Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PSA: PIN protect your Amazon Echo to prevent unwanted purchases August 16, 2025 It might be time to set up a PIN code for yourAmazon Echofollowing a string of incidences regarding unwanted purchases. News broke yesterday of a six-year-old girl who used Alexa to order a doll’s house and 64 ounces of cookies, trailed by a news anchor — reporting on the story — inadvertently creating similar requests in other households....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PSA: “Until Next Alarm” feature missing for many users due to apparent bug August 04, 2025 A curious bug is afflicting users who relied on the “Until next alarm” feature of Android Marshmallow. Numerous users are reporting that the “Until next alarm” feature, normally a part of the Do Not Disturb mode on Android 6.0.1, has suddenly and mysteriously gone missing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pushbullet now supports end-to-end encryption for SMS, notification mirroring and more July 31, 2025 In a new update that’s rolling out today,Pushbulletis gaining support for end-to-end encryption for notification mirroring, SMS as well as universal copy and paste. Many users have been requesting these features for quite some time now, so it’s great to see the Pushbullet team finally bring some added security benefits to the service....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 review: A rugged tablet built for frontline work August 02, 2025 Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 What we like What we don’t like The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 was originally announced in fall 2020 and is the follow-up to 2017’s Galaxy Tab Active 2 — one of the most popular ruggedtablets for business. Building on the design ideology of the previous Tab Active devices, the Galaxy Tab Active 3 focuses on rugged portability and general productivity....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Santa Claus is coming to town: Google Tracker live June 14, 2025 You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why — okay, you know the rest by now. Today’s the big day, it’s Christmas Eve and Santa is already in route. For those looking to track Santa with their kids – or if you just really, really love Christmas –Google’s tracker is now live and ready to go!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile offers the fastest 5G in the US, but not always the best June 01, 2025 There’s no doubt that5G has come a long wayin the US, but how is it faring as summer gets started in earnest? Opensignal might have an idea. The network research firm hasdeterminednot just who has the fastest real-world 5G in the country, but who performs the best in given categories — and no, it’s not always the same carriers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Volvo Polestar 2, the first car with Android Automotive, is now official July 17, 2025 AtCES 2019, we got word thatVolvo’s first electric carwould also be the first vehicle with Google’s standalone version of Android Auto calledAndroid Automotive(or Android HMI). At last, the car manufacturer has officially unveiled thePolestar 2(viaThe Verge). The Polestar 2 is a sedan-crossover that is set to compete directly with the Tesla Model 3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These Lenovo Z5 Pro camera photos look outstanding, if only we could trust them June 25, 2025 The first of these relates to the naming convention. The phone was previously shown off with its bezel-less display as theLenovo Z5 Pro, but we don’t know what’s behind the switch. Lenovo doesn’t have an S series, so this would be the first device to wear the badge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon wants you to pay a whopping $650 for its 5G hotspot June 01, 2025 Update: August 03, 2025 (9:06 AM ET):Verizon has expanded its 5G network again, this time to parts of St. Paul, Minnesota. The carrier previously launched 5G in parts of St Paul’s sister city, Minneapolis. Verizon now has 5G support in portions of five U.S. cities, including Chicago, Denver, and Providence, Rhode Island....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is the LG dual screen case? Here’s everything you need to know June 17, 2025 The LG dual screen case gives you the ability to extend you smartphone experience across two screens. However, you can remove the phone from the case and use it solo if you want and the case doesn’t require a flexible, but fragile display experience....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You will soon see shopping catalogs on WhatsApp July 26, 2025 Facebook has been constantly pushing ecommerce features on its popular messaging platform WhatsApp. The latest in that endeavour is a new feature onWhatsApp Businesscalled catalogs. With WhatsApp catalogs, merchants on WhatsApp Business will be able to share inventories of their products with WhatsApp users. “We are making it easier to learn about the products and services businesses offer with the introduction of catalogs in the WhatsApp Business app,” WhatsApp wrote in ablogpost....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ZTE Axon 7 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 July 25, 2025 When we reviewed theSamsung Galaxy S7earlier this year, we dubbed it as being “possibly the best smartphone ever.” That mostly remains true today;Samsung’sownNote 7slightly eclipsed the S7, until itstarted exploding, forcing Samsung tokill off the product entirely. Also check out: Although we’ve continually found it difficult to recommend anything other than theGalaxy S7for buyers ready to pay top dollar, this year’s rise ofaffordableflagships like theZTE Axon 7has started to blur the line between mid-range and flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. $1,000 phones are an inevitable side effect of commoditization August 13, 2025 Top-tier smartphones have always been a reasonably expensive purchase, but the close to $1,000 price tag of the newSamsung Galaxy Note 8andiPhone refreshhas put many consumer heads (and wallets) into a spin. They’re ultra-expensive, no doubt, but some will argue that the sheer amount of cutting edge technology packed into these phones justifies the price hike....