Manage your backup any time, any place with AnyBackup

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Manage your backup any time, any place with AnyBackup July 02, 2025 When is the last time you backed up the files on your phone to a physical location? I’m not talking about the cloud, but a laptop or a flash drive. Most people probably couldn’t tell you, and that’s not a good thing if the cloud goes down. HiQ has come up with a convenient, portable solution calledAnyBackup....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 626 words · Amanda Erickson

MediaTek Helio P65 announced: An overdue CPU upgrade, but what else? (Update)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. MediaTek Helio P65 announced: An overdue CPU upgrade, but what else? (Update) July 28, 2025 Update, June 27, 2025 (01:24AM ET):MediaTek has come back to us, confirming that the Helio P65 doesn’t have AI silicon like its predecessor. The company says it’s running AI tasks via the upgraded CPU instead, giving it 100GMACSof performance. By comparison, the Helio P60 offered 280 GMACS of AI performance, owing to its APU....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Adam Crawford Jr.

Microsoft might bring Windows Phone's Word Flow keyboard to Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft might bring Windows Phone’s Word Flow keyboard to Android July 30, 2025 Microsoftis no stranger to bringing its own mobile applications to other platforms. It all started when the company brought full ports ofWord, Excel and PowerPointto Android, followed by it’s personal voice assistant,Cortana. Because of this, it’s not a huge surprise to hear that Microsoft is already planning to bring yet another popular app to other platforms....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Andrew Lloyd

My Verizon Wireless nightmare: Failure to activate

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. My Verizon Wireless nightmare: Failure to activate June 14, 2025 Over the weekend I initiated a transfer of my wireless service from AT&T to Verizon Wireless. The process was so painful and so fraught with failure that I felt compelled to share the story. Buckle up, ’cause here we go. What lie?The 5G E lie. AT&T started showing a5G E symbolat the top of its phones despite the fact the devices were connected to LTE 4G networks....

July 10, 2025 · 10 min · 2009 words · Richard Hill

NBA TV and MLB Network hit YouTube TV right before price hike

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NBA TV and MLB Network hit YouTube TV right before price hike June 25, 2025 Back in February,we told you the exciting newsthatYouTube TVwas adding a bunch more channels, but that it was also raising prices. Now, two popular sports channels, NBA TV and MLB Network, are hittingthe streaming TV serviceright before the price hikegoes into effect next week....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Jacob Hawkins

New dedicated Speed Test G YouTube channel: Speed tests galore!

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New dedicated Speed Test G YouTube channel: Speed tests galore! July 16, 2025 Performance is one of the key factors to consider when buying a smartphone. It isn’t the only one, the camera is important, as is the price, but if you are spending your hard-earned cash you want to know that your device can play the games you like and smoothly run the apps you use....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 640 words · Roy Mccoy

New Galaxy Lite devices and divides, and more tech you need to know today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Galaxy Lite devices and divides, and more tech you need to know today July 10, 2025 1. Samsung’s new devices and divides Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite phones have hit CES 2020, with most of the leaks and rumors proving accurate. S10 Lite, Note 10 Lite: Hadlee Simmons hadhands-on time with the new Lite series,here’s what’s up with specs and details:...

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Carrie Fitzgerald

New PalmID tech lets you unlock devices with a wave of your hand

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New PalmID tech lets you unlock devices with a wave of your hand August 14, 2025 We all knowfingerprint scanners, and touchless biometric authentication methods likeSamsung’s iris scanningand Apple’s 3D facial scanning are slowly becoming mainstream. The problem with these methods is they require dedicated hardware, which limits their adoption. Redrock Biometrics, a startup based in San Francisco, has a solution that involves “reading” your palm using just about any camera....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Andrew Tran

OnePlus drops OnePlus 7 into bucket of water, even without IP rating

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus drops OnePlus 7 into bucket of water, even without IP rating August 07, 2025 The officialOnePlus Twitter accountjust published a short teaser video. The video shows what appears to be aOnePlus 7(or possiblyOnePlus 7 Pro) getting dropped into a bucket of water. The video also says in the fine print that the device depicted does not havean IP ratingfor water resistance....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Kristina Smith

Oppo's Color OS 12 goes official: A glimpse of what's coming to OnePlus phones?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Oppo’s Color OS 12 goes official: A glimpse of what’s coming to OnePlus phones? June 23, 2025 OPPO has finally announced its Color OS 12 software. In doing so, the company is the second OEMafter Samsungto unveil itsAndroid 12skin. It previously rolled out anAndroid 12 betafor theOPPO Find X3back in May. However, the same wasn’t based on Color OS 12....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 830 words · Kevin Bruce

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is official, comes with new Adreno 530 GPU

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is official, comes with new Adreno 530 GPU July 22, 2025 Many have been keenly looking to the arrival ofQualcomm’snext flagship Snapdragon SoC after the trouble with this generation’s Snapdragon 810. This week, Qualcomm has finally begun officially talking about its upcomingSnapdragon 820. However, the company has just started by talking about its latest Adreno 530 GPU and Spectra ISP that will appear in the chip....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 555 words · Madison Thompson

realme 3 launch window confirmed, unnamed 48MP smartphone in works

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme 3 launch window confirmed, unnamed 48MP smartphone in works July 28, 2025 Realmehad an impressive debut year, delivering some capable phones at affordable price-points. And it looks like the company could be in for a great second year on the market. realme India CEO Madhav Sheth toldThe Indian Expressthat therealme 3would be announced in the first quarter of the year....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Ashley Valencia

Redmi K30 Racing Edition goes official as first phone with Snapdragon 768G

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi K30 Racing Edition goes official as first phone with Snapdragon 768G June 12, 2025 Xiaomi has launched a new phone in the Redmi K30 series. Called the Redmi K30 5G Racing Edition (although machine translation also calls it the Extreme or Speed Edition), it’s the first phone to feature Qualcomm’s upgradedSnapdragon 768Gchipset. The new 5G-enabled processor brings a slight performance increase over the existingSnapdragon 765 and 765G....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Sydney Patterson