Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme finally releases its $20 Xiaomi Mi Band competitor June 22, 2025 Today, realme announced something very exciting. The company is finally releasing itsXiaomi Mi Bandseries competitor — therealme Band. realme CEO Madhav Shethconfirmedthe company was working on a much-anticipatedfitness trackera few months ago, but we hadn’t heard much after that until now. This ultra-budget fitness wearable comes packed with a bunch of features, and it sports three colorways: black, green, and yellow....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Researchers bring us one step closer to the ‘ultimate battery’ July 21, 2025 A research breakthrough in lithium-oxygen battery development could now make the ‘ultimate battery’ a possibility, as a number of barriers to development appear to have been overcome. Lithium-oxygen (Li-air) has been hailed as the base for the ‘ultimate battery’ due to its energy density benefits over current lithium-ion cells....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Russian bill would force Apple, Google to take smaller cuts of app sales July 31, 2025 If Apple and Google weren’t already feelingpressure to reform their app stores, they might feel it through a proposed piece of Russian legislation. Reutersreports that politician Fedot Tumusov has submitted a bill to Russia’s lower house of parliament that would cap the commission on app sales to 20%, or a third lower than the 30% Apple and Google respectively demand from the App Store and Play Store....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy A71 international giveaway! July 01, 2025 NOTE:This giveaway has now ended.Check out the latest giveaway here. It’s time for the Sunday giveaway! Like every week, we’re giving away a brand new Android phone to one luckyAndroid Authorityreader. A big congratulations to the winner of last week’sGoogle Pixel 4a giveaway, Mark W. from Canada. This week we’re giving away a brand newSamsung Galaxy A71, courtesy of theAA Deals Store!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android 8.0 Oreo test firmware leaked July 15, 2025 AnAndroid 8.0 Oreobuild for the US version of theSamsung Galaxy Note 8has leaked online. The OTA download appeared earlier today onReddit, with several users reporting that the update is functional, but unstable when using certain apps. The leak is something of a surprise as unlike its flagship sibling, theGalaxy S8 and S8 Plus, we haven’t even seen abeta build of Oreofor the Note 8 just yet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung One UI beta update squashes a ton of bugs, breaks some things in the process June 28, 2025 Samsung has just rolled out a newOne UIupdate for users running theAndroid 9 Piebeta. This is only the second One UI beta update, so don’t expect it to be packed with features — this is simply a bug-fixing update. The new update brings theNovember 1 Android security patchand weighs 748....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Pay trial launches for select Galaxy S6 owners in Korea June 14, 2025 Samsungis gearing up to launch its new mobile payment system,Samsung Pay. In preparation for its full worldwide rollout, Samsung has just launched a trial for selectGalaxy S6andS6 Edgeowners in Korea. Samsung announced the mobile payment system alongside its two flagship devices back in February at Mobile World Congress, and the company has since beentesting out the serviceto iron out bugs before the big launch date....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony smartphone sales are tanking and not even Japan wants them August 07, 2025 Sonyis in a similar position toLGthese days, as the company at large tends to do well, but its mobile unit continues to struggle. Now, the Japanese firm has revealed its results for the third quarter of its 2018 fiscal year, and this still seems to be the case....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony’s new true wireless ‘buds turn up the bass and turn down the price July 18, 2025 TheSony WF-XB700true wireless earbuds favor a bass-heavy sound and long battery life in lieu of active noise-cancelling (ANC). Textured plastic housings appear more pedestrian than its ANC counterpart, but it merits anIPX4rating which is a huge perk forathletes. These durable earphones mimic the same tri-hold structure used in the premiumSony WF-1000XM3, and it works wonders to secure the ‘buds in place....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Survey asks: Which classic smartphone would you like to see a 2020 remake of? July 01, 2025 Update:Our results are in! Find out which phone you want rebooted in 2020 in ourSurvey Says results. Smartphone historyis littered with the corpses ofgreat phonesthat, for one reason or another, never saw a successor. Occasionally, a successor did appear but lost something essential to the original....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tested: 160W fast charging that won’t melt your phone August 20, 2025 Fast chargingis one of the hottest areas of innovation in the smartphone industry right now. Various manufacturers, particularly those out of China, boast over 100W of charging power in their high-end smartphones, capable of having your phone back in the black in just a few minutes. Infinix’s intriguing2021 Concept Phoneis all about ultra-fast charging....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Google Pixel 4a might not land this month after all, new leak suggests June 30, 2025 Had there not been a COVID-19 pandemic,the 2020 iteration of Google I/Owould be happening this week. During that event, Google would have almost certainly launched theGoogle Pixel 4asmartphone, as it did last year with thePixel 3a. Initially, we assumed Google would still launch the Pixel 4a online this week....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The POCOphone F1’s Android Pie update is rolling out right now June 23, 2025 ThePocophone F1turned a lot of heads when it was released thanks to its premium specs and low price tag. Now, the Xiaomi-made handset is receiving an upgrade to MIUI 10 based onAndroid Piewell ahead of other flagship smartphones. Pocophone first startedbeta testingthe Android Pie update just last month, letting users sideload the firmware for themselves to try out....