Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can soon pay for everything on the Google Play Store with UPI July 16, 2025 Today, Google announced on itsIndia blogthe Play Store will support payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI). According to Google, UPI will show up as a payment option in the Play Store over the next few weeks. Once you see UPI as an option, you’re able to link your UPI ID in the Play Store’s billing section and pay for apps, games, music, books, and more with your favorite UPI apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. “Would you like fries with your VR?” McDonalds in Sweden adds VR goggles to Happy Meals August 12, 2025 If you didn’t think virtual reality was going mainstream this year, think again. McDonald’s in Sweden is currently giving away “Happy Goggles” with its Happy Meals: fully functional VR glasses that look a lot like Google Cardboard. All included in the price of a Happy Meal....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week! - Android Apps Weekly [304] August 09, 2025 Stellaris: Galaxy Command Price:Free to play Stellaris: Galaxy Command started life as a Steam game on PC where it had moderate success. The mobile version of the game is in early access beta right now. It features an open world, classic strategy elements, and plenty of sci-fi goodness....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Affordable Meizu M3 Note launches with fingerprint scanner and aluminum body June 13, 2025 Meizuhas unveiled its latest large affordable smartphone in China today, known as the M3 Note. This new handset is the quintessential Meizu smartphone, offering up some very reasonable specifications at a price point that is arguably even more appealing. The M3 Note boasts a 5.5-inch display with a 1920×1080 resolution....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All-touchscreen BlackBerry Motion announced with IP67 rating and a 4,000 mAh battery June 17, 2025 Rumors that BlackBerry would release an all-touchscreen smartphone have been floating aroundsince August, and today we’re finally getting more details on the upcoming handset. At this year’s GITEX Technology Week in Dubai, UAE, BlackBerry officially revealed its new mid-range smartphone, the BlackBerry Motion. If you’ve been keeping up with theMotion(orKrypton) rumors over the past couple weeks, these specs probably won’t be much of a surprise to you....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 12.1 may have revealed the existence of another Pixel foldable June 04, 2025 It’s believed thatAndroid 12will be followed by Android 12.1, marking the first time Google will offer a point release since 2017’s Android 8.1. But it looks like this upcoming minor Android update also holds some clues about a second Google Pixel foldable. 9to5Googlereports that the Android update contains references to a second Pixel foldable code named Jumbojack, citing a source familiar with Android’s development....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android distribution numbers for July show steady Marshmallow climb June 26, 2025 Anyone who is particularly familiar with the Android operating system is aware of thefragmentationof the ecosystem. All by itself, this isn’t a world-ending calamity by any means, but since there are so many different versions of the OS drifting about in the world, it makeskeeping devices securely patcheda ballooning problem....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Any.Do 4.0 update introduces calendar, smart assistant, and faster sync July 07, 2025 Any.Do is one of the most popular to-do list apps around, mostly known for its simplicity and sleek design. Today it gets even better with an update that brings forth three significant improvements. Let’s dig right in and go through all the details. It can be viewed in daily, weekly and monthly modes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apps with dodgy databases leak millions of user details — including plaintext passwords (Update) July 26, 2025 Update, (07/04):Appthority has responded to our questions regarding apps with unsecured Firebase databases. It said users can only figure out if they’re affected by using corporate solutions, which rules out the average consumer. The response comes after the company revealed that apps with misconfigured Firebase databases had leaked over 113GB of user data, totaling 100 million records....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Are these the first real photos of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8? August 24, 2025 About a week ago, Evan Blass introduced us to somerenders of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and, as interesting as renders might be, they don’t give us the complete picture of what a device would look in real life. Thankfully, new leaked photos show us what the next Note might just look like in reality....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Assembly language and machine code - Gary explains August 08, 2025 Today we are very used to running a rich variety of operating systems and programs on our mobile devices, from Office on a Windows laptop to a game on our Android smartphones, we are accustomed to running any program that we have installed (stored) on a device. But things didn’t used to be like that....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T’s free TV service for unlimited customers will have 31 channels (Update: Live now) June 17, 2025 Update: 10-06-2025 at 1:02 P.M. EST:The free live-streaming TV service announced by AT&T after its successful merger with Time Warner is now live. As described below, the service gives AT&T wireless customers access to 31 different channels, with more to come in the future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet prices slashed by $200 August 19, 2025 Early last year,Dellbegan selling its range of high-endVenue 8 7000tablets, but despite boasting some very unique features, they were on the more expensive side of the market. That is not the case right now though, as Dell has lopped a huge $200 off the cost of its 16GB and 32GB models....