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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: The most popular OnePlus phone is… June 24, 2025 TheOnePluswe see today isn’t the OnePlus we saw break onto the Android scene in 2014. A lot has changed. OnePlus phones costmore than they ever have. The cameras are getting better — actuallyrivalingthe likes of Samsung this year — and we’re finding fewer compromises overall that used to plague the first few generations of OnePlus devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: You don’t want to see the end of this Google Pixel trick August 01, 2025 If there’s one thing we know to anticipate when it comes toGoogle, is that the features and products it introduces today have a high probability ofgetting killed off some years later. Sometimes this isa good thingandsometimes not. It turns out, though, that one feature of Google Pixel phones is pretty popular for our readers and they’d like it to stick around: Active Edge....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why the Nexus 5 is still so fondly remembered August 02, 2025 Its camera was underwhelming even when it wasn’t crashing. It was out of battery in less than the time it takes to eat an ice cream. I’ve never seen a smartphone display crack so easily… And yet, it’s probably one of the most well-liked Android phones to ever hit the market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why you’ll want high definition haptics in your next smartphone August 18, 2025 Did you feel that? The vibration of a new notification, that rumble of that movie explosion, the kickback while closing out that tense battle royal match? Those are all powered by the haptics included inside your smartphone. High-quality haptics can make or break the feel and feedback provided on a modern handset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Would you buy a Galaxy Note 8 with 4 GB of RAM if it saved you some cheddar? August 20, 2025 One of the things that stood out aboutSamsung‘sGalaxy Note 8was not its display or S Pen, but its exorbitant $929 starting price. Lease options are available to help absorb that blow, but there is no denying that the phone’s high price tag will likely dissuade some folks from picking it up....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi creates dedicated camera department in bid to join top mobile players June 13, 2025 Xiaomi is opening a camera department to improve its mobile photography game, an internal email has revealed. The email was penned by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun and picked up byTechnodeyesterday. “The company has decided to set up a separate camera department within the smartphone division,” Lei Jun wrote....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Redmi S2 now official: A cheap phone with dual camera tech July 19, 2025 Dual-camera technology has quickly filtered down tocheaper smartphones, hitting entry-level devices too. The Xiaomi Redmi S2 is the latest budget phone with dual cameras, following in the footsteps of last month’sHONOR 7A. The handset sports a 12MP and 5MP dual camera on the back, enabling portrait mode shots....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi’s new Mint Browser is lightweight and feature-packed June 02, 2025 Despite mass storage options becoming cheaper, the base model of some smartphones just don’t come with enough storage. So unless you can expand this with amicroSD card, you have to limit the number of large apps installed on your device. Fortunately, there are apps likeXiaomi’snew Mint Browser that limit its file size without limiting the number of features packed within....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now use Google Assistant to set alarms to whatever song you want August 10, 2025 GoogleupdatedAssistantwith a few helpful features today, including a change to how you hear alarms. You can now set alarms to whatever artist, song, or playlist you want. To set an alarm to music, you previously needed to store the song you want on your device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You told us: Most of you don’t use MagSafe, but it still has plenty of fans August 12, 2025 Apple’siPhone 12range offered a rather interesting feature dubbed MagSafe last year, featuring a set of magnets on the back of the phones for use with accessories like chargers, cases, and more. The feature surfaced again with the iPhone 13 series, while Android case makers have created phone cases so Android devices can use MagSafe accessories too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You’re going to start seeing Roku TVs from a lot more TV brands June 19, 2025 Over the past few years, you’ve had a handful of choices of brands if you wanted to buy a Roku TV. In 2020, however, you’re going to have a lot more. AtCEStoday, Roku revealed that there will be at least 15 manufacturers making Roku TVs this year, including its own branded units....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ZTE Blade V9 and V9 Vita are here, we go hands-on July 02, 2025 ZTEreleased theBlade V8about a year ago, bringing dual-cameras and an octa-core processor to its mid-range line of devices. While these phones won’t have customers rushing to pre-order, they provide quite a bit of value for the price. This year, ZTE is looking to up the quality of this line even further, producing what it thinks is the best Blade device yet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. An Android phone received the first text from space June 25, 2025 Aerospace startup Lynk wants to launch cell tower technology into space to enable more seamless global connectivity. Though that seems like a pretty lofty goal, the company is now one step closer to achieving it. Lynk has justsent the first ever text to a smartphone from space....