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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New NVIDIA Shield TV emerges online: Is this more than a minor refresh? July 22, 2025 TheNVIDIA Shield TVis one of the bestAndroid TV(and Android) devices in general, owing to its beefy GPU and steady stream of meaningful updates over the years. Fortunately, it seems like NVIDIA has a new device up its sleeve. According toXDA-Developers, a new NVIDIA Shield TV codenamed “mdarcy” has surfaced on the Google Play Developer Console’s Device Catalog....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Now that OnePlus 2 invites are gone, what’s next for OnePlus? August 25, 2025 When OnePlus first entered the smartphone market with the OnePlus One back in 2014 it caused quite a stir. The idea that consumers should “never settle” for low quality budget phones was a powerful one, especially when OnePlus backed it up with a “Flagship Killer” like the OnePlus One, which could go toe-to-toe with the top smartphones of the day on paper, but cost around half the price, starting at $300....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Nord 2 is pulling camera tech from the OnePlus 9 and OPPO Find X3 Pro June 15, 2025 OnePlus has been drip-feedingNord 2features ahead of the July 22 launch date, confirming chipset and screen details in recent days. Now, the manufacturer has turned to the main camera, and it looks like the mid-range device has some impressive hardware....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Nord 2 specs leak in full, MediaTek Dimensity 1200 big headliner August 18, 2025 OnePlus has pushed out lots of Nord news recently, with reveals of theNord CEas well as the ultra-budgetNord N200. However, fans have been waiting for therealreveal of the true follow-up to last year’s well-receivedOnePlus Nord. Well, we don’t have an official reveal for you yet, but we have something you’ll like: a leaked list of OnePlus Nord 2 specs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus One now available from India’s Flipkart July 02, 2025 Update:Well that didn’t take long. Following the teaser at the end of last week, theOnePlus Oneis nowon sale through Flipkart. As expected, it’s the 64GB Sandstone Black model that has arrived at the popular e-commerce store. To celebrate the launch, Flipkart has cut the price down to Rs.19,998 ($315) from its regular retail price of Rs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus wants you to design its next OxygenOS feature (Update: Winner announced) June 18, 2025 Update, August 04, 2025 (1:02PM EST):OnePlusannouncedthat Léandro Tijink is the winner of the company’s Product Manager Challenge. Tijink’s entry features a top-to-bottom refresh of OxygenOS’ aesthetics and tweaks to existing features, such as the ambient display and the app drawer. Tijink went so far as to build awebsitethat includes 47 screenshots of his redesigned OxygenOS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Opera’s new browser excels at one-hand usage and PC synchronization August 19, 2025 Look ma’, one hand! Opera is trying to boost its mobile presence with Opera Touch, a new browser that lets you do pretty much anything with just one hand. Opera announced its new browser at alaunch eventin Oslo. Opera Touch is designed to be used one-handed, eliminating several of the steps that most users have begrudgingly followed for years — and implementing several new features to merge mobile and desktop browsing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO is ready to take on the high-end competition with the Find X2 Series July 30, 2025 With the new 5G-capable Find X2 series, OPPO is now taking on a bigger challenge: the high-end Android market. The OPPO Find X2 series The brand-newFind X2series is an all-around powerhouse with premium specs in every category. It runs with a 120Hz refresh rate for a smooth, vibrant picture on the large 6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Purported Google Play Store 4.4 app screenshots tease changes coming with Android 4.4 KitKat June 23, 2025 Alleged screenshots showing the next version of the Google Play Store Android app have apparently hit the web, detailing some new features that are supposedly coming soon – possibly together with the official Android 4.4 KitKat launch. Android Policehas gotten its hands on the screenshots below, which reveal a complete redesign of the Play Store app in version 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm outlines improvements in the Snapdragon 821 August 12, 2025 A little while ago,Qualcomm revealedthat its current chipset top-dog will soon get a minor refresh, becoming the Snapdragon 821. Details were sparse at the time; we were only told to expect a 10% improvement from the Snapdragon 820 that is packed in many esteemed Android flagships today. This would be achieved predictably by giving the CPU and GPU clock speeds a bump....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Researcher manages to hack ATMs using his phone’s NFC and an Android app July 21, 2025 Many people have probably fantasized about getting more money out of an ATM than they have in their bank accounts. Some have even successfully tried all sorts of methods to exploit ATMs by physically tinkering with the machines’ hardware. But now, a researcher has managed to hack ATMs and other point-of-sale (POS) machines by simply waving his phone over a contactless card reader....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung celebrates Note 9 release by pretending Note 7 didn’t happen July 24, 2025 A few weeks ago,Samsung released a teaser adto hype up the then-upcoming launch of theSamsung Galaxy Note 9. The teaser ad ran through the numerical entries in the Note line, but very conspicuously skipped over theSamsung Galaxy Note 7. Today, to celebratethe global release of the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung posteda neat infographicthat goes over the entire history of Galaxy Note devices, even including theGalaxy Note Edge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung doesn’t expect to ship too many S21 series phones July 22, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S21 seriesoffers three great flagship phones, with the barrier of entry reduced to $800 while the top-endS21 Ultrain particular gets several major upgrades. You’d think that the reduced price tag across the board would result in more sales, butThe Elecreports that Samsung has set a rather conservative estimate for shipments in 2021....