Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Android distribution numbers see Lollipop at almost 10% Aug 18, 2025 Back in January,the news came out that after just three months, the brand new Android 5.0 Lollipop was installed on roughly 1.6% of active Android devices. Since then, it has been slowly but surelyclimbed upward.In the latest distribution numbers, Google’s tasty sweet treat has reached 9.7 percent market share....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leaked slide hints at full OnePlus Nord specs June 14, 2025 Leading up to the OnePlus Nord’s announcement later this month, we’ve had hints here and there about what kind of components it will include. But now we have a seemingly complete spec sheet courtesy of perennial leakerEvan Blassthat details the phone in full. He said it came from a tipster who took part in a virtual training session but was also quick to point out it may not be accurate....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo’s beefy new Android tablet is also an external monitor August 17, 2025 Lenovo’s Yoga tablet series is well known for packing quirky yet practical designs. Its latest offering, the newly launched Lenovo Yoga Pad Pro, is no exception. First spied in 2020 as theYoga X, the tablet made its official debut in China this week. It comes half-covered in Alcantara — a soft-touch fabric that Microsoft also uses on itsSurface series....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Material You is Google’s reboot of Material Design July 24, 2025 As part ofGoogle I/O 2021today, Google announced a new design language for apps and Android. Previously, the company had launched and embracedMaterial Design, but now it’s rebooting that style under the new “Material You” design. It’s the biggest design change coming to Android since 2014. According to the presentation, the “You” part of Material You refers to the fact that users will be able to have more ways to personalize the look of apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Monohm’s pocketwatch-esque circular smartphone Runcible is available for preorder July 11, 2025 https://vimeo.com/170746821 It’s not every day – or, in fact,ever– that we see a circular smartphone. Guess there’s a time and place for everything though, because this round device just rolled its way into the pre-order phase. The Monohm Runcible advertises itself as an “anti-smartphone,” and if that makes you scratch your head, don’t worry: things will be clear in a moment....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New patent suggests Game Boy emulation could come to smartphones directly from Nintendo June 19, 2025 As most of us know, there are countless game system emulators on the Play Store. All different types can be found from Playstation, to Xbox, to Nintendo. Though these aren’t the easiest ways to play big console games, they’re quite fun for just passing the time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New SmartThings feature can turn your old Samsung phone into a smart home hub July 22, 2025 Some of us have a growing collection of old smartphones lying dormant in a drawer somewhere. But if those areSamsungdevices, you may be able to upcycle them into IoT devices through Samsung’sUpcycling at Homeprogram. Initially announced in January, the program is Samsung’s bid to lengthen product lifecycles and cut down on unnecessary waste....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus aims for 1 million sales in India this year June 07, 2025 Chinese manufacturerOnePlusmay havejust launched its new OnePlus 2 smartphonebut the company is still relying on its first handset, the OnePlus One, in developing economies as it seeks to increase sales and market share. Outside of China, theIndian marketis the third largest for OnePlus (after theUSAandEuroperespectively) and the company has major aims for the rapidly growing market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO just launched a more compact Galaxy Z Fold 3 for $1,200 August 05, 2025 Samsung’sGalaxy Z FlipandGalaxy Z Foldphones have helped it to become the king of the foldable market, seeing off challenges from the likes of Motorola, HUAWEI, and Xiaomi. But that hasn’t stopped OPPO from stepping up to the plate to launch the Find N. Oppo’s new flagship is a Galaxy Z Fold rival, packing a smartphone-sized display on the outside and a tablet-sized foldable screen on the inside....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Owners of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 can get a discount on the Galaxy Note 8 August 11, 2025 It is clear thatSamsungwants to leave theGalaxy Note 7fiasco in the rear-view mirror – it’s not like the company loves to remember the defective batteries that led to the phone’s multiple recalls. At the same time, it seems as if Samsung wants former Galaxy Note 7 owners to have faith and pick up the newly-announcedGalaxy Note 8, which is likely why those owners will be given a potentially significant discount off the new phablet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Remember POGs? Well they’re back… in mobile form June 03, 2025 If you are old enough to rememberPOGs, congratulations: you are old, like me. For those of you who are too young to remember POGs, you missed out on one of the quickest and most ridiculous fads the world has ever known. At the height of POG popularity, kids were banned from bringing the milk cap toys to school, as they were too obstructive to learning....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rumor: Sony may be ending the Xperia Tablet series July 11, 2025 In a decision that is sure to upset many of the fans Sony has left,it has been reportedby a Sony store manager in Japan that the conglomerate may be ending the Xperia Tablet series. Dozens of websites – and even some stores – have now made mention of the story....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung confirms it will release its own smart speaker June 20, 2025 It’s not exactly a surprise, but today a Samsung executive confirmed that the company is indeed developing its own smart connected speaker, similar toGoogle Homeand theAmazon Echofamily of devices. Furthermore, we may not have to wait very long for that speaker to be officially revealed. In a chat withCNBCduring today’sGalaxy Note 8press event, DJ Koh, the president of Samsung’s mobile division, confirmed the development of the speaker, and added, “Maybe soon we will announce it....