by dbadmin | Apr 30, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Google, News, Polls
Android has taken on a lot of different looks in the 16+ years since its debut — some loved, some reviled. Lately, though, it’s felt like we haven’t been seeing a ton on focus on freshening up the system UI very much. But that could soon be about to change, with new...
by dbadmin | Apr 29, 2025 | Cloud, Google, Google Drive, Google One, Google Photos, News, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google offers 15GB of free cloud storage, which must be shared between Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, and other Google services. Otherwise, you’ll need to splash out for cloud storage via the company’s Google One...
by dbadmin | Apr 23, 2025 | Camera, News, Photography, Polls, smartphones, Survey Results
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to the periscope zoom camera....
by dbadmin | Apr 22, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 9, News, Polls
Owners of Pixel 9 family phones report stuttering and tearing video recorded from their cameras. The issues seem to manifest when recording while zoomed in. It’s possible a recent software update may be responsible Across the world of smartphones, the landscape is...
by dbadmin | Apr 15, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 8a, Google Pixel 9a, News, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google took a small risk with the Pixel 9a design. In an age when the next generation of an Android phone can often look like a carbon copy of its predecessor, there’s always something refreshing about seeing a significant...
by dbadmin | Apr 14, 2025 | News, Polls, Samsung, Samsung One UI
It’s been a long wait (arguably too long), but for owners of last year’s flagship Samsung Galaxy smartphones, the company’s latest big platform update, the Android 15-based One UI 7, is finally becoming available. After months and months of beta testing, Samsung got...
