Ryan Haines / Android Authority One of the many cool little features on Android is the ability to view your notification history, allowing you to view a reverse-chronological log of all the alerts on your smartphone. Is this something that Android Authority readers actually use, though? We tried to find out the answer to this question by running a poll earlier this week. Here’s what you told us. Do you have notification history enabled on your phone?

F1 Manager follows in the tire tracks of prominent motorsport manager games like… Motorsport Manager. In any event, the title is a more streamlined, freemium-focused take on the motorsport management formula. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to splurge on items with real-world cash in order to get ahead at first. We’ve got some F1 Manager tips for beginners hoping to take pole position. Read more lists here Related

There have been some gaps in its functionality in the past, however. Up until a few weeks ago, asking your phone and your Google Home “What song is playing?” would give you different answers. That can be very frustrating. 10 best calendar apps for Android Apps Another glaring hole has been multiple calendar support within Assistant on Google Home devices. In the past, users have only had access to the calendar associated with their Google account on Google Home.

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google has launched plenty of forgettable and downright disastrous initiatives over the years, but one of its most successful and beloved bits of kit has to be Google Photos. While the u-turn on unlimited photo storage has taken the sheen off the app recently, Photos remains arguably the best photo backup option in the business and a cornerstone of the Android mobile experience. Looking back at the initial launch seven years later, it seems to me that simplified photo backups was one of Google’s more ingenious plays in the mobile space.

September isn’t even half-way through and it’s already been an awesome month for mobile technology. Last week saw the announcement of the Xperia Z3, Note 4 and new Moto X and now Apple has unveiled the latest members of the iPhone family. While Android and iOS are two very different animals targeted at different kinds of users, it’s still interesting to see how the latest from Cupertino compares to the greatest Android handsets on offer, especially considering the fact that Apple has finally closed the display size gap.

If your phone case is for more than just protection, a Society6 case can really make your smartphone stand out. The range of Society6 cases is as stylish as it is varied, and this is your chance to pick one up at an excellent price. Depending on your choice of design, these premium cases retail for between $34.99 and $39.99. However, today there’s a 30% discount on the whole range.

TL;DR Slack announced today that is acquiring the popular Astro app, an email client with heavy AI integration. Slack has already removed the Astro app from the Google Play Store, and will permanently shutter the service on October 10. This could mean that there will be an AI-powered email service from Slack coming in the future. According to Astro, the service will be permanently shuttered on October 10. Until then, if you use the Astro app it will still work, but after then you will have to find a replacement app.

Microsoft has finally released the stable version of the new, retooled Microsoft Edge for macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. This revamped browser comes with a shiny new Chromium base, making it a truly viable Google Chrome replacement. Microsoft’s browsers have trailed behind Chrome and Firefox for many years now — first with Internet Explorer and then with Microsoft Edge. The company hopes that building Edge on top of Google’s open-source Chromium browser will start to change that.

This year, the OnePlus 2 will also be available through the invite system but OnePlus has made some changes; in a blog post, the company revealed everything you need to know about the new invite system and also, the reason they chose the invite system in the first place. Before we reveal the details of the new invite system, let’s first look at OnePlus’s reasoning behind last year’s invite system. Simply put, the company had confidence in its product but didn’t know how customers would react.

Apple TV Plus Apple TV Plus seems continually on the edge of a breakthrough. It’s been a powerhouse of original programming, with impressive shows like The Morning Show, Ted Lasso, and Foundation. But it’s been less of a sure bet on the film side. Despite an enticing premise, the service’s newest film, Finch, fails to elevate Apple TV Plus movies to the level of the streamer’s many knockout shows. But where does Finch fit into the growing Apple TV Plus movie slate?