by dbadmin | Dec 8, 2025 | Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Authority Insights, News
Credit: AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing a NameDrop-style contact-sharing feature for Android. We can now show you the slick animation that will accompany the feature and appear when two Android phones are brought together. We still don’t...
by dbadmin | Dec 8, 2025 | News, Nothing, Nothing Phone 2, Nothing Phone 3, Nothing Phone 3a
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has reportedly paused the rollout of its Android 16-based Nothing OS 4.0 update after initially releasing it for multiple models. According to a Phone 3 user, Nothing support confirmed the update was pulled to...
by dbadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | Features, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon
Credit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Qualcomm has not one but two top-tier chipsets to pick from for 2026 flagship Android handsets. First, we had the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which packs the company’s most powerful CPU, GPU, and AI components into a cutting-edge...
by dbadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | Features, Plex
Plex used to be the de facto media server tool to set up your own Netflix alternative, whether on a network storage device or an old laptop lying around. It has one of the most compelling use cases — you simply save your movies and TV shows in a folder, map it to Plex...
by dbadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | Android 16, Google Pixel, Guides
We’ve all been there before. You’re scrolling through Instagram or Threads, an HDR picture/video pops up on your feed, and you’re instantly blinded by how bright it is. HDR content certainly has its place, but on our phones, it can sometimes be more of a nuisance than...
by dbadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel 11
Yeah, I said it — and I’ll stand by it. I know the dust hasn’t even settled on the end of 2025, nor have we named our editor’s choice picks for phone of the year, but I already know what the best phone of next year will be. It’s going to be the Google Pixel 11, and I...
by dbadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | Android, Features, Samsung
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority There are a lot of Android phone manufacturers out there. Counterpoint Research, for example, tracks more than 140 brands in its quarterly smartphone market-share reports. Yet despite all that choice, Samsung remains the...
by dbadmin | Dec 6, 2025 | Android 16, Features
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google’s second major quarterly release of Android 16 — known as Android 16 QPR2 — is finally here, bringing plenty of new features to Pixel owners, and eventually other brands as well. According to anecdotal reports from the...
by dbadmin | Dec 6, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, Features, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S26
This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown discuss the leaks suggesting the Samsung Galaxy S26 will get a big boost to wired and wireless charging speeds. They also break down Google’s new Android release schedule following the launch of Android 16 QPR2, and analyze...
by dbadmin | Dec 6, 2025 | Android, Features, Wallpapers
I have an app for almost everything I could ever need. Whether I’m craving pizza, need to calculate compound interest, find a tailor for a shirt alteration, or check the current Premier League scores, I can accomplish all of these tasks with an app of some...
