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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: now available!) March of Empires: an immersive online multiplayer strategy title by Gameloft June 05, 2025 [aa_button text=“Download March of Empires from Google Play” url=“https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftGHHM” size=“medium” align=“center” nofollow=“0” color=“0” ] Original post (8/6):There are plenty of strategy war games to choose from in the Google Play Store, but I must accept most of them offer nothing unique. Those looking for a more immersive and complex experience will soon have a new major option....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Behind realme’s unstoppable smartphone cycle: Go big or go home July 17, 2025 realme was a tiny seed sown by OPPO which sprouted into a full-fledged smartphone powerhouse within one year of becoming independent. Conceptualised by former OPPO VP, Sky Li, realme was born to capture the online smartphone space in some of the most competitive and emerging markets in the world like India, China, Indonesia, and Singapore....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chrome v41 adds pull-to-refresh functionality, Beta v42 brings ‘site notifications’ Aug 20, 2025 Google is rolling out the latest versions of bothChromestable and Chrome Beta to the Play Store as we speak. Google Chrome is getting a nice update to version 41 that lets users pull down on a webpage to refresh, instead of clicking the overflow menu to complete the action....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Digging into Minecraft Earth’s new Adventures mode: Our hands-on impressions July 21, 2025 Minecraft Earthis steadily rolling toward an early access release on Android and iOS in October, bringing the building and resource collection of Minecraft into theAR space. At MineCon this weekend, developers announced a brand new part of the game: Minecraft Earth Adventures. Recently, I went out to Seattle to play the game, try this new game mode, and speak to developers about its impending rollout....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Every single 2021 movie scheduled from Warner Bros. will debut first on HBO Max July 20, 2025 Today, Warner Bros. Pictures Group announced thatit will drastically change the way it releases new films in 2021. The studio revealed that every single one of the movies it has so far on its 2021 calendar will see a debut on streaming serviceHBO Max....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google cuts 360-degree videos in half with YouTube’s new VR180 format August 25, 2025 For the past few years, there’s been a ton of hype about viewing video content in virtual reality headsets. However, many content creators, and indeed some VR headset owners, are still getting used to making and watching full 360-degree clips that are made specifically for those devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is dabbling in Chromebook hardware with the OP1 SoC June 12, 2025 We quite likedSamsung’s Chromebook Plus and Prowhen we wenthands-onwith them a couple of weeks ago. One of the most interesting aspects of the new Chromebook range is the processing options between the Plus and Pro models, which feature different ARM and Intel processors respectively. The former hands in a solid performance, despite ARM’s more energy efficient and less powerful CPU architecture when compared with Intel’s Core M3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google just made Bluetooth pairing easier with Fast Pair June 25, 2025 A new update is going to make pairing (some) Bluetooth devices much easier. Starting with Google Play Services 11.7 on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and higher, users will be able to take advantage of the new Fast Pair feature. Fast Pair makes the relatively easy process of pairing Bluetooth devices even easier by scanning for nearby Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) broadcasts and prompting you to pair with them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Photos now has manual backup August 24, 2025 In a new version ofGoogle Photosthat has started rolling out today, you can now manually back up specific photos. To get in on this photo-saving action, just choose the photos you want, then tap the three-dots menus and choose “Back up now.” Now also seems like a good time to remind you that you may actually search Photos using emoji now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Grammarly Keyboard for Android hits the Play Store June 29, 2025 Grammarly, the text and grammar correction tool that makes people everywhere look a little more competent, has just released a new Android keyboard. This comes after highly successful browser plug-ins and a recently launched iOS keyboard. Grammarly is a service that checks your typing as you go to lets you know abouttypstypos and grammatical errors....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on: Official Google Podcasts app now available in the Play Store August 19, 2025 Hot on the heels ofan accidental leak, the official Google Podcasts app has made its way to the Google Play Store. What sets Google Podcasts apart from other podcasts apps? Like almost all of Google’s other products, Podcasts will be powered by some AI smarts. I saywill bebecauseGoogle says it will roll outthe AI-driven features in the coming months....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here are 10 smartphone accessories no one should buy … ever August 03, 2025 There are lots of useful accessories that you’re able to buy for your smartphone, from rugged cases to screen protectors, headphones to Bluetooth speakers, and the list goes on. Of course, not every Android accessory is what you’d call amazing, and there are at least a few gizmos out there that are just plain pointless or targeted to such a super niche audience you start to wonder why they even exist....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC needs more than great hardware to make a comeback June 25, 2025 HTChas had a rough few years. Back in the days of theHTC One, the company’s hardware was class-leading. No other manufacturer had made a phone quite like the HTCOne, with a unibody aluminum design that looked just as great as it felt. The new Boomsound speakers blew away every hint of competition on the market, as no one had really seen dual speakers quite like this before....