Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Has OnePlus overhyped the OnePlus Nord? June 29, 2025 We’ve known about theOnePlus Nordsince December 2019 when the first renders of a mid-range OnePlus phone were leaked. This should be cause for celebration as it marks only the firm’s second mid-range phone ever and the first since 2015’s OnePlus X. Unfortunately, OnePlus’s marketing strategy for the Nord could be setting itself and others up for disappointment....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hound, SoundHound’s personal voice assistant, is now available for all June 27, 2025 SoundHoundhas been working hard at bringingits personal voice assistant out of betafor the past few months, and that day is finally here.Hound– the voice assistant app that aims to combine the best of Google Now, Siri and Cortana – is now available for all to download on both Android and iOS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How Ghostbusters World is revolutionizing AR gaming June 17, 2025 Anyone here see a ghost? With the new mobile game Ghostbusters World, everyone can not only see ghosts in the real world with their smartphone, but they can try to capture them as well. Ghostbusters World uses augmented reality tools, including Apple’s ARKit 2 and Google’s ARCore, along with Google Maps, so that players can take their proton packs in the game to take on some ghosts anywhere you might be in the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate 8 hands-on and first impressions July 06, 2025 First announced back in November exclusively for China, theHUAWEI Mate 8, is now primed for international markets. HUAWEI is showcasing their latest flagship offering at this year’s CES, and we got to spend some time with the device. Here is a quick look as we go hands on and give you our first impressions about the HUAWEI Mate 8!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI Mate X with Kirin 990, more tweaks could be revealed at MWC 2020 June 24, 2025 TheHUAWEI Mate Xfoldable is currently available in China, touting a Kirin 980 processor. The firm previously said it was working on a variant with aKirin 990chipset, set for aMarch 2020 launchin its home market. Now, it looks like we have more details and a Western launch window for the foldable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Huawei’s Kirin 980 pegged to use 7nm manufacturing process August 03, 2025 Huawei’s HiSilicon chips have made brisk progress, going from the under-powered Kirin K3V2 (a quad-core A9 chipset) to the cutting-edgeKirin 970in less than five years. It seems like the first details for the Kirin 980 have dropped. ITHome(viaGizmoChina) reports that the new chipset is being built on TSMC’s7nmmanufacturing process....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Indie app of the day - CALCU: The Ultimate Calculator June 15, 2025 What is CALCU? CALCU is an indie app that was developed by a couple of developers. It’s a calculator app so obviously you may expect it to do calculator type functions. This means you get the basic arithmetic, algebraic, and trigonometric functions that you’d see on pretty much every other calculator....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. International authority assault gets ‘Dendroid’ malware coder arrested July 04, 2025 As hard as it is to hunt down hackers, the FBI and other agencies continue their fight against malicious software developers and digital attackers. The latest major operation was a raid on a criminal-focused forum known as Darkode, a network with the main purpose of sharing, buying and selling tools for cybernetic crimes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus - video comparison July 14, 2025 As you already know,yesterday was iPhone 5 day. The new iOS smartphone was launched in nine countries and will roll out in 100 markets by the end of the year. Naturally, the device will be compared to every existing and upcoming high-end smartphone. In fact,we havea fewsuch comparisonsourselves featuring the iPhone 5 against some of the hottest Android handsets available (and yes, they include video)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. January 2022 security patch here for Pixels (Update: Pixel 6 series, finally) June 09, 2025 Update, August 20, 2025 (02:51 PM ET):It’s been a wild ride for theGoogle Pixel 6 seriesas far as updates go. After Google pulledthe December 2021 security patchand then skipped the series for the January 2022 Android security patch, it is finally righting this wrong....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. John Hanke of Niantic Labs talks about Field Trip June 26, 2025 If you’re not usingField Trip, you really should. The popular Google app is a wealth of information, but not in the way you’re used to. As you travel through your day, be it in your surroundings or visiting another locale, Field Trip will inform you of all the cool (perhaps hidden) stuff around you....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Razr 5G arrives in the US: The cheapest foldable on the market July 13, 2025 After a three-week wait, theMotorola Razr 5Gis finally hitting the shores of the United States. The foldable phone will be sold unlocked from a number of retailers from October 2, and on contract from the likes of AT&T and T-Mobile. At AT&T, customers trading in an eligible device can snag a Razr 5G for up to $700 less its original $1,399 price by porting their number to the network....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) arrives with 19:9 display and dual-cameras for $150 (Update) July 06, 2025 Update, July 22, 2025 (04:05AM EST):HMD Global Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has teased that the company will release the Nokia X5 outside of China (as spotted byNokia Power User). Replying to a tweet that suggested the company should bring the Nokia X5 to Sri Lanka and India, Sarvikas hinted that the phone would indeed be coming to other regions....