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Best of Android is back for a 2020 mid-year showdown, and more tech news today
July 29, 2025
1. The Best of Android: Mid-2020 is here!
My colleagues at Android Authority have been toiling away in the lab and behind the scenes seeking to bring you a guide to the bestAndroid phones of 2020, in a mid-year review.
Previously aonce-a-year-winners list, the new mid-year guide looks at all phones released in 2020 thus far, by “removing any uncertainty by subjecting the best smartphones of today to a battery of unique tests that can definitively separate the real deal from the hype machine.”
And there’smore to the storythis time around:
The details cover lots of ground, offering a look at all key aspects of a phone. Here’s how it’ll shake out:
Display: As I write, theDisplay category winner has just been revealed.
2. Somehow,125W charging is coming this week. The idea is you’ll be able to get to 100% charge in 15 minutes, which is crazy. Very interested in how the battery chemistry can handle the heat generated, and how this affects the overall lifespan (Android Authority). Also, there’s a demonstration of120W charging from iQoo(beware the audio is super loud).
- You told us:Even with smart TVs, you’re mostly using streaming dongles(Android Authority).
Lenovo Yoga X: an Android tablet that can also be a second screen? (Android Authority).
One of the shocks on Friday was that Amazon had banned TikTok from phones accessing Amazon email accounts for security reasons. Within hours, though,Amazon issued a retractionand said the whole thing was in error. I’ve talked to a bunch of people who only saw the original headline and assumed it’s still true. Which it isn’t. For now. (The Verge).
6.Google has announced a $10 billion ‘Google for India Digitization Fund’to help accelerate India’s digital economy (blog.google). On that note: Digital payment transactions in India reached an all-time high in June,as people avoid handling banknotes amid the coronavirus pandemic(Bloomberg).
- Here’s a website that allows you toexperience what it is like to live with dyslexia(geon.github.io)
8.The four biggest announcements from Ubisoft’s not-E3 event: FarCry 6, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, more (The Verge). Also:Three Ubisoft executives leaveamid misconduct allegations (Engadget).
- Why is thiscopy of Super Mario Bros.worth a record $114,000? (Ars Technica).
10. How totrick your brain to remember almost anything(Wired).
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