Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Batman-inspired software can bring 3D Touch to any device June 25, 2025 3D touchis kind of a complicated technology. It requires specialized components beneath the screen to detect and determine pressure. So if you’re furrowing your brow at the concept that some kind of software could put it on any smartphone, then you’re not alone. Researches at the University of Michigan havepulled it off, however....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BBC to give free micro:bit computer to every 11-12 year old in the UK June 23, 2025 Projects like Arduino and the hugely popularRaspberry Pihave helped thousands take their first steps into programming and the subject continues to become more accessible. The BBC has unveiled the new BBC micro:bit, a pocket-sized computer which will be given away for free to every child in year 7 across the UK....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best retro photo apps for Android July 26, 2025 Rummaging through your parent’s albums, or your own childhood pictures, can be a great trip down memory lane. A picture truly speaks a thousand words when it’s been hidden away and subjected to the natural process of aging. With how popular the vintage feel is nowadays, to combat the crispness and vividness of digital cameras with images that will never go old, it’s no surprise that teenagers and young adults are scrambling for old-school cameras....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome for Android developing Breaking News push notification July 05, 2025 According to a report fromChrome Store(viaAndroid Police),Googleis testing a newChromefeature that would allow it to push breaking news notifications to the Android version of the browser. The feature was discovered in the Chrome Flags log (found at chrome://flags) on theCanary channelof Chrome for Android. The Flags page contains a list of experimental Chrome functions that can be enabled and disabled by the user, and this is where the new flag, known as Breaking News Push, can be seen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Effective immediately: You need a drone license before you fly in the US July 21, 2025 The FAA has announced the new TRUST certification. The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST) is a new aeronautical knowledge and safety test that all drone pilots must pass before they fly a drone in the United States. TRUST is free, takes about an hour to get through, and is required immediately....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Famed photographer Cory Richards will help launch a new Fossil Q smartwatch June 11, 2025 Fossil is expanding itsAndroid Wear-powered smartwatches next week with a limited edition version of the Fossil Q. The watch was made in collaboration with famed photographer Cory Richards. Richards’ work can be seen regularly in National Geographic magazine and he describes himself as an “longtime Fossil enthusiast”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FCC votes to update the Wireless Emergency Alert system for higher accuracy July 09, 2025 The alert you see above might have been inaccurate, but it went uncorrected for 38 agonizing minutes and sent Hawaiian residents in a frenzy. It is also an alert theFCCdoes not want to see again with its rules to improve theWireless Emergency Alert(WEA) system....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Final Fantasy 7 hits iOS, Android could be next July 22, 2025 For many of us E3 2015 ended when Square Enix took the stage and announced Final Fantasy 7 was finally getting that HD remake we have been begging for many years. The same remake we were told time and again would never come. Nothing was going to beat this announcement!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 5 and Edge+ will have an optional keyboard accessory July 08, 2025 While most of us have adjusted just fine to a virtual touchscreen keyboard, not everyone has wanted to make this jump. In fact, the number one reason why any Blackberry phones are still sold is largely owed to the fact that the company has an exceptional physical keyboard layout....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gameplay video of Fortnite for Android on a Galaxy S9 Plus is here July 13, 2025 We expectFortnite for Androidto officially launch tomorrow alongside theSamsung Galaxy Note 9. We also expect the game to beexclusive to that devicefor up to 30 days. However, it doesn’t appear that that exclusive will stop you from playing the game on your current Android devices, as a team of hackers atXDA Developersjust posted a gameplay video of Fortnite for Android as played on aSamsung Galaxy S9 Plus(see above)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google CEO and co-founder join workers protesting US travel restrictions June 19, 2025 Response to the Trump administration’s move to temporarilyrestrict travel to the US from seven Muslim-majority nationscontinues to have an impact on Google today. Employees staged protests against that decision at several of its offices, including its main headquarters in Mountain View, California. The company did not directly organize the protests but is supporting them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Fiber sets its sights on Dallas June 11, 2025 Good news, denizens of the Lone Star State! The sultan of search is considering bringing their crazy-fast internet service toDallas, Texas. Google has by no means finalized these plans, but it seems that talks are in the works between the company and Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings, as well as other local leaders, to makeGoogle Fibera reality in the area....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google may acquire game studios to work on rumored streaming service July 08, 2025 It looks like Google is moving ahead with its earlier reported plans to launch agaming-themed streaming service. A report fromKotaku, citing unnamed sources, claims Google representatives held meetings with game development studios at E3 2018, the video game trade show that was held in Los Angeles earlier in June....