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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Want stock Android Pie on your device? This developer has a solution July 12, 2025 Google’sProject Trebleframework for Android has made it easier for manufacturers to update their phones. In fact, devices with Project Treble should be able to run a generic system image (GSI) — essentially a stock Android ROM based onAOSP. Now, developer phhusson (h/t:XDA-Developers) has created a GSI based onAndroid Pie, capable of running on a variety of devices and chipsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Anxiety over smartphone battery life is a real thing July 11, 2025 Back in April, our own Tristan Rayner wrote an article about his revelation during his time in COVID-19 lockdown. He discovered that, while stuck at home, hisbattery life anxietyhas dropped dramatically, almost to the point of non-existence. “Battery life anxiety?” What’s that, you say?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Wear OS smartwatches can soon be used to control Whirlpool smart appliances August 01, 2025 If you own aWear OSsmartwatch and own one of Whirlpool’s smart kitchen and laundry appliances, you should soon get some nice extra features. As part of itsCES 2019announcements, Whirlpool revealed it will be adding Wear OS smartwatch support for its smart devices sometime later in 2019....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Yet another Pixel 4 XL hands-on gives us a look at the new Google Assistant Jun 05, 2025 As with last year’s release of theGoogle Pixel 3andPixel 3 XL, it appears we’re going to know literally everything about theGoogle Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XLbefore the company has a chance to “reveal” it onOctober 15. Case in point, we have another Pixel 4 XL hands-on article fromNextRift, which this time focuses on software....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A beginner’s guide to video chat July 11, 2025 It finally happened: With a few quick swipes and taps, our mobile devices become conduits of live two-way video through which we can speak face-to-face with family members, significant others, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. Video chat is no longer science fiction and can be part of our daily communications. However, it seems that only a relative few are actually using this game-changing technology,...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android P Wear OS DP2 available now, rolls back controversial change June 10, 2025 At the end of March,Googlereleased thedeveloper preview of Android P in Wear OS. Now, less than two months later,the company releasedthe second Android P Wear OS developer preview – and it rolls back a controversial change. The primary focus of the newest version ofWear OSis to improve battery life on wearables like smartwatches....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple loses key engineer behind its game-changing iPhone chips August 16, 2025 Apple’siOSdevices are among the world’s most powerful mobile gadgets, in large part due to the company’s chip design capabilities. But it looks like the firm may have lost one of the key people behind its silicon success. Gerard Williams III, Apple’s senior director of platform architecture, has left the company after nine years at the Cupertino colossus, a source toldCNET....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Build an augmented reality Android app with Google ARCore June 02, 2025 Augmented Reality (AR) is a huge buzzword, and a topic that’s really captured the imagination of mobile app developers. In AR applications, a live view of the physical, real world environment is augmented by virtual content, providing a more immersive user experience. Pokemon Go may be the first thing that springs to mind when you think about AR mobile apps, but there’s plenty of mobile applications that harness the power of AR technology....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Can the Pixel 4 reclaim the crown as the benchmark Android phone? August 12, 2025 Android enthusiasts stand by theirGoogle Pixelsas the best the ecosystem has to offer, much like Nexus fans did before them. Fast updates, bloat-free software, and a solid camera are everything you should ever want or need from a smartphone — or so many fans say....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chromecast app and website have been rebranded as Google Cast comes to more devices July 13, 2025 Google has made more than one attempt to get into your living room over the years, with the ill-fated Google TV platform coming first, followed later by its Chromecast media player. And then again with Android TV in 2014, a more feature-filled platform than Chromecast....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fake Apple apps hit the Google Play Store: iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand and iWork suite August 18, 2025 In case you were browsing the Google Play Store and found supposedly Apple-made mobile apps inside, apps that would be usually found in its own App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch use, then you should probably stay away from them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fitbit might be working on a super-cheap subscription plan (Updated) July 03, 2025 Update: August 25, 2025 (11:23 PM ET):Fitbit has emailedAndroid Authorityan official response regarding the survey it floated about a cheaper subscription plan. The company says it has no plans of announcing any changes to Fitbit Premium pricing at this point. You can read the full statement below:...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy A72 image leak points to headphone jack (Updated: Camera details) June 26, 2025 Update: August 19, 2025 (0:30 AM ET): Camera details of the Samsung Galaxy A72 have now also emerged, and they’re not what initial rumors suggested at all.Early reportshinted at a penta-camera array at the rear of the phone, but buyers will seemingly have to settle for four snappers....