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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi 8A review: Incredible value at an incredible price August 13, 2025 Xiaomi Redmi 8A What we like What we don’t like Few brands can claim to have defined an entire generation of smartphones. Xiaomi knows how to create stellar hardware that redefines value, and, a few exceptions aside, it has consistently released the best entry-level and mid-range phones. TheRedmi 7A, when we took a look at it earlier in the year, was a fairly consistent piece of kit that just about kept up with the competition....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Google Home still the best by far, but Apple’s HomePod makes progress July 09, 2025 Back in July, research companyLoup Venturesposted its annual testing results of the four major virtual assistants:Google Assistant,Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Microsoft Cortana. Google Assistant topped its competitors in every categoryexcept for one. Now, Loup Ventures just published its comprehensive testing results forsmart speakers in 2018, judging the best smart speaker to be theGoogle Home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung to invest over $760 million in India to reaffirm commitment to ‘Make in India’ Aug 09, 2025 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.today announced an investment of ₹4,915 crore (about $763 million) in India to add fresh capacity at its Noida plant, where it manufactures smartphones, refrigerators, and flat panel televisions. With the investment, Samsung aims to reaffirm its commitment to Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and its own ‘Make for India’ program aimed at designing products targeted towards the Indian consumers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s acting boss Lee Jae-yong facing 5-year jail sentence for corruption July 30, 2025 Samsung‘s acting chief Lee Jae-yong, the man directing Samsung in the absence of his ill father Lee Kun-hee, has been found guilty of bribery, perjury, embezzlement, and other charges, in the conclusion of a six-month trial. Lee, who denied the charges, is now facing five years in prison, though prosecutors were seeking a 12-year sentence....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia XZ1 review: same ol' Sony June 03, 2025 Sony Xperia XZ1 What we like What we don’t like Our scores While other companies have adopted Quad HD displays, dual cameras, and close to bezel-less designs, Sony is sticking to its guns and continues to create smartphones the way it sees fit. Can Sony’s latest, the Xperia XZ1, compete with other flagships while sticking to its tried and tested smartphone formula?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The 10 best kids movies on Hulu you can stream right now August 18, 2025 Huluis probably best known for catching up with prime time network TV, but it has a great movie selection included in your monthly subscription too. This list covers the best kids movies on Hulu you may stream right now. Read more:Best family movies on Amazon Prime Video...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Wander the Batcave with Google Maps August 01, 2025 Batman is the best superhero of all time and if you disagree then come at me in the comments, bro. However, in spite of the Caped Crusader’s staggering awesomeness, he has a penchant for being represented in varying degrees of quality across media. I’m not going to say much aboutBatman v Supermanin the interest of avoiding spoilers, but I will say that after having seen it last night, my favorite version of the Dark Knight remains the Kevin Conroy-voiced Bat of theArkham series of video games....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Who was the best newcomer to the smartphone game this year? (Poll of the Week) June 16, 2025 Last week’s poll results:Last week,we asked youwhich manufacturer had the best year in 2018. Out of over 3,800 total votes, OnePlus came out on top with 25.1 percent of all votes. HUAWEI came in at a close second with 22.7 percent of all votes, while Samsung took third with 18....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi hints at a new custom processor coming next week June 28, 2025 Xiaomiis no stranger to custom chipsets, as it previously released an in-house smartphone SoC in 2017. It’s been a few years, but it looks like the manufacturer could finally have new custom silicon up its sleeve. Xiaomi posteda teaser on Weibotoday, specifically referencing a “self-developed chip” according to machine translation....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Your OnePlus 6T should sound great thanks to this audio tech August 10, 2025 TheOnePlus 6Tis one of the best bang for buck smartphones of 2018, offering plenty of horsepower, and an in-display fingerprint sensor. But you won’t find aheadphone jackhere, which leaves theOnePlus 6as the last OnePlus phone with the 3.5mm input. But the company is perhaps hoping to soften the blow with news that it has once again teamed up with Dirac to deliver “two breakthrough digital audio solutions” on the new phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5G has arrived – here’s what you can expect from AT&T August 03, 2025 AT&T’s plans for 5G are somewhat confusing at first glance, as the company talks about at least four current and upcoming 5G-related services. At the forefront are 5G Evolution and Mobile 5G, mobile services offering different connection speeds. AT&T also promotes LTE-LAA connectivity for 1Gbps downloads along with an upcoming in-home fixed wireless service....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Andy Rubin, the father of Android, looks like he wants back in the mobile game July 14, 2025 Andy Rubin, one of the co-founders of Android, has been away from the operating system for quite some time. The programmer-engineer-entrepreneur left the Android division of Google back in 2013 to help out with some ofGoogle’snew robotics tech. A year later, he left Google completely to pursue his own hardware investment incubator Playground....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Evernote jacking up prices, restricting free accounts to two devices July 11, 2025 I mean, that’s one explanation of the events as they’ve occurred. A more generous interpretation of this price hike casts Evernote as a company struggling to provide a valued service ad-free in an increasingly competitive app environment, but you may choose to look at it either way....