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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi cracking down on unauthorized retailers in India June 17, 2025 Chinese handset manufacturerXiaomihas stated that it will be taking legal action against unofficial websites selling its phones in India, as part of an ongoing dispute with Ericsson. Xiaomi and Ericsson have been locked in a legal dispute regarding alleged unlicensed use of Ericsson’s intellectual property, pertaining to wireless communication technologies....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi Band 4 will arrive this year, but probably not in next few months July 05, 2025 Huami— the company responsible for the line of Xiaomi Mi Band fitness trackers, as well as the line of Amazfit smartwatches and trackers — recently conducted a quarterly earnings call. During the chat, some info was dropped about the upcomingXiaomi Mi Band 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 camera samples show off how it performs in low-light July 27, 2025 Xiaomicontinues to tease its upcoming smartphone, theMi Mix 3and has now provided some camera samples. Xiaomi co-founder and president Lin Bin shared the low-light shots on Chinese social media websiteWeibotoday (viaPlayfulDroid) ahead of the phone’s launch next week. The shots reveal how the Mi Mix 3 handles background and foreground focusing in low-light conditions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Snapdragon 650 processor launched in India June 18, 2025 Xiaomi is bringing another affordable mid-ranger to India. Following therelease of the Redmi Note 3 in Chinalate last year, Xiaomi is now bringing an improved version of the device to its second biggest market, India. The Indian Redmi Note 3 version ditches the MediaTek processor in favor of a more powerful Snapdragon 650, a hexa-core design with two ARM Cortex-A72 processor cores and four Cortex-A53 cores....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: This is the phone feature you’re ready to give up for a lower price August 15, 2025 Smartphone features and components are like candy. The more and better quality ones you fill up on, the higher the price you end up paying. That’s not to say that you require the best features to have a decent device in your hands....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube’s incognito mode sounds better than it works June 29, 2025 YouTube allows you to clear or pause your viewing and search history, but a more elegant solution would definitely be appreciated. With this in mind, we’re happy to see Google launch anincognito modein the YouTube Android app (h/t:9to5Google). The mode, which means your viewing/search habits aren’t recorded, is accessed by tapping your profile icon at the top of the app, then tappingturn on incognito....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ‘No evidence user information at risk’ says Google regarding Home Hub security June 11, 2025 Yesterday, Jerry Gamblin published an article on his personal blog detailingseveral security vulnerabilitieshe found in his newGoogle Home Hub. Although the article is incredibly technical with hundreds of lines of code, even a layman can tell Gamblin thinks the Google Home Hub is very insecure....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Updated) WhatsApp begins crackdown on unlicensed 3rd party clients August 07, 2025 Update:WhatsApp Plus is shutting down. Developer Mounib Al Rifaiannouncedon Google Plus that the service will shut down as a result of a cease and desist later received from Whatsapp: Original post: It’s a given fact that as something becomes more popular, there will be an endless number of “inspired” products that are eager to cash-in on said success story....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 might be one of the best cheap tablets out there July 25, 2025 Amazon has finally updated its Fire HD 8 tablet with some significant changes. It’s beenyears since the last upgrade, so it’s definitely time the cheap tablet line sees a refresh. The update brings with it some incremental tweaks, a new price, and some disappointing things that stayed the same....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 11 isn’t available for Pixel phones in India (Update: Google statement) July 05, 2025 Updated, August 23, 2025 (09:45 AM ET):A statement from Google toAndroid Centralgives us a bit of an explanation as to what’s going on with Android 11 in India. As it turns out, the delay should be very brief and is simply to get all the ducks in a row, as it were....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Authority is at SXSW! June 23, 2025 Android Authority is at South by Southwest 2016, so if you’re there too, keep an eye out for our on-site team of Josh Vergara, Nirave Gondhia and Darcy LaCouvee. SXSW is a huge festival with film, music and lots more, but we’ll mostly be in the interactive areas at the Austin Convention Center because our big focus, and one of the main themes of SXSW this year, is virtual reality....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Wear vs Apple Watch – Quick Look June 29, 2025 Apple has just announced the final details of its first entry into the smartwatch market, so let’s take a look at how the Apple Watch stacks up against the best that Android Wear has to offer. Both platforms work as a companion to their smartphone counterparts, with Apple Watch supporting iOS 8 smartphones and Android Wear covering Android 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Another leak points to OnePlus readying a phone without Snapdragon SoC June 18, 2025 OnePlus has relied on Snapdragon silicon since its inception, with everything from the OnePlus One to the OnePlus 9 series using Qualcomm chipsets. We heard a reportearlier this yearthat the manufacturer will useMediaTekpower for the first time, and now another source has seemingly corroborated this claim....