predecessor, the G6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Android phones in Turkey won’t work with Google apps due to legal scuffle August 12, 2025 According toReuters, a legal scuffle between Google and Turkey is having some unwelcome consequences. According to Google, future Android devices launched in the country will not support Google apps, at least as of right now. Google sent out a message to its Turkish partners regarding the policy update....