AT&T Galaxy S4 release date set for April 27, pre-orders arriving as soon as April 25

In a short Twitter message AT&T has confirmed that the in-store release date for the Galaxy S4 is set for Saturday, April 27: Starting 4/27, #Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB available in our stores. http://soc.att.com/XRVqUv #GalaxyS4 pic.twitter.com/3uzvDVOqvy The carrier already has the handset available for pre-order – the 16GB Galaxy S4 version sells for $199.99 with new two-year contracts – but AT&T has failed to specify in its Galaxy S4 pre-order announcement when the device will hit its brick-and-mortar stores.

Bouncer Android app – grant permissions and automatically remove them

TL;DR The new Bouncer Android app helps you to control permissions requested by various apps. Using Bouncer, you can approve permissions for only a short time, and Bouncer will automatically repeal those permissions later. The Bouncer Android app is only $0.99 on the Google Play Store. Using the Bouncer Android app, you can grant permissions for applications temporarily. Once a permission is granted, Bouncer will automatically remove that permission either when you exit the app in question or after a certain amount of time has passed.

Galaxy Note 20 spotted wearing bright red, blue, and pink colorways

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR Red, blue, and pink variants of the Galaxy Note 20 have been spotted in South Korea. The colorways may join the Mystic Bronze, Mystic Green, and Mystic Gray options currently available. It’s not clear if these colorways will be offered globally. While the Ultra is available in the fairly unexciting bronze, black, and white shades, the Note 20 can be had in Mystic Green and Mystic Gray colorways too.

Google Pixel 4 cereal box is a pre-order perk in UK

The box has the normal retail box of the Pixel 4 inside. Next to that is a small bag of cereal complete with marshmallows emblazoned with the Google logo. There is also a card that thanks the user for pre-ordering early and reminds them that they can get a free HP Chromebook 14, which is a UK exclusive. On the outside of the Google Pixel 4 cereal box, there are images of a very fake-looking cereal that is shaped like small cubes (Pixels, we suppose).

Google Pixel 4 XL revisited: Should you still buy it?

I think it’s fair to say the Google Pixel 4 has been a divisive phone. In our review of the Pixel 4 and its larger twin, the Pixel 4 XL, we talked about the “untapped potential” that both phones represented as a product of Google’s ever-expanding hardware division. We also questioned the value for money of both devices due to the big G’s continued habit of overpricing its marquee smartphones.

Google Pixel Watch price and availability details may have just leaked

Front Page Tech TL;DR A known tipster may have come upon information about the price of the Pixel Watch. The leak also talks about a Google-Samsung partnership and the limited availability of the wearable. The Google Pixel Watch is coming in hot. Expected to launch at Google I/O 2022, the wearable has leaked multiple times already. We’ve also seen a prototype of the device that someone chanced upon by accident.

Google’s reputation is becoming its biggest problem

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Plus is lost forever, but if it were still around, I could dig up a post I put up on May 15, 2013 that read something along the lines of “I love Google!” It was early in my tech blogging career, and I was definitely a bit less jaded than I am today. I had just watched the opening keynote of Google I/O 2013, and, boy, it was exciting.

Huawei Mate 20 Lite review: Not so smart

Huawei Huawei Mate 20 LiteThis phone feels like a proof of concept for the Mate 20 proper, but is too overpriced to be recommended. The Huawei Mate 20 Lite is a curious case of the “lite” edition predating the “standard” edition, offering an interesting glimpse into the future for fans of the Mate line. What’s the forecast? Let’s find out in our Huawei Mate 20 Lite review. (Kind of gave it away in the title though.

Ranked: The worst phone processor fails of all time

While the industry is eyeballing the upcoming Exynos 2200 SoC, which will power Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series, with a sense of uncertainty, this sense of foreboding is nothing new to mobile chipset aficionados. This is particularly so with Samsung’s Exynos versus Qualcomm arrangement for its flagship smartphones, where design wins ebb and flow between the two chipset manufacturers every few years. Here at Android Authority, we’ve seen our fair share of hits and misses in the tricky game of chipset development.

Rebirth of Fortune 2 - Indie app of the day

What is Rebirth of Fortune 2? Rebirth of Fortune 2 is a tactical RPG similar to Final Fantasy Tactics or Vanguard Bandits. It’s has a lot of RPG characteristics but the mechanics play more like a game of chess. It’s currently $2.77 in the Google Play Store with in app purchases. Much like any other strategy RPG, you play as a group of characters who take to the battle field against a group of bad guys.