by dbadmin | Jun 16, 2025 | Android, Authority Insights, Google Gemini, News
A teardown of the Google app’s recent beta shows Gemini’s overlay UI may soon adopt Google’s brand colors. It replaces Gemini’s current two-tone colors with Google’s trademark red, blue, green, and yellow colors. The colors accent the mic button and highlight the chat...
by dbadmin | Jun 13, 2025 | Android, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority iOS 26 finally introduces the ability to easily set custom ringtones from audio files. Previously, creating iPhone ringtones required a complex process involving GarageBand or a Mac. This feature has been available on Android...
by dbadmin | Jun 13, 2025 | Android, Software lists
I’ve tested countless smartphones, and the excitement of opening the box and taking the stickers off a new device never gets old. I love holding the phone for the first time to see how it fits in my hand, and can’t wait to get past the pesky initial setup to test its...
by dbadmin | Jun 13, 2025 | Android, Apple iPhone, Features, Windows 11
Sending a file to a laptop should be simple in 2025, right? Apparently not for me, because my tech setup is split between Apple, Google, and Microsoft. It’s a frustrating multi-step process to do most things. Message my kids? Nope. Drop a file from my phone to my...
by dbadmin | Jun 13, 2025 | Android, Custom ROM, Features, Google Nexus, HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority After recently reminiscing about my favorite camera phones, it occurred to me that my fondest time writing about and playing around with smartphones all happened in a rather short period of time — the early 2010s. Of course,...
by dbadmin | Jun 12, 2025 | Android, Essential, News, Nothing
Nothing’s CEO, Carl Pei, took part in a video interview where he explained why he bought Essential in 2021. He said he bought the defunct company for its name, not its tech. Essential only produced one phone before closing down. Nothing is back in the news with the...
