We read a lot about what we should do with our Android devices to get the most out of them. From increasing battery life to managing our data better, there’s no shortage of solid advice around to make our favorite smartphones and tablets faster, more efficient, and more us. What we don’t see very often is directions on what not to do with Android devices. After all, newbies to the operating system often make a slew of mistakes thinking they’re making improvements.

However, the Google Pixel 3 XL is the latest smartphone from Google itself, the emperor of Android. It has many of the features the 6T has and then some. It starts at a whopping $900, going all the way as high as $1,000 for the variant with 128GB of storage. Let’s see what happens when we put the two devices up against each other in this OnePlus 6T vs. Google Pixel 3 XL comparison.

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Update: June 6, 2022 (7 AM ET): It turns out that over two-thirds of polled readers still have music files stored on their smartphones. You can check out our full poll results article at the previous link. Original article: May 31, 2022 (7:55 AM ET): Streaming music exploded in popularity in the last six or seven years, as the likes of Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify, and YouTube Music are all vying for a slice of the pie.

Google Messenger is a feature-rich texting app supporting Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging and SMS over your carrier’s wireless network. Since these standards rely on your phone number, you may receive unwanted ads from businesses and third parties, just like you would with any other texting app. And while Google offers a spam protection feature, it’s not always effective. Therefore, here’s a quick guide on manually blocking spam and ads in Google Messages.

There was a time when the clock speed of a CPU was the only thing people were talking about. Back at the turn of the century, Intel and AMD locked horns in a race to release the first 1GHz desktop CPU. This was mainly a marketing thing, however it reinforced a false idea about the way a modern CPU core works, that the clock frequency is the most important thing. Well, it isn’t.

LeEco – formerly known as LeTV – may have come out of nowhere in the past year but the Chinese company is intent on making a storm. Earlier this year, it introduced the world’s first Snapdragon 820-powered smartphone at CES and at an event in Beijing, China, the company has announced its new range of smartphones. The Eco in LeEco stands for ecosystem and this is exactly what the company is trying to build, with the latest line of products designed to integrate into the Ecosystem UI.

LG has just announced that the global rollout of their new flagship G3 smartphone will begin June 27. The device has been well accepted in South Korea, and will hit Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines starting June 27. The rest of Asia will follow in July, along with Europe and the Middle East, among others. In a bit of a surprise move, LG may have taken a page out of Sony’s play book, not including a US launch date.

If you’ve ever felt the need to start chatting with random strangers online, Facebook has a new feature with you in mind. Well, when I say “new” I really mean “old” but in a repackaged new location. Facebook Rooms as a standalone app was killed off back in December last year, but it is now reappearing as a part of Messenger. Facebook Messenger now lets brands send you ads that look like messages

As many smartphones struggle to find their place in the market, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is reportedly doing quite well in terms of sales when compared to the first month it was available. According to a report from EconoTimes (via SamMobile), Samsung managed to sell an impressive 230,000 units of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip in March, which is a 56.1% jump over February. Of course, there are some caveats to those exciting sales numbers.

If you happen to be sporting one of the many Samsung devices with NFC, you may want to check out the Samsung TecTiles. Or alternatively, if you are already using them, you may want to update the app as a new version has recently landed in Google Play. The TecTiles app has been updated to version 3.0 and it brings the promise of “more programmable settings, deeper app integration and the ability to program multiple commands to a single TecTile.