by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Apple Watch, Features, Google Wear OS, smartwatches, Wearables
When Apple drops a new health feature, the ripple effect is rarely subtle. The company’s latest announcement that hypertension notifications are coming to the Apple Watch lineup is one of those moments. For years, smartwatches have toyed with the promise of more...
by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Android Launchers, Software lists
If you’ve been using Android phones as long as me, it’s impossible that you haven’t dabbled in Nova Launcher at some point. In fact, I’d say that Nova Launcher has been the go-to app for Android customization for well over a decade. It earned that well-deserved status...
by dbadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Features, Gmail, Google, Google Gemini, Google One, YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium
I hate ads. But I love Google. What a conundrum. We live in an online world that largely runs on ads, and I think it’s important to have this option so that products can continue to be used for free by the majority of the world. In fact, the free website you’re...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Emulator, News, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch
Credit: Nick Fernandez / Android Authority Update, September 13, 2025 (12:10 PM ET): This article previously referred to Eden as the first Switch emulator on the Play Store, but the original Yuzu emulator was available on the Play Store shortly before it was shut down...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Apple iPhone 17, Features, Google, Samsung
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Every Apple event, be it WWDC or the new iPhone launch, brings me a set of confusing thoughts. There’s a lot of mockery over what Apple has decided to copy innovate and their random announcements that no one asked for (hello,...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Circle to Search, Features, Google
Credit: Paul Jones / Android Authority With the iPhone 17 finally getting some long overdue upgrades like a larger and high-refresh rate display, I’ve found myself toying with the idea of switching ecosystems over the past couple of days. It also doesn’t help that...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, News
This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown lament Google’s decision to close off Android. They also discuss how Google might be taking a page out of Apple’s book by adding native step tracking to Health Connect, and break down a trio of new features coming to the...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Authority Insights, Authority Insights Newsletter, Features
For the past decade, Google has consistently published an Android Security Bulletin every month, even if the company wasn’t ready to roll out a security update to its own Pixel devices. These bulletins detail the vulnerabilities that have been fixed in that month’s...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Chargers, Google, Google Pixel 10, Reviews, USB-C
If you just got a Google Pixel 10 Pro XL like me, odds are you already have a USB-C charger that will fill up the battery when it’s empty. Even an old, slow USB-C charger with no special features will do the trick, probably topping up at around 18W. That’s all you...
by dbadmin | Sep 13, 2025 | Features, Projectors, XGIMI
To set the stage, my artistic ability falls somewhere between a toddler with a crayon and the least helpful player on your Pictionary team. So when faced with the prospect of hand-painting a birthday banner, I was dubious, though still committed. Like any modern...
