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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi to dive into India’s premium smartphone market. Will it survive? July 23, 2025 Xiaomi will finally start launching premium Mi-branded flagship smartphones in its biggest market, India. The Chinese company has firmly planted its roots in the country by creating a strong demand for its budget smartphones. It now feels time has come to introduce more premium devices in the Indian market starting this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi will launch Redmi Note 9 series globally this week (Update) August 24, 2025 Update, June 01, 2025 (4:42AM ET):Xiaomi has already confirmed that it’s holding a Redmi Note 9 series event tomorrow (April 30), but it looks like we can expect at least one more smartphone from the firm here. The company has just revealed on itsforumthat the previously leaked Mi Note 10 Lite will be making an appearance at the event too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now pre-order the Alcatel Onetouch Watch for just $150 August 05, 2025 Alcatel Onetouchannounced earlier today that the Alcatel Onetouch Watch, which was unveiled at CES 2015, is now up for pre-order on the company’s website for $149.99. At launch, the Watch will only be available in the black sporty band variant, but the company will release new styles later in 2015....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Only a few of you have disabled your phone’s high refresh rate August 13, 2025 High refresh ratescreens have been around for several years now, trickling down fromtop-end flagshipsand currently available in ~$250 devices. The technology enables smoother scrolling and swiping, as well as smoother performance in supported video games. This tech can come at the expense of battery life though, so we wondered how many people have disabled high refresh rate functionality on their phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: Day #3) E3 2015 hub: see our mobile gaming coverage in one place June 19, 2025 If you’re even remotely interested in gaming, you’ve probably heard about some of the announcements making the rounds these days. I don’t know, stuff like a remake of Final Fantasy VII, Fallout 4, a new Deus Ex, an expansion for Destiny, a new Hitman, Star Wars: Battlefront, just to name a few....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 10 best Android hack and slash games and beat ‘em up games for Android July 11, 2025 Read more: Beat Street Price:Free to play Beat Street is an old school style beat-em-up game. It’s a 2D side scroller with a bunch of playable characters. The game features single-handed controls, a story to play through, and a good action pace. Each character has a variety of abilities and the story is good enough to drive the player forward....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon to buy MGM and its many franchises for $8.45 billion August 05, 2025 Amazon is making a big bet on old-school Hollywood. Afterseveral rumorsthat said a deal was in talks, the tech companyannounced this morningit was buying MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Amazon will pay $8.45 billion to buy the 97-year-old company. In the press release, Amazon says its purchase of MGM is primarily to boost its film output of Amazon Studios....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 12 developer preview hands-on: Lots of little changes August 16, 2025 Today, we’ve had our first glimpse at the next major version of Google’s operating system, Android 12. The company has released an earlydeveloper preview, which is nowavailable for downloadfor various Pixel phones. According to Google, Android 12 is all about making the OS “more intuitive, better performing, and more secure....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 5.0 Lollipop official: what you need to know August 13, 2025 It started life as Android L preview in June, but it has since matured into a full-blown release, ready to hit millions of Android devices over the next weeks and months. Android 5.0 Lollipop is here! In a blog post published minutes ago, Google announced the biggest update to Android since Ice Cream Sandwich, a major change that is reflected in the version jump to Android 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android O promises to improve battery life with background limits on apps [Diving into Android O] July 26, 2025 Battery life is definitely one of the most important, if not the most important, features when a person buys a smartphone. Getting as much use from a single battery charge is critical to so many users. With today’s official announcement, andfirst developer release of Android O, Google says it wants to boost the battery life on smartphones by imposing new limits on the background activities in Android apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple may still bring iMessage to Android, eventually August 15, 2025 There’s been long running speculation thatApplemay one day bring itsiMessageplatform to Android, unifying us all under one glorious system full of doodles and animations. Rumored plans fora 2016 debut didn’t pan out, but it seems that Apple hasn’t completely given up on the idea of cross platform chat just yet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best Buy Christmas sale is an advent calendar stacked with tech deals June 16, 2025 Best Buyhas announced its festive, 20 Days of Doorbusters sale to celebrate the holidays. Starting tomorrow, the retail giant will roll out a new deal every day and it’s promising its “lowest prices of the season.” The deals will include savings on laptops, headphones, tablets, smartphones, 4K TVs, and more....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best Xiaomi Mi 8 screen protectors July 23, 2025 TheXiaomi Mi 8has courted its fair share ofcontroversy, but the one thing no can deny is the incredible value for money this device offers. Not only does its price tag undercut the competition, often by a wide margin, the Xiaomi flagship also introduces someunique featuresthat make for a very compelling device....