Predicting the biggest smartphone trends in Asia for 2025
The Asian handset market is very interesting, with a significantly broader range of devices sold in the region than anywhere else. You have the usual Chinese contingent of Vivo, OPPO, OnePlus, Xiaomi, and Honor dominating sales, but Samsung and Google…
Google can’t be serious about the Pixel’s 10x zoom if it keeps it hidden
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Ever since the Pixel 7 series was announced back in 2022, there’s one button I’ve wanted the Google Camera app to have: a 10x zoom. This was the first time a Pixel phone had…
Wallpaper Wednesday: Android wallpapers 2024-12-25
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks…
The North American smartphone market could be headed for a depressing 2025
In many ways, 2024 was one of the best years for smartphones in a long time. While you could pick out several other innovations made in years prior, 2024 marked an important year where phones debuted more eye-friendly displays, finally…
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max: All about speedy AI
Samsung’s upcoming flagship The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is sure to be one of the fastest smartphones on the market when it debuts in 2025. It’ll have the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset at the core, which is the best Android…
OnePlus 13 vs. OnePlus 11: Time for an upgrade?
The latest and greatest The OnePlus 13 is the brand’s newest and best smartphone. It’s already available in China and will arrive globally soon, packing the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset in tow. Plus, it finally features a flat screen, a…
How to enable Identity Check on a Pixel
Google’s Pixel line of smartphones is being regularly updated with new features, and the December 2024 Pixel feature drop expanded the safety and security features of Pixel phones even further. Identity Check is a new beta feature that forces you…
How to enable and use Simple View on a Pixel phone
Whether you’re just searching for minimalism or if you depend on a streamlined user interface, there are many reasons you might want to turn on Simple View on a Google Pixel phone. It’s a new mode available as part of…
How to manage your profile in Google Messages
Google Messages has become a powerful messaging platform after adopting RCS or Rich Communication Services, allowing similar rich text funtionality when texting as WhatsApp or Telegram. This also requires you to sign in to Google Messages with your Gmail acccount,…
Samsung’s giving One UI 7 tools to filter notifications
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR The latest One UI 7 beta release has added a new “filter notifications” feature. This feature filters notifications that are less important to you and shows them as a group at the bottom of…