Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: New leaked pictures shows Moto Z3 Play from all angles August 19, 2025 Update, May 11:Evan Blass hasleakeda new image of the Moto Z3 Play in a Deep Indigo color. Unlike the previous leak, the sides, top, and bottom of the device can be seen clearly. The main thing the new leak confirms is the lack of a headphone jack....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Simple text statuses are coming back to Whatsapp June 19, 2025 In a statement toTechCrunch, WhatsApp said: “We heard from our users that people missed the ability to set a persistent text-only update in their profile, so we’ve integrated this feature into the ‘About’ section in profile settings. Now, the update will appear next to profile names anytime you view contacts, such as when creating a new chat or looking at Group info....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We might find out next year if Xiaomi is worth at least $50 billion August 20, 2025 In a move that many have been predicting for years,Xiaomimight finally be going public sometime in 2018, with the company reportedly seeking a valuation of at least $50 billion. According toBloomberg‘s sources, Xiaomi is in talks with investment banks and might kick off its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi 9 hands-on: Flashy, not fussy July 06, 2025 Just 10 months after theMi 8launch, Xiaomi has announced its successor: theXiaomi Mi 9. While no one could ever sayXiaomidoesn’t put out enough phones, a few things make the Mi 9 stand out: it adds a third camera to the back, has some impressive new charging tech, and it’s among the first phones to launch with theSnapdragon 855mobile platform....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5/Pro vs Redmi Note 4: Specs showdown July 19, 2025 TheRedmi Note 5 series is here, and it’s time to see how it stacks up against theRedmi Note 4in the specs department. But first, let’s compare the Redmi Note 5 and 5 Pro to see what the differences between the two are. Redmi Note 5 vs HONOR 9 Lite...
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ZTE Axon 7 hands on August 04, 2025 ZTE is well known for their mid-range smartphones that are available at incredibly affordable price points. However, the company did make quite an impression in the high-end market last year with theAxon phone, a worthy flagship smartphone that found the perfect balance between specifications and price, resulting in it being significantly cheaper than the competition....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A new study suggests T-Mobile customers use the most data June 16, 2025 T-Mobilecustomers are likely the king of the hill when it comes to data usage. A new study fromStrategy Analyticssurveyed 4,000 Android users and found that T-Mobile customers use more cellular data thanVerizon,AT&T, orSprintcustomers. T-Mobile’s entire strategy revolves around unlimited data plans. The company no longer offers tiered data plans and pushes current customers to switch over toT-Mobile ONE plans....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 11 update for the OnePlus 7, 7T series is a disaster for users July 07, 2025 TheAndroid 11update for theOnePlus 7andOnePlus 7Tseries rolled out back in March, but more than a month later, users are still facing troublesome usability issues with the phones. Customers report that their OnePlus 7/7T devices are anything but stable after the Android 11 update....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Arm Cortex-X1 and Cortex-A78 CPUs: Big cores with big differences June 20, 2025 Arm has not one but two new high-performance CPUs destined for 2021 mobile SoCs. First is the anticipated Cortex-A78, building on the standard Cortex-A roadmap. The surprise announcement is the Cortex-X1, a powerhouse CPU designed with partners in Arm’s new CXC program, which replaces “Built on Arm Cortex....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of MWC 2016: the most impressive products from the show! July 03, 2025 After a crazy week in Barcelona,Mobile World Congress (MWC)has finally come to a close. The trade show officially took place from February 22nd to February 25th, and our team is just about ready to head home from Spain. Of course, there were a number of big announcements that took place before the trade show officially began, like the official unveiling of Samsung and LG’s new flagship devices....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best of MWC 2018: Android Authority’s favorite products from the show June 12, 2025 MWC 2018is finally coming to an end, and tons of great products have been shown off at the trade show. High-end smartphones, low-end smartphones, concept smartphones, and even chipsets that power these smartphones were unveiled this week. It’s difficult to choose which products are the best, but we’ve managed to narrow it down to eight....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Chromecast with Google TV gets advanced video controls and more in latest update July 21, 2025 TheChromecast with Google TVis now getting an important update with several key improvements and new features. The April update carrying firmware version QTS1.210311.005 was spotted bya Reddit user. It weighs 166MB so it’s not that big, but the changelog reveals some interesting new features....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. European OEMs will have to pay up to $40 per device to have Google apps July 02, 2025 Earlier this week, Google announced it wouldwildly revamp its business modelsurrounding the Android operating system for device manufacturers in the European Economic Area (EEA). The big changes are a result ofthe $5 billion finepushed to Google by the European Commission due to alleged antitrust issues....
