Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO unveils Android 10-based ColorOS 7 (Update: More features, release schedule) July 16, 2025 Update, June 18, 2025 (5:52AM ET):OPPO has now announced ColorOS 7 globally. We’ve updated the original article with information about some additional new features and a more specific rollout timeline for OPPO and realme devices. Original Article, June 23, 2025 (6PM ET):OPPO releasedColorOS 6earlier this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Phew! Snapchat now lets you delete sent messages June 25, 2025 Snapchat has unveiled a new feature that allows users to delete sent messages before the recipient has opened them. According to9to5Mac, the new feature is already rolling out and more users should gain access over the next weeks. The new feature is simple to use. All you have to do is press on the message, photo, or video that you want to delete and then select the delete option on the pop-up....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Remember when budget Windows Phones ran better than cheap Android phones? June 23, 2025 This past week marked the anniversary ofNokiabeing acquired byMicrosoftback in 2011, signalling the beginning of the end of Nokia in the smartphone space (untilHMD resurrected the brand). A lot has been said about the Windows Phone brand, the glaring lack of apps that then scuppered the platform, and Microsoft’s frequent platform reboots that left users in the lurch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Secure Folder lands in the Play Store June 23, 2025 Samsung has been working to bring many of its applicationsto the Google Play Storelately, and today we can add one more to the list. The company’s Secure Folder, which first launched on the ill-fatedGalaxy Note 7, has made its way to Google Play. Now that the Secure Folder app is available in the Play Store, this should allow Samsung to push updates to it much easier....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Scheduling background tasks with Jetpack’s WorkManager August 21, 2025 Android apps can work in the background in sever ways, but sometimes too much choice can be a bad thing. Android has a range of APIs and components for scheduling background work, and the “correct” approach can vary depending on the version of Android, and other factors like whether the device has access toGoogle Play Services....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Second-gen Snapchat Spectacles swing by FCC (Update: Snap will reveal this week) August 13, 2025 Update 4/25/18 at 2:36 P.M. EST:According to a new feature inWired, Snapchat will announce the second-generation Snapchat Spectacles before the end of this week. It’s likely that the new Spectacles will be used to play AR games as well as take photos. The article doesn’t give us any more information than what’s covered in the article below, but at least we now know that we won’t have to wait long to see what Snap has in store for us when it comes to the next version of its crazy wearable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Specs for the rumored Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact may have leaked Jul 21, 2025 A handful of specs for the rumored Sony Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact may have leaked. The rumor arrives from Swedish Android websiteSwedroid(viaXperia Blog) only days before the handsets are expected to be unveiled. The handsets are both anticipated to sport a Snapdragon 845 SoC, have 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage space....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The WeLoop Hey S3 is an Apple Watch clone you can snag for just $78 in China July 10, 2025 If you really want to get a smartwatch that looks like theApple Watch, but don’t want to spend $269 to get the lowest priced model, you can attempt to snag the newly announced clone, the WeLoop Hey S3. It’s priced at just 539 Yuan....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon quietly launches Visible, its answer to AT&T’s Cricket July 27, 2025 Update 13-08-2025 at 5:05 P.M. EST:The original article posted below referred to Visible as anMVNO(mobile virtual network operator). However, Visible clarified toAndroid Authoritythat the new company is not an MVNO, but rather a “new kind of network provider” with a “modern technology approach.” The corrected article continues below....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Want $2? Amazon is literally just handing it out. Download a $3 app, get $5 credit June 29, 2025 You know a company is really trying to push a service to succeed when they start throwing no-strings-attached money at people just to give it a try. Right now,Amazonwants you to start downloading apps from their store so badly that they’re willing to give you $5 of credit when you download any eligible $3 title....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: This phone takes the best shots so far in 2021 August 20, 2025 We’re well past the halfway point of the year, and our own Rob Triggs thought it would be a good time totest the photographic capabilitiesof some of the most popular phones released in 2021 so far. Rob compared several high-profile flagships available in the US, namely the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, OnePlus 9 Pro, Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, and Sony Xperia 1 III....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra announced: Xiaomi’s €1,200 Galaxy S21 Ultra rival June 30, 2025 Xiaomilaunched theMi 11back in December, with a global launch following in January this year. The firm didn’t offer a Mi 11 Pro at either launch though, but it’s just announced two premium Mi 11 series phones. These aren’t the only additions to the Mi 11 family today, as Xiaomi also offered the Mi 11i and Mi 11 Lite series....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi phones selling like hot cakes in India: 3 new production facilities being constructed June 13, 2025 India is one ofXiaomi‘s most important markets and the Chinese brand has already set up a few manufacturing facilities in the country. This was just the first step, as the company will be launching three more smartphone manufacturing plants in the region, making for a total of six mobile plants....