Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (August 19)

Aug 19, 2026 — 10:00 AM ET

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 those from previous weeks, check out this Drive link. Want to submit your own? Head to the bottom of this article.

Wallpaper Wednesday: August 19, 2026

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!

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With that in mind, we’ve got four awesome images from our readers that would look great on your phone, tablet, or PC. As usual, we also have two images from the Android Authority team.

Let’s start with a couple of wallpapers from the Android Authority team. The first background was captured by me (Edgar Cervantes). I captured this using a HUAWEI Pura 90s Pro Max I have been testing. It was in New York City, on a rainy day, on the shuttle on my way to the hotel room. I love the rain, and am sure many of you do, as well. If you can relate, you will enjoy this macro view of raindrops.

Next up is an image from my co-worker, Dhruv Bhutani. The image is very well balanced, offering an interesting angle of a skylight and a sculpture. The warm tones and view make the wallpaper both interesting and soothing.

Now, let’s move on to your images! Our readers have some of the most interesting wallpaper submissions, and this week is no exception.

The third wallpaper comes from Jesel Zaheer and showcases a “serene riverbank at Kerala, India.” It was shot on an Apple iPhone 17 Pro. Nothing beats the beauty of nature, right?

The fourth wallpaper takes us from a peaceful river all the way up to the sky. Flying above the clouds offers one of the most striking views I have experienced, and this image is simply stunning. Michael shot this during a commercial flight at an altitude of 23,000 feet. Simply amazing!

Next up, we have a view from a window in Milan, Italy, beautifully captured by Cristi D. with a Google Pixel 10 Pro. I am loving the warm tones and cozy atmosphere. I can just picture myself drinking my morning coffee from that exact spot. For now, I’ll settle for using the photo as wallpaper.

The last wallpaper is special, because it isn’t exactly a photo. Instead, it’s a render made by Reden. It was made using Blender, and the creator mentions it is optimized for OLED displays. It’s pretty cool!

These are all amazing, guys! Great work. Thank you so much for participating. 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.
  • You must agree to let Android Authorityshare 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.