TL;DR After three years, the Galaxy S6 and its curved sibling will no longer receive major OS updates or monthly security patches. The Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Galaxy S6 Active are expected to follow suit.Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus: Best deals and where to buy (Updated) News To this day, the Galaxy S6 Edge remains one of my favorite devices: it felt revolutionary at the time in various ways.

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority TL;DR Android 12’s color theming system will soon be available on more phones. Google has announced that the feature is coming to OnePlus, Samsung, Xiaomi, and more phones. Google is all set to expand the availability of its dynamic color theming system. The same debuted with Android 12 on the Pixel 6 phones and is one of the core features of Google’s Material You design.

Google Pixel XLThe Pixel and Pixel XL represent a new approach to hardware for Google, and while they're not perfect, what they do, they do extremely well. An excellent camera, intuitive Google Assistant, lightning fast experience, the latest hardware and good battery life result in arguably two of the best Android smartphones ever made. Table of contents Fans of the Nexus range, you can now wince as Google’s iconic Nexus range is dead.

We love the Google Pixel 3a here at Android Authority. Both the regular model and the Pixel 3a XL both received glowing reviews, and for good reason. They pack in almost everything that’s great about Google’s flagship Pixel 3 series at a heavily reduced price. Yet, while some issues like poor RAM management and low storage persist, the Pixel 3a just received a major boost in one of its weaker areas from an unlikely source.

If you’re looking for an easy side hustle, consider becoming a copywriter and looking for online writing jobs. This is a straightforward money-making method that almost anyone can have a go at. It is also highly adaptable to fit your lifestyle, expertise, and more. You could have your first payment in your account by tonight! I should know: I’ve been working as a copywriter for the past 10 years with no signs of slowing down!

The Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 is a fast phone with its 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos processor and 1 GB of RAM. You also get to enjoy its wide and vibrant 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display. Imagine playing your high-definition games with this beast. Playing games like Riptide GP and Osmos HD is really smooth on the Samsung Galaxy S3, but the people at XDA don’t seem to be satisfied with its speed.

If they haven’t done so already on their own, Android developers can now no longer use Google Play Services for any apps that support Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The company previously said this would happen in early 2017, and now the change notes for Google Play Services 10.2 that went live this week confirm it is the first without support for Gingerbread. IoT-based Android Things Developer Preview 2 released Android Development

Java may still be the first programming language that springs to mind when you think about Android, but you don’t have to use Java for Android development. In fact, Kotlin is now Google’s preferred official language for Android! Today, Android Studio ships with Kotlin support built-in, so creating an Android project that understands Kotlin code is as easy as selecting a checkbox in Android Studio’s project creation wizard. Support has grown for the option too overtime, to the point that this decision now mainly comes down to preference.

The beleaguered Android-based gaming console known as Ouya came in with a bang, dealt with some rocky progress, and ultimately is exiting with a whisper. According to Razer — which bought the Ouya brand for an undisclosed sum in June 2015 — the micro-console’s game service will shut down on June 25, 2019. After that date, most if not all of the games in the game store will cease to work correctly, depending on whether or not the developers instituted a purchase validation upon launch.

Sony Playstation Gold Wireless HeadsetThe PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset makes some pretty significant trade-offs, but executes well on the features it prioritizes — voice chat just isn't one of them. Console gaming is a much bigger market than PC gaming, but oddly enough, gaming headsets don’t really reflect that. PC headsets have tons of features, but no console headset is fully compatible with every platform. Most of the time, even on the intended platforms, gaming headsets don’t offer the same kinds of features as on PC, like surround sound.