Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cyanogen launches Platform SDK, starting with a Quick Settings Tile API June 04, 2025 Cyanogenwants to give app developers better access to the features ofCyanogenMod/Cyanogen OS with the launch of the new, open source Platform SDK. The Cyanogen Platform SDK will be a collection of APIs developed by Cyanogen, as well as the CyanogenMod community, that will give devs better access to “key parts of the platform....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t like R. Kelly anymore? Spotify might let you block artists soon July 31, 2025 The Lifetime documentarySurviving R. Kellyis causing an uproar due to its extremely disturbing (although not at all surprising) portrayal of the popular R&B artist’s private life. In response,people are callingfor R. Kelly’s music to be banned from radio stations, TV shows, movies, etc. However,Spotifyis apparently working on a new tool which will put the power to ban an artist from your life into your own hands (viaThurrott)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Download official Samsung Galaxy M10, M20 wallpapers over here August 11, 2025 The SamsungGalaxy M10 and Galaxy M20haven’t been fully revealed yet, but the wallpapers have already made their way onto the internet. SamMobilehas posted the Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 wallpapers online, and they make for a rather different style compared to theSamsung Galaxy Note 9 images. Also:Here are all the best Samsung wallpapers from every major device!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Drop Childish Gambino into your life using Pixel’s Playground July 12, 2025 When Google launched thePixel 3, it also introducedPlayground, and interactive AR experiencefound in the Pixel camera. The application allows you to place AR stickers, also known as Playmoji, around your environment, which interact with the world as if they were really there. Google initially debuted the experience with characters from Star Wars, Marvel, and Stranger Things, but now it’s about to introduce a new Playmoji a lot of people will get pretty excited about....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. E3 2015 demo: EA Sports' FIFA takes the console experience to your phone Jun 09, 2025 We are still here at E3 2015, rocking Los Angeles, CA like there is no tomorrow. There’s plenty to see and cover for you, and we just had to stop by EA’s booth to take a look at their latest soccer mobile game. They call it FIFA....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Essential Phone to come in three new, limited edition colors (Update) July 31, 2025 Update (2/16):On February 15th Essential announced the three new colors highlighted below. Today the company also unveiled a fourth coloron Twitter, Halo Gray. The new color also has a special trick up its sleeve, it supports Amazon’s Alexa out of the box. This is a special feature reserved only for the new gray color and not any of the other existing color....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Experience solitary confinement through the Guardian VR ‘6x9’ experience June 18, 2025 The proliferation of virtual reality access is introducing new ways to experience media. But we don’t only refer to the typical content you find online; journalism is also taking advantage of VR to put you right in the news and bring awareness about important issues. The Guardian has just released a new VR experience named “6×9”, which places you right in a USA solitary confinement cell measuring… well, 6×9....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First 5 things you should do with the OnePlus 5 July 12, 2025 So you’ve taken the plunge and bought yourself aOnePlus 5: congratulations. Once you’re done running your hands over that lovely metal finish, what should you do next? As with most OnePlus phones, the OnePlus 5 has a lot to offer if you know where to look. So here are the first five things you should do with your new OnePlus 5 to get the most of out it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Allo vs. iMessage: Which one does it best? July 07, 2025 Update – August 19, 2025– Google has decided to stop supporting Allo, and it willofficially shut down sometime in March 2019. You canexport your chat and video filesbefore the shutdown happens. Messaging apps are like fine wine – they get better with age. Or, at least in the case of the two we’re looking at here – Google Allo and iMessage – that seems to be the case....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s changes to its search engine leave everyone unhappy June 09, 2025 Google is bringing some significant changes to how it displays search results in Europe, but it looks like nobody is fully satisfied. You may rememberthe hefty fine that Google was charged with back in June: at $2.7 billion, it was the largest fine ever issued by the European Commission, and industry experts have previously stated that the ruling could have far-reaching impacts on antitrust behavior in Europe....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Vulnerability Reward Program paid Android researchers over $200,000 last year June 06, 2025 Google started their Vulnerability Reward Program all the way back in 2010 as an incentive to encourage researchers to take on the hard work of finding possible exploits. 2015 saw two new major features added to this program. First, Google added Android to the program. Second, the company began offering Vulnerability Research Grants, which are lump sums paid to researchers before investigations even begin, thus ensuring that researchers are paid for their work even if no vulnerabilities are found....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR to enter the US at CES 2016 July 23, 2025 We are in Shenzhen, China celebrating HONOR’s 2-year anniversary, but they couldn’t just break a piñata, eat some cake and call it a day. Instead, we are sitting in a group interview with CEO George Zhao where he is teasing that the company is making its way into the US market with an announcement to come during CES....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI announces bluetooth headset disguised as smart glasses June 22, 2025 WhileHUAWEI P30 and P30 Prowere at the center of HUAWEI’s press event today, the company also unveiled a few other goodies. Probably the most unusual of the announcements is the new Smart Eyewear series, built in partnership with Gentle Monster. HUAWEI and Gentle Monster said they wanted to build smart glasses that actually looked attractive....