Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (May 21)
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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: May 21, 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 fantastic photo of the moon shining over Edisto Island, SC. That comes from reader Julius Earle, Jr., and was captured with a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra! Next, we have a beautiful photo of footprints in some Puerto Rican beach sand. That one comes from reader Juan Martinez Navedo and was captured with a Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus! After that, we have a gorgeous photo of a happy dog from reader Sanjana K., who used a realme 8i for the shot! Next, we have a peaceful photo of the beach from reader (and frequent contributor) Justin Dufrene. Justin used an OPPO Find N5 for that one! After that, we have a nice airplane window photo from reader Lourdes Veguilla. Finally, we have a cool black-and-white photo of some train tracks. That one comes from reader Ahmed Mozakkir Shimanto and was captured with a OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite! Thanks so much for your submissions, all!
From the Android Authority team, we have a tiny village at night from Matt Horne. We also have a terrific shot of a neon sign from Rita El Khoury. Finally, we have a great photo of an old building from Hadlee Simons, which he captured using the vivo X200 and its massive attachable lens!
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.
Ready to submit? Fill out the form below. You'll need to include the highest-resolution version of the image you can provide, your name, and a brief description of what the image is. If you want us to link to a social media page you own in your credit, please provide that, too, but that's optional.
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