Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Streaming music services are big business, with loads of platforms out there. They all operate on the same principle, letting you pay a monthly subscription fee or offering free access to millions of music tracks. This theoretically means that you don’t need to store local music files on your smartphone, save for music downloaded from these streaming services for offline playback. We were curious to find out just how many people had traditional music files on their phones, and here’s what you told us.

Update, May 21, 2019 (5:16PM EST): Activision confirmed today that Call of Duty: Mobile features a Battle Royale mode. The mode lets up to 100 players play on a map that features settings from previous Call of Duty titles. Single, two-person, and four-person playlists are currently being play-tested, though we don’t know if all three playlists will be available from day one. Before you start a Battle Royale match, you can pick certain loadout elements — these can include weapon camos, item skins, and more — and class.

This week, the Plan Picks spotlight is featuring temporary savings on Flex Leases from Sprint. There are several eyebrow-raising savings to consider, including a Galaxy Note 9 for just $25 per month. The perks don’t stop there either. But, why lease a Note 9 when I can buy? You may not have given it a moment’s thought before, but it makes a lot of sense. You don’t own the handset with the Sprint Flex Lease system, but you also only pay a fraction of the retail price.

While Josh is out, for the third (and potentially final) time, to acquire Snapchat Spectacles, the rest of the gang gets together to talk about the week’s Android news. This episode, we have Jonathan Feist, Joe Hindy, and David Imel to talk about the potential of Google Assistant coming to the Nexus devices, the arrival of even MORE Pokemon in Pokemon Go, and the woes of Cyanogen and their recent dramas.

Google is notifying certain app developers about an upcoming change to the way the Google Play Store distributes app updates (via Android Police). In the future, it seems pre-installed apps will have access to updates even if you haven’t signed in with a Google account. When you first set up a new Android device, the pre-installed apps will be at the most recent version they were on when installed. To get the newest versions, you’ll have to sign in to the Google Play Store with a Google account.

Pi Zero is the latest product from this British company, and despite its diminutive size, it can do quite a bit of heavy lifting. The $5 computer is actually faster than the original Raspberry Pi, which cost $25. Apart from being the most inexpensive computer out there, the Pi Zero is also the company’s most compact computer ever, at exactly half the size of the Model A+. For those who seek its exact dimensions, the Pi Zero measures 65mm x 30mm, i.

Mobile gaming giant Tencent has just announced a deal with Electronic Arts and Aiyou Interactive Entertainment to release Red Alert Online, a new game from the classic Command & Conquer series. It will be the first new game in the franchise in nearly six years. There are copycat titles available, but Red Alert Online will be the first officially licensed Command & Conquer game on Android. A previous Red Alert title was made back in 2009 for iOS, but it never made its way into the Android ecosystem.

Snapchat is making it a little bit easier to find filters. The app is now using a new object recognition system to identify what’s in a picture and serve users relevant filters. If a dog is pictured, Snapchat will offer up a filter that says “it’s a pawty”.  Pictures of food might return one that says “what diet?” NBC Universal and Snap are creating a studio for Snapchat-only content News

Christmas is almost here. Haven’t picked up a gift just yet? Sometimes, the hardest part of the holiday season is picking out the perfect gift for the man in your life. What does he want, anyway? What does he need? It seems like every man out there has everything they want, and it gets even harder if they’re tech-obsessed. Beyond the obligatory fresh socks and underwear stocking stuffers, here are eight of the coolest tech gifts for men.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 13 includes a handy Pixel cross-device app streaming feature. It allows you to stream all apps from your phone to your Windows PC or Chromebook. The feature works by projecting a virtual screen from your Pixel phone to your PC. Google is already working on a way to mirror Android chat apps to Chromebooks. The feature will allow users to access any chat app from their phones on their Chromebooks without the need to install it again.