Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A closer look at Samsung’s theming system for the Galaxy S6 June 18, 2025 One of the most intriguing features for the latest version of Touchwiz is the addition of Themes, a new app that makes theming TouchWiz easy. To change up the look of your phone, you simply open up the Themes app, and can then either pick from what is available or download additional themes from the store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon’s Fire TV products now have a pretty impressive update policy July 18, 2025 We’ve seen several major brands offer a longer commitment to updates in the last 18 months or so, ranging from Samsung and OnePlus to Xiaomi and OPPO. Now, it turns out that Amazon is joining the party as well — but not for tablets. The companyquietly announced(h/t:PhoneArena) thatAmazon Fire TVproducts will now receive a minimum of four years of security updates....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android celebrates device diversity with Rock, Paper, Scissors ad July 27, 2025 What sets the Android ecosystem apart from the iOS is, among other things, the sheer diversity of devices running the operating system. It’s true that this can lead to problems, like the ever-increasingfragmentation of the Android ecosystem, and there are clearly merits to Apple’s methodology thatGoogle is looking to adopt for their operating system....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS ROG Phone 5 official images, specs leak in early review August 22, 2025 TheASUS ROG Phone 5is set to launch next month, but official details of the phone are already rolling out.DxOMarkhas published an early audio review of the device, spilling the beans on its specs and its design in the process. According to the image, the ROG Phone 5 sports a secondary display on its rear panel — a detail we’ve seen in previous leaks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of IFA 2018: Android Authority’s favorite products from the show August 21, 2025 IFA 2018isn’t officially over for a few more days, but all the biggest announcements are now official. While perhaps not as exciting for the mobile industry asMWC, IFA still saw several new devices from HUAWEI, Sony, LG, Motorola, and others. There were also plenty of audio related announcements, new Chromebooks, and tons of smart speakers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Beyond dual cameras: how Light wants to take on the DSLR August 01, 2025 Smartphone photography enthusiasts may remember when we talked about theLight L16“multi-aperture computational camera” last year. To celebrate the camera’s commercial launch, the company has spilt a few more details about how the setup works. At $1,699 a pop, now up from its $1,299 pre-order price, the Light L16 certainly doesn’t come cheap, but it does offer a glimpse of what should be possible in future flagship smartphones, once costs come down....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Broadcom Wi-Fi SoC exploit affects many Android devices August 13, 2025 A security team from Google’s Project Zero has found several vulnerabilities on Broadcom’s Wi-Fi SoC, which affect most Android smartphones and tablets. Hackers can manipulate these vulnerabilities to gain code execution on the chip and eventually gain control of the device itself. Fortunately, the team has already worked with Broadcom to address these issues....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Corning Gorilla Glass labs tour: Shattering glass for perfection August 07, 2025 Today’s modern phones are made up of a ton of different components. Some of these components get more attention than others. Generally users tend to focus on the camera, or maybe the processor. Obviously the design itself is a big focus as well. One area that sometimes gets overlooked?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Create Location-Aware Android Apps with Google Maps August 23, 2025 Not too long ago, if you were traveling to a new or unfamiliar place then you had to bring a physical map along with you, or at the very least do some research beforehand and be prepared to ask for directions if you ended up getting lost. Maps on mobile devices mean that getting lost is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, as not only does your typical smartphone put a map of theentire worldat your fingertips, but it can also track and display your current location, so you can always seeexactlywhere you are on that map....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive: Here’s that dual camera OnePlus 5 prototype in the flesh June 11, 2025 Following that legitimate-lookingdesign sketch of the OnePlus 5– which we confirmed as a prototype and not the finalOnePlus 5– our source has now provided us with a photo of another prototype. As I mentioned in the previous post, this isnotwhat we’re expecting from the OnePlus 5 when it launches in June or July, but itdoesprovide a nice insight into what OnePlus was thinking, and seemingly decided against, in the build up to its 2017 flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitbit teams up with Snapchat to bring Bitmoji to your watch face July 13, 2025 If you’re aSnapchatuser and happen to own aFitbitsmartwatch, we’ve got good news. Fitbit has teamed up with Snapchat to bring your personalizedBitmojiavatar to your watch face. The new Bitmoji watch face will download your avatar from your account and feature on yourFitbit Versa,Versa Lite, orIonic’swatch face....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ford realizes that the way forward involves technology July 22, 2025 As we havepreviously discussed, for years automobile companies have put out sloppy and confusing car GUI’s (Graphical User Interface). Combine the terrible car GUI’s witheven worseautomobile data plans being offered by most wireless carriers and you are left with a section of the tech industry that has all but fallen flat with consumers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Forensics detective says Android phones are now harder to crack than iPhones July 02, 2025 The United States government, as well as US law enforcement agencies, care a lot about iOS and Androidencryption. Smartphone data can reveal a lot about terrorists, people who conduct mass shootings, and even general criminals. If officials conduct investigations properly, that data can be used in court as evidence....