It’s time to bid farewell to the LG G series (2012 – 2019). After eight generations and around 30 different handset variants that I challenge anyone to name in full from memory, LG has officially closed the door on its G flagship range, succeeding the series with the new LG Velvet. In Android circles, the LG G series sits right up there with the Galaxy S, HTC One, and Xperia brands as storied icons of the mobile industry.

It’s 2017 and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor is no longer the latest hotness, with both the 821 and 835 succeeding it. Still, it was a great processor and even now some of the once-flagship phones that run it are worthy of picking up at steeply discounted prices. Snapdragon 820 vs Exynos 8890: the 2016 mobile SoC battle begins Features With this in mind, we’ve put together a list of the best Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 phones ever released.

The EMUI skin sits on top of Android on Huawei and Honor devices. It’s far from the most popular skin out there. It gets a bad rap because it changes the look and feel of Android quite a bit and tries to imitate Apple’s iOS in many ways. Despite its shortcomings, Huawei’s skin offers a lot of useful features that improve the smartphone experience — you can check out the best ones below.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority Google Pixel 6 Pro Google rolled out the stable version of Android 12 on October 4, 2021. The software arrived a month later than its predecessor — Android 11 — which launched in September the year before. At the time of writing, we’ve just crossed the six-month anniversary of Android 12. Several smartphone OEMs have already updated their phones to the latest version of Android. But which one did it first?

Lenovo Tab P12 ProThe Lenovo Tab P12 Pro Android tablet delivers a good experience that comes close to the best available from Apple and Samsung. With a fantastic display, excellent battery life, and speedy performance, it's a solid option for those seeking an entertainment or productivity machine. Table of contents The Lenovo Tab P12 Pro is an Android tablet that bridges the gap between entertainment and productivity machines, says Lenovo — and it does so in style.

The Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL launched yesterday and was made available online soon after. If you’ve already seen it at stores, or came across previous leaks, you may have noticed its distinct wallpaper. How would you like to download it? If you want to download the wallpaper at 19,300×11,009 resolution (seriously), you can pick it up from our download portal via the button below. Sometimes it’s just nice to see an image at that high resolution.

Samsung has spent millions on making its phones more secure, and on making sure customers know about it. You’d think all that money would be enough to fend off the threat of a $2 silicone case. Apparently not. $2 phone case vs tech mega-corporation If there’s ever an appropriate time to call a gigantic tech conglomerate “red faced,” it’s probably now. In a terse statement released yesterday, Samsung acknowledged some clear cases and screen protectors can be used to bypass the fingerprint sensors on the Galaxy S10, Galaxy 10 Plus, Galaxy S10 5G, Galaxy Note 10, and Galaxy Note 10 Plus.

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority The Garmin Cyber Monday sale is still going, and some of the smartwatches are now subject to bigger discounts than they were on last week. If you’ve been waiting for literally any Garmin watch to go on sale, you’ll be happy to hear that just about every wearable the company offers is seeing some sort of discount this week. The best Garmin Cyber Monday deals are available at the top end of the company’s watch lineup.

Arm has announced that from 2023, all of its new smartphone CPU cores will be 64-bit only, with no 32-bit compatibility mode. We have had 64-bit capable smartphone processors since 2013 when Apple included the 64-bit A7 processor in the iPhone 5s. 64-bit CPUs came to Android soon after, but all those CPUs could run both 32-bit code and 64-bit code. So, we went from 32-bit only, to 32-bit and 64-bit, and now we are leaving 32-bits behind and moving to a 64-bit only era.

In general, you should always use the latest version of Android (or any operating system for any electronics product, for that matter). However, you might not be a fan of Android 10 or you might not think it’s quite ready for daily use. If you’re looking to downgrade Android 10 back to Android 9 Pie, we’re here to help. We must emphasize that you shouldn’t do this unless you truly dislike Android 10 or it is not working well on your particular device.