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Samsung’s new foldables just broke a record that’s stood since 2019

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 series last month, and they’ll be available for pre-order until August 7. Preorders in Korea close today, though, and it turns out that these foldables helped Samsung break a long-standing record in

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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’s AI music video should be viewed with “understanding in mind”, says studio boss

At the end of July, the video (which was uploaded to the official Shift Up YouTube channel) shows Bloodrain’s protagonist EVIE singing an original song by the developer called ‘Wanna be in Love’. The video was immediately controversial, with disgruntled players immediately taking to social media to register their disappointment in the company and the

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Spotify users complain of severe app lag on Android, company acknowledges issue

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Reddit user hypothethical notes that on their Galaxy S21 FE, the Spotify app has taken longer and longer to load over the past month. The user complains that the app lags when searching for and selecting playlists and artists, and has even stopped

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Google Drive finally fixes the most tedious part of reviewing videos

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Giving feedback on a video shouldn’t feel like solving a puzzle. Yet if you’ve ever reviewed a video stored in Google Drive, you’ve probably found yourself typing something like, “At 1:42, the text needs to be bigger,” or “Around 3:15, can you remove

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Pixels could soon catch up to Galaxy phones with a new Voicecast feature

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google just launched the second Android 17 QPR2 beta, giving us a taste of things to come later this year. The company didn’t reveal any specific changes or fixes, but we’ve just discovered that Pixels could get an audio-sharing feature currently seen on

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Google Home’s latest fix solves a major headache for Tapo camera owners

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. For years, Google Home has promised to become the center of your smart home, but the experience hasn’t always matched that vision. While Google continues expanding support for third-party devices, one frustrating gap has lingered: many Tapo cameras could be added to the

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Google could soon let you assign tasks to Spark from a regular Gemini chat

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google is making it easier to use Gemini Spark on mobile. The company was recently spotted working on introducing Gemini Spark Skill management to the mobile app, and now it seems it’s also trying to make it simpler for users to start assigning

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Google widely rolling out support for Live Updates for stopwatch and timer

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The Google Clock app started getting support for Live Updates for stopwatches and timers last week. At that time, the server-side update hadn’t started rolling out widely, but that’s changing now as Google is flipping the switch for a wider rollout. With Google

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