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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Thuraya X5-Touch is the first Android satellite/smartphone combo August 19, 2025 If you’re someone who often enough finds themselves in places wherethere is no cell service, you likely own a satellite phone. But then, when you find yourself back in civilization again, you have a regular,terrestrial smartphone. Don’t you hate having to jump back and forth? Well, Thuraya has got you covered, as todaythe company announcednot only the first Android satellite phone but also the first phone that is both a satellite phone and aGSM-poweredsmartphone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TikTok makers secretly testing a $1.70/month music streaming app July 30, 2025 ByteDance Inc, the studio behind viral social media platform TikTok, is secretly testing amusic streaming appin India and Indonesia. Called Resso, the app is available on bothAndroidand iOS. Developed by New York-based Moon Video Inc, Resso has largely gone undetected as a ByteDance-published offering.Bloombergreports that the app was initially launched six months ago and says it has around 27,000 users, citing Sensor Tower data....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Using Plex to Stream Videos to Your Android Device June 23, 2025 Plexisn’t the flashiest brand new streaming media app in the Market but it certainly is one of the more reliable and flexible ones. There are few applications of this type that can handle as many formats for videos, music, and photos. With Plex, you can practically play anything you throw at it whether the source is online or local....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Developer Edition is now in stock for $700 August 04, 2025 It has been about a week since we learned thatVerizonwould be bringing you theSamsung Galaxy Note 4 Developer Edition, and it has now arrived. Despite early reports, Samsung and Verizon are not offering the device at a discount, pull out your wallet and count to $699....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is GaN and what does it mean for your tech? July 15, 2025 You may not have heard about gallium nitride (GaN), but it’s quickly becoming an increasingly important technology in the smartphone space. This next-generation semiconducting material is likely to make an appearance in your nextsmartphone chargeras well as that new5Gradio tower in town. Companies, including GV (formerly Google Ventures), have been pouring money into GaN research over several years and the investments appear to be paying dividends....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi A1 sequel may have been uncovered with Snapdragon 660 chip July 13, 2025 Xiaomi may be preparing aMi A1successor, according to a report fromXDA. The speculation is based on a new device’s firmware files, and it looks like it would be an Android One handset like the original. The smartphone, codenamed “jasmine_sprout” and possibly being released as the Xiaomi Mi A2, would reportedly arrive with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G: Next-gen connectivity for 599 euros (Available for purchase!) July 18, 2025 Update, August 03, 2025, at 11:35 am ET:After several months of waiting, Xiaomi has officially made theMi Mix 3 5Gavailable for purchase! you’re able to pick up the handset via the button below for as low as 49 pounds up front and 54 pounds a month on Vodafone’s 5G-ready plans....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s ‘full display gestures’ prepare us for a future without software buttons June 21, 2025 Because Apple removed the home button with the iPhone X, the phone relies on gestures to move folks throughout the OS. The iPhone X’s gestures tug at my heartstrings a bit — they remind me of the days of Palm’s webOS — and Xiaomi looks to do the same with iPhone X-like gestures in the latest beta build of MIUI 9....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You might be playing Fortnite for Android in August, assuming you buy a Galaxy Note 9 August 23, 2025 An anonymous source speaking with9to5Googlesays thatSamsungis planning to entice people to pre-order theSamsung Galaxy Note 9with an interesting offer: the chance to play the official release ofFortnite for Androidbefore anyone else. According to the source, owners of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will have exclusive rights to download Fortnite from theGoogle Play Storefor 30 days after the device’s release....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Here’s how often you use split-view multitasking July 19, 2025 Split-view multitasking has been available onAndroid phonesfor years now, allowing you to run two apps on-screen at once. This feature typically splits the screen in half, with an app occupying each half of the display (as seen above). We wanted to know how often people actually use this feature though — if indeed they use it at all....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Your guide to Android One July 29, 2025 Introduced to India back in 2014, Android One was an initiative meant to bring unity to a virtual wild west of low-end Android phones. Low-end phones in developing markets enjoyed little to no hardware or software quality control whatsoever and Google wanted that to change. Related:Best Android One phones (including upcoming models)...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ZTE’s Axon smartphone, Axon Watch and Spro 2 Projector are making their way to China July 14, 2025 ZTE’sflagshipAxonsmartphone just launched in the United States about a week ago, and earlier today we saw the devicepay a visit to Chinese certification authority TENAA, signifying its imminent launch in China. Now the company has made the smartphone’s launch in China official, along with a few other notable devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: FAA advises against use) Three Australian airlines ban Galaxy Note 7 in-flight use July 18, 2025 Update, September 9:The US Federal Aviation Administrationreleaseda brief statement on the issue, urging passengers to not use or charge the Galaxy Note 7 while on board of airplanes and to not check Note 7’s in the hold baggage. Here’s the full statement from the FAA:...