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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (Nov. 17) June 01, 2025 Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday!In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful ofAndroid wallpapersyou can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here atAndroid Authorityas well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: HUAWEI users would consider ditching EMUI for Harmony OS June 28, 2025 Earlier this month,Huaweiunveiled the second iteration ofHarmony OS, its do-it-all operating system for use on future hardware. The company has also confirmed that the OS will be readied for use on smartphones too and that existing devices running Android-basedEMUI 11can be “upgraded” to Harmony OS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most of you activate developer options on your phones July 19, 2025 WhileAndroid phonesoffer plenty of settings that you can play around with to personalize your devices, some of you may want more control. For that, you can accessdeveloper optionson your phones by heading to the about phone section in the settings menu and repeatedly tapping the build number....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why is the Galaxy S6 Edge more successful than the Note Edge? June 23, 2025 The mystery at hand is clearly one of demand:Samsung’sGalaxy S6 Edgeis proving so popular that the company has just announceda third factory will be openedto manufacture the dual curved display that graces the premium product. Such news meshes well against the background ofa sales ratio favoring the Edgeover the standard S6 variant....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Here’s what you think of Sony’s smartphone strategy June 02, 2025 SonyandLG‘s smartphone divisions have both experienced sliding sales in the last few years, with LG eventually exiting the mobile business. Meanwhile, Sony tweaked its strategy andactually made a profitin the 2020 fiscal year. Our own Rob Triggs reckons that Sony and its new strategy ismaking him a believer again....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Addicted to your smartphone? Here’s something that might help July 13, 2025 Many of us will have experienced habitual smartphone usage; operating our devices, not in the service of a specific, legitimate need, but simply because it’s there. If you’ve found yourself using your smartphone in such a scenario, an Austrian designer known as Klemens Schillinger might have a product to help you break that habit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android devices will be used this year to modernize future census counts June 25, 2025 The United States Census Bureau isplanningfor the 2020 census by testing a number of digital tools that would allow for the next census to be done almost fully digitally. One idea is to start sending census forms on the Internet rather than through mail. Another idea is to start giving smartphones or tablets to census takers so that their counts can be automatically uploaded into the system when the form is filled out....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Oreo is finally available for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in the US June 02, 2025 After what felt like a millennium and a half,Android Oreois finally available for US models of theSamsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Unfortunately,Verizonappears to be the only carrier rolling it out for the time being. The update also introducesSamsung Experience 9.0, which comes as standard on theGalaxy S9 and S9 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T’s conflicting stance on net neutrality continues with call for Internet Bill of Rights July 23, 2025 When I openedThe Washington Postapp on my tablet, it seemed strange to seeAT&TCEO Randall Stephenson calling for net neutrality laws in anopen letter. It’s not thatnet neutralityis something we should ignore, but because AT&T says one thing and does another. In the open letter, Stephenson wants an “Internet Bill of Rights” that would enforce “neutrality, transparency, openness, non-discrimination and privacy protection” for American internet users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Check out Samsung’s next high-end Android flip phone August 17, 2025 Last year, Samsung took the wraps off theW2017 flip phone. It now looks like the company is gearing up to release its successor, as the device with the model number SM-G9298 has recently been certified by TENAA in China. The smartphone, likely to be called the Samsung W2018, looks quite similar to the W2017, with a few differences here and there....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. David Burke shows new Android P gesture controls at Google I/O 2018 July 18, 2025 David Burke, VP of Engineering at Google, took the stage atGoogle I/O 2018to demonstrate some new gesture control features that will come withAndroid P. We first heard about these rumored gesture controls back in April when we sawartist renderingsof a new navigation bar as well as aleaked Android P screenshotthat suggested gesture controls like we see on the iPhone X....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Epic Games reportedly made $3 billion in profit in 2018 thanks to Fortnite July 26, 2025 Fortniteis arguably the most popular video game of 2018, so you can’t be surprised to hear the developer has been coining it. But just how much money did the studio make this year? Well, a “source with knowledge of the business” toldTechCrunchthat Epic made $3 billion in profit in 2018....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First real-world LG V20 picture surfaces via @evleaks August 17, 2025 Earlier in the month we received our first exclusive look at someleaked rendersof the upcomingLG V20. Now Evan Blass, aka @evleaks, can offer us a shot of what appears to be the V20 in the wild – this time in black. The image above seems to match the renders rather well, although it is a little bit tricky because of the different angles....