Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Translate update: convert text across all apps when running Marshmallow June 08, 2025 Have you noticed an update to the Google Translate app? You may have realized there is not much of a change. That is, unless you are running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, in which case you definitely have something new to look forward to. The Google Translate team has been hard at work bringing system-wide translation to our devices, adding the ability to decipher text across all applications....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why Galaxy Fold design is better than Mate X, according to Samsung executive June 21, 2025 Thefoldable phonewar kicked off in earnest last month, asSamsungrevealed itsGalaxy Folda few days before MWC 2019 andHuaweiunveiled itsMate Xat the trade show. The companies have opted for starkly different approaches, but which one is actually better? According to Samsung’s executive vice-president of R&D, Eui-suk Chung, the Galaxy Fold’s in-folding design has several key advantages over the Mate X’s out-folding form factor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC is teasing something “big” that will be revealed on Jan. 12 July 27, 2025 HTCmight not have the same clout it once did, but the company continues in its attempts to turn all that around. Today HTCbegan teasing its latest efforts to reinvigorate the brand by sending out teasers to media outlets that state that it will be revealing something “big” on Thursday, Jan....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One (M8) has fastest display touch response time, under 50ms June 24, 2025 Sitting in between the 5-inch display and the all metal curved casing of the newHTC One (M8)is a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of Ram – all contributing factors to HTC’s latest claim to fame, a record smashing 46ms display touch responsetime....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9+ and One E9+ land in the US via Amazon August 10, 2025 Although HTChas no plans to sells its increasingly wide range of One smartphones outside of Asia, third party Amazon retailers have taken the job upon themselves to bring theOne M9+andOne E9+to the shores of US. The two handsets caused a bit of a stir following their launch, as they were first HTCmodels equipped with a QHD (2560×1440) display, besting theOne M9flagship’s more standard 1080p resolution....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC will unveil its latest flagship on April 12th June 05, 2025 Recently HTChas really been ramping up the teasers associated with theHTC One M10, or what may formally end up being called the HTC10. Now the teasing has reached a new height, as HTChas finally unveiled the day it plans to launch its 2016 flagship – April 12th. The event kicks off at 8AM EST and, just like theA9before it, is an online only event....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI might ring in the Chinese New Year with two new colors for the Mate 20 Pro July 20, 2025 In China, theHUAWEI Mate 20 Procomes in five colors: Bright Black, Sapphire Blue, Cherry Pink, Emerald Green, and Aurora. According toDroidShout,Huaweiwill soon debut two new colors for its flagship: Fragrant Red and Comet Blue. Reportedly spotted on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, the Fragrant Red color doesn’t look to be a gradient....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Intel’s chip design could be used inside some smartphones in 2017 June 02, 2025 Could you buy a smartphone withIntelinside sometime later in 2017? Maybe, and sort of. While Intel itself is not currently making its own smartphone processor hardware, another company is using Intel’s Atom design to create an octa-core phone chip that is scheduled to become available in the second half of this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Kantar: Android still way ahead of iOS in most markets, big jump in China July 03, 2025 A new report released byKantar Worldpanelprovides us with a few interesting details regarding the global smartphone market, mainly on the topic of Android versus iOS. Let’s start in the US. In the three months ending January 2016,Androidaccounted for 56.4 percent of smartphone sales in the country, which is 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Mi Pad 4 revealed: new Xiaomi tablet with Snapdragon 660, face unlock July 23, 2025 It’s been along time coming, but the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 has finally been revealed by the Chinese brand, along with theRedmi 6 Pro. How does the new slate aim to bring people back into theAndroid tabletfold, though? The Mi Pad 4 packs an upper mid-range Snapdragon 660 chipset, so it should handle pretty much any task you throw at it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro get (presumably) their final Android 10 preview betas August 22, 2025 Android 10 beta 6landed about a month ago. Today,OnePlus is rolling outthe fifth OnePlus 7 andOnePlus 7 ProAndroid 10 developer preview, which is based on that sixth beta from Google. Although we’re not certain, it’s very likely that this will be the final developer preview release before we see a stable launch ofAndroid 10for the OnePlus 7 series....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Poll: Do you care about camera sensor size on smartphones? July 16, 2025 Sony on Tuesday joined the small group of OEMs offering smartphones with 1-inchcamera sensors. Bolstered by this sensor, the company talks up theXperia Pro-I‘s imaging credentials, its usefulness for vloggers, and its performance in low light. Although the hardware might be fresh, the marketing message is nothing we haven’t heard from smartphone companies before....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Portable origins - Where did all your smartphone’s features come from? June 26, 2025 Our smartphones are amazing. They can do thousands of things that we previously needed standalone hardware to accomplish. But where did each of these components get their start? Stick with us as we explore the origins of each of the most important components in your mobile device....