Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. nubia Z17 hands-on: the $410 flagship from China July 25, 2025 You’re not going to find it on sale anytime soon in the U.S., but that’s not stopping us from getting our first hands-on look at nubia’s latest flagship phone, the Z17. Available for purchase in China right now, the nubia Z17 was officially announced as the company’s flagship for 2017back in June....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus' deal with UK carrier EE bodes well for its 5G future July 25, 2025 OnePlus has had a busy week at the world’s largest mobile trade show. AtMWC 2019in Barcelona, it revealed that U.K.-based EE will sell its unnamed 5G smartphone once the device is ready. EE already sells theOnePlus 6T. This extended partnership shows that carriers’ confidence in OnePlus is growing, which is good news for the phone maker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Please, please stop making video calls while driving August 02, 2025 We all know that using our mobile devices when behind the wheel is dangerous, yet many of us do it anyway. Afresh surveyfrom Farmers Insurance points out just how many are partaking in chancy behavior while driving, and let me tell you it’sfar too many. Case in point: I was almost hit by a distracted driver just yesterday....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Project Soli can now recognize objects in real time July 16, 2025 Project Soliis one of the coolest projects we’ve ever seen out of X (formerly known as Google [x]). Soli uses a radar sensor to pick up hand movements in space – makinginteractions with your smartwatch possible via hand gesturesrather than through screen-based taps and swipes. As if that wasn’t already cool enough, Soli has just been granted superpowers allowing it to recognize objects....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces likely Galaxy S20 FE launch event: All the info here! June 21, 2025 Samsung is going to hold yet another virtual press event very soon, just a few weeks after it held one to reveal theGalaxy Z Fold 2. Today, it announced that the latest Samsung Galaxy Unpacked press event will happen on Wednesday, September 23. It will begin at 10:00 AM ET....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy M40 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro: Samsung fights back June 20, 2025 It wasn’t that long ago that Samsung completely dominated the smartphone market in India. From the ultra-affordable to the absolutely high-end, Samsung smartphones were often the best and only way to go. Samsung was caught napping, though, in the crucialbudget-friendly segments, opening the door for the likes of Xiaomi to swoop in and wow the public....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Gear S3 receives a value pack update with major enhancements June 19, 2025 The new value pack update for theGear S3 smartwatchesbrings considerable improvements to Samsung Health, Accessibility, and News Briefing among others. Samsung Health The biggest change is in the health department: theSamsung Healthapp adds a slew of new features with the latest update. For instance, along with an improved user interface, the app now lets you view how much time you spent in each heart rate zone with easy-to-read color-coded graphs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung reveals noise cancelling AKG headphones built to tackle noisy city life August 10, 2025 Today, Samsung announced three new AKG headphones, the N700NC, Y500, and Y100. This isn’t AKG’s first foray into Samsung domain. Back in 2017, the phone manufacturer provided wiredAKG earbudswith eachSamsung Galaxy S8. While there’s no indication that any of these models are to be included in upcoming Samsung phones, they’re exciting nonetheless....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung rewards Mobile division employees despite poor performance in 2015 June 28, 2025 Samsung typically doesn’t pay so fantastically, supplementing its employees’ base salary with annual bonuses. These bonuses are capped at 50% of the employee’s salary and are usually awarded for exceeding internal profit targets for each division. Despite Samsung Mobile performing relatively poorly in 2015, employees will still receive the maximum bonus for their “sincere contribution to keeping the division running despite numerous challenges”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapchat is burning its app to the ground with major update that splits “social from media” July 09, 2025 Snapchat is about to undergo a significant design overhaul that its creators say will help separate “the social from the media.” The major update will reportedly begin rolling out to a small section of users on Android and iOS this coming Friday....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile confirms which Samsung and HTC phones are getting the Nougat update July 15, 2025 T-Mobilehas published a list of which branded devices in its lineup will be getting theAndroid 7.0 update. There are only two devices on the list fromHTC– the HTC10 and the One M9 – but there’s sevenSamsungdevices featuring all the flagships from the Galaxy S6 onwards....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Comet Smartphone Kickstarter campaign is so bad, it’s good July 18, 2025 Crowdfunding campaigns can prove helpful in certain situations by offering legitimate businesses and startups get off the ground. There are actually quite a few awesome products to come out of Kickstarter and Indiegogo, such as thePebblesmartwatch, theOuyagame console and many others. But every once in a while, a new, completely ridiculous campaign shows up, offering users a “revolutionary” new product that’s completely out of reach in hopes to score the campaign’s creators some cash in the process....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The HTCU11 Life is affordable, beautiful, and coming to Android One July 18, 2025 HTC hasn’t put much focus on the mid-range smartphone space in a few years, but that changes today. What has perhaps been one of the most-leaked smartphones of the year is finally here—HTC has officially announced the HTCU11 Life. This new budget-friendly phone is a U-series device through and through....