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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Carmageddon now free in the Google Play Store, but… July 25, 2025 The classic splatter-tastic racer Carmageddon has just dropped its price tag in the Google Play Store from $1.99 to the low, low price of Free. However, this change hasn’t really thrilled a swath of gamers. Sure, it’s nice that you can now take your jaded psyche and blood lust on a stress-killing rumble without having to pay so much as a cup of coffee, but the reason that the developer has done this is because they’re looking for a new way to monetize the game....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Charge your phone and watch with the Wireless Charger Duo, available now June 10, 2025 At theSamsung Unpackedevent yesterday, Sammy spent a whole lot of time on launching theSamsung Galaxy Note 9. It also introduced us to theGalaxy Homesmart speaker and theSamsung Galaxy Watch. But Samsung didn’t put too much emphasis on its first wireless charger that can charge two devices at once: theSamsung Wireless Charger Duo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fallout Shelter gets a new quest system and improved combat in latest update June 08, 2025 Today Bethesda has announced a massive update (the biggest in history, in fact) forFallout Shelter. For those of you who haven’t played it, the game takes place in a Vault-Tec vault in Fallout’s iconic wasteland. Here you build up your vault while taking care of your dwellers and adventure through the wasteland....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FBI has hacked the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, calls off the case against Apple July 13, 2025 The FBI has “successfully accessed the data” stored on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone without the help of Apple. The revelation came in a three-sentence status report withdrawing their court-ordered demands for Apple’s assistance inrecovering the data.While this is good news for the court case, it poses the new question ofhowthe FBI managed to hack the iPhone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. FOX Sports and NextVR teaming up to bring live championship boxing to VR July 07, 2025 It’s no secret thatVRhas been growing in popularity as of late, and that’s made very clear by today’s news from FOX Sports.NextVR, a company that specializes in live VR broadcasting, and FOX Sports have just announced that they’re teaming up to bring live boxing matches to the virtual reality world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google builds more privacy and speech tech into Google Assistant July 17, 2025 Google Assistantis set to offer more privacy tools and improved speech tech. The news joins a range of small updates Google revealed for Assistant atCES 2020that make for a more refined personal, voice-guided helper. Privacy for plebes Google wants people to know that Google Assistant is not spying on them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google IO session confirms Android apps and Play Store are coming to Chrome August 17, 2025 Google IO 2016has proven to be full of goodies. We have been telling you all about them throughout the day, but sometimes there’s more to these events than meets the eye. Developers are learning the technicalities regarding the latest trends, so they may sometimes get an early glimpse at things that weren’t exactly announced in the keynote....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Now is in Chrome Canary, here’s how to enable it July 08, 2025 The first reports about Google Now coming to Chromeemerged almost a year ago, but now we finally have something concrete to play with: the intelligent assistant is now working on Chrome Canary. Canary is an alpha version of Chrome, a developer-oriented version of the browser that integrates new features before they are released to the stable version....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Project Skybender could bring super fast internet with the use of drones August 18, 2025 We tend to take the internet for granted around these parts of the planet, but access to the world wide web happens to be a bit of a privilege. According toInternet Live Stats, only about 40% of the world has an internet connection....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google teamed up with Intel for the Pixel Visual Core July 16, 2025 Google’s focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning has led it to a partnership with a somewhat surprising source: Intel. Inside thePixel 2 and Pixel 2 XLsits the Pixel Visual Core, a chip that is designed to compile HDR+ pictures up to 5x faster and consume 1/10th the power....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google won’t face Genius lawsuit over claims of copying song lyrics June 27, 2025 Genius has lost its bid to sue Google forallegedly scraping song lyrics. The Hollywood Reporterhas learned that New York federal judge Margo Brodie dismissed Genius’ claims against Google in a ruling on August 10. Brodie determined that Genius was overstepping its limits by launching copyright claims it didn’t have the authority to make....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google working on ‘mobile gaming with friends’ startup called Arcade August 11, 2025 After rumors about a secretGooglegaming project called Arcade surfaced this week, a Google spokesperson issued a statement on the matter. The company confirmed that Arcade exists and is “focused on mobile gaming with friends,” but declined to elaborate further. “It’s a very early experiment, so there aren’t many details to share right now,” the spokesperson said....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Pixel 4a 5G specs may be nearly as powerful as the Pixel 5 Jun 23, 2025 You might not have to spring for thePixel 5to get a speedy reference Android phone in 2020.WinFuture(viaXDA Developers) claims to have detailed specs for Google’sPixel 4a 5G, and you’ll reportedly get a processor just as quick as in the handset’s higher-end counterpart....