Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Republic Wireless expands lineup with 9 new Android phones August 12, 2025 Back in May, Republic Wireless announced it was switching up its plans witha new pricing structure and more service options. The US-based MVNO also revealed they would be adding several new phones, diversifying its previously limited portfolio, which had consisted of only theMotorola Moto G (3rd Gen)andMoto E (2nd Gen)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung can’t be complacent with HUAWEI out of the picture for now June 02, 2025 2019 was looking like HUAWEI’s year, coming off a wildly successful 2018 and carrying that momentum into the new year. The firm had just passedApplefor second place in global shipments by several accounts, and had alofty goalof passing Samsung in 2019. Unfortunately, all it took was asigned executive orderin the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Chromebook Plus now available on Google Store for $449 August 25, 2025 The Samsung Chromebook Plus was officially announced atCESin Las Vegas at the beginning of the year andwent on sale a couple of weeks ago. you may get if from multiple retailers in the US like Amazon and BestBuy for $449. You can now also buy it from Google, as the company has started selling the Samsung Chromebook Plus on its online store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) now updating to Android Marshmallow June 18, 2025 Yesterday,word broke that Samsung had finallybegun to update its Galaxy A product line to last October’s Android Marshmallow 6.0. Of course, much to the dismay of many, the news came with a couple of caveats: it wasonlyfor the OG Galaxy A7 (i.e. the 2015 metal one) and only for customers living in Russia with unlocked variants....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Skip the Redmi K20 Pro flash sale queue by reserving yours early August 11, 2025 Xiaomiis readying theRedmi K20 series smartphonesfor India where they’re set to go on sale July 17. In the lead up to their release, Xiaomi has announced a special sale — the first of its kind — for those who want to buy them first. The “Alpha Sale” is more a glorified reservation system than a sale, though....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony unveils limited edition WH-1000XM4 headphones in eye-catching white July 13, 2025 Sony just found another way to keep itsWH-1000XM4 headphonesrelevant despite fierce competition: offer them in a hard-to-find color.Slashgearreports that Sony hasintroduceda limited edition of the headphones in Silent White. It’s more than just a color change. Sony says the white headphones come in a pearlescent finish that adds a “sense of depth” and refines their tactile feel....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Speed Test G: ROG Phone 5 Ultimate vs Galaxy S21 Ultra (a close fight) Jul 09, 2025 Asus’ROG Phone 5 Ultimateis supposed to be a champion performer between its 18GB of RAM and other tweaks, but how much of an advantage does it really convey versus an ‘ordinary’ flagship like theGalaxy S21 Ultra? Gary Sims might have found out. He justconducteda realistic speed test of the ROG Phone versus its Samsung counterpart to find out, and the results are at once surprising and expected....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile just doubled the price of its top-tier unlimited data plan add-on August 20, 2025 T-Mobilehas quietly increased the monthly cost of its “ONE Plus” data plan add-on (which bears no relation to theOnePlusmobile manufacturer) from $5 per month to $10 per month. The price change was first spotted byRedditusers yesterday before being confirmed by T-Mobile later. Commenting on the move, a T-Mobile spokesperson toldBusiness Insiderthat the price change reflects the end of a “promo” period....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Take full control of your phone’s processor with CPU Editor mod from XDA member smokin1337! August 19, 2025 While most of you might enjoy rooting your Android devices to take the occasional custom ROM for a spin, I know that there are many users out there who only do that to take control of their phones’ processor and cores....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The important Pixel 4 November update is now rolling out after delay (Update) July 20, 2025 Update, November 12:Over the past few hours, multiple Pixel 4 users have reported the arrival of the November patch on their devices. Specifically, a user running his unlocked Pixel 4 on AT&T’s networkreportedthat the update brought his version number to QD1A.190821.007.A3. We’ll keep an eye out for more reports....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Top 10 things you can do on your Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) phone June 12, 2025 Everyone is going ga-ga over Ice Cream Sandwich. Ever since it was released, third-party Android developers have been hard at work porting leaks into every possible phone and improving the stock firmware with additions of their own. We’ve seen Ice Cream Sandwich in stock form, in it’s purest form without HTC’s Sense UI on top, various aesthetically modified versions, as well as those that have been given performance boosts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tronsmart launches world’s first octa-core media player, with 4GB RAM option July 04, 2025 Tronsmart made the news at the end of August when it launched theOrion R28and became one of the first companies to release a commercial available device with a Cortex-A17 processor. Now the company has gone one better and announced the world’s first Android based TV media player with an octa-core processor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Pirates of the Caribbean edition of the Galaxy S8 now on sale in China June 15, 2025 Aside from the custom Pirates of the Caribbean user interface, the device is identical to the standard version of the Galaxy S8. It ships in what looks like a treasure chest that contains the normal Galaxy S8 retail box along with a phone ring holder and Pirates of the Caribbean branded clip-on case....