Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Games is coming to Windows PCs in 2022 August 25, 2025 At the 2021 iteration of The Game Awards,Googlehad a surprising announcement. During a segment on mobile gaming, Google Play Games Product Director Greg Hartnell dropped the big news. Starting sometime in 2022, you’ll be able to play Android games on Windows PCs directly from Google. This will be possible because Google is bringing the Play Games platform to Windows through a standalone application....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hackers can control your smart speakers by shooting laser beams at them June 15, 2025 In a series ofbizarre experimentsconducted by researchers from the University of Michigan and Tokyo’s University of Electro-Communications, smart speakers fromGoogle,Amazon, Facebook, and Apple were hacked using laser beams. It might sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but all that was needed to remotely control smart speakers was less than $400 worth of equipment....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI P20 Pro review: The Galaxy S9 killer June 04, 2025 Huawei P20 Pro What we like What we don’t like Our scores April 2019 update:This review was originally published late in 2018. Since then the P30 Pro has arrived on scene, offering plenty of great updates to what was already an exceptional device. While the P20 Pro is still a great choice – especially if you get can it at a discount – be sure to check out ourreview of the latest P30 Pro!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. India’s latest budget phone brings 65W charging, 90Hz screen for under $240 July 31, 2025 realme launched the budget-focused Narzo family of phones earlier this year, and it’s now followed up with the Narzo 20 series. The family consists of three devices, namely the Narzo 20 Pro, Narzo 20, and Narzo 20A. So what makes each device stand out?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Is the HTC10 overpriced? June 16, 2025 Now that theHTC 10has beenofficially announced, we finally have a definite perspective on its specs and pricing. In ourPoll of the Week, we asked our readers what they would change about this newest flagship from HTC. The results of the poll showed that the biggest design feature that people weren’t thrilled about was the LCD screen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Health app is now on Play Store, even though OnePlus Band isn’t out July 22, 2025 We are certain a OnePlus fitness tracker is right around the corner, as the companyteased it pretty significantly. However, we still don’t know the device’s name or know for certain when it will launch. However, we now know the app that one will pair with the OnePlus Band (which is the assumed name of the tracker)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO R5 Review July 23, 2025 Oppoisn’t the most well-known outside of its home market, but things have been changing for the Chinese company over the last year or so. With some fantastic devices on offer that often come with some unique capabilities, OPPO has been pushing the boundaries in terms of design. One such device is theOPPO R5, which is, for now, the thinnest smartphone available, with an extraordinary thickness of just 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pebble software and services will be available at least until the end of 2017 June 25, 2025 Last week, we reported that the fitness wearable companyFitbit acquired Pebble.The news made Pebble users a bit nervous, as they suddenly found themselves in a state of uncertainty as to the fate of their devices. But fear not, my friends. According to the company’s recent blog post, Pebble’s software and services will still be available for at least another year — until the end of 2017....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Project Ara put together on stage, shown off as fully working August 18, 2025 Google’s ATAP session at this year’s Google I/O brought a few fantastic new technologies suchas capacitive textile, a micro radar, theProject Vault SD card, and much more. But it wasn’t all new projects being shown off, as Google’s ATAP team also demoed Project Ara, the world’s first modular smartphone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Promo images suggest HONOR 20 Pro could have pop-up camera July 25, 2025 Considering that theHONOR 20 and HONOR 20 Prowill launch in two weeks (we learned all aboutthe HONOR 20 Liteyesterday), we know very little about the upcoming mid-range flagships. We don’t even know what kind of camera system the Pro variant will have on the front. Originally, we saw leaks (viaGSM Arena) that suggested the HONOR 20 Pro would have a cutout selfie camera, akin to theSamsung Galaxy S10....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Google forging team in Shanghai with focus on phones and Google Home July 22, 2025 Google has strained relations with the Chinese government, who blocked access to its search engine there in 2010. There’s no doubt that the US company is missing out on a lot of money due to the restrictions on its services in the market — which extends to things like YouTube and the Google Play Store — given that it’s estimated to be home to more than a billion smartphone users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia 1 camera review: When three cameras aren’t enough August 18, 2025 Sony Xperia 1 What we like What we don’t like People buy flagship phones as much for the cameras as for any other feature. Nearly every premium device from the likes ofHuawei,LG, andSamsunghas stepped up the game to include not one or two, butthree cameras. The standard configuration for a modern flagship is now a high-quality primary lens, an optical telephoto lens, and a wide-angle lens....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Spotify and Apple Music need to recruit more indies to corner the market August 20, 2025 While on-demandmusic streaminggot off to a slow start — Spotify was founded in 2006 — it is now the default music option for many people. Monthly subscriptions are cheaper than buying dozens of albums, and even people who use… unconventional methods to get their music have to admit that an on-demand library is more convenient....