by dbadmin | Jan 19, 2026 | Android apps, Authority Insights, Google, Google Play Store, News
TL;DR Last year, Google announced that developers would have to register even when users are only sideloading their apps. Eventually, Google backed down and offered to give advanced users an option for manual installs from unknown sources. Ahead of that rolling out,...
by dbadmin | Jan 16, 2026 | Android apps, Authority Insights, Google, Google Play Store, News
TL;DR Last year, Google announced that developers would have to register even when users are only sideloading their apps. Eventually Google backed down, and offered to give advanced users an option for manual installs from unknown sources. Ahead of that rolling out,...
by dbadmin | Jan 14, 2026 | Android apps, Duolingo, News
Credit: Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Duolingo is currently experiencing an outage. The company’s status page states that it is investigating the issue. Update: January 14, 2026 (4:32 PM ET): According to Duolingo’s status page, the service is back online, and...
by dbadmin | Jan 13, 2026 | Android apps, Fitness, fitness apps, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A new report has found that out of the top 16 fitness apps, Fitbit collects the most user data. However, Strava leads the pack in potentially exploiting the most data beyond app functionality. PUSH stood out as the least...
by dbadmin | Jan 13, 2026 | Android apps, News
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR An iOS app called “Are you Dead?” is going viral for its morbid name and brutally straightforward concept. The app presents a big green button, tapping which tells your emergency contacts that you’re alive. Failing to...
by dbadmin | Jan 10, 2026 | Android apps, Features
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority I always see the start of every year as a blank piece of paper — a chance to start fresh. And that’s exactly what I’ll be doing this year when it comes to the apps and services I use. I regularly use several of them, but it’s...
