Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto 360 will offer Moto Maker customization starting next month June 21, 2025 When I firstdecided to get a Moto 360,I was a bit torn between whether or not to get the black model or the silver one. While I liked the silver watch better, I felt the black leather strap looked better than the gray one. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any options here, it was choose black leather and black watch or silver watch with gray band....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Edge Plus: Can it compete with the big kids? June 04, 2025 Motorola hasn’t played in the true flagship space for several years. TheMotorola Edge Plusmarks a return to form for the company of sorts, and is an important one for several reasons. Not only does the Motorola Edge Plus show the firm back at the top of its game, it demonstrates that Motorola is still a relevant player and can deliver a product that competes with the best the market has to offer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Now that Xiaomi is number one, can it stay ahead of Samsung? June 25, 2025 It’s been a landmark 12 months for Xiaomi already, as the veteran manufacturer overtook HUAWEI in 2020 to become the number three smartphone brand in terms of global shipments. The upward trajectory didn’t end there either. Xiaomi managed to build on this success by reportedlypassing Apple for second placeaccording to Canalys’ Q2 2021 global market share report....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. NSA planned to use the Play Store to implant spyware on target smartphones June 05, 2025 It’s no (longer a) secret that the NSA has planted its feelers deep into the very foundation of the Internet. Allegedly, the US spy agencyhas even obtained access to Google’s data centers, though it’s not clear whether this happened with Google’s cooperation. When it can’t legally force its way onto private systems, the NSA does its best to sneak in – case in point, a pilot program called Irritant Horn, that saw the NSA and its allies attempt to hijack the connection between a target smartphone and the Play Store (then called Android Market)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus expects to sell 3 to 5 million smartphones this year August 17, 2025 OnePlusmay not be a household brand quite yet, but the company is anticipating that its global smartphone sales will reach between 3 and 5 million units this year. Not bad for a small company with only asingle producton the market right now. Bloomberg’s video report (above) contains some other interesting titbits about the growing Chinese manufacturer as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus pulls bug-ridden Oxygen OS 12 update for the OnePlus 9 August 14, 2025 Apps crashing, slow animations, and lots of missing features: It doesn’t sound pleasant to deal with these things on your smartphone, yetOnePlus 9 seriesusers have been experiencing all three since OnePlus rolled out the stable build of Oxygen OS 12earlier this week. Wereportedon the issues that OnePlus 9 users around the internet have been experiencing, and it looks like OnePlus has heard our collective cries....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Oukitel U6 has a secondary E-Ink display and a battery life of up to 120 hours June 23, 2025 No, that is no typo on the title. The Oukitel U6 has an estimated battery life of up to 120 hours, granted that you are using only that secondary E-Ink display. Oukitel takes a hint from other manufacturers likeYota DevicesandUMi, who have already implemented dual-screen applications....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. POCO F2 Pro announced: Who needs a $1,000 flagship? July 25, 2025 Almost two years after launching thePocophone F1, Xiaomi has finally launched a successor in the POCO F2 Pro, and it’s essentially a rebrandedRedmi K30 Pro. That means you’ve got a 5G-enabledSnapdragon 865processor with graphite, graphene and vapor chamber cooling, “up to” LPDDR5 RAM, and “up to” UFS 3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. POCO X2 is official: A 120Hz quad camera phone for under $250 June 17, 2025 Xiaomi has launched the POCO X2. Correction, POCO has launched theRedmi K30. No wait, the POCO X2 has launched as POCO’s first phone after thePocophone F1, complete with the exact same specs and design as the Redmi K30. There it is. Yes, the new POCO X2 is a carbon copy of the Xiaomi phone that launched last month....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm leaps closer to 5G, boosts 600 MHz LTE support too June 03, 2025 At the company’s 4G/5G Summit taking place in Hong Kong, Qualcomm has announced the first successful test of a 5G data connection on its 5G modem chip-set for mobile devices – the X50. The chipset provider is also continuing to beef up its support for today’s 4G networks, with expanded front end to support low frequency implementations like T-Mobile’s 600 MHz Band 71 roll out in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung and Microsoft partner up to expand Tizen July 07, 2025 The South Korean electronics giant announced its partnership with Microsoft to bring more developers to its open source operating system, Tizen. Samsung is slowly expanding its Tizen portfolio – mainly in the form of smartwatches and smart TVs – but while the open source OS gives the company more freedom and autonomy compared to, say, Android, the major drawback here is that Tizen just doesn’t have enough apps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 review June 05, 2025 Samsung is known for flooding the smartphone market with a slew of devices, covering the entire range of screen sizes, specifications, and the price spectrum. Following this policy, that basically means that there a device out there that meets the preferences of every individual, has certainly worked to some extent. After all, Samsung boasts the largest smartphone market share in various markets around the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung One UI beta might open November 15, at least in one country July 29, 2025 If you’re excited about giving the newSamsung One UIa try, you might not have to wait that long. According to a Samsung support rep (viaAll About Samsung), the One UI beta program will open on November 15, which is this coming Thursday. Samsungpreviously confirmed the One UI beta would open at some point this month, so November 15 is a realistic date for the launch....