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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Niantic will try throwing three Pokémon Go events in Germany, Chicago, and Japan August 17, 2025 Niantic, the company that created the mobile game sensationPokémon Go, just announced three new Pokémon Go events to happen around the globe this summer. The Pokémon Go Summer Tour 2018 will hit Dortmund, Germany; Chicago, United States; and Yokosuka, Japan. Last year,Niantic held a Pokémon Go eventin Chicago called Pokémon Go Fest 2017....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 8 design teased: Check out the official Glacial Green colorway July 07, 2025 We’ve seen plenty ofleaked renderssupposedly showing the OnePlus 8 series ahead of its April 14 reveal date. That isn’t stopping the company from teasing the design in the lead-up to the unveiling. OnePlus has now posted a YouTube video (above), giving us a tantalizing glimpse at the OnePlus 8 design and the Glacial Green colorway....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO A7 announced: It’s the realme 2 with a waterdrop notch July 15, 2025 TheOPPO A7xwas announced by the Chinese brand a few months ago, packing a squarely mid-range chipset, full HD+ display, dual camera setup, and a 3,500mAh battery. Now, the company has quietly revealed the OPPO A7 (h/t:XDA-Developers), and it looks like a step below the previous phone in many ways....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Oppo’s new under-display camera tech promises sharper screens, better images July 09, 2025 OPPO was one of the first brands to show off under-display selfie cameras on smartphones, revealing its take on the technologyback in late 2019. We’ve since seen ZTE released two devices with this tech, while Samsung is tipped to offer this on theGalaxy Z Fold 3soon as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. POCO likely rebranding Redmi K40 as global POCO phone (Updated) July 21, 2025 Update: August 06, 2025 (12:12 AM ET): New evidence suggests that theRedmi K40will be rebranded as the next POCO flagship in global markets. More specifically, the phone will seemingly be known as the POCO F3. AnFCC listing(viaAbhishek Yadav) lists a POCO phone packing an almost identical model number to the Redmi....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Possible launch date for next Pixel leaked, keyword being ‘possible’ (Updated) August 06, 2025 Update: August 09, 2025 (12:15 AM ET): Jon Prosser has issued afollow-up tweetnoting that his source has “confirmed and followed up” the rumored Pixel 5a launch date of July 13, 2025. Read on for more details. Original article: August 07, 2025 (10:47 AM ET): If you are excited about the next Google Pixel phone, we have some possible info to share....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Prime Minister May’s ‘Black Mirror-esque’ surveillance law is passed in the UK July 01, 2025 I just finished watching the latest season ofBlack Mirror, and I can’t help but see the eerie similarities between the show and our world, and the surveillance law that was just passed in the UK is proof of that. Dubbed the snoopers’ charter, the new law will make it obligatory for internet providers to store every user’s history for up to a year, which can be accessed by government entities and decrypted on demand....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung silently releases an updated Galaxy Tab S2 June 28, 2025 Without so much as a whisper,Samsunghas begun selling an updated version of itsGalaxy Tab S2tablet in Europe this week. The company’s usual tablet refresh cycle would have suggested that we were due for an announcement in July or so, but German retailerCyberport.deappears to already be selling a refreshed model....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Android alternative is a security disaster, says researcher July 16, 2025 Samsung is best known for its devices running Android, but the company’s long-term strategy is to reduce its reliance on Google with the help of its own operating system. It is called Tizen and runs on Samsung’s smart TVs, smartwatches (Gear series), as well as a few smartphones (Galaxy Z series)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Should Nexus users expect to see to Android updates first? August 07, 2025 There’s no denying that the Android 5.0 Lollipop launch has been very different from past OS releases. Not only was the Android L Developer Preview a first for the Android world, we’ve also seen a greater number of 3rd party app makers and OEM device makers sit up and take notice of Lollipop and its new design language....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Should the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra be the last Galaxy Note? June 12, 2025 Samsung has always flexed the Galaxy Note as the ultimate productivity machine. It’s fast, it’s big, and supposedly most importantly, it has a stylus built right into the chassis. This is all true of its latest flagship Note phone, theGalaxy Note 20 Ultra. The S Pen has been a controversial tool for ages, creating diehard fans that use it for, well, pretty much everything it can do....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile brings native video calling to select Android phones August 13, 2025 T-Mobileisn’t normally one to take a break from bringing its customers new features. A little over a month ago, the Uncarrier put a focus on making SMS and MMS much better through itsAdvanced Messaging initiative, and now the carrier is at it again, but this time with a focus on video calling....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tech IRL: 16 things you need to know for Wednesday, Jan. 23 August 19, 2025 Here’s your daily tech digest, courtesy of DGiT Daily, for Wednesday, June 19, 2025. The big story of the day is the Xiaomi dual-folding smartphone.Hadlee Simons has the story, but just look at it! Here’s everything else happening: 1.HONOR View 20 reviewswent out late yesterday, and it’s been well received – the 48MP camera is very good, still no global pricing announced (Android Authority)....