Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Samsung Galaxy Watch update improves charging and music playback Jul 07, 2025 Mixed in all the hoopla of theGalaxy Note 9was theGalaxy Watch,Samsung’slatest attempt at asmartwatchthat runs its ownTizen OSand features a rotating bezel. Today’s update for the Galaxy Watch is certainly a minor one, but one that owners will nonetheless appreciate. Reported bySamMobile, the update weighs in at a little over 28MB and improves the reliability of battery charging and music playback....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG confirms V30 will feature 6-inch OLED display with small bezels July 14, 2025 When it comes to smartphones, it has been over two years sinceLGturned toOLEDfor its displays. Not only did the company announce it will return to the technology, but that it will do so with a large, high-resolution display that will be prominently featured in a certain upcoming flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG files patent for possible folding smartphone-tablet hybrid (update: more patents) July 02, 2025 Update (Jan 27): A growing number of companies seem to be pushing their own patents out for foldable and bendable displays and LG is certainly among these players. Earlier this month we reported on a few interesting foldable patents from LG, now here are a few more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Micromax is planning its own Android based OS for future products August 17, 2025 Micromax’srange of affordable Android handsets have managed to help the company secure a substantial share of the Indian smartphone market and the company is planning to use a forked Android operating system in the future, to further differentiate itself from its competitors. Ashish Agrawal, CTO of Micromax, states that the company is developing its own Android based operating system, which is designed to work across a range of products, including smartphones, tablets, wearables and TVs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto E (2015) LTE gets updated to Android 5.1 July 12, 2025 Motorola’s2015 model of theMoto Ebelongs to the wide range of budget smartphones. But even with the lower specs and matching price, Motorola is giving its device some love by updating it toAndroid 5.1 Lollipop. With only 1GB of RAM, a Snapdragon 410 processor, and 8GB of on-board storage, Motorola has proven that Lollipop can run on lower specs, a fresh change compared to, say, HTC’s attitude – the Taiwanese company isnot going to update the better spec’ed One Mini 2to Lollipop....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NBA 2K19 available for Android with no multiplayer and no ball sounds July 03, 2025 The newest version of 2K’s NBA game series is out now for Android:NBA 2K19. As usual, it features certain elements from the console versions of the game while limiting graphics processing and features to make it suitable for mobile. However, there are some major downsides to the game which might put some players off....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia 7 Plus leak points to dual-lens ZEISS camera, 18:9 aspect ratio June 21, 2025 HMD Global ispromisingbig things for MWC 2018 and we’ve already encountered a few of its potentially upcoming handsets, including theNokia 8 SiroccoandNokia 9. Thanks to a leak from a user on Chinese websiteBaidu(viaPhone Arena), we now know an upgraded Nokia 7 could be on the way too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. nubia Alpha: IFA’s most innovative smartphone was a flexible OLED hybrid watch July 31, 2025 The nubia Alpha caught the eye atIFA 2018this week, and not just for being one of the few devices that incorporated aflexible OLEDscreen. What also had us leaning in to get a closer look is that the device will be on sale before the end of 2018....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 5 vs HTCU11: quick look July 19, 2025 The recently announcedOnePlus 5is facing some serious competition on the market. There are a bunch ofgreat flagshipsavailable at the moment including theHTC U11. In this post, we’ll compare the two devices to get a better idea of just how different — or similar — they are. We’ll talk about the design, specifications, software, as well as price in order to figure out which one offers more value for money....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm is finally launching new, smaller smartwatch chips June 06, 2025 It feels like mostAndroid Wear(nowWear OS) smartwatches have relatively bulky designs and disappointing endurance. Part of this can be attributed to the ageingSnapdragon Wear 2100chipsets used by many of these devices. Fortunately, Qualcomm will be revealing new Snapdragon smartwatch chips later this year. The company will launch the new chipset platform in fall, alongside a “lead smartwatch”,Wareablereported....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm will refer to its processors as “platforms” going forward June 28, 2025 In a blog post today,Qualcommhas announced changes and refinements to the way that the company talks about and markets its Snapdragon brand. These changes will see the company no longer refer to its Snapdragon range as processors, instead these will be known as “platforms” from now on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: realme is now ahead of its (former) parent company in India June 13, 2025 realme was originally anOppo-owned brandbeforeannouncingit was an independent company and then recently drawingcloser to its stablemates. Regardless of the ties to OPPO and the BBK conglomerate, the firm has experienced major growth in recent years, especially in India. In fact, tracking firm Canalys has just posted itsQ2 2021 report for India, revealing that realme now has more market share than big brother OPPO in the region....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces Exynos 7 Octa SoC based on 14nm FinFET process June 19, 2025 On Sunday,Samsungannounced that its next generation 14nm chip manufacturing process is now ready for mass production. The smaller, more energy efficient chips are expected to power a range of future Samsung products, and the technology is also likely to be used to produce chips for competing companies, such asApple and Qualcomm....