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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The European Union is mulling over banning memes (Update: Safe for now) July 15, 2025 Update 01-07-2025 at 4:10 P.M. EST:Today, the EU Parliament voted to reject (viaCNET) the copyright proposal described in the article below, which means your memes are safe on the internet…for now, anyway. The copyright proposal will be reexamined in September after policy makers edit and refine the document....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The first Android 12 beta is available for recent Pixel phones now! August 03, 2025 Today, during theGoogle I/O 2021keynote, the company took the wraps off the next iteration of Android 12. To be frank, it’s a wild re-imagining of the operating system that could prove to be quite polarizing. The good news is that, if you want to give it a shot, you can install the first Android 12 beta now on your Pixel phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The future of smartphone camera technology: Q&A with Samsung Semiconductor June 27, 2025 Samsung Semiconductor is one of the most important players in the mobile photography space right now, joining Sony and Omnivision as the three biggest image sensor suppliers in the smartphone industry. The company is currently riding the multi-camera wave while also upping the ante in a big way with 108MP sensors....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Google Material Design Awards 2019 are here, check out which apps won July 11, 2025 Each year, the Google Material Design Awards showcase four different apps that Google feels uses its design language in excellent ways. The company just announcedthe 2019 winners, and they are four relatively-unknown apps. As withyears past, Google categorizes each win by highlighting a specific aspect of the design and how it excels at that particular feature....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The LG G5 and its “magic slot” modules: some thoughts August 17, 2025 You may have heard the rumors regarding the LG G5 and its so-called magic slot. While not a lot is known about this slot, I am personally convinced (or at least strongly hoping) that the rumors are entirely accurate, and that these new removable “modules” will radically alter the fate of the G series, for better or worse....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: Google fails, Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus giveaway July 18, 2025 Thanks Hadlee, we feel the same way about Google this week. Google I/O weekis usually the best week of the year for Google and Android, but the original timing of thecancelled 2020 eventmarks another epic fail, and this one isn’t to blame on a virus, no, Google themselves are to blame....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Three new Motorola 2021 phones leak with one having an SD870 chipset July 17, 2025 Motorola has released a few phones already this year — including the well-receivedMotorola Moto G Stylus 5G— but everything has been very budget-oriented. However, it appears there could be some devices with better specs (and higher prices) on the way. Related:The best Motorola phones you can get in 2021...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TikTok US ban temporarily blocked by a federal judge July 28, 2025 TikTok users and creators in the US can rest easy for now. Theplanned banof the popular social networking mobile app in the US ordered by the Trump administration has now been blocked by a federal judge, at least for the time being. Originally, the TikTok ban was supposed to go into full effect at midnight Eastern time on Sunday under orders from the Commerce Department....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Unlocked ASUS Padfone now available in the US, goes for $860 with included Padfone Station July 05, 2025 The ASUS Padfone smartphone/tablet/netbook hybrid really caused a stir back at the MWC,where it was officially unveiled, and ever since February we’ve been asking ourselvesif ASUS’ innovative creation could really shake things up around the market. Just 24 hours after finding out thatASUS is negotiating with several US carriersto bring a subsidized Padfone to the land of the free and home of the brave, we’re excited to let you know that the gadget is already up for sale in the United States....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What’s better: PUBG or Fortnite? (Poll of the Week) July 25, 2025 Last week’s poll summary:Last week, weaskedwhat your preferred virtual assistant voice is — female, male, or gender neutral. Roughly 60 percent of all voters saidthey prefer female voice assistants, and about 30 percent didn’t have a preference. Gender neutral and male voice assistants are among the least preferred, with both only garnering about 6-9 percent of the votes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why are phones still shipping with terrible wired charging speeds? July 14, 2025 Some phones charge fast, others charge slowly. This can be an irritating reality of the modern smartphone world, particularly when handsets are increasingly packing in larger and larger battery capacities.Fast chargingand all-day battery life certainly seem doable, yet relatively few smartphones offer these capabilities and slow wired charging is still a problem with many modern devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 will slide into the United Kingdom (Update: now on sale) July 08, 2025 Update, Jun 13, 2025 (3:29 PM EST):The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is now on sale in the U.K. for the price of 449 pounds. You can read the original article below for more information on the Mi Mix 3 itself. Original article, July 02, 2025 (10:16 AM EST):TheXiaomi Mi Mix 3is one of 2018’s most exciting devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now search for reviews right in the Android Google Maps app June 23, 2025 For a lot of people,Yelpis the go-to site when searching for reviews of restaurants, local attractions, and service providers. ButGooglehas its own robust reviews archive that is easily searchable within Google Search or evenGoogle Assistant. However, searching for reviews withinGoogle Mapsfor Android hasn’t been possible; you would be notified about leaving a review after visiting an establishment, but finding existing reviews was difficult....