Google Stadia price, availability details revealed (Update: Coming November 19)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Stadia price, availability details revealed (Update: Coming November 19) August 07, 2025 First announced in March at the 2019 Game Developers Conference,Google Stadiais Google’s upcoming service that will stream high-end console and PC games from cloud servers. It will work on big-screen TVs via Google’sChromecast Ultradongle, and via your Chrome browser on desktops, laptops,Pixel 3smartphones, and tablets. Games will be supported with up to 4K resolution and up to 60fps....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Carrie Nash

Google wants better female representation in emoji

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google wants better female representation in emoji July 29, 2025 A quick perusal of theemoji databasereveals no shortage of doctors and lawyers and business executives, but if you look closely, you’ll notice that these are all male characters. Women emojicanbe found, but they’re generally princesses, brides, or icons designed to convey beauty. Where are all the working women at? They exist in real life, so why aren’t they showing up on our phones?...

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Margaret Gray

Gravity Duck Islands will flip, float and jump you around on Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gravity Duck Islands will flip, float and jump you around on Android August 23, 2025 2D side-scrolling games like the original Super Mario Bros. never go out of style; they just come up with new ways to challenge gamers. The latest such example is Gravity Duck Islands, which has finally made its way to Android in theGoogle Play Storeafter previously launching on iOS over a year ago in September 2015....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Kayla Mcdaniel

Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – July 08, 2025

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are the videos you don’t want to miss this week – June 14, 2025 July 18, 2025 So this week our “best videos” list is going to be a little different. Why’s that? Because almost every video this week was recorded during Google I/O 2016, and all these videos have already been recapped in one central place,which you may find here....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Christopher Shields

Here's why OnePlus didn't use Wear OS on its watch

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why OnePlus didn’t use Wear OS on its watch June 13, 2025 OnePlus was quick to acknowledge that the Watchwouldn’t run Wear OS, but it hasn’t said much about why. Thankfully, there’s now an explanation — if a brief one. According toDroid Life, the company’sWatchproduct managerrevealedin a Q&A that OnePlus mostly chose the more limited RTOS over Google’s platform to offer “longer battery life....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Eric Lewis

How long does it take to lose muscle when you stop training?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How long does it take to lose muscle when you stop training? August 05, 2025 With coronavirus locking down gyms around the world, many of us worry about losing our gains. Of course, training from home is an option, but not everyone has the capacity or the interest to do so. Moreover, while you can get into great shape with bodyweight training and dumbbells, nothing can quite replace a heavy lift like a squat will have on the body....

May 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1264 words · Jennifer Smith

HUAWEI smartphones dropping fast from B&H Photo's store listings

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI smartphones dropping fast from B&H Photo’s store listings August 12, 2025 Although buyinga HUAWEI smartphonein the United States isn’t impossible, it’s certainly not as easy as buying a smartphone from OEMs that have an official presence here, such asSamsung,LG,OnePlus, etc. It appears, though, that getting a HUAWEI smartphone is going to be a little more difficult going forward, asB&H Photo— a longtime source for HUAWEI devices in the U....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Alexander Lee

Huawei, Qualcomm, Samsung back new format for 8K

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Huawei, Qualcomm, Samsung back new format for 8K June 10, 2025 The High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) promises to reduce video file sizes while offering better quality than current video codecs used in many devices today. This is particularly important for smartphones and high-resolution streaming, as 4K video becomes commonplace and 8K enters the fray. We’ve already seen several smartphones ship with HEVC support....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Sharon Reynolds

IFTTT rolls out direct third-party app integration

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. IFTTT rolls out direct third-party app integration June 10, 2025 For those somehow not in the know,IFTTTis a service that puts the internet to work for you. The platform, which is short for IF This Then That, allows you to set up simple triggers or elaborate chains of contingencies, automating your life in a variety of creative ways. Now the company has been working with third-party app developers to bring the power of their platform to their products....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · James Richards

Kyocera will unveil a solar charging smartphone prototype at MWC

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Kyocera will unveil a solar charging smartphone prototype at MWC Aug 20, 2025 Most of us are waiting on theedge of our seats for MWC, where the Galaxy S6 and HTCOne M9 are expected to debut. With all the excitement these two anticipated flagships are building, it’s easy to forget that there are a lot of other players showing off the goods at MWC....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Eric Jones

Leaker claims Google is hoping to offer 5 years of updates for Pixel 6

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leaker claims Google is hoping to offer 5 years of updates for Pixel 6 July 16, 2025 We expect the next Pixel device to be theGoogle Pixel 5a. However, that phone will be for budget-minded buyers. After the launch of that phone, we expectGoogleto launch its sure-to-be-exciting flagship series with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Today, we saw a Google Pixel 6 leak viaFront Page Tech....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Michael Mcfarland

LeEco ditches flash sales, will sell its phones at Amazon, Best Buy and Target

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LeEco ditches flash sales, will sell its phones at Amazon, Best Buy and Target July 15, 2025 When China-basedLeEcoannounced it was going to start selling its smartphones in the US earlier this fall, it made the decision to go with the “flash sale” business plan. It only let people purchase its products in the space of a few hours. Apparently that plan didn’t work well so LeEco is now ditching the flash sale for a more traditional online US retail business model....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Lauren Stephens

LG G5 and its Friends will make their way to the US early April

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G5 and its Friends will make their way to the US early April June 20, 2025 We found it rather odd that LG brought theG5to MWC 2016 without any word of a release date, but luckily the company is no longer keeping us in the dark. LG has just sent out a press release with word that the LG G5 is coming to the United States sometime in early April....

May 30, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Kristen Alvarez