Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook Messenger may soon get some new features including one potential game-changer June 19, 2025 It wasn’t too long ago that some users discovered that Facebook has beenplaying around with a Material Design revampof their popular messaging app. But it seems like the social sultan isn’t stopping at aesthetics. The Facebook Messenger team is playing around with several new features, but only a handful of test users are seeing the changes right now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitbit Versa: By a recovering Pebble user July 09, 2025 WhenFitbitbought Pebble, the future of users who were still big fans of thesmartwatchthat could was uncertain. I was one of those users, stuck in my ways of tactile navigation, e-paper displays, and days of battery life. Though Pebbles would mostly work well for a little while, the day of reckoning is fast approaching and most users are looking for an alternative, which Fitbit hoped to provide in its newest smartfitness tracker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Flagship spec showdown: OnePlus 3 vs the competition June 02, 2025 OnePlusis back with its third attempt at a flagship killing smartphone, which is rather predictably, and still oddly, named as theOnePlus 3. Priced at just $399, the OnePlus 3’s cost certainly undercuts a lot of the leading handsets out there, but let’s take a closer look at the company’s hardware to see if this phone is really worth stumping up the cash for....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Foldable OPPO Find N leaks in full, looks like a smol boi August 09, 2025 So far, the only company to really make foldable phones successful isSamsung. That company has enjoyed a multi-generation lead since the launch of the first Samsung Galaxy Fold. It’s only a matter of time, though, before competitors make a splash. See also:The best foldable phones you can get...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Game Boy and GB Color games could come to Nintendo Switch Online this month Aug 20, 2025 As of today, your Nintendo Switch Online subscription gives you unlimited access to over 100 NES and SNES games. You play the games on yourNintendo Switchthrough official Nintendo emulators. They allow you to do things you could never do on the original consoles, such as rewind, save at any time, and play online with friends....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant is getting Tasker-style functionality with Action Blocks June 03, 2025 Google Assistantis pretty robust already, offering comprehensive voice and text support. But the search company is trying to make its virtual assistant even more accessible with the Action Blocks feature. In ablog postannouncing the feature, Google noted that there are over 600 million people with cognitive disabilities. This means voice or text commands might not be feasible for some people....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Feed now more useful than ever thanks to topic feeds July 13, 2025 Google Feed has undergone a series of changes over the past few months, somegood, someincredibly concerning. The latest change definitely falls into the former camp with the addition of unique topic-specific feeds. The updated Feed, which appears to be rolling out globally (via9to5Google), now handily groups together related articles under dedicated categories....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google goes all-in with USB Type-C June 12, 2025 Earlier today, Googlemade some changesto the Play Store, moving its “Devices” category toa whole new website. Along with this change came anall-new Chromebook Pixel, which features either an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, 8 or 16GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of on-board storage, and a price tag starting at only $999....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google issues coronavirus ‘SOS Alert’ in Search, here’s what that means June 25, 2025 Google has launched anSOS Alertfor thecoronavirusin partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). What this means is that Google will now display important resources for coronavirus right in Search results. When you search for coronavirus-related info on Google, you willfind the alert atop the results page....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 3/3XL issue stops some phones connecting to LTE June 01, 2025 SomeGoogle Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XLdevices appear to be suffering from a problem related to internet connectivity. According to comments onRedditandAT&T’s forums, Pixel 3 units sometimes fail to connect to 4G LTE despite being in areas with sufficient coverage. Most of the comments point towards the same circumstances: when a person disconnects from Wi-Fi (or is disconnected after leaving home or work), their Pixel 3 or Pixel 3XL will fail to pick up a 4G LTE connection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google releases a new USB-C headphone adapter that costs more and offers lower latency June 24, 2025 Like it or not, more companies are removing the headphone jack and choosing only to include a USB-C port on most modern smartphones. Because of this, customers have to use adapters if they want to use headphones and other wired audio accessories that offer a 3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google responds to claims they intentionally blocked AllCast July 06, 2025 Will it, or won’t it? The past few days have seen the Chromecast under fire.An update to the streaming device left the sleeper hit AllCast without functionality,and the developer in an uproar. Taking to hisGoogle+page, Koushik Dutta insisted the change wasintendedto blockhisapp from working. That’s a strong accusation from a guy who admittedly questioned the openness of the Chromecast in the same Google+ post in which he notified the world AllCast was no longer working....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google says an app that tracks Saudi women’s whereabouts doesn’t violate its terms July 23, 2025 Update, June 24, 2025 (7:38PM EST):Business Insider(viaThe Verge) reports that Google has declined a request by U.S. lawmakers to remove the Saudi Arabian government app Absher from the Google Play Store. The outlet reports that, according to a statement sent by Google to U....