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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DxOMark changes testing protocol due to various camera improvements June 25, 2025 DxOMark started testing smartphone cameras way back in 2012. Since then, a lot has changed when it comes to photography thanks to various new technologies like dual-camera setups that are becoming the new normal these days — especially on flagship smartphones. All these improvements have now brought DxOMark’s testing protocol to its limits, as the company notes on its website....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive: new LG G5 leak reveals Magic Slot module in action June 09, 2025 TheLG G5will indeed have a Magic Slot function that allows different accessories – or modules – to be inserted into the bottom of the device, as this photo leaked exclusively to Android Authority in advance ofMWC 2016reveals. While the image has had the background blocked out to protect the source, we can confirm this is a legitimate photograph of the LG G5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy S6 Edge demand is to blame for Samsung’s poor Q2 July 18, 2025 Earlier in the day we reported onanother lacklustre quarter for Samsung’s mobile division, as the company prepares to report its seventh consecutive quarter of declining profits. It turns out that theGalaxy S6 Edgemight be to blame for much of Samsung’s weaker than expected earnings. According to the preliminary report, Samsung is expecting 48....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Get Google Camera’s incredible Night Sight mode on Xiaomi Mi 5, Essential Phone June 09, 2025 The Google Camera app for theGoogle Pixel 3has been ported to theXiaomi Mi 5and theEssential phone, complete with working Night Sight mode.XDAforum memberArnova8G2 released the unofficial port(viaXDA) late last week, only a few days after it was made available on theoriginal Pixel and Pixel 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Clips automatically captures your best moments June 29, 2025 We’ve just concluded Google’s “Made by Google” event, and we have a ton of new hardware to explore. Whether it be new phones, speakers, or even headphones, there are a huge amount of new accessories for customers to explore. One of the more out-there accessories that we didn’t see coming is the new camera called “Google Clips”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google quietly starts selling its AI-powered Clips camera (Update: out of stock) June 22, 2025 Update (01/28):And just like that, Clips is already sold out at the Google Store. You can still join the waitlist at the link below if you want to be notified when Clips goes back on sale. Original article (01/27):It has been months since its unveiling, but the AI-poweredGoogle Clipscamera is nowavailable for purchase....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google+ to shut down after private user data exposed June 16, 2025 In a world where there seems to be a new social network data breach every couple of weeks, according to aWall Street Journalreport, a software glitch within Google+ potentially gave third-party developers access to hundreds of thousands of user’s private data. Following this report being published, Google announced that it found the security hole in part thanks to something the company is callingProject Strobe....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s mobile service could include free international roaming August 25, 2025 It looks like Google’s upcoming mobile service won’t be the “small scale” experiment Sundar Pichaipainted it to be during MWC 2015. At least when it comes to roaming, the service will operate at a global scale, according to UK’sThe Telegraph. Citing sources familiar with the matter,The Telegraphreports that Google is in talks with operators from around the world to create a “global network that will cost the same to use for calls, texts and data no matter where a customer is located....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on: Garmin’s vivoactive 3 Music lets you listen to music on the go June 27, 2025 In our initial review, one of our biggest gripes with theGarmin vivoactive 3was that it didn’t have support for music storage. It looks likeGarminheard our request and did something about that. I wasn’t able to use iHeartRadio playlists during the testing period, but I did load up my own music from my computer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Here’s why we haven’t seen more Snapdragon 780G phones July 11, 2025 Have you noticed that few phones are usingQualcomm’s Snapdragon 780G chipdespite the company pitching it as the mainstream chip for 2021? There might be a good explanation. A Xiaomi executive on Weiboclaimedthat insufficient capacity has led to a dearth of 780G devices, and that the chips were reportedly out of production....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR 8X review: Almost the perfect marriage of style and substance July 01, 2025 Honor HONOR 8X What we like What we don’t like Our scores HONOR has released a number of smartphones in 2018 — perhaps too many depending on who you ask — but they all aim to offer exceptional value and build quality that punches well above their price tag....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HONOR handsets to get Android M in February 2016 July 14, 2025 At an event in Berlin last week,Huawei’s HONOR sub-brandconfirmed that they would be launching a beta for the upcomingAndroid 6.0 Marshmallow update, which would be available to selectedHONOR 7users in the coming weeks. What wasn’t clear however, was when the rest of the range would get the update but a tweet by HONOR’s Indian account has revealed that the mass rollout will begin in February next year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC Desire 830 announced, delivers solid mid-range specs August 22, 2025 The mid-range HTCDesire 830 has been officiallyannouncedin Taiwan alongside the Desire 825. As with last year’sDesire 820, the new range features the same plastic build and bright accent colors, but the BoomSound stereo front-facing speakers have received a minor facelift. The Desire 830 specs include an upgraded 5.5-inch Full HD display, octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 chipset clocked at 1....