Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Last year, Google removed the Live Caption toggle from under the volume slider in Android. While the change primarily affected Pixel users, Google is now testing a reversal of the original design. With the latest Android Canary build, Google is restoring the same placement for the Live Caption toggle … Read more
Joe Maring / Android Authority Whether you have a Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 or the fancier Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, both of Samsung’s newest smartwatches are among the best you can buy today. Between ultra-comfortable designs, excellent displays, and a really impressive new watch band system, Samsung checked a lot of boxes with this year’s … Read more
Ryan Haines / Android Authority Have you seen Apple’s new iPhone 17 Pro design? Don’t you love it? After all, it’s the first thing you see when you open the phone’s product page to learn more about its latest flagship. There it is, in all its heat-forged aluminum glory — sorry, titanium, but your time … Read more
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google is working on a brand new Home app with Gemini integration. My colleague AssembleDebug was able to trigger that new interface and showed off the spiffy redesign with streamlined tabs that merge favorites and devices under a new Home tab, and push settings up to the account switcher. … Read more
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR OnePlus devices running Oxygen OS 12, 14, and 15 are affected by a serious SMS vulnerability that allows bad apps to secretly read messages. Devices on Oxygen OS 11 aren’t affected. OnePlus has acknowledged the flaw, but unfortunately, a fix will only roll out globally starting in October. If … Read more
Ryan Haines / Android Authority I might be that annoying friend — the one who always wants to fact-check something. I’m not usually trying to be obnoxious, I just want to make sure I’m getting the correct information, especially when things are so easily faked right now (sorry, it’s true). Honestly, I’ve always been this … Read more
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It’s fair to say that Google Home is in an awkward place right now — and it has been for a while. Google’s smart home ecosystem was on a hot streak for a few years, but between stagnant hardware releases and mounting complaints about bugs and glitches, it’s easy … Read more
TL;DR A YouTuber has reviewed the OnePlus 15’s gaming performance ahead of its official launch. The OnePlus 15 is confirmed to arrive with a 165Hz display and the recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The reviewer confirms that the increase to 165Hz refresh rate aids in gameplay, especially for FPS games. The review comes … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Mint Mobile’s unlimited annual plan’s 50% off promotion is a great way to save, but you’ll only have until the end of the month to get this offer. You’ll pay just $180 a year for service, which works out to $15 a month. The plan includes unlimited data, with … Read more
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is apparently preparing two AI-based connectivity toggles in One UI 8.5. Both of these toggles would automatically decide when your phone switches from mobile data to Wi-Fi. It seems like one toggle could let your phone automatically switch to mobile data based on places where you’ve manually … Read more