HUAWEI NOVA Plus to launch in Canada on October 18

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI NOVA Plus to launch in Canada on October 18 July 11, 2025 HUAWEI showed off its beautiful midranger the NOVA Plus at IFAjust a few weeks ago. For those of you living in Canada who have been waiting for the phone, the NOVA Plus will be coming to Rogers, Fido, and Virgin Mobile on October 18th. The NOVA Plus certainly isn’t the most powerful phone that HUAWEI has to offer....

July 14, 2025 · 5 min · 875 words · Kevin Smith

Imagination unveils an Android imaging framework for its PowerVR GPUs

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Imagination unveils an Android imaging framework for its PowerVR GPUs June 03, 2025 Many of the smartphones on the market today offer camera apps with advanced features like HDR, panoramic stitching, and gesture recognition. However in many cases these features use the CPU to process the imaging data. However GPUs can also handle such work, in fact many image processing algorithms are better suited to the parallel nature of a GPU....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Ashley Johnson

Leak: Microsoft hasn't released Surface Duo yet, but Surface Duo V2 is in works

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Leak: Microsoft hasn’t released Surface Duo yet, but Surface Duo V2 is in works June 26, 2025 Update: August 06, 2025 at 5:20 PM ET:A previous version of this story claimed that Movial was acquired by Microsoft. That is incorrect. We have updated our article to reflect the correct information. We regret the error. Original article: June 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM ET:Microsoft hasn’t released theSurface Duoyet, offering a dual-screen foldable form factor and Android integration....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Steven Morris

Looking forward: Intel to move away from silicon chips at 7nm

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Looking forward: Intel to move away from silicon chips at 7nm August 23, 2025 Intelplans to address the state of their 14nm, 10nm and future 7nm chips at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) this year. While the majority of their presentation will be focused around their current 14nm chips, the company plans to discuss how it will continue the journey 10nm and even to 7nm in the years to come....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Jason Anderson

More info reportedly leaks on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 before CES 2017

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More info reportedly leaks on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 before CES 2017 June 28, 2025 Ahead of its press event this week at the2017 Consumer Electronic Show, more info has apparently leaked about the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. The info comes from noted gadget leaker Evan “@evleaks” Blass, who apparently got a hold of an internal Qualcomm press release on the Snapdragon 835....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Angel Miller

More RED Hydrogen One specs and release date details revealed

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More RED Hydrogen One specs and release date details revealed June 01, 2025 TheRED Hydrogen Onehas been up for pre-order starting at $1,195 (and going up to $1,595 for a titanium model) since last summer. Yet despite this, the device’s specs and features have yet to be fully outlined. We’ve heard there will be “holographic” display and a modular design—and we’ve seen how it is expected to look—but in a new post in theRED user forums(viaGSMArena) from the camera equipment company’s founder, Jim Jannard, we now have a few more details on what it will offer....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Jeff Ferguson

New SanDisk dual-USB flash drive offers 128 GB of high-speed USB Type-C data transfer

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New SanDisk dual-USB flash drive offers 128 GB of high-speed USB Type-C data transfer June 30, 2025 AtComputex 2016, Western Digital, SanDisk’s new parent company, has announced a new high capacity, ultra-fast dual-USB flash drive. The SanDisk Ultra Dual-Drive USB Type-C flash drive comes in capacities up to 128 GB with retractable dual-USB connectors and USB 3.1 data transfer speeds of up to 150 Mbps....

July 14, 2025 · 4 min · 737 words · Stephen Scott

Nexus 6 has an RGB LED sensor, and you can enable it via Light Flow

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nexus 6 has an RGB LED sensor, and you can enable it via Light Flow August 04, 2025 In what might be considered one of the most bizarre untapped hardware features ever, it has become apparent that theNexus 6actuallyhasan RGB notification lamp. The catch? Much like theNexus 4’s LTE, it has been disabled. Thanks to the Light Flow application, which lets users manually control their handset’s LED indicator, XDA Developer user JMUT stumbled onto the light’s existence....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Joshua Phelps

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 announced, offers Ampere power for $329

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 announced, offers Ampere power for $329 June 24, 2025 Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 GPU offered gamers years of fun and power, and now its time in the sun has set. It shows its age when it comes to graphically intense games, and NVIDIA is ready to turn to the future. The new GeForce RTX 3060 is now official, and you’ll be able to grab yours starting in February for $329....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Christina Waters

Qualcomm vs Apple: the race to own Bluetooth audio

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm vs Apple: the race to own Bluetooth audio June 05, 2025 The 3.5 mm headphone jack isn’t dead yet, but some manufacturers are rather unscrupulouslypushing consumers towards Bluetoothand into their broader product ecosystems. Regardless of the persistent quality and connectivity issues, the convenience of wireless headphones is seeing big growth in demand. Apple has seized on this opportunity, doing what it does best by marrying convenient works-out-of-the-box technology and software services like Apple Music with high-end marketing....

July 14, 2025 · 8 min · 1571 words · Renee Lewis

Rumor: Samsung working on 4:3 screen Galaxy Tabs and Notes

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rumor: Samsung working on 4:3 screen Galaxy Tabs and Notes July 29, 2025 These days Samsung-related news is typically of two varieties: hype for itsupcoming productsor else, more commentary about itscurrent financial situation. Suffice to say, the Korean conglomerate has some very big shoes tofill this yearas it seeks to stem the loss of sales and market share that characterized the past one....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Jeremy Martin

Smartwatch market exploding: 16% of adults in the US now own one

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Smartwatch market exploding: 16% of adults in the US now own one July 07, 2025 Although the smartphone market is ina pretty serious downturn right now, the smartwatch market is doing incredibly well. New market research fromthe NPD Groupconcludes that a whopping 16 percent of adults in the United States own a smartwatch, as of November 2018. That figure is up four percentage points from the same time in 2017....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Jennifer Mccormick

The OPPO Find X2 is coming, and we've got the scoop

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The OPPO Find X2 is coming, and we’ve got the scoop July 26, 2025 Update: August 05, 2025:OPPO has officially launched the OPPO Find X2.Head here for all the details! Original: June 13, 2025 (1:00 AM ET):I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that last year’sOPPO Find Xwas a hit with reviewers. It’s no doubt one of the most beautiful phones I’ve ever reviewed, and it seemed strange to me that OPPO has been completely silent about a successor....

July 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1106 words · Kelly Martinez