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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Making sense of NVIDIA/Arm, TikTok/Oracle, plus more tech news you need to know August 08, 2025 1. NVIDIA buys Arm NVIDIA announced on Sunday eveningthat it would acquire Arm and its vast computing ecosystem for $40 billion in stock and cash, in a deal that will take 18-months to close. It’s being called the most important semiconductor acquisition ever, and the details from NVIDIA’s press release:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Messenger might move back to the Facebook app, where it belongs August 05, 2025 Since 2014, if you’ve wanted to use the functions of Facebook’s messaging features on your Android smartphone, you’ve had to download theMessenger app, which is totally separate from the regular Facebook app. While there are certainly benefits to this (using Messenger without downloading the Facebook app being one of them) it doesn’t make much sense overall....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto X Limited editions designed by Jonathan Adler now available for pre-order June 16, 2025 Those hoping for a bit more style for theMoto X Stylewill be pleased to know that the limited Moto X Pure Edition modelswith designs byJonathan Adler are now available for pre-order at Motorola’s website. As of this piece, the phones are all listed as back-ordered with a delivery date of December 15th....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 6T and other unreleased phones found in ARCore support list June 06, 2025 ARCore 1.5just hitAPKMirror, andAndroid Policealready gave the APK a teardown. Interestingly, the team found references to what appears to be several unreleased smartphones listed out in the code for ARCore in an area reserved for approved ARCore devices. While this is speculation at this point, it likely means that the unreleased devices already are approved to work withARCore, despite their status as unreleased (or even unannounced)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Oppo’s ColorOS 6 gets a fresh paint job, optimizations, and an app drawer August 24, 2025 Earlier today, OPPO announcedColorOS 6. Available on theOPPO F11 Pro, ColorOS 6 is the latest version of OPPO’scustom Android skin. Starting with the looks, ColorOS 6 opts for “border-less” symmetry that’s based on invisible lines and grids. That means stock apps now offer a proper full-screen experience with cleaner borders and other UI elements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Over 80% of teens don’t ‘Think Different’, prefer iPhone to Android July 28, 2025 Everyone remembers what it was like being a young teenager and being desperate to fit in with the in-crowd. Who hasn’t looked back at photos from their younger years and laughed at how silly they looked decked out in the fashion of the times? “That’s not really me,” you say to yourself, “I was just going through a phase....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm wants everyone to have a 5G phone, announces two new Snapdragon chips July 30, 2025 Qualcomm’s annual Tech Summit in Maui, Hawaii kicked off today with company President Cristiano Amon delivering the opening keynote. The takeaway theme this year, much like last year, is that Qualcomm is betting big on5GandAI. To that end, Qualcomm is announcing not one, but two 5G mobile chipsets this year, along with a whole host of other 5G talking points across various market segments....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S3 features a Wolfson audio chip, but not in North America June 10, 2025 For the last few weeks, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, starting fromthe unexpected North American launch delaysdue to “unexpected demand” to an isolated case of thedevice catching fire. This time, there’s finally some good news for Galaxy S3 owners....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung phones will get the iPhone 11’s cheesiest feature in new update June 04, 2025 Samsung’s recently announcedOne UI 2 beta programhas given us a glimpse into its future version ofAndroid 10. Because of this, we knowDigital Wellbeingwill supportFocus Modeon devices like theGalaxy Note 10, and we can expect more apps to supportdark mode. But Samsung will also deliver one feature we didn’t expect to see: Samsung’s version of theiPhone 11’s new Slofie (slow-motion selfie videos) functionality....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung unveils Galaxy A8 (2016) in South Korea, pre-orders start tomorrow June 22, 2025 We saw theleaked renders, and we saw theleaked manual. Well, the wait is now officially over as Samsung and South Korea’s SK Telecom have finally unveiled the Galaxy A8 (2016). As you see above, the 2016 edition of the Galaxy A8 is undeniably a Samsung device: from the rounded corners to the home button, the design hasn’t changed much since last year’s Galaxy A8....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung will soon release its cheapest 5G phone in the US (Update: Launched) June 15, 2025 Update, June 30, 2025 (5AM ET): The Samsung Galaxy A71 5G is now available in the US. We’ve updated the original article below with all the availability details. Original article, July 29, 2025 (9:20 AM ET):Samsung first announced its popularA-seriesphones in the US back in April....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Review August 14, 2025 Get the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact on Amazon It seems the companies have figured it out – smaller form factors aren’t a fringe product but are in very real demand. But “mini” versions of flagships tend to lose some of what make their bigger siblings appealing in the first place, unfortunately. Sony, though, appears ever aspirational in its quest for greater consumer loyalty and market share, and wanted to buck that trend with a “compact” offering that literally just shrinks down their best device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint customers can now buy Amazon Prime one month at a time August 02, 2025 Earlier today, US carrierSprintannounced that it will begin offering its customers a subscription toAmazon Primeas an optional extra on top of their phone bill. Rather than having to stump up costs for a whole year, Sprint customers will be able to purchase a subscription on a monthly basis....