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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Scary MediaTek vulnerability active for months because Android updates are hard July 29, 2025 Over atXDA Developers, Android enthusiasts tinker with the software that runs phones, tablets, and other pieces of tech. Primarily, modders are hobbyists who want to do simple things with their devices such as remove bloatware,flash a new ROM, or fix a broken phone. However, oneXDAmodder came across an exploit inMediaTek chipsets— a lot of MediaTek chipsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III launched: Flagships with crazy zoom tech July 28, 2025 Sony launched theXperia 1 IIin early 2020 and followed up with theXperia 5 IIin the second half of the year. But the company isn’t waiting around in 2021, as it’s simultaneously launched the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III. As we saw last year with Sony’s flagships, the Xperia 5 III is the one to get if you value a more sensibly sized phone compared to today’s large flagships....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Storehouse, a more personal approach to photo sharing, now on Android July 10, 2025 Storehouse is thephoto and videosharing app that several of my iPhone-using friends have been babbling about this year. I wasn’t able to see what they were talking about because, as you may have guessed based on the name of this website, I tend to favor Android, and Storehouse didn’t exist for Android....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. That big Pokémon Go update with 100 new creatures could go live this week July 03, 2025 Pokémon Gofans have been hearing rumors for weeks that the popular AR app willadd 100 new creaturesto catch soon. Now, new leaks suggest that big update could happen this week. The game’s developer, Niantic Labs, will also reportedly announce new partnerships with at least two companies in the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The hand-crafted game Lumino City comes to Android with a launch week price of $3 July 06, 2025 The word “originality” sometimes gets used when it shouldn’t when describing a new mobile game. However, Lumino City definitely deserves for that term to be applied. The acclaimed puzzle adventure game from developer State of Play has now been released on Android in theGoogle Play Storevia publisher Noodlecake Studios....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The HONOR View 10 will make its way overseas on January 8 August 02, 2025 CES 2018is right around the corner, and HONOR just couldn’t wait any longer to announce that theHONOR View 10will be available overseas starting Monday, January 8. As a quick recap, the HONOR View 10, also known as the HONOR V10 in China, features a 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Samsung Galaxy S10 might just steal this OnePlus fan’s money Aug 19, 2025 It’s no secretI’m a fan of OnePlus phones. I appreciate the company’s attention to design detail and how it offers flagship features at much lower prices than most of the competition. I also am absolutely in love withOxygenOS, the company’s beautifully simple Android skin. But I gotta tell you: theSamsung Galaxy S10is looking mighty fine....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These Xiaomi phones will get single camera portrait mode in MIUI 10 August 18, 2025 Xiaomi revealed theRedmi Y2(aka the Redmi S2) in India today, also giving global users a preview ofMIUI 10. The company showed off the software update at itsMi 8launch in China, but it has a few more details this time, including alist of phonesthat will receive a single-camera portrait mode....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Third-gen Chromecast and Home Mini “Smart TV kit” leaks June 09, 2025 Over the weekend we saw Best Buy accidentally sell a customer an unannouncedthird-generation Chromecast. Now, a retail employee from an unnamed store shared a photo of a new Smart TV kit that includes the updated hardware and a Google Home Mini. As you’re able to see from the photo below that was shared onReddit, the Smart TV kit includes last year’s charcoal Home Mini and the slightly redesigned third-gen Chromecast....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: iPhone SE 2 renders leaked, Apple’s growing China sales June 02, 2025 This week in Apple news we got a peek into the future of Android’s number one competitor. Most notably, we caught a possible glimpse of the upcoming iPhone SE 2 in a few leaked renders. Unfortunately, these renders revealed an outdated design and no headphone jack....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Undock, resize, or split your keyboard with Swiftkey 4.3 beta (video) June 12, 2025 Swiftkey, the uber popular keyboard replacement app, today received a consistent update to version 4.3 beta that unifies the phone and tablet versions into one flexible app. The main new feature of the unified app is the ability to resize, move, and even split the keyboard layout to suit your device and typing preferences....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: 65% of you throw caution to the wind and auto-update apps July 15, 2025 We all have dozens of apps installed on our smartphones, and keeping them up to date manually can be a chore. That’s why the Google Play Store has a handy setting tucked away that lets you keep all your apps up to date....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Will smartphones eventually ship with nothing else in the box? July 08, 2025 Apple made headlines in October 2020 when it decided to drop power adapters not just fromthe iPhone 12 lineup, but from all iPhones going forward. Samsung has joined suit with flagshipslike the S21, ensuring that the decision will have a wide impact. Could it be that these policies will quickly become an industry standard, forcing every new smartphone owner to buy basic accessories on top of increasingly expensive hardware?...