Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Selfie focused Gionee S6s hits India for Rs. 17,999 August 11, 2025 Gioneeis back with a new smartphone for Indian consumers today, this time aimed at the selfie enthusiast. The new Gionee S6s comes with an 8 megapixel front facing camera for more detailed selfies, and also features some other improvements and specifications over the company’s slightly olderS6 handset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. SoundCloud adds stations, may have Spotify, Apple Music in sights August 02, 2025 SoundCloud has long been the bastion of obscure tunes and under-appreciated gems, but it’s always lacked the kind of discovery tools that make services likePandoraandGoogle Play Musicso addicting. SoundCloud has big plans for 2016 after closing licensing deals with both Universal and Warner Music. The company intends to launch a full-scale subscription-based music streaming service this year, perhaps to become competitive with the likes ofSpotifyandApple Music, and they’re kicking it all off with a new radio station feature....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sundar Pichai remains coy on Google hardware, talks about the cloud and YouTube June 24, 2025 In betweenintroducing augmented realityto Android devices, its$1.1 billion acquisitionof half of HTC’s overall research and development team, and launching a wide array of products,Googlehad a busy third quarter. During today’s earnings call, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed some of those accomplishments, as well as where the search giant goes from here....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Swiftkey Puppets brings AR-powered emoji to all Android users August 09, 2025 Gboardmay have stolen some of Swiftkey’s thunder in recent years, but the Microsoft-ownedkeyboard appis still one of the best solutions around. Now, the company has announced a major addition to its Android beta in the form of AR-powered emoji. The Swiftkey Puppets feature is similar toApple,Samsung, andXiaomi‘s AR emoji functions, as a virtual character mimics your expressions and movements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile throws in a free tablet (sort of) with LG G6 or V20 purchase July 24, 2025 Today is the official launch day for theLG G6, and many wireless carriers in the US areoffering special promotional dealsdesigned to make you want to buy the new 5.7-inch phone with its 18:9 display. One of them isT-Mobile, and today it launched an offer that will give buyers of both the G6 and the earlierLG V20phone a free tablet, sort of....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Temple Run: a quick review and what’s to come July 11, 2025 Almost every high-end Android smartphonereleased this year will feature a quad-core processor and with the announcement ofproject “Kai” by NVIDIA, it looks like in the tablet arena, this might be true for even low-cost devices. Along with the increasingly common availability of high-resolution HD displays and the advances in processor technology, gaming on a handheld device has become an incredibly popular activity....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The evolution of OnePlus software: From Cyanogen to Oxygen, and beyond June 13, 2025 Oxygen OS 11is quickly making its way to OnePlus’ smartphones after Google madeAndroid 11public. The OS offers the latest Android features combined with OnePlus’ in-house tweaks. However, the company hasn’t always had staunch control over the quality and speed of its smartphone software. In fact, OnePlus’ software started out closely tied to the ROM modding scene back in 2014....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad will mash up Clancy game franchises on Android August 15, 2025 Ubisoft is planning to launch a new game in its long-running Tom Clancy series of military-themed titles later this year, and this time it’s a mobile game for Android and iOS. Not only that, but the game will serve to bring a number of Clancy characters and franchises together in one title....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Twitter wants to be bought July 17, 2025 According to Reuters, who has a source close to the issue,Twitterhas been sniffing around the market looking for someone to buy them. Yes, this decade-old staple of the internet, one of the world’s largest social media platforms, is ready to come in out of the cold and warm itself by someone else’s hearth....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Under the Radar Apps: Swipe for Facebook June 08, 2025 I think it’s pretty well known in the Android world that the officialFacebookapp is less than perfect. Okay, I personally think it’s downright bad, but it works for some people. If you aren’t keen on navigating to the mobile site and are looking for something a little more rich in features than the official app, you should check out an app calledSwipe for Facebook....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Where to buy the Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL July 17, 2025 Google hasannouncedthe Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL atGoogle I/O 2019. As numerous rumors had suggested, the anticipated handsets pack almost all of the goodness of the regularPixel 3series smartphones for about half the price — we’re going to be talking about them for weeks to come....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Would you send your loved one a digital diamond? Aug 12, 2025 Although blockchain tech is most well known for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, some experts in the field say that cash exchange is only the tip of the iceberg. If cryptocurrency is email, then blockchain is the entire internet. If that’s the case, then we should expect to start seeing blockchain implementation in many different places....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Your next Qualcomm smartphone could be a tricorder August 06, 2025 Smartphones are perhaps the closest thing we’ve got to Star Trek tricorders, allowing users to gather information around their world via cameras, sensors, and more. ButQualcommand Germany company Trinamix are stepping things up in a big way, announcing plans to turn your phone into a molecular analyzer. Trinamix has revealed that it’s building a small infrared sensing module for Qualcomm-powered smartphones that will be used for “near-infrared spectroscopy” on the go....