Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 3 Lite prototype has 3.5mm jack, Snapdragon 670, plastic build July 14, 2025 Speculation abounded thatGooglewould release a third, cheaper variant of itsGoogle Pixel 3line, but no announcement was made at the October launch event. Now, however, we have images and specs of a prototype which appears to be theGoogle Pixel 3 Lite. The photos and specs of the mysterious prototype come from an anonymous source who shared the information withRozetked....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google to fix Pixel 4’s 90Hz display issue in the coming weeks (Updated) August 17, 2025 Update: August 05, 2025 at 3:12 p.m. ET:Google has heard us loud and clear. In an email toAndroid Authority, a Google spokesperson elaborated on the Pixel 4’s 90Hz refresh rate issue and what it will do to address it. In the coming weeks, the company will roll out a software update that will enable the 90Hz display mode to be activated in more brightness conditions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Larry Page has reportedly been secretly funding flying cars June 22, 2025 You probably haven’t heard of Zee.Aero. The small company quietly set up residence close toGoogleheadquarters in Mountain View and has done its best to avoid the eyes of the public. In fact, employees of the company are issued handy wallet-sized instructional cards that give them tips on how to evade questions from the news and public....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why you received those weird text messages yesterday (Update: statements) June 30, 2025 Update, June 12, 2025 (02:00 AM ET):Sprint and Syniverse, a third-party vendor responsible for yesterday’s weird text phenomenon, have given official statements toGizmodo. you may read them below: Sprint:“A maintenance update occurred to part of the messaging platforms of multiple carriers in the U.S., including Sprint, which caused some customers to have older text messages sent to their devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s your first look at Fitbit’s ‘most elegant’ fitness tracker July 24, 2025 Fitbit is reportedly planning to unveil a newfitness trackercalled the Fitbit Luxe. According toWinFuture,the company claims it’ll be the “most elegant” Fitbit to date. Images shared by the publication show the rumored Fitbit Luxe in black, white, and pink colorways. The OLED display of the fitness tracker is what seems most striking....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hidey Hole grabs wallpapers from Reddit for you that hide the Galaxy S10’s camera August 09, 2025 Since the launch of theGalaxy S10 series, users (including Samsung) have beencreating wallpapersthat hide the phone’s hole punch cameras. Now,Chainfire, a well-known Android developer, has released an app calledHidey Holethat aggregates these wallpapers for you (viaAndroid Police). As the developer states in the app’s Play Store listing, you could get all of these wallpapers yourself by just visitingReddit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How much does the Google Pixel cost to make? August 11, 2025 The newGoogle PixelandPixel XLcertainly don’t come cheap, easily costing as much as Apple’s iPhone 7 and Samsung’s Galaxy S7, and it seems that there’s plenty of profit to be made with these high end phones. The production cost of a 32GB Pixel XL is just $285.75, including $7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is the cost of phone privacy worth paying? August 23, 2025 When Apple and Google announced, around a year ago now, that they would start encrypting smartphones by default there was an angry reaction. It would be fair to say that not everyone in law enforcement and the legal establishment, not to mention the government, believes that the right to personal privacy should outweigh their ability to access information they deem necessary in the fight against crime and terrorism....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. January earnings for HTCare in, and they are not good July 01, 2025 It’s beena rough few years for HTC. In 2011, the company was the third most highly-valued smartphone manufacturer behind onlyAppleandSamsung. But increased competition anda string of low-selling deviceshave left the company gasping for air. Today, it doesn’t even broach the top ten list of global smartphone manufacturers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Korean researchers can prevent flash memory decay and lengthen battery life August 23, 2025 Wouldn’t it be great if our technology didn’t suffer from eventual slowdowns with age? Well, Hanyang University researchers have announced a new technology that could slow down the rate of decay, boost performance and increase smartphone battery life. The technology is named WALDIO, or Write Ahead Logging Direct IO....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG 360 VR headset and LG VR Cam prices listed at $199 each on B&H Photo June 01, 2025 It’s time to make some friends. LG Friends, that is. B&H Photo has just posted pre-orders for both the LG 360 Cam and theLG 360 VRheadset for $199 each. We knew life with Friends wouldn’t be cheap, but yeah, this is a little more expensive than we were hoping....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G6 vs Xperia XZ Premium vs HUAWEI P10 Plus June 04, 2025 MWC 2017has already given us a number of interesting announcements, but the biggest releases so far have been theHUAWEI P10 and P10 Plus, theLG G6, and theSony Xperia XZ Premium. Three high-end handsets brimming with flagship tech, so it’s time to stack them up against one another to see how they fair....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG will officially unveil AI-focused LG G7 ThinQ on May 2 June 10, 2025 After months of speculation, LG has finally given some official word about the LG G7 ThinQ. In a post on itsofficial Korea blog, the company confirmed that the phone will indeed be called the LG G7 ThinQ. It also said the phone will be unveiled in New York on May 2 and in Seoul on May 3....