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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi still has no plans to launch phones in US anytime soon August 10, 2025 In an interview withEngadget,Xiaomi’s Senior VP Wang Xiang explains why the company is not ready to sell phones in the US just yet. Xiaomi’s phones are often associated with great build quality and attractive price tags; for a lot of us, however, these phones remain just something that you read about online....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 2021 could be the year smartphone prices are finally kept in check August 15, 2025 As rough as 2020 was for just about everyone, there was a silver lining for smartphone fans: prices for genuinely good phones came tumbling down. While there was an early spike due topremium 5G phones, it was budget devices, affordable flagships, and “super mid-range” phones that defined the year, including thePixel 4a,iPhone SE, andGalaxy S20 FE....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 80% of Android apps are encrypting traffic by default, up from 0% in early 2018 July 10, 2025 Today, Google revealed some new information pertaining to Android app encryption. According to Google’s data, 80% of Android apps available on theGoogle Play Storenow have network encryption enabled by default. What does that mean? That means that when an app requests or sends information from your phone over a network, all that information is encrypted with Transport Layer Security (TLS)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A guide to MIUI themes: Here’s how to spice up your Xiaomi phone Jul 24, 2025 Xiaomiwas one of the first smartphone manufacturers to adopt themes, delivering the MIUI theme store back when this wasn’t a common feature. Not sure how to use themes? We’ve got you covered with a look at the storefront and how to install MIUI themes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T 5G ‘Evolution’ network coming to Austin and Indianapolis, offering 400Mbps speeds Aug 21, 2025 AT&T has been talkingup 5G for a while now, with whispers of big plans for testing out thetechnology in Austin this year.At a special press conference today, AT&T has further elaborated on its 5G plans and will be paving the way for the next-gen tech in the US with an initial rollout of what it is calling “5G Evolution” in Austin and Indianapolis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BLU announces the vivo 5 and vivo XL at CES 2016 July 25, 2025 BLUnormally has no problem releasing a number of premium smartphones at low price points, and it looks like the Florida-based smartphone maker has just unveiled two more. Here atCES 2016in Las Vegas, BLU has just taken the wraps off the next two devices in the popular vivo line – the vivo 5 and vivo XL....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. California officially has the Right to Repair Act on its table August 22, 2025 Have you ever tried torepair your smartphone? If you haven’t, we’ll give you a little heads-up:it is incredibly complicated. Not only do you need special tools just to get the thing open so you can access the internal hardware, but the layout of the hardware and the way each piece is connected seems to be intentionally designed to make it impossible to repair and put back together....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Canadian court rules SMS messages are not necessarily private August 25, 2025 The Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled that thetexts you send in private can be used against you in court. The ruling yet again brings up the question, “How do we distinguish a matter of security from an encroachment of one’s privacy?” On August 7th, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected Nour Marakah’s appeal that the text messages he had sent were unlawfully used against him....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Did you know: The LG V40 opened the era of modern triple camera phones August 05, 2025 LG phones might not be at the height of their popularity in 2020, asSamsung,Xiaomi, and others surpass it in terms of critical and commercial success. It’s easy to forget though that the company isn’t afraid to try new things. Whether it was quadDigital-to-Analog Converter(DAC) audio hardware, anultra-widecamera, or manual video functionality, the South Korean manufacturer has brought quite a few things to the table....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DOOGEE S90 review: The James Bond phone? June 29, 2025 Doogee DOOGEE S90 What we like What we don’t like I love getting to review a smartphone that tries something a bit different, and theDOOGEE S90is exactly that. It looks like a brick (not necessarily in a bad way), it comes in amassivebox, and also sports a variety of bulky components that attach in a modular fashion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DOOGEE S97 Pro review: Durable power at an affordable price August 17, 2025 Doogee S97 Pro What we like What we don’t like The DOOGEE S96 Pro earned a recommendation from us here atAndroid Authorityas a well-roundedrugged phonebuilt to last. Well, DOOGEE has done it again with the S97 Pro as it aims to one-up its previous success by providing a few extra features that just might place the device above the competition....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook wants to give you money for your data June 09, 2025 Earlier today,Facebooklaunched theStudy from Facebookapp. Only available onAndroidand reported byTechCrunchtoday, the app is Facebook’s attempt to be less creepy about collecting data from research participants. The Study app will warn you that Facebook will learn which apps are installed on your phone, how long you use those apps for, and the names of features you use in other apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google accidentally shows off unreleased Pixel 4a colorway July 09, 2025 The official “Made By Google” Instagram account recently posted a new Story. The Story centers on International Dance Day, which was yesterday. In the video, a woman dances around her house, which is filled with Google hardware. The music she’s dancing to comes from aNest Audioin the Chalk colorway....