BlackBerry sold under 50,000 Priv units, Play Store data suggests

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry sold under 50,000 Priv units, Play Store data suggests August 02, 2025 Late last week, BlackBerry CEO John Chenshared some very optimistic guidanceabout his company’s future. Despite device sales being around 200,000 units lower than expected (700,000 as opposed to 900,000), the OEM managed to severely reduce losses incurred during the quarter, ultimately sending the stock price up. Much discussion was made about that number however: 700,000....

June 17, 2025 · 5 min · 1020 words · Pamela Williams

BLU Life Max Review

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BLU Life Max Review June 17, 2025 BLU BLU Life Max What we like What we don’t like Our scores There are two things you really need to know about Life Max from BLU: it has a great battery life and it’s cheap. For some, that will be reason enough to consider a purchase, especially as it does also come with a 5....

June 17, 2025 · 9 min · 1725 words · Ashley Skinner

Calling all wizards! You can now download Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Update)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Calling all wizards! You can now download Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Update) August 11, 2025 Update, August 25, 2025 (10:30 am ET):At long last,Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is availablefor download for those in the U.S., U.K., New Zeland, and Australia. The game wasn’t set to be released until tomorrow, June 21, but Niantic has set it live early for users in several regions to start playing....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Peggy Jacobs

Carriers regularly throttle video streaming services, new study finds

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Carriers regularly throttle video streaming services, new study finds July 15, 2025 Your suspicions that your carrier is throttling yourstreaming serviceof choice are very likely true. Anew studyby researchers from Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that throttling of online video is pervasive and happens in multiple regions across the globe, including the U.S. The research was conducted with the help of an app called Wehe, which analyzes internet speeds....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Nathan Myers

Confirmed: No more OnePlus McLaren phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Confirmed: No more OnePlus McLaren phones August 15, 2025 Last week, it wasreportedthat OnePlus’ partnership with McLaren might be coming to an end because the phone maker is no longer listed as a 2020 F1 partner on the McLaren website. We’ve now received official word from the British sports car manufacturer, making it clear that its long-standing partnership with OnePlus is now over....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Sydney Myers

Deal: Grab the Jaybird X3 Bluetooth earbuds for just $80

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Grab the Jaybird X3 Bluetooth earbuds for just $80 June 21, 2025 I love a good pair of Bluetooth earbuds. Since they’re wireless, they’re extremely convenient to wear while working out or laying in bed, and I don’t miss the drop in sound quality compared to wired earbuds. Sure, I have to remember to recharge them from time to time, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay for convenience....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Lindsay Scott

DJI Osmo Mobile 3 folds up, fixing the biggest problem with smartphone gimbals

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DJI Osmo Mobile 3 folds up, fixing the biggest problem with smartphone gimbals July 20, 2025 Today, DJI is launching the newest entry in its line of smartphone stabilization gimbals: theDJI Osmo Mobile 3. As with previous iterations in the Osmo Mobile series, you snap your smartphone into the gimbal and use Bluetooth to get crisp and stable video shots....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Veronica Randall

Eight years of OnePlus: The biggest hits (and misses) in its short history

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Eight years of OnePlus: The biggest hits (and misses) in its short history July 17, 2025 Today is the eighth anniversary of the founding ofOnePlus. Former OPPO vice president Pete Lau and former OPPO international markets manager Carl Pei founded the company on June 30, 2025. On the occasion of OnePlus’ birthday, we thought we would go over the major milestones — both positive and negative — the company has seen in the past eight years....

June 17, 2025 · 16 min · 3402 words · Maria Young

Exposé: Don't fall victim to this dodgy anti-virus app

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exposé: Don’t fall victim to this dodgy anti-virus app August 09, 2025 It seems that a certain anti-virus vendor is resorting to some very dubious tactics to scare Android users into purchasing its anti-virus app at extortionate prices. We recently wrote about how malware writers are publishing adverts which try toscare users into downloading an antivirus app. The adverts look like warning alerts and, once duped, the victim unwittingly installs malware directly onto their device....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Kathleen Cook

Glow headphones pulse to your music and so much more

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Glow headphones pulse to your music and so much more July 03, 2025 https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/941278/video-487234-h264_high.mp4 If you were to judge Glow headphones solely by their picture, you’d probably think they were just ordinary headphones with a glowing feature slapped to make them stand out. While that’s partially true, there’s a lot more to it than that. The Glow headphones hit Kickstarter today, promising the world’s first headphones that use embedded laser light....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Tonya Becker

Google can tell which apps are asking for too much of your private information

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google can tell which apps are asking for too much of your private information August 08, 2025 Google’s latest machine-learning algorithm can help spot intrusive apps that demand access to user data that they don’t even need. As Google points out, most Android apps are there to entertain and assist us, and we grant them access to the data that they need: for instance, a camera app needs access to the camera sensor just as a navigation map needs access to the GPS sensor....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Kelly Trujillo

Google Duo now lets you leave video messages

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Duo now lets you leave video messages August 07, 2025 Duonow allows users to leave each other video messages, a feature Google thinks will be perfect for when you want to share a moment but the other person doesn’t pick up. Aposton the Google blog says the new feature started rolling out on March 7 and should be live worldwide over the next few days....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Julie Bolton

Google makes it easier to plan your night at the movies

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google makes it easier to plan your night at the movies June 26, 2025 If you depend on the Internet to search for movie times and reviews,Googlehas made that process more streamlined and granular through Search. When you search for “showtimes” or “movies,” you normally get sent to Google’s Movies Showtimes screen. It shows you when and where the movie is or will be played....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Steven English