The Weekly Authority: 📱 Snappier Snapdragon chip
⚡ Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 195th edition here, with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8...
The best smart locks in 2022
Smart home technology streamlines and enhances plenty of parts of life. One particularly impacted area is security, which benefits significantly from remote access, cloud storage, and encrypted authentication (AKA private...
How to unlock Fade in Apex Legends Mobile
Fade is the first mobile-exclusive Legend and is only available in Apex Legends Mobile. He’s a stealth-oriented character with some neat moves. Most of them help you get out of...
Google Pixel 6a unboxing video shows its fingerprint scanner might not be as slow as the Pixel 6
Tensor branding now prominently inside the Pixel 6a’s retail box Google announced the Pixel 6a at I/O 2022, but the device is only slated to go on sale in a...
5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week
Joe Hindy / Android AuthorityWelcome to the 433rd edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week: It turns out that most of our readers...
7 common Google Chromecast issues and how to fix them
Chromecasts are helpful little devices that allow us to quickly send content from our phones, laptops, or Chromebooks to your TV. Just tap a button and select where you want...
Which is faster and why
Robert Triggs / Android AuthorityWired and wireless charging power has hit new highs in 2022. Power approaching and even exceeding 100W is increasingly common among Chinese handset vendors. The Honor...
Android 11 is now the most popular version of the OS according to latest distribution numbers
Latest Android version adoptions seem to be speeding up each year From religiously updating its Android Platform Distribution chart on a monthly basis, to yearly, and then doing away with...
Is Google’s ecosystem push too much too fast?
Rita El Khoury / Android AuthorityGoogle flooded I/O 2022 with hardware announcements. While we were already expecting to see the Pixel 6a and the Pixel Watch, we were surprised by...
Google thinks it knows which speaker you’ll want to Cast to
How many smart speakers do you have at home? The ability to cast media from an Android phone feels like second nature but legalities get in the way of us...