Bill Gates recently admitted Microsoftthat’s 400 billion dollars failure of the mobile market. Android co-founder Rich miner reacted by attributing the loss of smartphone wars to Android largely to Gates’ own decisions.“I literally helped create Android to stop Microsoft from controlling the phone like they did the PC – stifling innovation. So it’s always funny…
While Google has already released two versions of Android 16 Developer Preview so far, Pixel users are waiting for the Android 16 Beta program to launch, especially since the first version of Android 16 Beta is supposed to be available this month . More Android 16 betas are expected to be released in February and…
I admit to being a little skeptical about tablets. Don’t get me wrong: Ever since I bought my first iPad in 2012, I’ve pretty much always had a tablet on hand. Whether it was buying an Nvidia Shield tablet in college or reviewing multiple Galaxy Tabs for Android Police, I’ve always appreciated a large, portable…
In recent years, I have happily subscribed to YouTube Music through YouTube Premium. Not only does this save me from ads on either platform, but Google has slowly turned YouTube Music into a pretty decent streaming service. There’s a lot to like about it. However, I haven’t used Spotify since we were thinking about the…
What you need to know An American law that came into force on January 19, 2025 bans TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. TikTok already displays messages to Android app users stating that the platform is no longer available. The message indicates that President-elect Trump may work with TikTok to restore service in the…
In summary, the results showed that the android Nikola could produce complex facial expressions of emotion. Seventeen emotion expressions were judged correct by at least one sample (German or Japanese), while thirteen emotion expressions were correctly identified by both samples, compared to the ratings of the incorrect expressions. Post-hoc analyzes further suggest that twelve of…
Tick tock for TikTok Anadolu via Getty Images So here we are: the long saga of TikTok bans is finally entering what could be its finish zone in just a few hours. America’s 170 million users will be wondering what happens next and what they can expect when they wake up Sunday morning. While we…
There are many smart TV platforms to choose from, like Apple tvOS and Samsung’s Tizen OS. But there is one smart TV platform that is better than all the others: Google’s Android TV. 1 Extensive application ecosystem Android TV benefits from a vibrant app ecosystem thanks to Google. Google is the company behind the Android…
Nick Fernandez / Android Authority When Archero came out in 2019, it was definitely something new. Sure, roguelike games have been around for decades, but Archero has reinvented the genre like few games can. The tight gameplay loop and slow progression system completely hooked me, and it spawned a cottage industry of copycats in the…
I’m responsible for Android Police’s monthly and annual summaries of the best new games in the Play Store. This means that each month there is a unique selection of games on my phone, but most of them only remain available for the days or weeks I need to review them. However, some games have stuck…