Survey shows this brand came closest to building an ideal smartphone in 2024

by dbadmin | Nov 20, 2024 | Apple, Google, Google Pixel, News, Polls, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, Survey Results

Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority We’re inching closer to the end of the year, and it’s almost time to evaluate the best smartphones of 2024. This year brought us some impressive devices, but also left us craving more. As my colleague Hadlee Simons puts it in...

Poll: Should Google merge Chrome OS and Android?

by dbadmin | Nov 19, 2024 | Android, Google Chrome OS, News, Polls, Survey

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority We just reported that Google plans to merge Chrome OS into Android in a bid to beat the iPad. This comes after previous confirmations from the company that Chrome OS would embrace more parts of Android. Do you think merging...

A lot of you are using really old phones, and we are equal parts surprised and happy

by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2024 | Apple, Google, News, Polls, Samsung

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen top Android flagships come with increasingly long promises of software support. Coupled with better durability, some progress towards repairability, and a general slowdown in...

Poll result: Galaxy S25 Exynos rumors have you very nervous

by dbadmin | Nov 13, 2024 | News, Polls, Qualcomm, Samsung, Samsung Exynos, Samsung Galaxy S25

When you’re a smartphone-making behemoth, there are few points of pride bigger than shipping phones that run your company’s very own chips. But far more than just demonstrating industrial accomplishments, having your own chips can offer a big impact to your firm’s...

Chrome may be everywhere, but it’s still a second-tier browser for most of you

by dbadmin | Nov 12, 2024 | Google Chrome, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For better or worse, Google has a stranglehold over much of our tech lives. The Chrome browser is so ubiquitous that you might expect most people to use it by default, but a poll we ran on the matter paints a different...

Poll: Would you buy the Pixel 10 if it had free unlimited photo backups?

by dbadmin | Nov 12, 2024 | Google, Google Photos, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 10, News, Polls, Survey

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Google Pixel 9 series launched back in August, and these are among the best Android phones you can buy right now. One thing these phones don’t have is free unlimited Google Photos backups, with 2020’s Pixel 5 being the...