Arm processors will soon become faster than ever thanks to custom instructions

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Arm processors will soon become faster than ever thanks to custom instructions August 13, 2025 Arm just dropped a big announcement at Arm TechCon: Support for custom instructions is headed to its Armv8-M CPUs and possibly more Arm product ranges in the near future. Arm sees this as having huge applications in the IoT,5G, and machine learning spaces in particular....

June 2, 2025 · 4 min · 844 words · Heather Valenzuela

ASUS ZenFone 3 Laser review

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS ZenFone 3 Laser review June 10, 2025 Asus ZenFone 3 Laser What we like What we don’t like Our scores With their latest refresh to the ZenFone lineup, ASUS is offering consumers several different options to choose from. We already reviewed theZenFone 3 DeluxeandZenFone 3, and have also covered the more recent and less traditionalZenFone 3 ZoomandZenFone AR....

June 2, 2025 · 8 min · 1634 words · Billy Fletcher

ASUS Zenfone Selfie and HTCDesire 728 pass TENAA certification in China

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS Zenfone Selfie and HTCDesire 728 pass TENAA certification in China August 01, 2025 Once a device has passed through a government’s telecommunications regulatory committee, it’s an almost sure-fire bet a release window will open up soon after. China’s TENAA (think FCC) has recently certified two new smartphones, the ASUS Zenfone Selfie which we hadtaken a look at before, and the relatively lesser known HTCDesire 728....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Lisa Jones

Benchmarked: Snapdragon S4 Pro (Optimus G) vs Exynos 4412 (Galaxy S3)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Benchmarked: Snapdragon S4 Pro (Optimus G) vs Exynos 4412 (Galaxy S3) July 09, 2025 LG is proud of its newest flagship device, but is it worth all the praise that people have been giving it? Should we judge the LG Optimus G F180K by its specs? Of course not. We put this beast through a series of benchmark tests to see how it fares against one of the major players in the high-end smartphone arena, the Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300....

June 2, 2025 · 5 min · 928 words · Tamara Manning

Build your first basic Android game in just 7 minutes (with Unity)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Build your first basic Android game in just 7 minutes (with Unity) July 28, 2025 Making a fully working game for Android is much easier than you might think. The key to successful Android development— or any kind of development— is to know what you want to achieve and find the necessary tools and skills to do it. Take the path of least resistance and have a clear goal in mind....

June 2, 2025 · 10 min · 2022 words · Rodney Perez

China's Smartisan T2 flaunts a sleek design and metal frame

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. China’s Smartisan T2 flaunts a sleek design and metal frame August 16, 2025 Reasonably priced Chinese smartphones with decent specifications are a dime a dozen these days, but you still have to look to the top tier OEMs for the best build quality. Smartisan’s new T2 flagship aims to buck this trend with a metallic frame and a rather sleek, minimalistic look....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Michael Thomas

Coronavirus keeping you at home? Then stream the best pandemic movies and shows

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Coronavirus keeping you at home? Then stream the best pandemic movies and shows July 20, 2025 Earlier this week, the World Health Organization finally labeled the current coronavirus outbreakas a global pandemic. As a result, more and more people are staying at home. Some are sick with this virus, while others are just minimizing their contact with the outside world in an attempt to keep healthy....

June 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1155 words · Isaiah Brown

Crowdfunding project of the week: Flipp is a "beautiful and simple" music remote

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Crowdfunding project of the week: Flipp is a “beautiful and simple” music remote July 21, 2025 Don’t know where to find your next tech gadget? Crowdfunding sites likeKickstarterandIndiegogoare good for finding alternative technology coming from small startups. There is plenty of great stuff to find here, but there’s also a lot you shouldn’t waste your hard-earned money on. This is why we have the ‘Crowdfunding project of the week’ a series in which we highlight only the hottest tech campaigns around....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Jodi Dyer

Dark theme coming to Google Contacts Android app starting today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dark theme coming to Google Contacts Android app starting today July 12, 2025 After years of ignoring them — and encouraging app developers to use a lot of white —Googleappears to be going all-in with dark themes, as many of its apps are getting the dark mode treatment. Case in point, the latest update toGoogle Contacts(version 3.2) has a dark mode toggle, via9to5Google....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Courtney Hernandez

Deal of the Day: Save up to 25% on select PNY memory products

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal of the Day: Save up to 25% on select PNY memory products June 15, 2025 TheGalaxy S9‘s 64 GB of native storage might be a healthy amount for some, but others will fill that up in no time. For those folks, Amazon’s Deal of the Day is worth a look, since many of PNY’s memory products are on sale....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Phillip Miller

Do you like Chrome OS, but hate laptops? Acer's newest Chromebox might be for you

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Do you like Chrome OS, but hate laptops? Acer’s newest Chromebox might be for you August 09, 2025 Chrome OSis a solid alternative for those who live in the browser, but some people might want that alternative available at home. For them, the Acer Chromebox CXI3 might just fit the bill. Teased duringCES 2018, the Chromebox CXI3 comes with four Intel processor options: the Intel Celeron 3865U, seventh-generation Intel Core i3 7130U, eighth-generation Intel Core i5 8250U, or eighth-generation Intel Core i7 8550U....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Cheryl Butler

Europe calling! HUAWEI Nova 5T with 48MP quad-cam setup, Kirin 980 incoming

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Europe calling! HUAWEI Nova 5T with 48MP quad-cam setup, Kirin 980 incoming August 06, 2025 HUAWEI launched the Nova 5T in Malaysia in August. The quad-camera phone is now coming to Europe in November. The HUAWEI Nova 5T is the exact same phone as theHONOR 20which was launched by HUAWEI’s sub-brand in May. Highlights of the phone include last year’s flagshipKirin 980chipset and a quad camera setup led by a 48MP shooter....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Gerald Reid

Evernote CEO defends its new machine learning privacy polices

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Evernote CEO defends its new machine learning privacy polices June 15, 2025 Earlier this week, the popular note-taking service Evernote announced some upcoming changes in its privacy policies, which included the fact thatsome employees could read the notesposted by its customers. Today, the CEO of the company, Chris O’Neill, responded to those concerns in an official statement, and admitted that the changes were “communicated poorly, and it resulted in some understandable confusion....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Steve Williams