Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (July 30)
Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we'll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we'll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they'll be optimized for various screens.
For the newest walls as well as all the ones from previous weeks, check out this Drive link. Want to submit your own? Head to the bottom of this article.
Wallpaper Wednesday: July 30, 2025
Another week, another set of awesome Android wallpapers for you to share! Remember that we are always looking for submissions from our readers. Head to the bottom of this article to find out how you could have one of your images featured in an upcoming Wallpaper Wednesday!
With that in mind, we've got six awesome images from our readers that would look great on your phone, tablet, or PC. As usual, we also have three images from the Android Authority team.
First, we have a photo from frequent contributor Han Le. Unlike Han's usual submissions, this one doesn't involve a bug! This time, it's a sunset over Binh Thuan in Vietnam taken with a Google Pixel 6 Pro! After that, we have a great photo of some wispy clouds against a bright blue sky from frequent contributor Julius Earle, Jr. If you can even remember it, Julius used a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 for that shot! Next, we have a shot of a flower with a secret spider visitor. That comes from reader Edison, who used a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for the capture! After that, we have a powerful photo of a tree at Kurukshetra University from reader Prince Saini. Next, we have a photo of a caterpillar from reader (and frequent contributor) Kaustav Pramanik. Finally, we have an incredibly majestic shot of Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo in Puerto Rico from reader Pedro Claudio. Thanks so much for your submissions, all!
From the Android Authority team, we have a great photo of some boats in a marina from Adamya Sharma. For you Queen fans out there, we also have a pic of Freddie Mercury in wall mural form from Rita El Khoury. Finally, we have a great shot of some purple flowers from Rob Triggs.
Be sure to download these photos in their high resolutions from this Drive link!
How to submit your own Android wallpapers
We are very excited to see your own contributions to our Wallpaper Wednesdays project. Before submitting, here are the rules: Your submissions should be your own creation. That means photos you took, digital art you created, etc. Please don't submit other people's work — that's just not cool. Also, please don't send images purely created with AI . They will not be accepted. Images you created and then augmented with AI tools are OK.
. They will not be accepted. Images you created and then augmented with AI tools are OK. You must agree to let Android Authority share your Android wallpapers for free with anyone who wants them.
We will not accept watermarked images. You will, however, get a credit and a link in the article itself. We can link to your social media account only.
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