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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi POCOphone F1 update improves camera and fixes app launching July 13, 2025 Xiaomiis rolling out an update for thePocophone F1, the first smartphone from its new POCO sub-brand. As spotted byXDA, Xiaomi is now deploying MIUI v9.6.18.0.OEJMIFD to the handset with a range of system upgrades. Xiaomi has optimized the camera’s image processing and its “launching process” — presumably, it’s now faster or smoother to open — as well as improved the dual-mic recording....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ‘Hey Google’ hot word could be coming soon to headphones August 10, 2025 If you own a pair ofGoogle Assistant-enabled wireless headphones— such as theSony WH1000XM3pictured above — you need to hit a button on the headphones to activate Assistant. Meanwhile, your smartphone, smart speaker, and even smartwatch likely have the ability to activate when you say “Hey Google.”...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: confirmed) Samsung looking to buy QD Vision, a quantum dot display company July 04, 2025 Update, Nov 23:A little quicker than expected, Samsung has today confirmed that the company is acquiring QD Vision. Jung Chil-hee, head of Samsung’s R&D unit, confirmed the purchase at the Samsung Group’s weekly executive meeting. The cost of the acquisition has not been announced, but previous reports suggested that the deal could be worth around $70 million (KRW 83 billion), which is a modest amount for a company like Samsung....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A Pokemon-inspired Rick and Morty mobile game is arriving next week [Update: out now!] June 09, 2025 [aa_button text=“Download Pocket Mortys from Google Play” url=“https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turner.pocketmorties&hl=en” size=“medium” align=“center” nofollow=“0” color=“0” ] Original post (1/6):With season 3 of Rick and Morty still eons away (the rumor mill estimates March 2017… ouch), fans of the irreverent sci-fi comedy have been starving for any new content involving their favorite characters....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All the 2019 OnePlus phones compared June 19, 2025 OnePlus’ 2019 smartphone lineup is now complete with the launch of theOnePlus 7T Pro. The company has a six-month update cycle, which means the next smartphone — possibly theOnePlus 8— could launch sometime in April 2020. Right now is the time when you are possibly contemplating picking up a 2019 OnePlus phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Messages getting better chat search, catching up to proper messengers like WhatsApp June 15, 2025 Googleis rolling out a new feature toAndroid Messagesthis week that brings it another step closer to popular messaging apps. According to a Googleblog postpublished yesterday, Messages is soon getting a new and convenient way to search through chat histories. Say you were sent a link a few months back to ablack and white video of a man dancing in his pants— how would you normally go about finding this in your conversation history?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android OEM strategies in 2015: which OEM’s are heading in the right direction? August 14, 2025 The year 2015 has been a mixture of rebirth and, arguably, stagnation, depending on the OEM in question and who you ask. Some players have largely kept the same strategy, for better or worse, while others have started to plant the seeds of change with shakeups in design and software....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best Kickstarter of the month - August 2016 August 11, 2025 Innovation never ceases in the tech world, with a slew of developers working on products that range from extremely useful to downright fun, and if you are on the look out for such tech, Kickstarter is definitely one of the best places to go. There is, admittedly, a lot to sift through, so to make your search easier, we’ve rounded up some of the best Kickstarter projects of August 2016!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BuildTopia is what happens when Fortnite and Minecraft have a child August 11, 2025 Withbattle royale gamesseemingly here to stay, developer NetEasereportedly received approvalto launch its self-developed battle royale intellectual property (IP). Previously called FortCraft, the game is now called BuildTopia and is coming to a phone near you. From the gameplay video above, it’s not hard to see BuildTopia’s influences....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cable group claims that raising the broadband definition is too “complex” July 19, 2025 The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) is back and wants the world to know that the idea of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raising the definition of broadband to 25 Mbps downstream/3 Mbps upstream is a bad idea. The FCC’s current definition of “broadband” Internet is 4 Mbps down....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Congress doesn’t understand RCS messaging, questions Google’s HUAWEI partnership June 15, 2025 The trade war between the United States and China is continuing to heat up, but it’s also getting incredibly confusing. One begins to wonder if the people waging the trade war actually understand the technologies and partnerships they are trying to stifle. For example, we learned today viaThe Wall Street Journalthat Congress is concerned about a partnership betweenGoogleand Chinese smartphone manufacturerHuawei....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Exclusive: Nokia 3.1 Plus and Nokia 5 to get Pie update this week, more to follow (Updated) August 09, 2025 Update, Aug 06, 2025 (6:14AM ET):A day after confirming its Android Pie roadmap toAndroid Authority, HMD Global has now shared a handy infographic with all the due dates for its entire smartphone range… almost. HMD Global CPO Juho Sarvikas shared the Android 9....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Fallout Shelter likely launching for Android in August June 01, 2025 Fallout Shelter wasannouncedonly a couple weeks ago. It seemed to be a very fun and entertaining game, but us Android fans were a bit upset about the fact that it was an iOS-only release at launch. What about Android? We had nothing but the promise of a release to come “soon”....