by dbadmin | Dec 17, 2025 | News, Polls, Samsung Galaxy S26, Survey Results
Credit: Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority The Galaxy S26 series isn’t even official yet, but the mood around Samsung’s next flagship launch already feels unusually flat. New Galaxy S day used to be the standout event of the Android phone launch calendar. However,...
by dbadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 10, News, Polls
We’ve seen some unexpected battery behavior in the Pixel 10 series. Battery life is typically okay for us on Google’s latest, but depending on the workload, Pixel 10 phones sometimes offer shorter battery life than last year’s Pixel 9 series did. Stranger still, the...
by dbadmin | Dec 15, 2025 | News, Polls, Samsung One UI, Survey Results
One UI 8.5 (left) and iOS 26 Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung’s One UI has always proudly sported its own personality. It’s obviously Android, but it has also long looked and felt distinctly “Samsung,” even as other Android skins borrowed ideas from all...
by dbadmin | Dec 12, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 11, News, Polls
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority 2025 is just about winding down, and my colleague Ryan Haines had a hot take: The Pixel 11 is already the best phone of 2026. The new year hasn’t even begun, and the Pixel 11 is still over nine months away — yet, it has been...
by dbadmin | Dec 11, 2025 | Android XR, Polls
Consumer-grade extended reality (XR) powered by Android has been a pipe dream for over a decade. While Google Glass could be considered ahead of its time, Google Cardboard allowed users to experience virtual reality with scrappy hardware. And while it spent the time...
by dbadmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Android 16, Google, News, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Google is switching up its release cycle with Android 16. Instead of just one big update, we get another smaller update before the end of the year in the form of Android 16 QPR2. While Pixel users are used to QPR releases,...