Android 16 is starting to take shape, but we can’t forget about Wear OS 6. This will power Wear OS smartwatches going forward. According to a new report, Google will fix a pretty annoying AOD feature when Wear OS 6 finally lands. Wear OS has one of the most useful features that a smartwatch can …
Using tap-to-pay for in-store transactions is all about making life easier. It’s much quicker to do so than using your credit card. Well, Google patched a Google Wallet issue that slowed things down. The company fixed the issue that required multiple authentications just to use Google Wallet. Recently, users started reporting an issue that made …
The smart glasses segment seems to be on the verge of a major boom. What is now a niche segment will welcome new entrants as large as Samsung and Apple, among others. Viture, one of the companies already offering this type of tech, is about to drop its next generation of XR glasses. The upcoming …
The company currently known as Meta has gone through several stages. After a very successful period in the social media segment, Mark Zuckerberg took a misstep by betting on metaverses—hence the firm’s current name. Thereafter, a fruitful investment in artificial intelligence helped them get back on track. Now, Meta’s next step could be to build …
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Call me a Luddite, but my eyes glaze over when a product claims it has an “AI-optimized” design. Whether it’s marketing oversaturation or a growing existential dread as AI threatens to take over both my career and my hobbies, the phrase goes into one ear and out the other …
I just wanted to send a file from my Android phone to my Windows 11 PC. It should have been easy, but I had de-Googled my life, and suddenly, I was stuck. Quick Share was gone. Google Drive wasn’t an option. Docs and Keep were also out of the picture. My new setup relied on …
The Google vs DOJ search antitrust case is coming to an end, the final day is behind us, as Judge Amit Mehta heard closing arguments on Friday. That trial is supposed to tackle Google’s Search monopoly. It ended last year, but the remedies part of it was conducted in the last month, approximately. The whole …
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority When it comes to buying the latest and greatest smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, and more, Americans have a pretty limited set of options for shopping in a physical retail store. Over the past 15 years, the number of stores focused exclusively on electronics has dwindled. Even Best Buy, …
Having fully embraced that I’m in the middle of a mid-life crisis that manifests explicitly as a need to buy excessive amounts of glowy RGB products for my desktop gaming setup, I’ve been quite excited to try Govee’s Gaming Pixel Light panels ever since they were revealed at CES 2025. I’m also a sucker for …
Many people will argue that the Google Pixel series is the pinnacle of Android smartphones. These devices offer the slickest implementation of the OS I’ve ever used, while including heaps of exclusive features. Google’s constantly adding to this list, further distancing the Pixel line from its contemporaries. But, to be completely frank, Pixels aren’t entirely …