LG LG G8 ThinQThe LG G8 ThinQ camera is pretty good, but nothing makes it special when compared to its competitors. The LG G8 ThinQ is geared to compete against the best flagships in the market, but in our full review we found it doesn’t do much to really stand out from the crowd. Can we expect the same from its camera? We know many of you don’t mind a phone being short of amazing so long as the camera can keep up.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority Some of the best deals are taking place at the higher end of Motorola’s smartphone lineup. You can save $600 on the Motorola Razr 5G — the company’s latest foldable smartphone. You can also grab the 2021 Motorola Edge for $599.99 ($100 off) or the 2020 Motorola Edge for $399.99 ($300 off). Looking for something a bit easier on the wallet? The excellent Moto G Power with 4GB of RAM is just $179.

TL;DR OnePlus has launched a new 40-inch Android TV in India. The latest model joins the existing 32-inch and 43-inch variants in the OnePlus Y series of televisions. It features a Full HD display, 93% screen-to-body ratio, 20W speakers, built-in Chromecast, and more. OnePlus’ Y series of affordable televisions has grown by one. The company today launched the OnePlus TV 40Y1 in India. The new TV joins the company’s existing 32-inch and 43-inch sets in the series.

Apple and Samsung are the two most popular smartphone brands in the world today. Unsurprisingly, it looks like both companies had a great 2019 in terms of sales. Tracking company Omdia revealed its list of the top ten best-selling smartphones of 2019 (h/t: MacRumors), and it looks like Samsung had a bumper year. However, it wasn’t the Galaxy S10 or Note 10 families that delivered the goods for the South Korean giant.

Starting from the brick-style cell phone of the late Eighties, the design of the mobile has progressed towards being smaller and more feature-rich. We saw the introduction of flip-phones, slider phones, and smaller candybar style devices. That is, until the smartphone burst onto the scene like a crazy man in a theater, which switched and reversed the trend rapidly: faster processors, larger batteries, more storage and high-res displays have changed the way we use our phones.

TL;DR The Samsung AR Emoji got a lot of press when the company announced the feature, but reactions have been lukewarm at best. AR Emoji aren’t as good as Apple’s Animoji due to a lack of camera sensors and Samsung’s thoughts on your attention span. Future AR Emoji programs will inevitably get better, but without better hardware they’ll never match Animoji, When Samsung revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S9 would feature animated Emoji characters, the world groaned.

Yes, there’s more to watch this weekend on streaming services than some Marvel superhero epic at the theaters. Here are some new streaming movies and shows you can catch this weekend. We have the long-awaited return of an adult fantasy series, a spin-off of a hit cable TV show, and lots more. The Witcher Season 2 (Netflix) Thanks in part to the current Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been a full two years since the first season of The Witcher debuted on Netflix.

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens.

You can now root your Google Wifi thanks to independent developers over at project GaleForce. The open source initiative is seeking to help users access a deeper level of customization on their Google router via its dedicated GitHub page. There, you can find the steps you need to compile a recovery image and flash it onto your Google Wifi, though doing so requires that you physically open up the router to gain access to its innards.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Digital currencies undoubtedly provide the fastest and cheapest way to transfer wealth over long distances, especially across international borders. However, some caveats steer most people away from using them — with volatility or price fluctuations often quoted as the critical deciding factor. Enter stablecoins. The term stablecoin refers to a distinct class of cryptocurrencies explicitly designed with price stability in mind. Unlike traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum, stablecoins are linked to an existing asset, like US dollars, euros, or even gold.