Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge go on sale today: 15 things you should know August 03, 2025 Samsung’s big day is here. Following a weak 2014 and deep inroads from competitors, Samsung is poised for a better year, and it all starts with the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. Going on sale today in 20 countries, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are probably the hottest Android devices in a long while....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home can now better control your smart home appliances and adds scene support July 09, 2025 According to a support page,Google Homeis gaining some new functionality. Thesmart home devices support page of Google Homehas been updated detailing some new features that have yet to be announced publicly. These new features include more direct control over smart home devices and scene support....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google now serves up wait times at restaurants, adding grocery stores soon August 12, 2025 Planning an impromptu trip to nearby restaurant as a special treat, but also worried that you’ll have to wait hours for your food to arrive? Never fear, hungry reader, as Google has rustled up a new feature for Search that shows estimated wait times for food at nearly a million sit-down restaurants....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Translate and Drive Android apps updated July 11, 2025 Two important Google apps are in the process of receiving updates, with rollouts going out now to Google Drive and Google Translate. According toa Google Plus post from the development team, Drive gained a few features that were previously only available in the Web version of Google Docs. The biggest update is the addition of “find and replace”, but mobile users will also benefit from the ability to insert tables and use named styles....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s fall Wear OS update will speed up your smartwatch Jun 14, 2025 Google is still committed to supportingWear OS, and its next version will be focused on improving the basics. It’sreleasingan over-the-air update in the fall whose centerpiece is a significant boost to performance. Improvements to the CPU core should see apps load up to 20% faster — important for apps you want to quickly access on your wrist....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on with HUAWEI EMUI 11: Still working through the Google divorce July 16, 2025 HUAWEI has lifted the lid on EMUI 11 and we’ve been testing out the company’s latest Android iteration on theHUAWEI P40 Profor the past few days. With Google software still out of the picture due to theUS trade ban, EMUI 11 needs to fill in those missing gaps in HUAWEI’s ecosystem....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are Google’s April Fool’s Day gags: From Google Tulip to spoon bending in Gboard August 09, 2025 Google is well-known for joining in on the April Fool’s Day fun, with past gags including Google Maps for NES, Google Voice for Pets, and toilet-based internet connectivity. The company has made at least four announcements today to mark the occasion, and there’s no mistaking most of them for the real deal....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 9X to launch in India this month alongside Magic Watch 2, Magic Book June 29, 2025 Update: August 24, 2025 (5:30 PM ET):TheHONOR 9XandHONOR 9X Proinitially launched in China in the middle of 2019. Since then, the standard 9X has landedacross Europe, including Russia and the Netherlands. Now, HONOR fans in India will also be able to get their hands on the device as of January 14 (h/t:BGR India)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate 9 leaked in flat and curved-screen variants August 14, 2025 Evan Blass has leaked renders of two variants of the upcomingHUAWEI Mate 9: a flat-screened and dual curved screen version that looks an awful lot like theGalaxy Note 7. While the wrapping will come off the new phone/s on November 3 in Munich, these renders are apparently the real deal and Blass’ sources have confirmed that the previously leakedMate 9 specsare legit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Live Caption will be reserved for select, higher-end Android phones June 17, 2025 One of the highlights fromGoogle I/O 2019wasLive Caption, which provides real-time speech transcription. However,VentureBeatreported earlier today that the feature wouldn’t be as widespread as we thought. According to Android accessibility product manager Brian Kemler, Live Caption will not be available on allAndroid devices. Instead, Google is reserving Live Caption for “select, higher-end devices” due to the feature’s demand for “a lot of memory and space to run....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft goes toe-to-toe against IFTTT with a voice-command alternative July 27, 2025 For those not in the know,IFTTT(short for “IF This Then That”) is an online service that promises to let you “put the internet to work for you.” You can chain together conditions that let you manage social media, control your smart home without tedious interaction, or create a slew of possible interdependencies limited only by your creativity....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola RAZR foldable phone is still coming soon June 09, 2025 In the past week, we have seen a flood of upcomingfoldable phone announcementsfromSamsung,Huawei, and others. One of the biggest names in smartphones,Motorola, also has plans for such a device, and it may be coming sooner than you might think. Engadgetspoke to Motorola VP of Global Product Dan Dery atMWC 2019this week....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Note 4 and Note Edge running Android 5.0.1 shown in videos June 30, 2025 In a shocking moment of surprise, Samsung managed to push out a Lollipop update to the Galaxy S5just weeks after the OS build went live.This came as a dramatic shift from the past, wherein the updates were usually met with significant delays. Still, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge owners are no doubt ticked off their ticket to candy land hasn’t arrived yet....