by Chris Smith, 1 month ago

In his first interview since taking over the reigns of Android after Andy Rubin’s departure, Sundar Pichai talked about Google plans for the future, revealing in the process that this year’s Google I/O edition will…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 1 month ago

Credit: Joi/Flickr Two years after Google announced it would acquire Motorola, questions about the value of the deal still linger. A source told The Verge that the misstep might have contributed to the ousting of…

by Andrew Grush, 2 months ago

In recent years Android has certainly expanded well beyond just the smartphone, finding itself on televisions, set-top boxes, tablets and even cameras. What you might not know is that when Android was first conceived, it…

by Brendan Lynch, 2 months ago

While Samsung and Google obviously have a professional relationship, there is always some tension that can occur when two companies work together as often as they do. As most of you know, Google recently did…

by Derek Ross, 3 months ago

This week’s Android Authority On Air episode followed the official Samsung Unpacked 2013 event in New York City. Naturally, we devoted a good portion of the show to the next Galaxy. Besides the latest and…

by Derek Ross, 3 months ago

  Early today, Google CEO Larry Page announced that Andy Rubin was going to be passing the Android torch to Sundar Pichai. Andy has written an email to the Android Open Handset Alliance partners to…

by Nate Swanner, 3 months ago

Well, this is a bombshell. In a blog post released about an hour ago, Larry Page, CEO of Google, announced that Andy Rubin would no longer be heading up Android. Sundar Pichai will be taking…

by Brad Ward, 3 months ago

“Google has no plans and we have nothing to announce,” said Android chief Andy Rubin when asked about Google’s mobile devices benefiting from an offline sales presence during an hour long roundtable discussion with reporters…

by Stefan Constantinescu, 8 months ago

If you’ve been keeping up with Android news, then you’ve likely heard a rumor or two about the next version of the operating system and the next Nexus device. One site that has been feeding…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 9 months ago

Ladies and gentlemen, the mobile OS war is getting into high gear, and apart from iOS, Android and Windows Phone, we have yet another contender intent to take the smartphone world by storm. This time,…

by Derek Ross, 9 months ago

Google’s Senior Vice president of Mobile and Digital Content, Andy Rubin and Android’s Director of Product Management, Hugo Barra took to Google+ and Twitter to announce Android’s latest milestone. Android has officially hit 500 million…

by Chris Smith, 11 months ago

Google on Wednesday announced the tablet we all expected, the Google Nexus 7, a Kindle Fire contender but also a device meant to show its Android partners how an Android tablet should be made in…

by Bams Sadewo, 1 year ago

Let’s call it a double-edged sword. Anyone can start a rumor on the Internet, which can then easily spread like wildfire. But said rumor can also be easily clarified with a quick tweet. The non-story…

by Mike Andrici, 1 year ago

Here at Android Authority, we’ve covered every move that preceded the beginning of the Google vs Oracle trial. But we never knew how much new info we’ll be able to find out about Android, Google,…

by Christine Torralba, 1 year ago

Here’s something AndroidPit recently shared: Apparently, Andy Rubin (the founder of Android) was a former employee at Apple. He worked in the company of his biggest rival as their Manufacturing Engineer during the time of…