Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Use your hands to set up alarms on Google Home Hub and Lenovo Smart Display August 02, 2025 If you picked up theGoogle Home HuborLenovo Smart Displayduring yourBlack Fridayshopping, make sure to update them first. Both devices quietly received updates that provide a new way to create alarms: by touch. Previously, you could only use your voice to set up alarms....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon strike is causing a drop in new customers July 01, 2025 Verizon Wirelesssaw a significant drop in the number of new FiOS orders and installations this quarter thanks to the ongoing strike of its telephone, cable TV and broadband installers. Although the company has sourced replacement workers, these have been focused on repairs as opposed to new installations for the past five weeks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. vivo V9 review: An iPhone X clone with AI selfies July 11, 2025 What we like What we don’t like Our scores [Update 30-07-2025 – Since it’s launch in March 2018, the price of the vivo V9 has dropped significantly in India from 23,990 rupees (~$342) to 15,550 rupees (~$220).] vivo may not be as popular or well-known outside of China, but given its penchant for pushing boundaries, this is a company worth paying attention to....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi 5A: Hands on and first impressions July 22, 2025 The Redmi series continues to do well for Xiaomi, and has established the company as the top smartphone maker in markets like India. With the new Redmi 5A, Xiaomi brings to the table another budget smartphone – a segment it revels in. A successor to theRedmi 4Alaunched in March this year, the Redmi 5A is almost the same device and you’d be hard pressed to find any major difference between the two....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube adds Wikipedia information to conspiracy videos June 22, 2025 YouTubehas a serious problem: videos posted on the platform sometimes make it to the top trending list, even though the videos themselves are filled with false information. As an example, an Infowars video alleging that a student at the high school of the Parkland massacre is actually a paid actorbecame the #1 trending video on YouTube in February....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: not all versions) Samsung passed Qualcomm for the Galaxy S6 LTE modem too - report July 20, 2025 Update, April 4:TheWSJcites a person familiar with the matter claiming that the model that Chipworks analyzed was designed for a specific carrier and that other versions of the Galaxy S6 feature Qualcomm modems. Qualcomm supposedly retains a “meaningful share” of the order....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 100W wireless charging could be a thing next year June 05, 2025 We’ve seen major strides infast chargingin the last two years, as smartphone manufacturers like HUAWEI, BBK, and Xiaomi upped the ante for both wired and wireless charging. We’ve previously seen wired charging top out at ~120W in recent months, but wireless charging solutions aren’t far behind, either....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 2020 was the year of the mid-range smartphone August 03, 2025 2020 is drawing to a close, and it’s been marked by numerous trends in the smartphone space. We saw5Gbecome a reality for a ton of markets, high refresh rates trend down to budget phones (withmixed success), and quad camera systems become the norm. Yet, 2020 can certainly be marked as the year when mid-range phones became better and more important than ever....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 3 reasons why Amazon Fire TV will crush the competition July 21, 2025 With theFire TV, Amazon entered an already crowded media streaming market, one that’s arguably dominated by Apple and Roku, but Amazon’s box has a few advantages that can help set it apart. For the most part media streaming devices have the same features. There’s only so many media streaming services available, and only so many things you can do with a tiny box that connects to a TV....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A Google Now-style facelift is making its way to Chrome OS beta July 16, 2025 If you’re currently running aChromebookon theChrome OSbeta channel, a revamped interface is making its way to your device soon. The new update, which brings Chrome Launcher 2.0, aims to make it easier to perform tasks like launching applications and performing Google searches. In past beta releases and in the current stable build of Chrome OS, the interface sort of resembled a Windows-like UI, allowing users to select which apps to launch from the app drawer in the bottom-left corner of the screen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All it took was $1.1 billion for a part of HTCto be a part of Google July 06, 2025 The idea thatGooglewould purchase at least part of Taiwanese smartphone makerHTCwas something that cropped up in the rumor mill from time to time, but it was also something that hit overdrivenot too long ago. That notion is no longer a rumor as Google officially announced that it has purchased HTC’s “Powered by HTC” research and development division for $1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alleged HONOR 20 render and specs show a phone worthy of being a 2019 flagship August 10, 2025 With the 2019smartphoneseason almost in full swing, a tipser on microblogging siteWeiborevealed an alleged render and specs of the upcoming HONOR 20. Based on the render, the successor to last year’sHONOR 10has three rear cameras and the words “AI Camera” aligned next to them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. And the winner of the Toshiba flash memory takeover bid is… Jun 29, 2025 2017 hasn’t been a great year forToshiba, as the company has been trying to find a buyer for its semiconductor business in order to cover billions of dollars of losses from its now-bankrupt US nuclear unit and to dig itself out of negative shareholders’ equity. This comes after the company sold its CMOS imaging division to Sony near the end of last year to cover over-stated earnings in an accounting scandal....