Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Shortly after moving into my first apartment, I received a package from home. Unfurling the brown paper within, I uncovered a simple, cream-colored coffee mug with the words “Call your mother.” My aversion to chatting ...
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority When a new smartphone launches, we often spend a lot of time talking about its internal hardware specs and what it can do that most other phones cannot. However, the first thing anyone ever ...
Andy Walker / Android Authority Google’s products form the cornerstone of my digital life. The idea of ditching Gmail and Google Maps, in particular, is unimaginable to me. While Google doesn’t rule my life, and I’ve found plenty of more ...
Robert Triggs / Android Authority Cloud AI might be impressive, but I yearn for the added security that only offline, local processing provides, especially in light of DeepSeek reporting user data back to China. Replacing CoPilot with DeepSeek on my laptop ...
Google used to be known for its generous free storage, but today, it’s pushing low-storage warnings way harder than necessary, and it’s clear why — it wants us to pay up. When Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, many people ...
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The best smartphone cameras have come a long way. Barring differences in the approach toward things like color science, it’s safe to say that there’s a level of homogeneity across flagships from any brand — ...
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Writing is part of me. I’ve been writing since I was 11 years old — nearly three decades at this point. I started with a pen and paper in the 1990s, then switched to ...
As the old saying goes, if something is free, you’re not the customer; you’re the product. It suggests that the only thing actually being sold is your data and engagement. True as that might be, paying with data or ads ...
As a reviewer at Android Authority, I usually get my hands on brand-new smartphones before many of my colleagues. When that happens, I do my best to help the team by asking if anyone has any questions, concerns, or things ...
Earlier this week, Google made a surprising move by sharing the source code for Pebble OS, the operating system that ran on one of the most beloved and cult-favorite smartwatches. Google had acquired this code when it bought Fitbit, which ...
