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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to use Google Maps' new highly-detailed voice navigation feature July 23, 2025 Yesterday, we wrote about how Google is adding a newvisual accessibility toolto Chrome. In honor ofWorld Sight Day, Google continues to champion tech accessibility with its latest addition toGoogle Maps: a “Detailed Voice Guidance” feature that makes it easier for theblind and visually impairedto navigate on foot....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI and Leica issue extended clarification on their HUAWEI P9 camera collaboration August 21, 2025 After issuing a clarification of Leica’s collaboration with HUAWEI on theHUAWEI P9camera earlier this week, the two companies have now issued an extended statement that goes into even more detail on the co-engineering of the P9 camera. The intention is clearly to quash theclaims that Leica merely “certified” the HUAWEI P9 camera, but if anything it confuses things even further....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HUAWEI files lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce June 22, 2025 The back and forth betweenHuaweiand the U.S. government continues with the former suing the U.S. Department of Commerce,Bloombergreported today. The company is suing the agency over telecommunications equipment seized by American officials. According to the lawsuit, HUAWEI sent the equipment to a California lab in July 2017. American officials then seized the equipment in Alaska to see whether an export license was required....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Instagram update brings live video on Instagram Stories August 18, 2025 And the app is adding more Snapchat-esque features with the new disappearing photos and videos in Instagram Direct. These update should start appearing in the next few weeks. We saw rumors of Instagram adding live video features to its Stories back in October, and just a few days ago the company CEOKevin Systrom confirmed those rumors, saying that Instagram would follow the footsteps of its parent company Facebook by focusing on video-centric user experience....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MIUI 10 global beta details revealed: When will your phone get the update? June 17, 2025 We’ve already looked atMIUI 10 featuresas well astentative timelinesfor the update to roll out. Now, Xiaomi has published more launch details for the MIUI 10 global beta. In a post on the official MIUI Forum, the Chinese brand revealed the global beta update will be available in three batches, divided into early July, late July, and early August....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia 9.2 PureView 5G: All the rumors in one place (Updated: April 20) July 13, 2025 Update, April 20 , 2020 (5AM ET):We have rumors to suggest that the Nokia 9.2 PureView will feature an in-display selfie camera and a 120Hz screen refresh rate. We’ve updated the original article to reflect the new information. Read on for more. HMD Global isn’t known for making flagship smartphones, but theNokia 9 PureViewfrom 2019 was the company’s best shot in the category....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 5 is out of stock across the world, is it being discontinued? [Updated] August 04, 2025 “If you look at our previous phone, the OnePlus 3T, the last batch was sold out during Diwali and now the product will be discontinued. The same goes for the OnePlus 5, which will also be sold out in sometime, and we’ll have only one product, [the] OnePlus 5T, in the market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Popular MMO Lineage 2: Revolution launches in the US July 16, 2025 US, Canadian, and European players can now enter the mobile fantasy world of Lineage 2: Revolution. The free-to-play MMO, which launched in South Korea nearly a year ago and has since expanded to a number of countries in Asia, is now available for download in the Google Play Store in the West....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme X3 launching in India, drops the higher price and the 60x zoom lens July 14, 2025 Hot on the heels of therealme X3 SuperZoom, the realme X3 without the periscope camera is coming, and it looks to have solid specs that are anchored by a Snapdragon 855 Plus processor. Camera-wise, the phone has some differences compared to the SuperZoom model that launched last month....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. RED Hydrogen prototype phone gets shown off in new video July 10, 2025 A few weeks ago, RED, the well-known high-end digital camera company, announced plans to launch its own Android smartphone,the RED Hydrogen. Today, a new video posted by noted YouTube tech personality Marques Brownlee showed off a non-working prototype of the RED Hydrogen, along with some early impressions of its potentially unique “holographic” display....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Register now for Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, coming next month August 24, 2025 Update, October 25:As promised, Nintendo has released the first details about its next Android game. Called Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the title will be free to play, with in-app purchases, but the good news is the IAP system appears to be entirely optional. In other words, you’ll be able to enjoy the whimsical world of Animal Crossing without paying any real-world money....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung CEO: First foldable phone could be unveiled in November June 11, 2025 Samsung will launch a foldable phone by the end of this year, according to mobile division CEO DJ Koh. Speaking toCNBC, he said the company could unveil the phone at the Samsung Developer Conference which takes place Nov. 7-8 in San Francisco. He added that that development of the device has “nearly concluded,” although warned that the process is “complicated....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung now owns the world’s largest mobile phone factory August 03, 2025 India is the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market, and now it has a factory to match that demand. Over the weekend,Samsungopened the world’s largest mobile phone factory on the outskirts of Delhi, viaBloomberg. Although Samsung held the top spot on the list of mobile phone manufacturers in India for a long time, it was recentlyknocked down to the second positionby Chinese manufacturerXiaomi....