Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi’s first laptop pairs sensible specs with a fiercely competitive price August 23, 2025 Xiaomisub-brand Redmi is probably best known for its affordable line of smartphones that meld solid specs with affordable prices. Now, the brand has applied this philosophy to a new technology sector —laptops. The firm has today announced its new RedmiBook laptop series aimed at the stay-at-home crowd....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Research suggests OPPO and HUAWEI cheating benchmarks (Update: OPPO response) July 08, 2025 Update, November 2 at 10:54 a.m. ET:OPPO has released a statement toAndroid Authorityregarding claims that the company was caught cheating on benchmarks to inflate the performance scores of its Find X smartphone. OPPO’s statement can be found below: Okay, let’s unpack that. OPPO claims its in-house developed performance optimization is the culprit for the disparity between benchmark scores....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) spotted, A-series refresh incoming August 16, 2025 It’s been about 9 months sinceSamsung’slast Galaxy A series announcement, and now we know that the company has some 2017 successors in the works, as we would expect. AGalaxy A5(2017) handset has been spotted over at Geekbench and the same model number has been spotted over on an Indian import list....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ officially launch in the US today August 25, 2025 While a few carriers such asT-Mobileand Verizon got the jump on Note 5 and Edge+ sales by skipping pre-orders and starting early, for a number of carriers today is the official launch day for Samsung’s latest flagship devices. The Note 5 sees a dramatic departure from the Note series of the past....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S10/S10 Plus vs HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro: Clash of the Titans June 05, 2025 A good argument could be made that the most powerful flagship phones that are available to purchase right now are theSamsung Galaxy S10, the S10 Plusand theHUAWEI Mate 20 Pro. All three phones have displays that are over 6-inches, all three have triple rear camera setups and all three have the current fastest mobile processors on the market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Messages bug conspicuously sends photos from your gallery (Updated) August 25, 2025 Update (07/02/18):When reached for comment, Samsung sent over the following response: “We are aware of the reports regarding this matter and our technical teams are looking into. Concerned customers are encouraged to contact us directly at 1-800-SAMSUNG.” Samsung did not say if there will be an update to fix the issue or when that update will arrive if it does....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Some Nexus 6P owners are experiencing weird battery problems on Android Nougat June 15, 2025 SomeGoogle Nexus 6Powners are reporting a strange battery issue after upgrading toAndroid 7.0 Nougat. The device stops working under certain circumstances and can only be restarted when plugged into a power source. The issue can be seen in theYouTubevideo below. The uploader says he is using a recently acquired RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) Nexus 6P running Android 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Specs and designs leak for Motorola Edge 20 and Edge 20 Plus July 02, 2025 TheMotorola Edge Pluswas one of the first bonafide flagship phones from Moto in quite a while. The phone earned decent marks, but it was hindered byVerizonexclusivity here in the United States. Meanwhile, theMotorola Edgewas a decent mid-ranger but suffered from pricing that was way too high....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile states new Nexus phones won’t support band 12 LTE, at least at first July 22, 2025 We are wrapping up Google announcement day and simply couldn’t close the cycle without some distress. This time the bearer of bad news is T-Mobile, which states the new Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P may not be supporting 4G LTE bands as much as everyone believes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TCL gives us a glimpse at its vision for the foldable future July 03, 2025 A few days ago,CNETreported that China-based TCL was working on concepts forfoldable smartphones and tablets, including one phone conceptdesigned to wrap around a person’s wrist. Today, as part ofMWC 2019, TCL revealed more information on the technology behind their foldable phones. Specifically, it said that their flexible handsets would use its own DragonHinge technology....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The LG V30 is the first to benefit from T-Mobile’s 600 MHz spectrum for better coverage July 22, 2025 The newLG V30certainly packs in plenty of top-notch hardware, enough to satisfy even the most demanding smartphone enthusiast. But did you also know that it’s the first phone to support T-Mobile’s new600 MHz LTE spectrumtoo? Jotted way down at the bottom of the official spec sheet is mention of LTE Band 71, which potentially means a stronger and more consistent LTE signal across T-Mobile’s network in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Ticwatch E review update: back in black July 10, 2025 Ticwatch E What we like What we don’t like A little while back, we reviewed the Ticwatch E and S, two of the most affordableAndroid Weardevices around. For $159, the more affordable Ticwatch E suffered a rather unfortunate setback though — for what seemed like no reason, the watch bugged out and the screen began flickering with the bottom portion flashing white....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp is looking to add a really long time limit to disappearing messages August 10, 2025 WhatsApp‘s disappearing messages could soon get a really long time limit defeating the privacy-focused purpose of the feature. According to WhatsApp sleuths over atWABetaInfo, the messaging app is testing a new 90-day option for disappearing messages. The new 90 days limit was spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android with version number 2....