Sony Xperia 1, 10 and 10 Plus renders leak (Updated)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia 1, 10 and 10 Plus renders leak (Updated) July 07, 2025 Update: February 22, 2:59 AM ET:Smartphone tipster Evan “@Evleaks” Blassposted up on his Twitter pagewhat looks like an official render of what he has labeled the Sony Xperia 1. This seems like it will be the new name for thepreviously rumored and leaked flagship Sony Xperia XZ4, showing a vertical triple rear camera setup in the middle of its frame, along with what appears to be an in-display fingerprint sensor....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Cheryl Guerrero

Sony's failing smartphone business should come as no surprise

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony’s failing smartphone business should come as no surprise July 25, 2025 Samsung may not be sellingas many Galaxy S9s as it would like, but that situation isn’t nearly as dire as whatSonyis going through. Sony’s recently publishedearnings reportshows what happens when a company has no clue what to do in the smartphone market. Sony managed to sell just 2 million smartphones in the quarter ending in July 2018, which is down 1....

July 19, 2025 · 5 min · 1023 words · Christopher Smith

Sony's mobile division made money in its last fiscal year through cost cutting

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony’s mobile division made money in its last fiscal year through cost cutting June 18, 2025 Sonyreversed its money-losing trend for its mobile division during its recently completed fiscal year that ended on August 07, 2025. While that’s good news, the company also says the mobile group made money because it managed to cut costs, rather than boosting sales of its Xperia smartphones....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Steven Diaz

The biggest headphone launch of 2020, and more tech news you need to know today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The biggest headphone launch of 2020, and more tech news you need to know today June 04, 2025 1. Finally: The new Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones Oh hey the new Sony WH-1000XM4 are out! We’ve been seeing some clues that the already excellent Sony WH-1000XM3 were being upgraded, and the new XM4s build on what was already very good. But now the WH-1000XM4 is bringing a refined design, better ANC, new features including multi-device support, and all at the same price at around $350....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Ralph Bender

The end of Oxygen OS and the start of 'OnePlus 2.0': What you need to know

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The end of Oxygen OS and the start of ‘OnePlus 2.0’: What you need to know June 05, 2025 Over the past two years, there have been a lot of changes forOnePlus. Co-founder Carl Pei left to start his own company called Nothing. The Nord line expanded to include several super-budget OnePlus phones for the US that were essentially re-branded OPPO phones....

July 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1605 words · Michael Ortiz

The tech behind Christmas: Google Cloud Platform

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The tech behind Christmas: Google Cloud Platform August 07, 2025 There’s no doubt that technology has improved most aspects of life and made us more efficient people, so it follows that Santa and his elves have become more efficient as well. In an amusing blog post onGoogle’s Cloud Platform blog, Merry, Santa’s “Chief Information Elf” discloses how they’ve made Christmas more efficient by moving operations to Google’s Cloud Platform....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Sarah Robinson

Top rookie Android developer mistakes

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Top rookie Android developer mistakes August 06, 2025 Android is a fantastic platform to develop for. Its development tools are free, easy to come by, and available for Windows, MAC and Linux computers. Android has excellent developer documentation, it is the dominant mobile operating system, and it is available on phones, tablets, watches, TVs and cars. Developing and publishing an Android app is also incredibly easy and straight forward, considering that there are multiple Android app stores available, unlike the single app store for iOS and Windows....

July 19, 2025 · 9 min · 1739 words · Brian Romero

Twitter's controversial Facebook-like feed algorithm is officially live

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Twitter’s controversial Facebook-like feed algorithm is officially live June 06, 2025 Twitter has officially rolled out its controversial new Facebook-like algorithm which automatically sorts your feed into what Twitter thinks you would be most interested in. While it’s really just the same thing as the “While you were away” feature already in Twitter for a year, the algorithm attracted some vitriolicresponseswhen it was leaked last week....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Barry King

USB Type-C: Not living up to the potential it can B (for now)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. USB Type-C: Not living up to the potential it can B (for now) July 06, 2025 New proprietary format standards are a hard sell: One need only look into the past few decades to notice a distinctive trend when it comes to an industry-wide adoption of new standards. Both CDs and DVDs took considerable time to transition from their respective cassette tape and VHS predecessors....

July 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1212 words · James Ellis

We asked, you told us: You think the US has gone too far against HUAWEI

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: You think the US has gone too far against HUAWEI July 09, 2025 HUAWEI is facingUS trade restrictionsthat are tougher than ever, to the point where even non-American companieslike LG and Samsungare halting shipments to China’s tech giant. The company has warned that itwon’t have high-end Kirin processorsin its phones for the foreseeable future....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Patrick Jones

What Android could learn from Apple's iPhone 12

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What Android could learn from Apple’s iPhone 12 June 14, 2025 Apple frequently lays down a gauntlet for Android vendors when it introduces new iPhones, and that’s truer than ever for theiPhone 12 series. While there are places where Apple falls short, the new iPhones also embarrass Android phone makers in a few key areas — and not just simple aspects like performance....

July 19, 2025 · 7 min · 1364 words · Ashley Thompson

Why Apple's A10 chip “blows away the competition”

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why Apple’s A10 chip “blows away the competition” July 17, 2025 Credit where credit is due: Apple’s A-series chipsets are pretty impressive. Despite only recently stepping up to the quad-core table, Apple’s processors have traditionally stood their ground very well against the likes of hexa-core and octa-core SoCs from the likes of Qualcomm, Samsung and MediaTek. So how does Apple do it?...

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Angela Martinez

Xbox Series X/S reviews showcase hot new consoles, plus more tech news today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xbox Series X/S reviews showcase hot new consoles, plus more tech news today June 12, 2025 1. Xbox Series X/S reviews are out, and they’re pretty pretty good Embargoes dropped on the next-gen Xbox reviews, for both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S, just a few days before the release on November 10. I think there’ll be a lot of smiles going around Microsoft HQ, but it’s not a perfect release....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Matthew Singh