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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Everything Xiaomi announced at its Smarter Living event August 03, 2025 Xiaomi has kicked off its third annual Smarter Living event, where it typically announces a range of tech products for health and smart home segments. This iteration is no different, as the company had plenty of products in these segments. Theteaser imagefor the event pointed to several products, such as the Mi Band 5, a smartwatch, and other home electronics....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google hardware VP in charge of Pixel series calls it quits after only six months August 25, 2025 Google has recently lost one of its top executives responsible for the Pixel series of phones. David Foster, who joined the company back in October 2016, has decided to call it quits. He was the vice president of hardware product development and worked on a few different products including the voice-controlledHome speaker, among others....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 5 vs Pixel 4 camera test shootout: Is it worth the upgrade? August 22, 2025 Google‘s Pixel lineup has long been known for offering some of thebest smartphone camerason the market. ThePixel 5, just like its predecessors, promises superb image quality. Is it good enough to warrant an upgrade, though? In this Google Pixel 5 vsPixel 4camera test shootout we’ll be taking a series of image sample comparisons and providing our analysis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google trials optical character recognition for Google Now on Tap August 24, 2025 Googleappears to still be tinkering with the ins and outs of itsGoogle Now on Tapfeature. A number of users have begun noting that the software is now capable of performing optical character recognition (OCR) using your regular camera viewfinder or from a previously taken picture. After having read the text from an image, the system uses Google Now to bring up a number of related search options based on contextual information from the picture....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s App Defense Alliance will make bad apps easier to spot July 03, 2025 In 2017, Google launchedGoogle Play Protectwith one simple goal: stop bad apps. Google Play Protect works by scanning apps daily and adapting over time to find bad code. If it finds a bad actor on one Android device, that’s one more instance for Google’s machine learning system to learn from and prevent the spread of that specific malware across more devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Googles celebrates 2018 Winter Olympics with new AR Stickers for Pixel phones July 29, 2025 Google is celebrating the arrival of the2018 Winter Olympicswith a new AR Stickers pack for thePixelandPixel 2. The sports-themed stickers are the first notable addition to theplayful camera modesince the launch of Stranger Things and Star Wars: The Last Jedi packs last December. There’s also an update to the Blocks AR pack which adds more balloon types and a microphone sticker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Konami’s Blisteringly Intense, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Slices Through SHIELD August 02, 2025 When it comes to stealth games the undisputed champion is the Konami’s revered Metal Gear franchise. Over the course of its 18-year history, the series has seen the release of more than 20 games and spin-offs and sold in excess of 47 million copies. Until now the emphasis of the gameplay has, loosely speaking, been on stealth, with the game’s protagonist creeping around undetected while occasionally getting involved in a bit of close-up combat....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG V20 sales reached 200,000 units in the US only ten days after launch August 17, 2025 TheLG V20was announced a few months ago and started selling in the US on October 28. The device, which directly competed with Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, is apparently doing a lot better than expected. In only ten days, LG has already managed to sell 200,000 units of its phablet in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG’s next flagship phone (LG G7) could be released this April August 14, 2025 Speculation last week suggested that LG may take a new approach with its flagship phone series in 2018. The company is expected torebrand the long-standing “G” line, following a string ofpoor salesfor the range. Until we learn the new naming convention, the LG G7 will remain our own title for the next flagship LG phone, and today, we’ve learned that its release date could be penned for this April....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MWC 2015: What are you most looking forward to? August 19, 2025 Mobile World Congress officially starts this coming Monday, though much of the excitement actually unfolds this Sunday, as the HTCOne M9 and Galaxy S6 are expected to be formally announced at their respective press events. There’s certainly a lot to be excited for this year, with HTCand Samsung’s upcoming flagships getting a good share of the media attention so far....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL leak gives us our closest look yet at Google’s new phones August 24, 2025 The many leaks for Google’s next Pixel phones continued today with new images that reportedly show the backs of both thePixel 2and thePixel 2 XL. Prices for both phones were reportedly revealed as well. The stories come fromDroid Life, using unnamed sources, and they claim that the larger LG-made Pixel 2 XL will cost $849 for the 64 GB version, and $949 for the 128 GB model....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 5 vs Sony Xperia XZ Premium: quick look August 22, 2025 TheSony Xperia XZ Premiumis just one of the many flagships going head to head with the recently announcedOnePlus 5. If you’re wondering what the most significant differences are between the two smartphones and what each of them uniquely brings to the table, this is the post for you....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Record and share any game from your Android device with Kamcord July 01, 2025 Are you looking for a way to easily share your mobile video game footage to your friends, voiceover included? You may want to try out Kamcord – a free screen recording app that’s just recently made its way to Android. Kamcord lets you record and share your personal mobile gaming videos on devices runningAndroid 5....