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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New $90 Amazon Kindle has front light, pre-orders open now June 29, 2025 TheAmazon Kindleis, without a doubt. the best e-reader money can buy. However, to get a great experience with an Amazon Kindle you have to spend a good amount of cash — thenew Kindle Paperwhitewill set you back$130, and that’s the discounted price with special offers (without special offer ads appearing on the device, it will cost you$150)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Opera Max adds WiFi data compression and app blocking August 13, 2025 Operais well known for itseponymous browsers, but the Norwegian company also offers a useful data compression service calledOpera Max, which just received a big update. Opera Max combines the functionality of a virtual private network with data compression. Put simply, the service routes your Internet traffic through Opera’s servers, and serves you a compressed version, resulting in smaller data bills and faster loading times....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Phones the FBI secretly sold to criminals were hacked Pixels June 05, 2025 Last month, a story broke about a Federal Bureau of Investigation operation that resulted in hundreds of arrests. The FBI created a real company that sold ultra-secure Android smartphones to people for whom privacy is paramount — which mostly meant criminals. On these phones was an app called Anom, which was the star feature of the FBI’s “company....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pixel devices with Android 12 will get ‘Quick Tap’ to replace squeezy sides June 27, 2025 Ever since the first Android 12 developer preview rolled out, we’ve seen hints of a hidden feature codenamed “Columbus.” Through some hacking, you could get Columbus to work, but it wasn’t accessible for just anyone. With today’s rollout ofAndroid 12 beta 2, that all changes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Predatory loan apps still make it into the Play Store in some countries (Update) August 10, 2025 Update: July 12, 2025 (4:30 PM ET):A recent report byBloombergrevealed several predatory loan apps are still making their way into the Play Store despite Google’s previous commitments to ban such applications. Many of these apps offer users easy money advancements with interest charges exceeding 200%, yet they require users to pay back the loan in as little as one or two weeks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy M series vs the competition July 07, 2025 Samsungis undoubtedly one of the most recognized smartphone makers in the world, often synonymous with “Android” in emerging markets. While the company continues to rule the roost in the flagship segment, it has lost ground to the likes ofXiaomi,Realme,Honor, and other Chinese OEMs in theaffordable category in India. Samsung is hoping to get back a piece of the market share pie in this segment with the just unveiledSamsung Galaxy M series....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung plans to stalk Apple with so-called Tiger strategy June 17, 2025 2022 is the year of the water tiger, and it turns out thatSamsungis taking inspiration from the animal for a plan to fight Apple in the North American market. The Korea Heraldreports that 40 Samsung executives met in Las Vegas ahead of CES 2022 to discuss this year’s smartphone strategy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Schedule a delayed SMS message with Tasker - Android customization June 01, 2025 Are you having fun learning Scenes in Tasker as you follow along ourAndroid customizationseries? We sure are. Last week we created a littlemessage board that takes your picture, this week we’re taking greater control of our SMS text messaging, creating a delayed sending tool to schedule messages to send at a later time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint will cut the cost of the LG G6 in half with its monthly payment plan June 11, 2025 TheLG G6has been available for pre-order for just a few weeks, but one wireless carrier is already offering to cut the cost of this new flagship device by half.Sprintannounced today that when the G6 officially goes on sale on Friday, April 7, it will offer customers a way to get it for $14....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The HTCU12 Plus and U11 series will someday get Android Pie June 30, 2025 It’s been a week since Google officially unveiledAndroid Pieand announced that the update would be rolling out to itsPixel devices. While we’re still waiting for most smartphone manufacturers to share when the update will make it to their devices, HTChas confirmed that a handful of its phones will get Android Pie “in due course....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The next Google Pixel launch event is confirmed, here’s what you need to know! August 02, 2025 Today, Google sent out press invites for its newest launch event. The next Google hardware event will happen on June 07, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET. At this event, we expect Google to launch at least two new Pixel smartphones: theGoogle Pixel 4a 5Gand theGoogle Pixel 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. There will not be a OnePlus 8T Verizon model, but it’s not all bad news June 30, 2025 Earlier this year, OnePlus hit the big leagues when it launched the OnePlus 8 UW on the largest wireless carrier in the United States,Verizon. However, it doesn’t look like Big Red is interested in the latest model, as the carrier confirmed toAndroid Authoritythat there won’t be a OnePlus 8T Verizon variant....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. UScellular announces partnership with Walmart, will soon begin selling post-paid services and devices July 06, 2025 UScellular will soon be spreading their wings a bit. This news comes by way of a recently announced partnership withWalmartand means those shopping for UScellular services or devices will soon have quite a few additional retail locations to visit. More to the point, Walmart will soon begin selling UScellular post-paid services and devices at “more than” 460 locations across the country....