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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s the changelog for the Galaxy S8 Oreo update July 27, 2025 Samsung recently began rolling outAndroid Oreoto itsGalaxy S8 and S8 Plus. It’s currentlylanding in Europeand should be hitting North America in the coming weeks. If you’re interested in what it includes, Samsung has now posted the official changes on its website (viaAndroid Police). The patch notes relate to the Exynos model of the Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F); however, the Snapdragon variant (SM-G950U)—and both chipset models of the Galaxy S8 Plus—should house the same (or very similar) features....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 20 Lite specs and renders leak: A second HUAWEI P30 Lite? August 05, 2025 The HONOR 20 Lite, a rumored upcoming smartphone from HUAWEI sub-brand HONOR, has appeared online in some leaked renders. The images arrived viaWinFuture.de(h/tGSMArena) yesterday, giving us a firm indication of what the handset may look like, as well as a look at its specs. And it’s shaping up to be a lot like theHUAWEI P30 Lite....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 8 vs HONOR 7: First Impressions June 08, 2025 HUAWEI has found a niche for its HONOR phones by catering to a budget conscious audience that doesn’t want to compromise too much in the specs and features departments. These phones are only available online and as a result, their prices can remain low without having to make too many concessions to their budget nature....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How much screen-on time do you get in a day? [Poll of the Week] June 27, 2025 It’s hard to truly quantify how long a smartphone battery can last. A bug in the OS, a rogue app, or a variety of other factors can drastically affect how long your smartphone lasts from day to day. But if you want to figure out just how long your device’s battery lasts on a single charge, checking out yourscreen-on timeis usually a good metric to consider....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to enable gesture navigation controls in Android P Beta August 04, 2025 David Burke demonstratedthe newAndroid P Betagesture navigation controls on stage atGoogle I/O 2018. The new Beta version of the upcoming operating system is rolling out now to devices in the Pixel family as well as seven other phones. If you have the Beta on your device, gesture controls are not activated automatically....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI wants all-screen fingerprint to co-exist with in-display selfie cameras August 23, 2025 HUAWEI confirmed its work onall-screen fingerprint authenticationlast week, allowing the user to touch anywhere on the display to unlock the phone or specific apps. Now, the company has shared more information withAndroid Authorityregarding the technology and rough availability. All-screen fingerprint authentication requires numerous sensors underneath the display, complicating smartphone design in the process....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. iFixit wrangles with glass and glue in Galaxy Note 8 teardown June 17, 2025 Samsung Galaxy Note 8is less than a week away from release and considering the explosive demise (quite literally) of its previous incarnation, you have to give a lot of credit toSamsungfor boldly reigniting consumers’ passion for its flagship phablet with a new style to match its extensive feature list....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Incipio offGRID case brings microSD card support and extended battery to Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge July 07, 2025 The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are stunning smartphones. These handsets perform like champions, have one of the best cameras in the market and are armed to the teeth with the best specs. Additionally, they happen to be Samsung’s masterpieces, at least in terms of design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It looks like Google is about to make Android TV even messier July 26, 2025 We’ve known for a while now that Google is poised to dropa new streaming donglethat will help it better compete againstRokuandAmazon. However, now we have news (viaProtocol) that Google might be reformatting and even rebranding Android TV in tandem. On paper,Android TVis awesome: a fully-featured mobile operating system existing in your TV with access to thousands of applications via theGoogle Play Store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s official: The vivo Watch is launching later this month July 24, 2025 Thevivo Watchwill make its official debut next week, vivo confirmed in a Weibo post. In apostto the Chinese social network, the company revealed the date in a flyer and also teased a portion of the device itself. If you turn up the gamma on the dark image, the visible section of the vivo Watch includes two buttons jutting out from the watch’s seemingly circular body....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. John Legere promises 3 years of ‘same or better rate plans’ after Sprint merger July 07, 2025 Ina new open lettersent to Ajit Pai at the Federal Communications Commission,T-MobileCEO John Legere makes a few new promises surroundingthe proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger. In the letter, Legere calls out critics of the merger whom he says are “largely employed by Big Telco and Big Cable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Lenovo’s new Legion laptops pair 165Hz screens with NVIDIA RTX GPUs August 09, 2025 A few weeks after its newLegion gaming phonemade its debut, Lenovo is buffing its Legion gaming laptop line complete with upgraded Intel and NVIDIA hardware. All four models now pack 11th generation Intel Core H CPUs with NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series graphics cards. Lenovo sticks with simple design cues across the models, but there’s plenty of RGB to go around....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LIFX introduces its own filament bulb, smart switch, and more August 06, 2025 LIFX today announced all-new lighting products atCES 2020. We had the chance to check out the latest products, which we’ll highlight below. LIFX Filament White We’ve already seen filament-style bulbs from Philips Hue and others, but now LIFX is introducing its own Filament range. There will be smokey, amber, and clear glass versions of the bulb....