Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Redmi Note 6 Pro might pack four cameras, based on these images August 18, 2025 Xiaomi‘s Redmi Note series is renowned for offering a large battery and solid performance at a bargain price. Now, it seems like the next iteration in the series could bring some interesting camera features to the table. Images of what seem to be the Redmi Note 6 Prohaveappearedonline, but the source for most of these shots isn’t clear....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The ZTE Max XL has a big battery and 6-inch screen for just $130 August 15, 2025 It would appear that smartphone owners are fully embracing the “bigger is better” motto when it comes to buying smartphones. Today,ZTEhas announced it is now offering a phone with a big 6-inch screen, the Max XL, but for the budget-friendly, no-contract price of just $129....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This could turn your entire home into a smart home with a simple click July 27, 2025 A new mega sensor developed by Carnegie Mellon researchers can create a smart home without any expensive appliances: all you have to do is plug it into an outlet. If you have a smart home or are thinking of turning your home into one, you probably know just how expensive and inconvenient it is: either you have to buy brand-new Internet-connected smart home products (which, as explained in the video, don’t even communicate with one another effectively), or you have to tag every item with an aftermarket sensor (which could get ugly really fast)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Top podcast producers, including NPR, acquire Pocket Casts June 06, 2025 An unprecedented collaboration between four of the top podcast producers – NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, andThis American Life– took place today, when the four collective entitiesacquired leading podcast app Pocket Casts. Over the past ten years,Pocket Castshas become one of the highest-rated apps dedicated to podcast listening and discovery on both Android and iOS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: You can now shop with Google Assistant on your Google Home August 01, 2025 Update:It appears the ability to make payments with Google Assistant isn’t only for Pixel owners. Today, Google has announced that you may now shop with your Google Assistant on Google Home. So far, shopping support is available with more than 50 national and locally available Google Express retailers, including Costco, Whole Foods, Walgreens, PetSmart, Target and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. US bans investments in HUAWEI and multiple other Chinese tech firms July 11, 2025 The Biden administration has issued an executive order to ban US entities from investing in Chinese firms with alleged ties to Chinese military or surveillance sectors. Reutersreports that the new list includes 59 Chinese companies. The treasury department will enforce this list and update it on a “rolling basis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We don’t throttle performance on our Android phones like Apple, say HTCand Motorola August 12, 2025 Conspiracy theorists have always believed that Apple slowed down older iPhone models to encourage users to upgrade. Yet this alleged plot, also known as “planned obsolescence”, isn’t to blame; instead, Apple says it is throttling performance to prevent random shutdowns. While its reasoning is sound, the fact remains that Apple kept quiet about its actions and only broke its silence when all of the evidence stacked against it was too high to ignore....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Will you install the Android Q beta? (Poll of the Week) July 27, 2025 Last week’s poll summary:Last week,we asked youif you were going to buy a device in theSamsung Galaxy S10family. According to our results, 55 percent of you have no plans of buying any of the devices. Of the 45 percent who do plan to buy one, 17....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi envisions a phone with ‘bunny ears’ pop-up cameras June 07, 2025 Xiaomi is no stranger to exploringstrange camera designs, but its latest may be particularly clever — and also a bit cute.Tiger Mobilesreports that Xiaomi has filed for a patent on a smartphone design that would use two pop-up cameras in a “bunny ears” arrangement. Each unit would not only pop out at an angle, but carry a camera for both the front and back....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s Gamepad 2.0 turns the Black Shark into a mini Nintendo Switch July 08, 2025 Xiaomihas announced the Gamepad 2.0 accessory for itsBlack Sharksmartphone. As the name implies, the Gamepad 2.0 is the successor to the original Gamepad that launched in April alongside the smartphone. Based on the image above, it looks like you attach the Gamepad 2.0 to the Black Shark similar to how you would attach Joy-Cons to theNintendo Switch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ‘Reinstall me!': Apps may soon haunt you with ads after uninstalling them June 28, 2025 Mobile appsare already able to gather a ton of data about users, but you could previously uninstall them for some (supposed) peace of mind. Now, it seems that developers are able to track you even after removing the offending app, allowing them to potentially annoy you with prompts to reinstall it....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: now in effect) Netflix to clamp down on proxy and VPN access August 15, 2025 Update, May 16:Android Authority confirmsExpressVPNis still working as of this post. Update, January 22:Netflix has reportedly begun blocking users of certain VPNs in Australia from accessing its service from other regions. It looks like Netflix uses some form of IP-based blocking to shut down VPN access, so a simple IP change by the VPN could in theory thwart the measure....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week! - Android Apps Weekly [311] June 15, 2025 Price:Free to play DragonSky is a new idle and merge game from Com2uS, the developers of Summoners War and other games. It plays like most idle and merge games. You start with a single character, merge it with a copy of itself to make a new character, and continue on this path until you have a massive collection of characters....