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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapdragon 820 powered Xiaomi Mi 5 rumored for December 3rd launch July 18, 2025 Xiaomihas had a few opportunities to launch its next flagship smartphone, theMi 5, this year, but the handset has remained elusive so far. The latest rumor is now pointing to a possible December 3rdannouncement, while a new Mi Band could be unveiled next week. According to the tipster, the Xiaomi Mi 5 will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 820 processor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Thanks to Samsung, Wear OS is now the second-largest wearables platform August 23, 2025 Apple, Samsung, Amazfit, and HUAWEI are typically found at or near the top of new wearables market share reports.Google’s Wear OS platformis usually entirely absent from these reports or roped into the nebulous “other” category that makes up the least-popular platforms each quarter. This past quarter, things were different for Wear OS....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best Apple iPhone 6s cases you can buy June 30, 2025 The iPhone 6s is no spring chicken, having launched way back in 2015. In fact, the move to 5G has numbered its days even further. However, it can still be a great music player thanks to the headphone jack, so you’ll want to keep it safe. Here are the best Apple iPhone 6s cases you’re able to buy to do just that....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best-selling Android phone was crushed by a familiar foe in Q1 2021 July 24, 2025 The smartphone industry set a global first-quarter revenue record in 2021, as most of the world slowly emerged from the pandemic. However, one company dominates both the revenue and volume charts. According toCounterpoint, the iPhone 12 Pro Max,iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 Pro were the top smartphones in terms of revenue share in Q1 2021....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The BlackBerry KEYone gets an Android Oreo beta program for some reason August 10, 2025 Even thoughAndroid P’slaunch is right around the corner, theBlackBerry KEYonehas yet to receive its promisedAndroid Oreo update. That finally changes today, though it took a beta program for the update to finally arrive. Reported byCrackBerry, the KEYone’s Android Oreo beta program is invite-only. You are more than welcome tocreate an accountand try your luck, thoughBlackBerrydid not say when the Oreo beta will be available to testers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Chrome app launcher is getting the boot on Windows, Mac, and Linux August 03, 2025 Let’s be honest. TheChromeapp launcher was always a little bit awkward. I mean, you had to use two clicks to do anything – even just launch vanilla Chrome. By using Chrome normally, you could get to any of your apps in the same number of clicks, and just vaulting into brainless browsing didn’t even require that second click....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The OnePlus 9 Pro will be available in a trick mirror finish July 28, 2025 Phone makers are increasingly relying onclever finishesto sell you on their latest handsets, and that includes OnePlus. The company hasdetailedone of the colors for theOnePlus 9 Pro, Morning Mist, and it’s clear this isn’t just a fanciful name for “silver.” The new OnePlus 9 color revolves around a combination of a film and reflective glass that produce a gradient refraction....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. True wireless Google Pixel Buds 2 just launched, can be yours for $179 June 29, 2025 Today, Google officially launched its first set of true wireless earbuds: theGoogle Pixel Buds 2. Theoriginal Pixel Budsfrom 2017 had a cable that connected each bud, but these new earbuds have no wires at all. As such, they’ll be going head-to-head with Apple’s incredibly popularAirPodsline....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Want to make an app but don’t know where to start? August 13, 2025 So you have a puzzle game or productivity app rattling around in the back of your head. You know there’s an audience for it, you know users would love it… heck, you even think you could make some cash if you monetize it right. There’s just one problem....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What will 5G look like? MIT reports June 08, 2025 Anybody with even an inkling of interest in the mobile world knows that5G technologyis coming. However, finding someone with a clear idea of what 5G technology entails and what it will look like in the consumer market is a much more difficult task. Fortunately,MITis here to give us the scoop regarding what to expect from this world-changing network....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What would you change about the HTC10? [Poll of the Week] July 26, 2025 We’re sure you’re already aware, butHTC has just unveiledits new flagship, theHTC 10. If you’re an HTCfan, you’ll probably love this phone. You can definitely tell this is an HTCdevice through and through, but this time around it sports a big chamfered edge that surrounds the device on the back....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 launched with 48MP camera for $150 (Update: hitting UK May 7) Jul 24, 2025 Update, May 5, 08:30 a.m. ET:Xiaomi released the Redmi Note 7 in China earlier this year, an impressively low-cost handset featuring a 48MP rear camera. In a press release we received via email today, the Chinese company revealed the smartphone is now headed to the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now give Google Assistant a phone call in India July 03, 2025 India continues to be one of the largest markets for Google. In fact, Hindi is now the second most used language onGoogle Assistantafter English. Data connectivity and smartphone penetration in India, however, still remains comparatively low. In a bid to attract the next billion users onto the Google Assistant platform, the company today announced a new phone-line service that lets you use the smart assistant even if you don’t have access to data....