Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Opera Mini’s Video Boost slashes buffer times July 03, 2025 Opera Miniis positioning itself to be the ultimate choice for any user looking to streamline their browsing experience while minimizing data consumption. The lightweight browser is ever on the prowl to bring its users new features, and this latest update brings some pretty awesome stuff to your fingertips. Our favorite is the Video Boost feature, which Opera claims reduces the size of video data....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OxygenOS open beta 27/18 hits OnePlus 3/3T with improved battery in standby June 23, 2025 OnePlus just unveiled its newOnePlus 5Tyesterday and it’s soaking up a fair amount of attention, but it’s not the only OnePlus phone we have news for. The OnePlus 3 and 3T have just received new open beta updates, version 27 and 18 respectively, bringing some valuable improvements....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pebble updates its Kickstarter with the Time Steel smartwatch July 28, 2025 Today,Pebbleannounced its new Time Steel smartwatch, a fancier looking version of itsrecently Kickstarted Pebble Timewatch. As the name implies, this one is made out of stainless steel. The Pebble Time Steel will be available in black, gold and, of course, stainless steel options. This choice of material ends up making the watch a little heavier and 1mm thicker than the plastic variant....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Plastic HTCOne ME9 could be heading to India in July July 14, 2025 Last week the first shots ofyet another HTCOne handsetappeared, passing through China’s TENAA certification database. Now it seems that the handset could also be heading to India.Zauba, which tracks imports and exports out of India, has noted that 1700 dummy units of the HTCOne ME9 have been imported into India since May 8th....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Polar Grit X review: This grit is great August 04, 2025 Polar Grit X What we like What we don’t like The Polar Grit X is afitness trackeraimed primarily at runners and athletes, with a heavy emphasis on long distance. It is also a very strong option for tracking a wide variety of other activities, and a compelling health tracker for general users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PUBG Mobile inches closer to Fortnite with Royale Pass in update 0.6.0 August 17, 2025 It’s hard to believe, but Tencent’sPUBG Mobilehas already been out for more than two months. Since then,Fortnitehas made the move to iOS, andconsistently out-earnedits grittier competition. That might finally change with the PUBG Mobile 0.6.0 update. It adds a number of features, including a “Royale Pass” with a progression system that’s virtually identical to Fortnite’s Battle Pass....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series wants to power China’s AI July 11, 2025 Not content with its current crop of processors, Qualcomm has lifted the lid on its new Snapdragon 700 Mobile Platform series atMWC 2018. As the naming scheme reveals, this range sits right between the company’spremium Snapdragon 800 tierand the more cost effective Snapdragon 600 series. The target market appears to be primarily China, and other markets where there’s high demand for premium features but thinner profit margins for OEMs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Researchers believe breakthrough might make batteries drastically cheaper August 07, 2025 Against an assumption that has prevailed in scientific communities for over eighty years, researchers at Oregon State University believe that potassium can be used to create a replacement for lithium-ionbatteries. Chemist Xiulei Ji says that this possibility hasn’t been revisited since it was originally explored in 1932. “For decades, people have assumed that potassium couldn’t work with graphite or other bulk carbon anodes in a battery,” said chemist Xiulei Ji, elaborating that he was surprised that the concept had been left uninvestigated for so long....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Returning your Galaxy Note 7? Here are some other great Android phones you should check out June 10, 2025 After the halt to global sales and adiscontinuation of manufacturing, theSamsung Galaxy Note 7has finally come to the end of the road. While flagships from other OEMs don’t offer theS Penand unique edge display features that set the Note 7 apart, there are a few other Android flagships that are definitely worth looking at if you’re in the market for a super sized handset this year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung 108MP camera sensor announced: And you thought 64MP was overkill? June 02, 2025 Xiaomiconfirmed earlier last week that it would introduce a phone with a108MP camerain partnership with Samsung. Now, the Korean manufacturer hasunveiledthe sensor in question, called the Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX. Samsung confirmed that the new sensor has 0.8 micron pixels or photo-sites — the same size as current48MPand64MPcameras....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung brings new emojis to Galaxy Note7 with battery icon update July 26, 2025 After seeing companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google bring the more politically correct and diverse Unicode 9.0 emojis,I was a bit concerned by Samsung’s inaction. But it seems like the South Korean tech giant has finally decided to bring Unicode 9.0 emoji support to the Galaxy Note7 with the “green battery icon” update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 - 5 things we want to see July 07, 2025 There is less than a week to go for the unveiling of theSamsung Galaxy Note 5, which might seem a little unexpected and early, as the annual Galaxy Note launch is usually a highlight of IFA in Berlin. Its predecessor was met with great acclaim after its launch, with everyone appreciating everything from its design, camera, and some new S-Pen functionality, and theGalaxy Note 4continues to be a very compelling device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S20 could borrow this cool camera feature from the LG V40 ThinQ August 17, 2025 Samsung’sGalaxy S20 seriesislaunching next weekand pretty much all major details about the phones have leaked. But we’re now getting information about some new camera features that the S20 flagships might house. Serial tipster andXDAcontributorMax Weinbachsays that all three Galaxy S20 phones will get a camera feature called QuickTake....