I’ve been using some sort of Android phone for practically 15 years. As a technology journalist and enthusiast, I’ve seen the entire gamut of Symbian, Tizen, Android phones, and, yes, iPhones too. Along the way, I’ve also spent a fair amount of time with the best foldable phones on the market. I’ve even liked a…
TL;DR Super Smash Bros Melee has been unofficially ported to Windows. This comes just days after the game was fully decompiled, opening the door to fan ports. The developer also offers an Android port of the game, but it’s currently broken. Super Smash Bros Melee is one of the GameCube’s most popular games, and it…
TL;DR Google could be working to bring the Google Wallet app to iOS devices. Strings spotted in a couple of Google apps hint at iOS-specific features in the Wallet app. The app could offer contactless payments using the NFC chip on iPhones as well. Google Wallet has plenty of useful features: you can save loyalty…
While all eyes were on Apple last week, Motorola quietly (and accidentally) teased its next flagship Android phone this past Wednesday. The US Motorola website briefly displayed a pop-up for the “Signature 27,” offering a brief glimpse of the phone’s camera housing, accompanied by the tagline “A new perspective is coming.” The Signature 27 teaser…
TL;DR HONOR confirms the Magic 9 and Magic 9 Pro Max will debut Android’s first square selfie camera. The 55MP camera has a 1:1 capture area and 92-degree FoV, enabling horizontal or vertical shots without rotating the phone. The phones are also tipped to pack 8,000mAh and 8,800mAh batteries alongside ambitious 200MP rear cameras. When…
TL;DR A Gamers Nexus video raised privacy concerns about LG smart TVs, including voice recognition, Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), and data collection. LG denies that its TVs continuously record conversations, saying voice processing only starts when you activate it and that ACR uses audio fingerprinting rather than recording your screen or conversations. ACR can still…
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A Galaxy S25 FE user recently thought a recent One UI update was causing their phone to overheat. Digging deeper revealed a WhatsApp background service was malfunctioning. WhatsApp wasn’t at fault either, as the conflict arose from two different instances of Google Play Services. One of them…
If I had to compile a list of essential third-party Android apps, Shizuku would be near, if not at, the very top. It serves an often-overlooked but important purpose: providing other apps with access to otherwise inaccessible APIs, enabling them to perform powerful tasks. If you aren’t familiar with Shizuku’s game, it powers apps like Canta,…
Elizabeth Acevedo is the bestselling YA author of The Poet X, among many others. Her newest is Anger is Only a Shadow, out tomorrow from Quill Tree Books. Below, she recommends three of her favorite YA books about mental health. (Photo credit: Denzel Golatt.) I’ve been really interested in how YA novels consider the mental…
Shaun Tan is a bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artist of The Arrival, among many others. His newest graphic novel is Hometown, out tomorrow from Levine Querido Books. Below, he discusses 20 years of his career creating art about belonging. Twenty years have passed between creating The Arrival and Hometown, and, as in real life, some…