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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ML Kit: Extracting text from images with Google’s Machine Learning SDK Jun 25, 2025 Machine learning (ML) is quickly becoming an important part of mobile development, but it isn’t theeasiestthing to add to your apps! To benefit from ML you typically needed a deep understanding of neural networks and data analysis, plus the time and resources required to source enough data, train your ML models, and then optimize those models to run efficiently on mobile....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Niantic announces a Pokémon Go AR photography contest July 24, 2025 In your travels across the land, searching far and wide, you may have snapped some great photos while catching your Pokémon. Now Niantic wants to see them too. It has announced a new AR photo contest forPokémon Goplayers around the world. All you need to do is snap your pictures when capturing Pokémon and put them on Instagram with the hashtag #PokemonGOcontest....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus wants you to buy the OnePlus 3 without seeing it first June 18, 2025 By “without seeing it” we mean precisely that. Without seeing it. OnePlusis no stranger to controversial, occasionally gimmicky marketing stunts. RememberSmash The Past? Now OnePlus is innovating in this field with a“blind sale.” 1,000 OnePlus 3 units will be put up for sale on the company’s Chinese online store on June 6 at 10AM....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Outlander Season 4 on Netflix is now available, but when is Season 5 dropping? June 12, 2025 The Outlander TV show, based on the best-selling novel series, is one of the most popular original TV series on the Starz cable channel. The show dropped its first three seasons on theNetflixstreaming service at first. In January 2021, Season 4 of the series became available, but when will the most recent Season 5 of Outlander start on Netflix?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pixel 2 FCC listing shows Android 8.0.1 pre-loaded and more June 19, 2025 Google’s upcoming Pixel 2 phone, the successor to2016’s Pixel handset, is now officially listed on the website for the US’s Federal Communications Commission. The FCC listing confirms a few of the previous rumors about the phone, along with revealing that it will have Android 8.0.1, alsoknown for now as Android O, installed out of the box....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pixel 3 series to get guaranteed feature, security updates until October 2021 July 06, 2025 The Google Pixel series is renowned for its brisk updates, but it’s also well-known for receiving updates long after other brands abandon their phones. Fortunately, theGoogle Pixel 3and Pixel 3 XL will continue this trend. In aposton Google’s support website (h/t:r/Android), the company outlined the period of support for the new flagship phones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. POCO X2: How much it costs and when you can get it June 15, 2025 POCO surprised us in 2018 with the release of thePOCO F1(orPocophone F1in some areas of the world). Although that was an incredibly exciting phone, the company seemed to vanish almost as quickly as it arrived. Now, though, we finally have a second phone from the brand called thePOCO X2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pokémon Go update: Professor Willow’s Global Challenge kicks off tomorrow June 23, 2025 Welcome to our Pokémon Go update and news hub! Here we’ll be collecting all news, updates, and event info for the Niantic’s hit AR mobile game. If you’re a hardcore Pokémon trainer, be sure to bookmark this page to stay up-to-date on the latest limited time events, community days, and new Pokémon released into the game....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: India could get a sub-$40 5G smartphone soon July 04, 2025 India’s budget smartphone segment is arguably the most competitive in the world, with brands like Xiaomi, realme, OPPO, and Samsung all duking it out to earn market-share. The country doesn’t have 5G connectivity just yet, but it could nevertheless play host to the cheapest5G phonesaround. TheEconomic Timesreports that Indian operator Reliance Jio is planning to launch a 5G smartphone with an initial price of just Rs 5,000 (~$68), citing a company official who wanted to remain anonymous....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Sony battery boasts 40 percent longer use time June 12, 2025 I’m sure you’re all familiar with the complaint thatsmartphone batteriesjust don’t seem to last long enough, offering only a few hours of screen-on time before running out. While quick charge technologies are helping to sidestep the problem, what we really need is extra capacity in our gadget-sized battery cells....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung announces BRITECELL smartphone image sensor August 14, 2025 Speaking at its 2015 Investors Forum,Samsunghas revealed details about its new BRITECELL camera technology. The technology is expected to appear in future smartphones, possibly even theGalaxy S7. BRITECELL is designed to improve performance in low light environments, as the name implies, by building on the company’sISOCELLtechnology and resulting in less color artifacts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S9 vs HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro August 24, 2025 Android Authoritynamed theHUAWEI Mate 10 Proitsbest smartphone of 2017, and for good reason. It is a very powerful handset, with lots of high-end features in both its hardware and software. Right now you’re able to get it for about $650 unlocked, well below its normal $800 price tag....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s $999 Chromebook problem, and more tech news you need to know today August 12, 2025 1. Samsung Galaxy Chromebook reviews: uh oh? We’ve talked about theSamsung Galaxy Chromebooktoo many times, but for $999 and with almost no feature spared, it was meant to be the next coming of the Pixelbook. To recap in 14 words: Samsung bet on a premium Chromebook, when most Chromebooks are $500, or much less....