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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Surprise! Redmi Note 8 Pro receiving stable MIUI 11 update ahead of schedule July 20, 2025 TheXiaomi Redmi Note 8 Prohas started receiving the stable MIUI 11 update in India and some other markets. According to theMIUI 11 roadmap, the phone was scheduled to get the update in December. However, multiple users on theXiaomi forumreport that they have already received the stable update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: Our CES 2019 Awards! June 13, 2025 This week was all aboutCESand appropriately most of our top stories from this week came from that event. We gave out ourBest of CES Awards, awarded thebest audio devices, and even rounded up thebest smartwatches and wearables. We saw expansion of Google Assistant in bothhardwareandsoftware, too. Outside of the trade show, we got news of Samsung’s latest flagship coming earlier than we expected....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Cooling is a hot topic for the Galaxy S22 series June 11, 2025 Cooling is one of the most underrated aspects ofhigh-end smartphones, as you only really notice poor cooling solutions when pushing the phone to the limit in a sustained fashion. This can happen when filming 8K or 4K/60fps video for a long period of time, or when playing technically demanding games for a while....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We have the Moto G 2015: Ask us Anything! July 31, 2025 This week sawMotorolaannounce not one butthree new smartphonesand one of them, theMoto G 2015, is the latest edition in the widely popular range. At a starting price of just $159.99, the Moto G 2015 has a lot going for it and while there’s a lot of content, some of you may still have questions about Motorola’s latest handset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp planning a passcode protection feature July 29, 2025 WhatsAppcould be gaining an extra security option in the near future. We’ve been passed a tip which suggests that the popular messaging app could soon be updated with a six-digit passcode protection feature. The details were spotted as part of a text translation program for WhatsApp, to convert strings from English into Dutch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp will stop working on Android 2.3.7 devices and older starting tomorrow June 11, 2025 Update: July 25, 2025 (11:30 AM ET):The day is almost here. Come Saturday, Aug 02, 2025 (tomorrow), WhatsApp will no longer work on devices running Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and older or iPhones running iOS 8 and older. Unfortunately there’s not much you’re able to do to get WhatsApp working again other than upgrade your phone to something newer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi mocks Apple with Mi 8 mega bundle that costs the same as an iPhone XS Max July 23, 2025 Xiaomihas fired a cheeky shot at Apple by highlighting the massive price disparity between its products and thenext-generation iPhonesrevealed last week. If you head over to Xiaomi China’s official store (viaXDA-Developers) you’ll see three new bundles unsubtly named theXS,XS Max, andXRsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now cast music from a phone to Echo speakers — with one big limitation June 12, 2025 Amazonhas announced a new feature that finally lets users cast music from their smartphone to theirAlexa-enabledspeakers (as spotted byThe Verge). The feature works with any Alexa-powered device, including those made by third parties such asSonos. Unfortunately, it only works with the Amazon Music service....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You need to opt-out of the Google Pixel 4 arbitration agreement. Here’s how. June 19, 2025 A little-known aspect of recent Pixel devices is an arbitration agreement that essentially prevents you from suing or taking part in a class-action suit against Google related to your smartphone. TheGoogle Pixel 4arbitration agreement will be active for everyone who buys one in the United States....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: You’re far from content with current phone case options August 18, 2025 Expensivemodern flagshipspack premium materials, statement designs, and flashy colorways, so hiding all this behind a phone case seems a shame. However, shouldn’t phone case makers give smartphone owners more options to match these pricey devices? It’s a question our Rita El Khoury tackled in a recentopinion piece....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube TV finally makes its way to Amazon Fire TV devices (Updated) July 31, 2025 Update, June 04, 2025 (3:35 PM ET):The YouTube TV app is now officially available on many Amazon Fire TV devices. We updated the article with all of the relevant information. In apress releaseposted this April,Amazonannounced that two things were happening few of us would have expected: Google’s YouTube and YouTube TV apps were coming toAmazon Fire TVand Amazon’s Prime Video app was coming toGoogle’s Chromecastand Android TV devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 7 things we’d like to see on new NVIDIA Shield TV June 17, 2025 We’ve known for months now that a newNVIDIA Shield TVdevice is in the works, owing to references in code and regulatory filings. The latest filing, viaBluetooth SIG, doesn’t give us much information, but it certainly serves as more proof that it’s coming. How could NVIDIA improve the console?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 9 wacky Xiaomi products you didn’t know existed June 19, 2025 Xiaomi might be everyone’s favouritebudget smartphonemanufacturer, but the company is also known for its vast ecosystem ofsmart products. While Xiaomi has been making a foray into the ecosystem space in India, and to a lesser extent in Europe, it is China where it really thrives. The company’s ecosystem play in India has been fairly tame, with suitcases, backpacks and the usualsmart lights....