Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Three more devices get Netflix HDR playback support July 23, 2025 With theLG V30,Samsung Galaxy Note 8, andSony Xperia XZ1added to the list, there are now five devices in total that can play Netflix HDR content. It looks like Netflix’s list of HDR-compatible devices is growing rapidly: for the longest time, theLG G6 was the only device on that listwith its support for Dolby Vision, and it was only a month ago that theSony Xperia XZ Premium became the second-ever phone to be certified for HDR playback....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Uber’s “misrepresentation” of its service may get its apps banned in Taiwan June 12, 2025 If you asked the average man on the street whatUberis, nine times out of ten they’d tell you it’s a transportation service. I suspect very few – if any at all – would tell you it’s an internet-based technology platform. But that seems to be the tax-dodging wool Uber is trying to pull over Taiwan’s eyes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. vivo V5 with 20MP front camera launches in India June 03, 2025 In a press event in Mumbai,Vivounveiled their new flagship device for India, the vivo V5. Focused on a selfie-obsessed young audience, the vivo V5 packs in an unprecedented 20MP front-facing camera. The V5 boasts of a ‘Moonlight Glow’ feature that induces a natural glow on the face without straining eyes that lights up the picture irrespective of the lighting conditions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: You want Qualcomm to go all in on power for PC chips August 21, 2025 Qualcomm is reportedly working on aSnapdragon 8cx successor— a chipset that may be found in future laptops and Chromebooks. But unlike the 8cx, the new chip is apparently switching up its design. While the octa-core 8cx balanced four performance cores with four power-saving cores, its successor will reportedly ditch the latter four....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Who needs Kinect? You can now control your Xbox One with Alexa and Cortana June 09, 2025 TheXbox Oneoriginally launched with a Kinect peripheral for motion controls and voice commands, but Microsoft eventuallykilled the accessorylast year. Now, the firm thinks it has a better solution for voice commands, as it announces the Xbox Skill for Alexa and Cortana. The Xbox Skill for Alexa and Cortana allows Xbox One owners to power on/off the console, launch specific games and applications, adjust volume, and quickly capture screenshots and video clips....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s UK Mi Store is like a crazier Apple Store where you can actually afford stuff July 05, 2025 Xiaomi’s recentU.K. launchwassomething of a mixed bag, but between the arrival of mega-affordable flagship phones, electric scooters you can’t ride in public, and a ‘Flash Sale’ thatwent terribly wrong, there was one intriguing announcement that went a little under the radar....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now use Google Home to set a reminder to call your mom June 25, 2025 Fromcontrolling showsandWalmart purchasestocalling others,Google Homehas become more useful since its initial launch. Smaller stuff like the ability to set reminders, however, was not something thatGoogle‘s smart speaker was capable of doing until now. Looking into the feature more granularly, you may set a variety of reminders, such as recurring and non-recurring time-based reminders....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’: New CPU vulnerabilities affect most smartphones and computers July 01, 2025 The tech industry has been all a buzz over the last 48 hours with talk about a fundamental flaw in Intel’s CPUs that makes it easy for malware to steal sensitive data (like passwords, cryptographic keys and banking information) directly from memory, memory that would normally be off limits....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A new OnePlus is coming next week. Here’s what we know. (Update) August 12, 2025 Update, August 19, 2025 (6 AM ET):OnePlushas now issued an official announcement of the OnePlus Nord CE 2’s launch details. The device will debut on February 17 at 2:30 PM CET (8.30 AM ET). The use of an EU timezone also suggests the phone will indeed launch in Europe too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Authority’s favorite non-phone tech that got us through 2020 June 04, 2025 Over the past few weeks, we’ve posted a lot of “best of” lists to summarize the year. Most of those lists obviously revolve around smartphones. If you want to know what we really think is the best phone of the year,here you go. But what about our favorite tech of the year that wasn’t a phone?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Another Galaxy Z Fold 3 leak gives us plenty more renders to look at June 21, 2025 We’ve already seen purported promo images of theSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 3this month. But a new set of renders now seemingly confirms the device’s design and colorways. Published by91Mobiles, the new renders were obtained from an “industry source” and echo the design showcased by the first high-quality images shared byEvan Blass....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google may be planning to let users have more control over app permissions June 12, 2025 Google I/O 2015is right around the corner, and we’ve already heard a few rumors as to what Google will announce at the conference. We might geta first look at Android M, and there’s a possibility we’ll even get a new feature that will allow us tocontrol any application using voice actions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google News bug reportedly led one user to receive a $240 data bill July 17, 2025 Google News appears to have a bug that is causing it to use huge amounts of background data without users knowing. The issue, which was reported on theGoogle forumsand spotted byThe Verge, has apparently affected users in Japan, the U.S., and the U.K....