I’m tired of ‘free’ apps that are just trying to bully me into paying

by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2025 | Android apps, Features

I feel like 2025 has been the year of quitting apps for me. Some of this has been due to moving to more privacy-focused open-source or self-hosted apps, but a pervasive theme has been free apps simply getting worse as a way to try to push users to a paid tier. Many of...

Nearly two years out, is T-Life finally any good or is it still a mess?

by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2025 | Features, T-Mobile

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority In early 2024, T-Mobile introduced a major shift in strategy with the launch of T-Life, a unified app designed to consolidate all of T-Mobile’s services under one roof. In the nearly two years since its release, we’ve seen the...

Multi-day battery life is finally here — and Apple and Samsung missed the memo

by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2025 | Apple iPhone Air, Features, OnePlus 15, Oppo, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge

I can’t say I’m remotely surprised to see reports that the Apple iPhone Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge are struggling for sales. Nor that their successors might never even see the light of day. While the idea of a super lightweight, perfectly pocketable powerhouse...

The OnePlus 15 needs a cooler processor, not a bigger battery

by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2025 | Android 17, Android XR, Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, Features, OnePlus, OnePlus 15, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Ring

This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown discuss the newly released OnePlus 15, breaking down why its massive battery and performance can’t quite make up for its thermals and downgraded cameras. They also dive into a new privacy feature coming to Android 17 that...

Hear me out: OPPO doesn’t want OnePlus to succeed

by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2025 | Features, OnePlus 15, OPPO Find

The OnePlus 15 is finally official, and it seems like an impressive flagship Android phone at first glance. That’s largely due to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset (even though it’s rather hot), a gigantic 7,300mAh battery with fast wired/wireless charging, and a...

I downloaded the November Pixel Drop and all I got were Wicked theme packs

by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel 10, Google Pixel 9, Software Update

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For the past few years, Pixel Drops have felt a bit like Christmas morning for me. A fresh new update with a bunch of exciting features to try out, some I’ve been waiting for for years, others I didn’t know I needed but I now...