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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to Use Custom Themes on Your Android Tablet August 25, 2025 Tired of your dull Honeycomb homescreen with the same black and shades of dark blue? There’s nothing better than to stand out from the rest of the crowd by personalizing your own brew of styling up your Android Honeycomb tablet. Since its initial release years ago, Android has been a huge fan favorite of many mobile manufacturers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HP announces the HP SlateBook x2, a competitor to the Transformer series August 08, 2025 HP has just announced its newest tablet in its recent Android foray, the HP SlateBook x2. The SlateBook joins theSlate 7in HP’s Android tablet ranks, however, the Slatebook isn’t quite the budget device the Slate 7 is. The SlateBook x2 is an obvious competitor to the ASUS Transformer series, with its detachable keyboard, and is similar to HP’s other Windows 8 “hybrids”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Watch 2 review July 20, 2025 Huawei Watch 2 What we like What we don’t like Our scores The originalHUAWEI Watchis one of the most popularAndroid Weardevices to date, and for good reason. While it may be a tad on the chunky side, users flocked to the HUAWEI Watch because of its classy design and solid performance. But things have changed quite a bit in the Android Wear landscape....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG talks numbers too, posts strong mobile profits for 2014 July 05, 2025 LGmay have only just missed out on the fifth place forshipments last quarter, but the company has still had a very profitable 2014, led by strong mobile growth. Operating profits for 2014 leapt to KRW 1.83 trillion (USD 1.73 billion) from KRW 1.25 trillion (USD 1.14 billion), an increase of 46 percent....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft Surface Duo unboxing: What do you get for $1,400? June 30, 2025 Microsoft’sSurface Duophone-tablet thingy just showed up on our doorstep. We’re pretty stoked to see the company’s new vision for a phone, years after it abandoned its own hardware and operating system. But almost equally interesting to Microsoft’s take on Android is the hardware, sporting two independent displays versus the bendable single-screened foldable devices we’ve become accustomed to seeing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Minecraft will likely get the Pokémon Go treatment, tune in May 17 July 23, 2025 It was only a matter of time beforeMinecraftjoined in on the fun of augmented reality as other mobile games have already, such asPokémon Go. Now, according toa new teaser trailerfrom Microsoft, it appears a Minecraft AR game is imminent. The video teaser, which you can see below, strongly hints that a Minecraft AR app or game will launch on May 17 atthe game’s official site....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New images show Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, and a glimpse of a familiar TouchWiz August 02, 2025 Samsung did a slightly better job keeping the Galaxy S6 under wraps, butjust like HTC, the Korean giant is now seeing its surprise ruined by revealing last-minute leaks. Yesterday, an XDA userbegan postingimages of what seems to be the Galaxy S6 – the device in the images features a metallic frame, a glass back, and the same camera and flash modules we’ve seen in numerous leaks so far....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Niantic’s follow up to Pokémon Go could incorporate audio cues June 01, 2025 Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last 15 months, you’re probably well acquainted withPokémon Goby now. TheAugmented Realitygame is one of thebiggest mobile titles everto grace the Play Store. Niantic, the company behind the game, is now dropping some hints at what its next title might look like....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Project Chirp to be called Google Home, reportedly set to debut at today’s I/O July 27, 2025 It has been rumored for quite some time now that Google would reveal a direct competitor to Amazon Echo at Google I/O this year. But today an anonymous source speaking toThe New York Timeshas confirmed that the code namedProject Chirpwill officially be called Google Home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sharp RoBoHoN: a cute humanoid robot smartphone you will want to buy July 16, 2025 Sharp’s newly announced RoBoHoN seems like a gadget coming straight out of those April Fool’s Day pranks. And so after giving myself a few slaps in the face and checking multiple calendars, I realized it was just October 6th and kept looking around for more signs of this being some kind of joke… only to find out there were none....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Galaxy S10 has an Instagram mode and Adobe Premiere Rush August 20, 2025 Samsung announced at itsUnpacked eventthat it is bringing an Instagram mode to theGalaxy S10. This partnership with the social network adds a new shooting mode to the handset’s camera app. When the Galaxy S10’s camera is launched, users will find the newInstagrammode alongside other options such as panoramic mode and slo-mo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Pixel 5 almost had Google’s Tensor processor, but what happened? August 24, 2025 The newGoogle Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Proare the first phones with the firm’s Tensor processor, marking a major departure from the years-long reliance on Android SoC kingpin Qualcomm. However, it turns out that Google originally wanted last year’sPixel 5to be equipped with a Tensor chipset instead....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why would Google make the Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 look so different? August 18, 2025 Leaks and renders are as much a part of the mobile tech industry as milk and cereals are a part of my breakfast every morning… which is to say, there’s probably something a little unhealthy about both. Fortunately, in the “leaks and renders” part of my world, I can understand that, while these things might be good guesses as to what’s going to happen, they are in factguesses....