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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google announces big changes for Assistant at MWC 2018 June 28, 2025 Mobile World Congress 2018wrapped up its first official day today, andGooglewasted no time in making some major announcements forGoogle Assistant. Last week, we told you Assistantwould be available in over 30 languagesby the end of 2018, and seven of those new languages are now available. The addition of Hindi, Thai, Indonesian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch brings the current total number of supported languages to fifteen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Docs on mobile uses AI to suggest what to write July 21, 2025 Google Docsjust became much more useful if you’re on the move and don’t have much time to type — or visit web links, for that matter. Google isupdatingitsAndroidandiOSapps with two major new features highlighted by Smart Compose. Muchlike in Gmail, Docs will use AI to suggest the next words in a sentence based on the context....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Points rewards program is real and in Japan right now July 18, 2025 Earlier this month, we heard a rumor thatGooglewouldlaunch a rewards programfor Google Play Store purchases. Now we knowvia Google support pagesthat the program is live in Japan and is called Google Play Points. According to official Google documentation, Google Play Points allows you to “earn points for purchases in the Google Play Store, and when you try new apps and games....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands on with the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2! Jun 25, 2025 Xiaomicertainly took everyone by surprise with the launch of its nearly bezel-less smartphone last year, with theMi Mixproving to be a precursor to the dominant display and design trends in 2017. With its successor facing far more competition than the Mi Mix ever did, can Xiaomi manage to deliver once again in a segment that they jump started?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s another way OnePlus might hide the cameras on its phones August 16, 2025 OnePlus seems to be hard at work trying to conceal the cameras on its phones. We previously saw theOnePlus Concept Onepulling off its disappearing act usingelectrochromic glass. Now, a newOnePlus patentshows another phone capable of hiding its rear camera sensors. However, this one uses a different mechanism altogether....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to write an Android CPU benchmark tool (part 1) July 23, 2025 Of course it’s a bit more complicated than that though. Just like some people are better at maths and others are better at art, your smartphones and tablets can be better at some tasks than others (see Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, if you’re in the mood for a massive psychology tangent…)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leak: OPPO foldable phone could be revealed by the end of June June 26, 2025 Samsung has dominated the foldable phone landscape so far, thanks to devices like theGalaxy Z FlipandGalaxy Z Fold 2. We’ve also seen anew foldablefrom HUAWEI, and it looks like OPPO could soon be joining the party as well. According to frequent tipster Digital Chat Station onWeibo, OPPO is expected to debut its first foldable phone in Q2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG Minibeam Nano: a tiny, affordable projector for your smartphone Jun 19, 2025 A new wave of projectors has been hitting the market, targeting mobile users who want to take their large-scale media entertainment wherever they go. The most popular around here is probably theZTE Spro 2 (read our review for all the details), but competing manufacturers likeLenovoandAsusare not staying behind....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Edge 30 Pro could have stylus, but it won’t be a Galaxy S22 Ultra rival August 13, 2025 Earlier this week,Samsunglaunched theGalaxy S22 series. Included within is the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which appears to be the spiritual successor to the Galaxy Note line. The phone comes with an S Pen stylus that slots right into the device’s chassis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Moto G 2015 specs emerge in leaked promotional video Aug 08, 2025 Motorola’s Moto G (3rd Gen.)may be right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean everyone and their mother will stop posting photos of the new budget-friendly smartphone before its official unveiling. We’ve already gotten a good look atthe device in the wild, and we got to see alleged photos of the device’sMoto Maker customization options....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Samsung S Band fitness tracker spotted July 12, 2025 Back at the launch of the Galaxy S4, you may recall that Samsung announced a fitness device called theS Band, although the band never actually made it to market. New information has appeared online which indicates that Samsung will be reviving the product. The design has been updated with an all new appearance, and will make use of Samsung’s upcoming fitness features in the Galaxy S5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX review: Redefining GPU accelerated machine learning August 04, 2025 NVIDIA launched the Jetson Xavier NX embedded System-on-Module (SoM) at the end of last year. It is pin-compatible withthe Jetson NanoSoM and includes a CPU, a GPU, PMICs, DRAM, and flash storage. However, it was missing an important accessory, its own development kit. Since a SoM is an embedded board with just a row of connector pins, it is hard to use out-of-the-box....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 2 pricing details around the globe June 05, 2025 We finally known all the juicy details about theOnePlus 2, and it is offering quite a compelling hardware package for a sub $400 handset. The August 11threlease date isn’t too far away either and OnePlus has now provided a handy pricing chart to give us an idea of what the handset will cost around the world....