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 | 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...
