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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. VR will bring the Daytona 500 right to your eyeballs July 20, 2025 Racing fans rejoice, because Fox Sports wants to put you right in the shoes of the pit crew at the Daytona 500 in 2016. This recent announcement is part of astringofmainstreamVRinitiativesthat are driving virtual reality tech into theconsumer market. NextVR signed a five-year contract with the network to bring a variety of streaming sporting events right to your living room, and right at the top of this list is the Daytona 500....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi may have a new selfie camera design, and it could be the craziest one yet August 01, 2025 Update:We have clarified the source of this patent discovery. The changes are reflected in the article below. As manufacturers continue pushing their handsets’ displays to the edges of their devices, OEMs are looking for new and creative ways to retain selfie cameras....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi nearly doubled its revenue and profits last year July 06, 2025 Xiaomihas been rather secretive with its sales and profit figures in the past, but while attempting to secure $1 billion in loans for overseas expansion or acquisition, the Chinese company has had to reveal the state of its finances. Documents presented to the bank and consulted by theWSJreveal that Xiaomi’s revenues have more than doubled from 2012 to 2013, reaching 27 billion yuan ($4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 announced: top specs for under $160 June 30, 2025 Xiaomihas taken to the stage today to announce its newRedmi Note 2 smartphoneand just like its predecessor, it aims to offer impressive specs at a super affordable price. On the same day thatSamsung is to launch two flagship devices with a high price tag, Xiaomi’s new smartphone delivers a Full HD display, octa-core CPU and a new OS for just $160....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s new Mi TV 4A Horizon Edition is a slim Android TV on the cheap June 13, 2025 Xiaomi has added a new television to its existingAndroid TVlineup in India. Called the Mi TV 4A Horizon Edition, the new model from Xiaomi tops out with a 43-inch thin-bezel FHD screen and a cheap price tag of Rs 22,999 (~$313). There’s also a 32-inch HD option in the series which comes in at Rs 13,499 (~$184)...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s 55-inch smart TV is 5 millimeters thick, coming to India for Rs. 39,999 June 30, 2025 Hot on the heels oftaking first place in the Indian smartphone market, Xiaomiannounced today the Redmi Note 5 and Note 5 Pro, which shape up to be just as popular as their predecessors. In addition to the new phones, Xiaomi is also bringing a new 55-inch TV Mi LED TV to India....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xperia C5 Ultra will have bezel-free display June 19, 2025 TheSonyXperia C5 Ultra has previously made the rounds under the codename Sony Lavender and the unannounced handset’s manual has made the rounds, revealing a number of details about the handset. First, the handset will be the first Sony device to sport a bezel-free display and secondly, it will launch with the model number E5553....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You should probably turn off the Galaxy S10’s face unlock if you value basic security June 15, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy S10series ditched the iris scanner of prior entries in favor of an in-display fingerprint sensor and camera-based face unlock technology. Unfortunately, the latter authentication method seems to be woefully inadequate. Unbox TherapyandThe Vergewere both able to fool the Galaxy S10 with the aid of a video played back on another phone,Android Policereported....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Most of you are open to trading battery life for an S Pen slot June 28, 2025 Samsungisn’t offering a new Galaxy Note phone this year, but it has brought S Pen support to theGalaxy S21 Ultraand theGalaxy Z Fold 3. Unfortunately, both of these phones lack an S Pen slot though. That means you need to buy a case to securely stow away the stylus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 2019 will be a great year for smartwatches and fitness trackers — here’s why July 12, 2025 Smartwatches and fitness trackers have never been as cut-and-dry as smartphones because they’re not for everyone. Not everyone needs to track how many steps they take, and most of us certainly don’t need our wrists buzzing day in and day out. Looking back at the past year, a lot has gone on in the world of wearables....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 6 problems with the Samsung Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge and how to fix them July 04, 2025 (Update #1 – Updated with a permanent fix for Problem #2) The latest additions to the flagship Samsung Galaxy S line brought with them the major overhaul in terms of design and build quality that was long overdue. Apart from their now more premium glass and metal unibody designs, Samsung also created a lighter, and therefore far more fluid and stutter-free, iteration of their TouchWiz UI, which was perfectly optimized with their in-house processing package, making for snappy and incredibly fast devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Already know everything about the Pixel 3? Google thinks you don’t June 06, 2025 Google has released a video teasing a surprise Google Pixel 3 announcement. This comes just hours before the company will unveil its new lineup of phones. In the video, released on theMade by Google Twitter account, Google has edited together clips of reviewers saying they already know pretty much everything about the device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon Fire TV vs. Chromecast: what’s the better deal? August 17, 2025 With the announcement of theFire TV, Amazon has inserted itself into the already pretty crowded media streaming device market, challenging Google, Apple, Roku, and the myriad other me-too devices. But how does it compare to what’s already available? While there are other big players in the market, if you’re here you probably have a proclivity towards Google devices....