Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Basic apps are using Play Store loophole to over-charge users August 12, 2025 You don’t have to pay to get basic apps such as calculators andQR code scannerson thePlay Store, but Google has pulled some basic apps for exploiting its trial period system. Sophosdiscovered over a dozen apps that provide very rudimentary functionality (h/t:ZDNet), such as QR code scanning, photo editing, and GIF creation....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Check out these cool sunglasses with built-in bone conducting headphones August 24, 2025 You may be asking yourself: how has no one put sunglasses and bone conducting headphones together already? Well, they actually have (remember theBuhel SoundGlasses?), but no one has yet madethebreakthrough pair of sunglasses with built-in bone conducting headphones the world needs. A company by the name of Zungle is trying to rectify that problem with their new Panther sunglasses, which also have interchangeable lenses the exact same size as Oakley Frogskins....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: LG V30S ThinQ gets another price cut, now down to $679.99 August 01, 2025 TheLG V30S ThinQwas already a strange device, but its price tag over time might be even stranger. Announced duringMWC 2018,LG’srefreshed 2017 flagship went from $930 to $730 when it launched in the U.S. two weeks ago. Now, retailer B&H Photo Video discounted the V30S ThinQ even further to $680....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DontKillMyApp.com ranks mobile brands that carelessly kill your background apps July 07, 2025 One of the most annoying things about today’s smartphones is the tendency for some brands to be overly aggressive when it comes to battery management. This usually takes the form of background apps being killed off, but who are the worst offenders? The team behindSleep As Androidhas published a new website calledDontKillMyApp....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Elf Smart Plug makes your home intelligent for cheap Jun 05, 2025 Looking to turn your living space into a smart home? We know it can be a huge pain trying to figure out how to do it. Do you get smart bulbs? Which platform do you go for? Phillips or LIFX? Wemo? Then you look at some of those prices and realize maybe you are just fine getting out of bed to flip that switch!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exynos 7420: Multitasking, multi-core and multiprocessing July 15, 2025 With 8 cores and the possibility to run 8 tasks in parallel, it is important to understand what level of parallelization is offered by this high performance CPU. Earlier this year I wrote two in-depth articles about the nature of multiprocessing on Android and specifically on ARM based CPUs. The first article debunked the myth thatAndroid apps only use one CPU core, while the second looked athow the Samsung Galaxy S6 uses its octa-core processor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Family Guy and Jam City announce new ‘hilariously raw’ match-3 game (Update: out now) July 06, 2025 Interested? Head to the Play Store link below for the download. Original post (3/23):Great news for all you Family Guy fans out there. Jam City has announced that it is working on a newgamecalled Family Guy: Another Freakin’ Mobile Game. Created in close partnership with the production team of the extremely successful animated sitcom, it features all the characters fans are used to seeing in the show....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FES Watch has an e-ink display and band, with 24 different design combinations August 25, 2025 Smartwatches: Samsung loves the idea so much it’s already released 6 devices (with a 7th possibly pending). Apple is gearing up for one. LG can make a pretty good one. Motorola has matriculated, and even ASUS has now jumped on-board. Yes, it’s safe to say that even if the market itself doesn’t really want a smartwatch yet, they’re being inundated with them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Future Pixels may see ‘reduced quality’ unlimited backups in Photos (Updated) July 18, 2025 Update: July 02, 2025 at 5:33 p.m. ET:A Google spokesperson reached out toAndroid Authorityto clarify that future Pixel phones will not, in fact, get a new “reduced quality” storage option in Google Photos. The full quote can be found below: Original article: August 24, 2025 at 5:14 a....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gimbal tech in a smartphone, Instagram Shops, and more tech news today June 14, 2025 1. Gimbals are built-in to flagships now? Here’s something: radical stabilization tech looks like it’s headed from concept to flagship product for brighter photos and smoother videos. So, it does seem like it’s coming to a real-world product, in the vivo X50 flagship,after videos were posted to Weibo, including this clip:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google reportedly working on a cheaper Pixel phone for “different markets” August 08, 2025 Despite launching three months ago, sales of theGoogle Pixel and Pixel XLhave continued toexceed the current supplies of the smartphone. Indeed, the Pixel XL is currentlyshown as “out of stock”on the Google Store site with no word on when new units will be available. So it’s not a shock to read internet rumors about the company developing an upcoming “new and improved’ Pixel 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google will delete your Android backups after 60 days of inactivity June 24, 2025 Android backups are something that no one really seems to be happy with. Countless threads onRedditand other forums routinely state that the a morepowerful backup systemis something people want to see in the next version of Android. Currently, phones withAndroid 6.0and above will backup things like Wi-Fi passwords, some app data, call history, device settings and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Sundar Pichai talks about the intrusiveness of smartphones and the possible solutions Aug 03, 2025 When asked if smartphones will eventually become socially unacceptable because of overuse, Sundar noted that people get a lot from their Android smartphones however they are probably more “interruptive” than they need to be, however ultimately it is the user who is in control, they use their phones how much they want to....