Robert Triggs / Android Authority Ah, I hear you exclaim, 100W charging in a phone is hardly news — proprietary charging standards from China hit that benchmark years ago. But Xiaomi is doing something different this year. It supports this lickety-split power level over the universal USB Power Delivery PPS protocol. That’s the very same … Read more
Paul Jones / Android Authority The iPhone 17 Pro’s “scratchgate” controversy has yet again reminded us of the importance of using cases with phones. If you haven’t noticed, hordes of users have observed scuff marks on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max demo units across multiple retail stores, just hours after they were made available … Read more
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding a new “reduce blur effects” toggle to address readability issues caused by its new Material 3 Expressive design. This new accessibility setting, available in the 2509 Android Canary build, disables background blur system-wide to improve text visibility. It replaces a developer option, making it much easier … Read more
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps has updated its public transit navigation to allow full map access during trips. Users can now search, browse, and reroute without cancelling or restarting their current journey. Plus, new walking directions feature includes pedestrian incident reporting like crashes or slowdowns. Google Maps walking and transit guidance … Read more
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR PS2 emulator NetherSX2 has released update 2.1, providing a nice performance boost. The update also fixes regressions and visual bugs introduced in version 2.0. There are two versions with different strengths, so take care to download the correct version. The PS2 emulator NetherSX2 got a big update just a … Read more
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority As much as I dislike AI, it’s hard to disagree that it has its use cases. As a purely scientific tool, it’s a great way to sweep through troves of documents, research reports, news, and distill trends. While that makes it particularly useful for research, there’s one more sector that … Read more
TL;DR Pre-orders for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X are live now, with release set for October 16. The Ally packs a Ryzen Z2 A chip, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD, while the Ally X upgrades to a Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme, 24GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. ASUS claims up to 30% higher … Read more
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR For the past couple of weeks, YouTube TV users have been complaining about bad picture quality when using multiview. Numerous reports indicate that watching a single channel appears fine, but the quality severely degrades when watching two, three, or four channels at once. This is reportedly happening even with … Read more
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Clock app has gone missing from the Play Store for some smartwatch owners. The issue appears to be primarily affecting Galaxy Watches and OnePlus Watches. Sideloading the app works, but it’s not recognized by Google, so there’s no handshake between phone and watch. Google’s Clock app is … Read more
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android, which currently run slowly using inefficient CPU-based rendering. This will be achieved by implementing gfxstream, a technology that forwards graphics API calls to the host’s GPU for near-native performance. Evidence for this was found in a … Read more