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...

My Verizon auto-pay charge kept creeping earlier and earlier: Here’s how I fixed it

by dbadmin | Nov 5, 2025 | AT&T, Features, T-Mobile, Verizon

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority There are many reasons to consider turning on autopay for your cellular and other major bills. Not only is it a convenient way to ensure you’re never late on a bill, but sometimes this feature includes paperless discounts...

I saw Corning’s secret lab where smartphone glass is made (and tortured)

by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | Corning Gorilla Glass, Features

Take a look at your smartphone. The chances are incredibly high that the sheets of glass covering the front and back come from a company called Corning. You almost certainly know it by its more famous brand name: Gorilla Glass. Since the launch of the original iPhone...

I benchmarked my first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 phone and it (almost) lives up to the hype

by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | Authority Insights, Features, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Redmagic

The first flagship smartphones packed with the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset are already here. After an impressive showing in a reference phone, we can finally test how Qualcomm’s latest piece of flagship silicon stacks up in retail handsets and whether...

Two months after ditching Samsung, I have no regrets

by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel 10, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy

For more than six years, I’ve carried a Samsung phone. Starting with the Galaxy S10 Plus, I’ve since owned every Ultra model leading up to the S24 Ultra. One UI was my favorite flavor of Android, and the hardware was exceptional. But Samsung appears to be on a...

This leaked One UI 8.5 feature is my favorite so far, and here’s why it makes a huge difference

by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | Features, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Samsung’s One UI is unquestionably the most exhaustively themed custom Android skin. I say this because Samsung is the only manufacturer making Android devices that goes to the extent of remaking every menu and sub-menu, including even the highly ignored Digital...