Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi 2 Pro passes through the FCC, sparks speculation about Xiaomi’s US launch June 25, 2025 Xiaomilooks to have moved one step closer to releasing its first smartphone in the US, as one of the company’s handsets has been spotted over at the FCC website. The discovery comes one week after Xiaomi President Bin Linreignited the conversationabout the Chinese tech company making its début in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi 7 revealed: Snapdragon 632, dual rear cameras, 4000mAh battery for $104 July 10, 2025 We’ve known about theRedmi 7for a while now thanks to leaks and a TENAA filing, but Xiaomi’s sub-brand has finally peeled the curtain back on the new device. The company’s latest phone offers aSnapdragon 632chipset (four heavy cores and four efficiency cores), 2GB to 4GB of RAM, 16GB to 64GB of expandable storage, a 4,000mAh battery, and a 6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Some new smartphones have worse battery life than old counterparts June 24, 2025 Over atThe Washington Post, journalist Geoffrey A. Fowler conducted a series of battery life tests on popular smartphones, including both Android and iOS devices. Fowler found that some new devices actually fared worse than their older counterparts in his tests. One would usually assume that the newer a smartphone is, the better its battery life will be....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung details its upcoming debit card in the US July 27, 2025 Update, July 27, 2025 (1:24 AM ET):We’ve updated the original article with more information about Samsung’s new debit card for the US. Read on for everything you need to know. Original article, August 08, 2025 (3:53 AM ET):Samsung Payis already quite popular with anyone who owns one of the company’s many phones such as theSamsung Galaxy S20....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S11 series: The 8 things we want to see July 16, 2025 The year is coming to a close soon and it seems very likely that theSamsung Galaxy S10 Pluswill be a top contender for thebest Android device of the year. When it comes to specs and features, few 2019 devices are as well-rounded and polished as the Galaxy S10 Plus, and theGalaxy S10 and Galaxy S10ehave both also received serious praise....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 said to get upgraded Iris Scanner and Facial Recognition tech August 11, 2025 Given how much noise Apple generated with thefacial recognition capabilitiesof its iPhone X, you can expect a whole bunch of other smartphone manufacturers to implement such technology in their upcoming smartphones. Though Samsung beat Apple to the punch on facial recognition in 2017, delivering it on theGalaxy S8last April, its implementation was quickly forgotten about following reports that it waseasily dupedby a hi-res photo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung sees A4WP wireless charging as the future July 27, 2025 Wireless charging is becoming an increasingly popular feature in top of the line smartphones. The newGalaxy S4comes with built in wireless charging, but Samsung doesn’t see the Qi technology (the current standard found in most wireless charging products) used in its new flagship handset as the long term solution....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Slayaway Camp devs releasing Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle this week (Updated) July 07, 2025 Update (19-08-2025):Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is set to launch worldwide on the Google Play Store (plus Apple’s App Store and Steam) this Friday which, you guessed it, just so happens to fall on April 13. Blue Wizard Digital’s latest puts players in the blood-soaked shoes of slasher-movie icon Jason Voorhees as you murder your way through over 100 gory puzzles....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia X update tracker (Update: Android Oreo now rolling out) July 29, 2025 [gallery columns=“1” size=“medium” link=“file” ids=“835369”] Welcome to theSony Xperia XAndroid update tracker page. This page covers all major update news for the Sony Xperia X and will be updated regularly with new information. Unlike our other Android update tracker pages, this article doesn’t contain specific carrier details because the Xperia X (along with the XA, X Performance and XA Ultra) were sold in the US unlocked....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia XA1 and Xperia XA1 Ultra announced August 11, 2025 Sony has not had a lot of sales success with its Xperia lineup of Android smartphones, especially outside of Japan. That’s not stopping Sony from trying however, as it hopes to win us over with the new devices that are being announced today atMobile World Congress. So what does Sony have in store for us?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. SwiftKey’s new Neural keyboard will offer better word predictions thanks to neural network technology July 21, 2025 Back in April theSwiftKeyteam announced its newGreenhouse initiativethat would act as a platform for which to debut experimental projects to the public. Among the first applications to come from the Greenhouse were a newClarity keyboardwhich aimed to eliminate as many distractions as possible, as well as a smart hexagonal launcher for your home screencalled Hexy Launcher....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The top 5 Essential modules we’d love to see August 06, 2025 A huge aspect of theEssential Phoneis the concept of modularity. Sure, this idea has been adapted time and time again, but outside of OEM’s like Motorola we haven’t seen many companies follow through with their promises of vast selections of module adapters. Essential is taking a bit of a different stance on these modules, putting the idea of the phone first and offering add-ons that can enhance the experience if the user chooses they want to....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: It’s all about the foldables August 22, 2025 This week had one theme to it — foldable phones. We saw notone, buttwo folding phonescome out this week, andwe went hands-on with the world’s first foldable from Royole. AtSamsung’s developer conference, we saw its new infinity flex display. Google is on board too. At its own developer conference, Google announcedofficial support for “foldables”will be baked into Android going forward....