Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Thought USB standards were a mess? USB 4 announced, mere days after USB 3.2 August 04, 2025 TheUSB-Clandscape is in a bit of a mess, owing to incompatibility issues, but the USB standard at large isn’t perfect either. Now, just a few days after revealing theUSB 3.2standard, the USB Promoter Group hasrevealedthe USB 4 standard. It’s a pretty big upgrade as it’s now built atop Intel’s Thunderbolt standard, which has been releasedroyalty-freeby the chipmaker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Video shows Sony Xperia X has camera overheating problems June 28, 2025 Update 2:Android Authority’s own Bailey Stein, who currently has an American Xperia X review model, provided the following statement having sought to test his model for similar problems: It should be noted that Mr. Franc, the originator of the video this post is based on, has indicated he has a German model Xperia X and thus it’s possible this could be a regional-related issue specific to different firmware....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Facebook’s privacy response was the biggest blunder of 2018 July 12, 2025 2018 has been a rollercoaster for a lot of tech companies this year. In addition to the usual screwups that are destined to happen from time to time, we saw failed product launches, problems with the government, and so much more. While most of the prominent blunders of the last year happened in front of all of us, some affected our daily lives....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most aren’t buying 5G phones until networks are ready July 16, 2025 After several years of hype and speculation about5G networks, carriers are slowly starting to roll out the new service. At the same time,Qualcomm has made 5G modemsavailable, and manufacturers are already beginning to put the hardware in its phones. Now that ahandful of 5G-compatible phonesare available for purchase,we wanted to knowif you were planning to upgrade to access the faster network....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Wearable tech ‘tattoos’ have arrived August 09, 2025 It was the inevitable next step. “Tattoo-style” wearable diagnostic technology looks like it will finally be hitting the consumer market in 2016.This week at CES, a medical research firm called MC10 unveiled a pair of such devices: one for academic and research environments, and the other targeting consumers. BioStamp Research Connect is the science-centric of the two devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi heavily implies global chip shortage could increase cost of its phones June 02, 2025 Thanks to myriad factors, there’sa global chip shortagehappening right now. The shortage touches on all industries, including smartphones, computers, gaming systems, and even automobiles. It’s one of the many reasons it’s so difficult to get aPlayStation 5,Xbox Series X/S, or a new NVIDIA GPU....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi hints at new Mi Mix, tablet coming this year August 08, 2025 Xiaomi’s Mi Mix series is perhaps its most innovative phone series yet, popularizing the high screen/body ratio trend with the originalMi Mixand introducing a slider design with theMi Mix 3. We haven’t seen a new Mi Mix model since 2019’s Mi Mix 3 5G, but Xiaomi has now hinted that a Mi Mix 4 (or whatever it winds up being called) is on the cards for this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5/5 Pro vs HONOR 9 Lite: specs showdown July 20, 2025 Xiaomi took the wraps off theRedmi Note 5 and Note 5 Prosmartphones earlier today. Both phones offer large 18:9 displays, mid-range specs, and affordable price tags. Do not miss: Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro review|Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 review There’s even more competition in the mid-range sector this year than there was in 2017, so it will be interesting to see if the Redmi 5 smartphones will repeat the successof their predecessor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now control IKEA’s smart lights with Alexa and Siri, but where’s Google Assistant support? August 19, 2025 IKEA has quietly snuck out an update for itsTRÅDFRIsmart lightbulbs that enables voice control support via Apple HomeKit and Amazon Alexa – but it appears that Google fans will have to wait a little longer. The Swedish furniture retailer promised earlier this year that itslow-cost smart lighting range would eventually support the two smart home platforms as well asGoogle Homedevices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 10 awesome examples of material design (updated) August 18, 2025 Update:Following some great feedback in the comments, I have updated this article with some more awesome examples of material design: Textra, Fabulous: Motivate Me, and Material Design Lite. I have also added a few animated GIFs to demonstrate some of these brilliant designs in action. When material design first debuted in 2014, it changed the way our Android devices looked and behaved, and in most cases this change has been for the better....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alleged real-life images of Samsung Galaxy S10e hit Twitter, seem legit July 02, 2025 Today,on Twitter, images of what appears to be theSamsung Galaxy S10epopped up. Smartphone leakerIshan Agarwaltweeted out three pics which give us what we think is our first look at a real-life Galaxy S10e. To be clear, there is no source for these images. Even Agarwal doesn’t know where they came from....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apparently if a Pixel 6 runs out of battery, it breaks the fingerprint sensor July 09, 2025 Now that lucky buyers have had time to play with their newPixel 6 smartphones, we’re starting to see some issues. Unfortunately, most of the issues seem to stem around the fingerprint sensor, which we noted was fairly weak in ourGoogle Pixel 6andPixel 6 Pro reviews....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Arm is leading the charge for mainstream AR and VR July 31, 2025 The promises of what is possible with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are tantalizing, but the realization of those promises hasn’t happened as quick as hoped. The challenges to mainstream acceptance of VR and AR are not only technical, but also consumer related. A new technology needs a “killer application,” which everyone wants, to really propel it into the mainstream....