Here’s your first look at the slick animation for Android’s NameDrop-style contact sharing feature

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...

Liquid Glass or Material 3 Expressive? Survey reveals landslide winner.

by dbadmin | Nov 18, 2025 | Apple, Apple iOS, Google, Material 3 Expressive, News

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Android and iOS have both received visual overhauls in 2025. Android 16’s QPR1 update brought the Material 3 Expressive style to Pixel phones, while iOS 26 offered the Liquid Glass aesthetic. Colleague Rita El-Khoury felt that...

Exclusive: Google’s take on NameDrop could be coming soon to Android, and here’s your first look

by dbadmin | Nov 14, 2025 | Apple, Apple iOS, Authority Insights, Google, Google Contacts, Google Phone app, Google Play Services, News

Credit: Apple TL;DR Google is developing an iOS’ NameDrop-like feature for Android, internally referred to as “Gesture Exchange” and “Contact Exchange.” The functionality uses a gesture and is likely driven by NFC to share contact information. Much like they can on...

Liquid Glass proves that Android app design is still an afterthought

by dbadmin | Nov 5, 2025 | Android apps, Apple, Apple iOS, Features, Google, Material 3 Expressive

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority As a full-time Android user who keeps an iPad Mini and an old iPhone 13 Pro Max on my desk to check out the supposedly greener grass, I am very happy with my digital allegiances. And when Apple rolled out its new Liquid Glass...

If you had to have one iOS feature on Android, what would it be?

by dbadmin | Oct 14, 2025 | Android, Apple iOS, News

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup.

The Android vs iPhone debate is exhausting, and we all need to move on

by dbadmin | Oct 8, 2025 | Android, Apple iOS, Features

I love a healthy disagreement — it’s kind of my day job. I get paid to sit down and write about my favorite and least favorite things in tech, and I know that not everyone will agree with what I have to say. It comes with the territory, as it were. Lately, though,...