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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Android distribution numbers show Marshmallow running on .3% of devices August 12, 2025 Google has just released the latest Android distribution numbers for this past month, and we’re seeing a welcome addition to the chart this time around.Android 6.0 Marshmallowis now running on .3 percent of all active Android devices. Seeing as how it just began rolling out to Nexus handsetsa few weeks ago, these are some pretty impressive numbers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG revamps its mid-range with two “Specialist” handsets June 06, 2025 Ahead of its main announcement at this year’sMobile World Congress, the G5,LGhas announced two new mid-range smartphones that boast some of the company’s high-end technology. The new Specialist X Series is made up of the X cam and X screen, which reveals a little about the special features included with each of the handsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG V20 availability in the US August 07, 2025 LG’s latest flagship is device is well on the way, bringing with it an array of fullyvloggablecameras andAndroid 7.0 Nougatright out of the box. But what carriers will be providing theLG V20? After the device was announced, carriers and retailers began chiming in to give us a picture of what the LG V20’s availability will look like in the United States....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG “undecided” on whether to release the V20 in Europe or not June 06, 2025 This shouldn’t come as any big surprise though. The V10 was a niche product targeted at a very short list of key regions, including the U.S. and Asia, where large-screened phones are popular. As you probably remember, whenSamsung decided against bringing the Galaxy Note 5 to Europethe reason boiled down to “Europeans don’t like large phones”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moborobo: Easy and complete desktop phone manager suite for your Android August 22, 2025 Android smartphones have their own management tools that sync your data from your phone to the computer. These tools can be used to organized your contacts, create backups, and manage files easily from the comforts of your PC. Stock management tools, such as Samsung KIES and HTCSync, for example, allow you to manage your Android phones from your computer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Opera enables Sony and TCL to develop TVs with Blink-based HTML5 rendering engine August 18, 2025 Opera Software has been working with Sony and TCL to enable them to incorporate the industry’s first Blink-based TV rendering engine in their latest Smart TVs and entertainment devices. By using the Opera Devices SDK (Software Development Kit) these SmartTV makers have been able to add the Blink-based TV rendering engine to their Android L based TVs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Raycon earbuds are everywhere, but are they any good? June 21, 2025 While we want to trust our favorite social media presences, they’re not always the best at distinguishing a good audio product from a bad one. At a glance, the Raycon E25 are innocuous enough, but if you want the best bang-for-your-buck, these ‘buds aren’t it. Here are a few reasons you should avoid Raycon’s true wireless earbuds, and instead get a quality pair of budget earphones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: LG and Qualcomm already working on Snapdragon 845 for LG G7 June 19, 2025 Qualcommhas reportedly begun working withLGon the next generation Snapdragon 845 smartphone chip. The news arrives viaThe Investor(sourcing English-language Korean News siteAju Business Daily, without providing a direct link) who claims that the chipset would be housed in the LG G7. Work on the new chip is believed to have started earlier this month and it’s said to be based on 7-nanometer technology, providing an anticipated 30 percent more power than the Snapdragon 835 — Qualcomm’s most recent high-end processor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung discontinues My Knox, urges users to switch to Secure Folder August 01, 2025 Samsung is discontinuing My Knox in favor of the newerSecure Folderapp. In an email sent to users, the company announced that My Knox will no longer be available on new Samsung devices this year. You can still use it until its end-of-service date, which will be announced soon....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung may be planning to replace its head of mobile division July 09, 2025 Samsung makes many mobile machines. Within the time it takes someone to repeat that phrase ten times fast, chances are the Korean company will have either announced or released a new product. Having been the top dog for so many years now, Samsung is facing increased competition from OEMs around the world, something quite visible with last quarter’s tumultuousfinancial turnout....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint cancels its “Galaxy Forever” upgrade deal for the Galaxy S7 Edge July 11, 2025 RememberSprint‘s cool “Galaxy Forever” lease promotion? The one where you buy a new Samsung phone and can thenupgrade it after a year of repaymentswith no upgrade fees? Well, if you do, remembering it is all you’re going to be doing. According toFierce Wireless, who confirmed the change with multiple Sprint stores, Sprint has now cancelled the program for theGalaxy S7 Edge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The NSA and GCHQ hacked a SIM card maker to steal your data June 06, 2025 In a new report fromThe Intercept, the NSA and GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) hacked into Dutch SIM card manufacturer Gemalto’s computers back in April 2010. The two government agencies, along with the Mobile Handset Exploitation Team (MHET), stole an immeasurable amount of encryption keys from the SIM card company, which allows them to intercept otherwise locked-down data from users including voice, text and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is cache memory - Gary explains July 24, 2025 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers have a problem, a big problem in fact, Random Access Memory (RAM) is slow, too slow, it just can’t keep up. So they came up with a workaround and it is called cache memory. If you want to know all about cache memory then read on!...