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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: new picture) Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact show up in leaked image, fingerprint reader on board July 15, 2025 Update, August 5:@vizileaks haspublishedanother image allegedly showing the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact. This one gives us a better view of the redesign power button/fingerprint sensor. Original post, August 3:The Sony Xperia Z4proved to be nothing more than a minimal upgrade over the Z3, which is something that caused anuproar among fans....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A hacker made the USB-C iPhone Apple refuses to make August 03, 2025 Ever since the switch away from the big ol’ 30-pin connectors in the iPhone 4, everyiPhonesince has used Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector for charging and data transfers. But times have changed since then; the world has adoptedUSB-Cas its connector-of-choice, and Apple is one of the only major holdouts still refusing to adopt USB-C for its most popular tech product....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android security director moving to Nest July 25, 2025 For the past six years,Adrian Ludwighas been the Director of Android Security at Google. This is no small task, as there are over 2 billion Android users across the globe. But now it appears Mr. Ludwig is moving on to oversee a different type of security: the security of your home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android to be built into future versions of Audi and Volvo cars June 20, 2025 When Google launchedAndroid Autothree years ago, the automobile technology solution required the use of a connected Android smartphone. Now Google is looking to incorporate its Android OS directly inside vehicles. Today, the company announced that Audi and Volvo will be among the car makers which will build Android into their future automobiles....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple, not Samsung, was the top-selling smartphone brand in late 2020 June 04, 2025 Android no longer has the top spot among smartphone brands. Gartner analysts haveestimatedthat Apple overtook Samsung to become the top-selling phone maker in the fourth quarter of 2020, claiming 20.8% market share to its rival’s 16.2%. That’s a sharp turnaround from the same time a year earlier, when Samsung just edged out Apple to get 17....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best Buy to Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge pre-orders start March 27 (Update: Live now, with free wireless charger offer) August 05, 2025 Update:As expected, Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge pre-orders have now begun atBest Buy. For those who pre-order from the retailer, you’ll get the bonus of a free wireless charging pad, as long as you pre-order between today and April 11th....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Caterpillar’s rugged S61 features an improved thermal camera and costs as much as an iPhone X June 27, 2025 Known for its bright yellow bulldozers and dump trucks, Caterpillar is no stranger to the smartphone industry. At this year’sMobile World Congress, and the company announced the new and improved S61, updating 2016’sS60, the first smartphone featuring a thermal camera. The phone predictably updates the internal hardware, but also improves the FLIR thermal imaging camera....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Caveats coming to Twitter’s hard 140-character rule August 12, 2025 Twitter’s long-standing policy has been one of hard-lined adherence to a strict 140-character rule regarding tweet length. Well, you know, except for that time not so long ago when they lost their minds and started toying around withexpanding that length to 10,000 characters. We heard a rumor that Twitter would be bringing changes to their character limit, specifically thatlinks and photos would no longer contribute to the count....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Come meet the AA team at our CES booth tomorrow! August 07, 2025 Saturday is public day at CES Las Vegas, so come by our booth and say hi! The world’s biggest consumer electronics show is now in full swing, and for press members and bloggers it’s actually pretty much over. We’ve seen all the big announcements of the show and worked hard to deliver the best content we’re capable off....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Comment: Xiaomi’s profit margin cap doesn’t mean a thing June 22, 2025 XiaomiCEO Lei Jun made thesurprise announcementyesterday that the Beijing-based company will “forever” cap net profit margins on hardware at five percent. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that’s a generous move. Finally, a company isn’t going looking for egregious amounts of profit at your expense, right?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Crowdfunding project of the week: SunnyBAG LEAF+ is a solar panel you can take anywhere July 04, 2025 Great innovations frequently come from crowdfunding websites likeKickstarterandIndiegogo, but we know you don’t have time to search through hundreds of campaigns. In the ‘Crowdfunding project of the week’ we bring forward the hottest tech in this category, so let’s get started on this week’s gadget....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Did Amazon just confirm the existence of the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro? August 15, 2025 TheOnePlus 8andOnePlus 8 Proexist and those are their real names, at least according to an Amazon listing. The ecommerce platform apparently listed the two upcomingOnePlus flagshipson itsaffiliate website. The listing was first spotted bya Twitter userand later confirmed byGadgets 360who also saw it earlier in the day....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Down memory lane: the biggest moments in MWC history July 15, 2025 It’s that time of the year again when thousands of mobile manufacturers, app developers, service providers, and the tech press descend on Barcelona for a week. There’s likely to be more than 80,000 people at Mobile World Congress this year and many millions will read about what’s unveiled....