Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia M5 and C5 Ultra leak in high-res photos ahead of official announcement July 16, 2025 Sony’snew Xperia M5 andC5 Ultrahandsets won’t be officially unveiled until next week, but that’s not stopping us from getting an early look at the unannounced devices. Earlier today Russian tech siteHi-Tech.Mail.ruleaked both devices in full, giving us a good look at Sony’s upcoming smartphones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best VPN for China to get June 03, 2025 AVPNprovides a great way to keep your information private and secure when using the internet. One of the biggest selling points of a good VPN service is the access it grants. VPNs have a lot to offer, from social media in restricted regions to circumventing geolocation blocks for streaming content....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The budget-friendly Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro (2018) goes official August 19, 2025 Today, we’re getting our first official look at the Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro (2018). The device justpopped upon Samsung’s Vietnamese site. The Galaxy J2 Pro (2018) has a quad-core CPU clocked at 1.4 GHz, 1.5 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of storage. The device supports bothmicroSD cardsfor expanded storage (up to 256 GB) and dual SIM cards....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The POCO X2 isn’t the POCOphone you’ve been waiting for (and that’s okay) June 08, 2025 With the POCOphone F1, the Xiaomi managed to strike an unbelievable price to performance ratio for its time. Top-tier internals for ~$300? Sign me up! That said, it’s been a while since the launch of the POCOphone F1 (or the POCO F1 in India) and users have been hankering for an updated release....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Surface Laptop Go is Microsoft’s most affordable clamshell yet June 01, 2025 A refreshedPro Xisn’t the only new Surface device Microsoft announced today. The company also detailed a new entry-level computer called theSurface Laptop Gothat fills a gap in its portable lineup. That’s thanks to the fact that it fits in between the more expensiveSurface Laptop 3 and less capable Surface Go 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The top three Android phone makers lost ground in the US – Kantar August 01, 2025 Research firm Kantar released some of its findings covering the three months ending April 30, and it’s a mixed bag for Android. On one hand, the combined market share of Android manufacturers decreased in the United States. On the other, Android extended its lead in Europe and urban China....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TIDAL makes its way to Android TV as Pandora throws in Google Assistant and more Jun 03, 2025 It’s a surprisingly decent day for music streaming fans onAndroid TV, as not only did TIDAL make its debut on the platform, butPandoraupdated its Android TV app with plenty of new features. Starting with TIDAL, it’s a bit surprising that it took this long for the music service to hit Android TV, since it’s already available for Apple TV....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. UCLA Engineering makes public powerful image detection algorithm June 10, 2025 For a while now, an Engineering research group at UCLA has been working hard on creating an algorithm that helps computers “see” information contained in images that human eyes are unable to detect. The algorithm works at lightning speed, and researchers believe the code could be integrated into facial recognition software, fingerprint matching tech, and iris recognition....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Manual camera controls are nice, but only sometimes get used July 04, 2025 Whether you spend $300 or $1,000 on a smartphone, chances are you will be able to capture decent-looking photos. Of course, there will likely be a quality difference when using auto settings. One way to improve images is by usingmanual camera controlsfound on some handsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Surprisingly, a lot of people still talk on the phone July 07, 2025 Withtexting,messaging through a service,video chatting, and video messaging being so popular, calling someone on the phone seems like an ancient way to communicate. Well, forsomepeople. Personally, I enjoy talking on the phone more than I do sending a quick message. Holding a conversation with someone and being able to hear their voice is much more personal....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: The best phone of 2019 (so far) is… August 24, 2025 We don’t hold ourBest of Android Awardsuntil the end of the year, but we thought 2019 was different. There have beenso many great phonesreleased in the first half of 2019 that we wanted to ask you, our readers, which one you think is the best....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: What you’d pay for Google services August 13, 2025 This week’s poll across our Youtube channel and here on the website asked you what you’d pay per month for a subscription to access Google services: Search, Maps, YouTube, Calendar, and all the rest. Now, we know that sounds ridiculous given it’s free, but we asked ‘what if?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We hope Samsung sticks to this Pie update roadmap (Update: Changed) July 07, 2025 Update, June 06, 2025 (10:22 AM ET):We hoped Samsung would stick to its published roadmap ofAndroid 9 Pieupdates for its devices, but (as somewhat expected) that’s not going to be the case. PerSamMobile, Sammy has switched around the list a bit. The good news is that some devices had their rollout dates moved up, so you will see Pie sooner....