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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. YouTube and Daydream team up to improve VR videos June 24, 2025 If you’ve ever watched VR videos, you may have been disappointed by their quality. That’s why YouTube and Daydream are working together to introduce a better way to project VR videos, making them look more realistic. YouTube officially launched support for 360-degree videos back in 2015, followed by support for VR videos....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 30,000 OnePlus 2 handsets sold in 64 seconds in China June 17, 2025 When it launched last year, Chinese manufacturerOnePlusreceived a lot of support from its customers despite being a newcomer to the market and one year later, theOnePlus 2looks set to follow in its predecessor’s footsteps. For customers around the world, the company sells the OnePlus 2 in the same way the OnePlus One was and as a result, you need to wait for an invite to buy before you can actually buy the handset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 flagship features mid-range phones need in 2017 June 21, 2025 Although boundary pushing flagship smartphones garner most of the headlines, there’s a budding market for lower cost flagships and mid-range smartphones that is due for a shot in the arm. While there are some great handsets out there, manufacturers are often slow at bringing flagship features to their lowest cost models, which greatly devalues the potential of this important mid-tier....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 reasons you should buy the OnePlus 5 June 03, 2025 TheOnePlus 5is out and you probably already know if you’re going to buy one or not, but if you’re still on the fence, let us share a few reasons you might want to side with the ‘yays’ over the ‘nays’ on this one. These are the top five reasons to buy the OnePlus 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A durable Nokia smartphone is coming, but will it live up to the 3310? June 01, 2025 Nokiabrand licensee HMD Global launched a variety of mid-range and low-end phones as part of theX, G, and C seriesearlier this year, but it’s been relatively quiet otherwise. Now, the firm is promising something for fans of durable smartphones. “With our newest Nokia phone you will never need a case again,” the firm noted in an imageposted to Twitter....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All the OnePlus 8 series news including a OnePlus Z rumor, and more tech today August 12, 2025 1. OnePlus 8 news, OnePlus Z leaks The OnePlus 8 series has a launch date: April 14.OnePlus CEO Pete Lauhinted at it on Twitter over the weekend, and this morning the word went out: April 14th for the Pro series, at 11am ET....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon announces plans to sell Apple TV and Chromecast again August 20, 2025 It looks like Amazon has decided to blink in its ongoing cold war against Google. The company announced today it will begin selling theGoogle Chromecast TV dongle, along with Apple TV products for the first time in two years. CNETconfirmsthat listings for Chromecast and the Chromecast Ultra, along with three Apple TV models, are beginning to roll out on Amazon’s site....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple’s Phil Schiller thinks that Android’s facial and iris recognition efforts “stink” June 18, 2025 This year’s launch of theiPhone Xalso included the introduction of Apple’s Face ID. Apple thinks that its facial recognition camera and hardware on the front of the iPhone X are among its biggest technological achievements. However, other Android phones have had facial and iris recognition hardware and software of their own....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Are online banking mobile apps all you need to handle your finances? July 19, 2025 Online banks and mobile banking apps are growing rapidly onAndroidand iOS, and while they can’t do all your banking, many people are giving them a go. In the U.S.,Chimeadds 100,000 accounts every month. In Europe, banking appN26announced this week it had reached one million customers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Casetop Kickstarter project turns your phone into a laptop July 25, 2025 If you want to turn your phone into a laptop, this Kickstarter project just might make your dream come true,provided it gets funded, of course. Livi Design has the ambitious goal of turning almost every phone into a laptop, as the only requirements are that said smartphone has a video out option and Bluetooth....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Create your own voice activated reminders using Tasker - Android customization July 29, 2025 Did you follow all the way through last week’sAndroid customizationproject? We had built a tool to scheduledelayed SMS messagesusing Tasker, but more to learn the tools than for the actual functionality. This week will be more review of tools inTasker, we’ll use variables, voice input, and conditionals to build a little timed voice reminder....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Dear phone companies: I want a flagship I can use without a case August 09, 2025 I distinctly remember the first time I held theHTC One M7in my hand. The smooth aluminum chassis felt cool to the touch, as if it had just come out of a refrigerator. It had a good weight to it that made it feel as if I was holding a device that cost twice as much as it actually did....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Don’t write off LCD yet, it still has a few tricks left to take on OLED July 19, 2025 Much of the recent attention in the mobile display market has been focused onOLEDtechnologies, with Samsung continuing to impress with its curved technology andLG Display investing heavily in new productionlines to catch up with the market leader. Talk of the town very much suggests that, at least in the high-end space, OLED is very much the future andLCDis on the way out....