Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry to consider a mid-tier Android phone if the Priv is a success July 03, 2025 TheBlackBerry Priv, the company’s first Android smartphone, marked a new page in BlackBerry’s history and the handset could just be the start of a longer chapter. In a recent interview, BlackBerry CEO John Chen stated that the company will consider moving into the mid-range Android market as well, providing that the Priv is seen as a success....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Check out the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 5G from all angles August 24, 2025 Update, July 02, 2025 (2:30AM ET): Popular tipsterEvan Blasshas leaked a 360-degree GIF of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G. The image shows the phone in the so-called “Mystic Bronze” colorway which we also saw on aGalaxy Note 20 Ultrarecently leaked by Samsung itself....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Clamshell foldable phones are real, but you’ll need to wait a while for this one July 22, 2025 We already knowMotorolais working on aclamshell foldable phone, purportedly using the RAZR name. Now it looks likeSharpis keen to adopt this design as well, as it unveiled a prototype device today. The Japanese manufacturer offers a form factor that folds out to reveal one big screen, according to a video byOLED-info(seen above)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Data Binding in Android August 24, 2025 At Google I/O 2015, the new data binding support library was demonstrated, which can help developers perform all the above steps seamlessly using layouts (and properly defined classes and variables) only. For this tutorial, we are going to delve into some of the features of the data binding library, and show how much more efficient and easy it can make android app development....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Did India’s Paytm Share User Data With The Government? June 01, 2025 Paytm, India’s leading digital payments service, is in a soup after an investigative report allegedly shows a senior executive at Paytm claiming that the company had shared user data with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) last year. Founded in August 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma and nowvalued at $10 billion, Paytm is one of the beacons of India’s startup story and a leader in the country’s nascent fin-tech space....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Drupe app back on the Google Play Store following security vulnerability (Updated) June 04, 2025 Update (05/15/18):A Drupe representative reached out toAndroid Authorityfor comment on the story. Drupe’s official response is below: Drupe made it a point to reaffirm that all permissions requested by the app are needed for the app to run certain features. Every user has the ability to turn on and off permissions at any time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facepalm: Sony’s headphone jack dongle works on one phone, breaks quick charging August 12, 2025 AtMobile World Congress 2018,Sonyrevealed its new flagship devices, theXperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact. The design of the phones is a drastic departure from Sony’s previous designs (for better or worse). One of the design changes made is the removal of the headphone jack. Today,a dongle hit the Sony online storethat will make even the most ardent of Sony fanboys facepalm....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy announces the Gear S2, Gear S2 Classic and a new Galaxy A8 variant for Japan June 15, 2025 Galaxy has had a tough time in Japan. After facing severely diminished market share results at the hands of the iPhone andSony’s Xperia brand, the company –known as Samsung overseas– hastaken some drastic stepsin 2015 to try and rebuild its brand....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S5 receives Marshmallow in South Korea [UPDATE] August 10, 2025 As it goes with these updates, the rollout will happen periodically, so don’t lose your patience if you haven’t gotten a notifiction yet. Alternatively, you can go to the Settings and check for new updates manually. Be sure you are using a WiFi connection, though, because the software weighs in at 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google can now automatically delete your activity data every 3 months August 10, 2025 Today, Google announced it is rolling out a new privacy option when it comes to managing tracked activity data. In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to tellGoogleto automatically delete your data after a certain time period. Currently, you can go in and manually delete your activity data at any time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Chrome director: “Everyone is unsatisfied by URLs. They kind of suck.” June 05, 2025 Various members of the team behind the world’s most popular web browser,Google Chrome, spoke withWiredrecently about the future of the platform. In the interview, one thing is made abundantly clear: the URL as we know it has got to go. Chrome’s director of engineering, Parisa Tabriz, put it very bluntly: “Everyone is unsatisfied by URLs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Chromecast Ultra with remote might finally be coming soon June 13, 2025 It looks like Google is finally going to giveChromecast Ultrausers the thing they’ve always wanted: a remote. A new Chromecast Ultra has appeared on the Taiwanese certification agency NCC (h/tMySmartPrice). In the certification, Google details a device comprised of two components. There’s the Chromecast Ultra itself and a separate remote, which is the main featureChromecast users have been asking forsince the device first rose in popularity....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home Mini meets hockey puck: Is this the next Amazon Echo Dot? June 27, 2025 Two images have leaked purportedly showing the next generation of theAmazon Echo Dot. The snaps (below), revealed byNumeramaandFrAndroid(viaAFTVnews), suggest that Amazon has gone with a softer design for its upcoming speaker by rounding off its edges and adding aGoogle Home Mini-style fabric covering. Amazon has apparently codenamed the speaker “Donut....