Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can own a 24K gold-plated HTCOne M9 for about $2,466 July 24, 2025 Is the golden HTCOne M9 simply not snazzy enough for you? If that’s the case, you may want to take a look at the offerings from Goldgenie, a company that makes it its mission to cover your devices with precious metals and make them as luxurious as a jewel....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: You’d totally use Windows 11 with Android apps on your phone July 22, 2025 Windows 11has some rather strict system requirements, which means many PC owners could be left out in the lurch at first. But that hasn’t stopped tinkerers from porting Windows 11 to smartphones. A student ported the new Windows update to 2015’s Lumia 950 XL Windows Phone, while a group of hackers got it running on the Snapdragon 845-toting OnePlus 6T....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel Onetouch opens online store to sell devices in the US August 16, 2025 Alcatel Onetouchhas made a name for themselves in the European market, but have been pretty scarce in America so far. Though the company has sold devices to the US in the past, they haven’t really made a huge footprint in the States. That may change soon, as Alcatel Onetouch has just announced the launch of their new e-commerce store to sell unlocked devices to consumers in the US....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android pattern unlock method once again found to be easily exploited August 12, 2025 Researchers have found a new way to quickly break into smartphones which employ the pattern unlock method. By using a computer vision algorithm to trace a person’s finger on a phone display, the software can correctly identify a pattern usually within five attempts. Pattern unlocks consist of a grid of dots on a device’s lock screen which users connect in a unique way to gain access to the phone....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition review June 11, 2025 If you’ve played Baldur’s Gate before a lot of this won’t feel new to you. However, the last time you played it, you probably played it with a keyboard and mouse which allowed for a lot of action at once. In this version, you’ll be playing with touch controls and believe me the experience is vastly different....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best fashion and style apps for Android June 13, 2025 The Google Play Store hosts hundreds of thousands of apps for almost everything–from games, productivity, to fashion. You heard it right–your Android device can be used to help you stay up-to-date on the trends and fads in fashion. Besides owning the hottest Android device, we should also look as pleasing as possible to other people, because what we wear may portray who we really are....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Game of Thrones cinematographer has high praise for LG V30 camera July 12, 2025 We had a number of good things to say about the LG V30’s camera chops in ourhands-on review. Despite having limited time with the device, its photography and videography potential shone through — and we’re not the only ones who think so. David Franco, director of photography for Game of Thrones (it’s the show with the swords), partnered with LG to launch its new flagship phone, and recently shot a “day in the life” video entirely on the device....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G Flex 2 Review July 06, 2025 Flagship season is just around the corner, with less than a week to go for MWC 2015, but as is the nature of the Android smartphone market, we’ve seen some fantastic devices released already. While not the juggernaut for Android that MWC will be, a slew of impressive smartphones were launched at CES 2015, one of the most notable of which was from LG....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft allegedly halts development of Windows 10X (Update: Confirmed) August 24, 2025 Update, August 25, 2025 (02:05 PM ET):Today, Microsoft is rolling out the Windows 02 August 2025 update (viaXDA-Developers). In theannouncement, however, it clarified something unrelated to the vanilla version of Windows: the end of Windows 10X. This information is not unexpected as it was rumored earlier this month (see article below)....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft planning Xbox Live features for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch July 10, 2025 Xbox Live is one of the best console gaming networks out there, offering plenty of social tools and pioneering those ever-popular achievements. Now, it seems likeMicrosoftis gearing up to bring Xbox Live features to Android,iOS, andNintendo Switch. The news, spotted byWindows Central, comes via theGame Developers Conference(GDC) schedule....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More pictures and a video of the HTCOne X9 surface August 17, 2025 Ifyesterday’s leaked pictureshaven’t satisfied your thirst for juicyHTC One X9details, good news, even more pictures and a hands-on video have appeared online today. The folks atiMobileseem to have one in the flesh, so we now have all the hardware details too. Many of the specifications that were leaked the other day and spotted during the handset’strip through TENAAmatch up with the latest news....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nextbook presenting a new affordable Ares tablet at CES July 25, 2025 The Nextbook Ares Android tablet line will see a new arrival at CES 2016 this January. Nextbook has announced that the Ares 11A will be an 11.6” ‘2-in1 model’ that will feature a detachable keyboard. The device will run Lollipop out of the box and sports 2 gigs of RAM strapped to a quad-core Intel Atom x5-Z8300 processor....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nintendo’s mobile game Dragalia Lost is here for Android (Update: More countries) August 22, 2025 Update, June 07, 2025 (11:05 AM ET):Well, it took almost five months, but the Nintendo mobile game Dragalia Lost is finally available in more countries outside the United States, China, and Japan. According tothe official website for the gacha title, players in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore can now install the game from theGoogle Play Store....
