Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Big surprise: MIUI 11 is apparently in development by Xiaomi July 15, 2025 We sawMIUI 10slowly make its way toXiaomidevices last year, and now the company has reportedly started work on MIUI 11. According toMyDrivers(viaPlayful Droid), Xiaomi product planning executive Liu Ming announced the news at the company’s MIUI Core Experience Annual Meeting. News of the update isn’t really a surprise though, as Xiaomi tends to issue a big update each year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Coolpad launches FamilyLabs platform, new app coming via Indiegogo June 06, 2025 Coolpadhas launched FamilyLabs, a new platform where it hopes to develop innovative new technologies centered around family. Coolpad announced the venture in a press release earlier today alongside its first products from the platform: the FamilyLabs app and a new smartphone, the Coolpad Legacy Plus. We’d heard earlier this year that Coolpad was repositioning itself to be morefamily focusedand FamilyLabs is clearly more about services than new phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Custom PS5 plates already available (Update: Sony says ‘no’) June 21, 2025 Update, July 01, 2025 (03:45 PM ET):It looks like Sony wasn’t too happy with the idea of custom PS5 plates. The company formerly known as PlateStation (as described below) announced thatit will no longer sell custom platesfor the upcoming console. In a tweet, it says this was a direct result of Sony bringing the hammer down based on “patent and intellectual property issues....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Cyanogen OS powered Micromax YU to be unveiled December 18th July 08, 2025 Last month, Indian consumer electronics companyMicromaxandCyanogen Inc.announced a partnership to launch anew smartphone named the YU. Micromax has now begun sending out invites for the YU’s launch event, which will take place on December 18th. Unfortunately, the invite gives nothing away in terms of hardware, although it does contains some bizarre shaped lettering and the words “block your date” and “play god”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t underestimate the Chinese app store alliance June 06, 2025 Chinese app stores are, put mildly, a mess. Even the reputable ones, like HUAWEI’sAppGallery, are full of shoddy apps, clones, and copyright-infringing content. Software, in general, remains the big weakness of China’s phone makers, at least in international markets. It’s easy to understand why some were quick to dismissthe news this weekof an app alliance between China’s biggest phone manufacturers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Everything you need to know about Arm’s 2021 CPUs and GPUs June 07, 2025 Arm is arguably the most important company in the smartphone industry, with its architectures, CPUs, and/or GPUs used by virtually all smartphones worldwide. The company has just announced a raft of new CPUs and GPUs, set to power next-generation smartphones, laptops, and more. Here’s everything you need to know about these new chips....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook Messenger is trying to integrate easy music sharing with Spotify August 15, 2025 Facebookhas teamed up withSpotifyto create a unique new system that makes sharing music with your friends a breeze. Or, at least, that’s what they’re trying to do. Although the premise is pretty golden, the actual implementation of this new feature is about as graceful as a drunken camel....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook to introduce AMBER Alerts to your News Feed August 05, 2025 Facebook is pretty much everywhere nowadays, and it looks like they’re putting their extended reach to good use. The social networking giant has reached out to partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to bring AMBER Alerts to everyone’s News Feeds. If you’re unfamiliar, the AMBER Alert program is a child abduction alert system that broadcasts missing children information on televisions, radio networks and straight to our smartphones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Following US woes, HUAWEI gets green light for 5G stations in Europe June 19, 2025 Despite theP20 and P20 Pro, HUAWEI’s ambitions have taken a knock in 2018, as U.S. networksrecently shunnedthe Chinese manufacturer. The company enjoys big business in Europe though, so it’s no surprise to hear that HUAWEI5Gbase stations have received the green light there. According toXinhua News(and spotted byTechNode), HUAWEI is the first company to receive a “CE type examination certificate” for 5G base stations from the German TÜV SÜD authority....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. For phones old and new, OnePlus promises to roll out updates for two years and beyond July 10, 2025 OnePlus has sharedthat the company will now roll out Android updates for two years after it releases a smartphone, with an additional year of Android security patch updates every two months. As per this new OnePlus Software Maintenance Schedule, OnePlus will deliver regular software updates for OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T, and OnePlus 6 for two years – release dates of T variants would be considered....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs iPhone 11 Pro camera comparison: Flagship fight July 07, 2025 Today’s flagship phones are often judged primarily by their ability to take a decent picture. That’s good for consumers, as companies including Samsung, Apple, Google, and HUAWEI have raced to innovate and bring new features to their high-end devices. TheGalaxy Note 10 Plusfrom Samsung and theiPhone 11 Profrom Apple represent the best of the best — class-leading smartphones that push the photography envelope and set the bar against which all other phones will be held....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gameloft pushes out big updates to Modern Combat 5 and Siegefall June 17, 2025 Gamelofttoday announced that it’s pushing out some big updates to two of its most popular mobile titles –Modern Combat 5: BlackoutandSiegefall. Both game updates bring a ton of new enhancements to each title, so let’s jump right in. For starters, Siegefall is getting an all-new hero called Dragon Hunter who uses a mighty bow to destroy her enemies....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Gboard testing smart replies for Snapchat, WhatsApp, more June 05, 2025 Google’sGboardis one of the better smartphone keyboards at the moment, delivering a host of convenient features. Now, it looks like we can add smart replies to the list, according toXDA-Developers. Smart replies are activated in Gboard by viewing a notification that has a quick-reply box, the publication reported. From here, you should see a prompt below the notification, asking if you want to enable smart replies....