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Megan Ellis / Android Authority The Play Store has no shortage of weather apps, but most of them are paywalled, ad-heavy, or just not that good. Breezy Weather is none of those things. It’s free, open-source, and one of the most feature-rich weather apps available for Android. But since you’re here, I’m guessing you already know all that. The real question is how to get Breezy Weather on your phone, as it’s not on the Play Store — and more importantly, how to keep it updated.

Curtis Joe / Android Authority TL;DR Nintendo has filed seven new DMCA notices taking down over 400 GitHub repositories related to Switch emulators. The notice took down repos for emulators such as Suyu, Skyline, and several others. It’s no secret that Nintendo has historically taken an extremely strict stance against emulators and people using its IP without permission. A few months ago, the company sent DMCA notices to take down several Switch emulators whose code was hosted on GitHub.

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold has failed JerryRigEverything’s popular bend test. The phone cracked along both antenna lines next to the hinge, and its outer display also popped right off during the test. Google has touted a redesigned build that is three times stronger, but it looks like the same antenna-line area is still the phone’s weakest point, and the battery placement is also not ideal.

Stephen Radochia / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak suggests that the OnePlus 16 will come with the thinnest bezels of any OnePlus phone. It also states that it will feature a “custom-designed screen.” The OnePlus 16 will have one of the best front-facing designs, per the leak. We’ve seen a bunch of OnePlus 16 leaks over the last couple of months, and with each one, the upcoming Android flagship looks more and more promising.

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Lenovo’s Android 17 list features unannounced models, such as the Motorola Edge 70 Neo and Edge 70 Plus, while omitting current 2024 and 2025 phones. Omitted devices include several phones from the Motorola Edge 50 lineup, the Razr 2024, the Moto G56 5G, and the Moto G75 5G, despite earlier multi-year update promises.

Joe Maring / Android Authority There’s a lot to talk about with Google’s Pixel 11 series, but something that keeps coming up is how expensive the phones are. As we’ve seen from virtually every tech company this year, each Pixel 11 model is more expensive than its predecessor. The starting price of every Pixel 11 phone is $100 higher than its Pixel 10 counterpart, and the Pixel 11 Pro and 11 Pro XL also have less RAM than before.

Shimul Sood / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Android Pulse app is starting to appear as an available update in the Play Store. The background service appears to detect unusual resource usage, such as apps suddenly consuming too much battery, memory, or processing power. Android Pulse isn’t new; builds date back to March, and the Play Store shows more than 10 million downloads. There are plenty of Google apps you probably use every day, but Android Pulse is definitely not one of them.

Claude's having some issues this Monday morning. • Aug 24, 2026 — 3:33 AM ET • • Mitja Rutnik / Android Authority TL;DR Claude is experiencing an outage right now, with users reporting problems across the service. Anthropic says it has identified the cause of elevated errors affecting multiple Claude models and is working on a fix. The company has yet to provide a timeline for when the issues will be fully resolved. Anthropic’s Claude AI service is experiencing issues right now.

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel 11 series owners are reporting that Genshin Impact is unplayable due to severe graphical problems. The developer reportedly said that PowerVR GPUs don’t meet its minimum requirements. Google has apparently confirmed the issue while noting that a fix will arrive in an upcoming game update. The Google Pixel 11 phones are powered by a Tensor G6 processor, which uses a PowerVR GPU. Unfortunately, you can’t play Genshin Impact on these new phones.

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung reportedly tested its Exynos 2700 chip against the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Gen 6 Pro. According to the tests, the Exynos 2700 performed 9.5% better than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 in Geekbench 6.5. It also performed 5% better in gaming and 24% better in gaming under low-power conditions. It’s no secret that the Exynos 2700 is coming and will power many phones in the upcoming Galaxy S27 series, at least in some regions.