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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Withings' new Steel HR has an analog display, heart rate sensor and 25-day battery life July 20, 2025 Withings, the consumer electronics company that was just recentlypicked up by Nokia, has just taken the wraps off its new activity tracker, the Withings Steel HR. With an analog display, optical heart rate monitor and 25-day battery life, the Steel HR is definitely worth your attention....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G: Killer specs, fastest wireless charging yet, from $520 July 24, 2025 Here comes the latest flagship fromXiaomi: the Mi 9 Pro 5G builds up on the foundation of theMi 9series, adding the fastest processing package around, 30W wireless charging, and an improved camera. Announced today in China, the Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G is powered by theSnapdragon 855 Plusprocessor, an improved version of the omnipresent Snapdragon 855 that offers a 15% increase in graphics performance....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can download Galaxy S8 weather app for your Galaxy S7 July 02, 2025 If you have a Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge running Nougat, you can get the weather widget found on the recently-announcedGalaxy S8 duowith a few simple taps. There are very few things that folks over at XDA Developers cannot do: the Galaxy S8 Themes and Apps forum is already full of useful links to things like the officialGalaxy S8 launcher....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can’t be sewerious: Vodafone will use manhole covers to boost 4G, 5G July 09, 2025 Developing cellular networks is no easy task. Great distances, varying terrain, and numerous obstacles make it a challenging process. The transition to5Gis expected to be even tougher than LTE was, but U.K. carrier Vodafone thinks it has a way to help it go more smoothly (h/t:Ubergizmo)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A way to easily find your ‘original quality’ media in Google Photos is coming June 26, 2025 One of the biggest news stories of the week is the revelation thatGoogle Photos will no longer offer free backupsof your smartphone photos and videos starting in June 2021. When David Lieb, the product lead for Google Photos,made the announcement on Twitter, there were lots of questions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Adobe’s Lightroom Mobile no longer requires a Creative Cloud account July 26, 2025 Currently,Adobe’son-the-go photo editing appLightroom mobilerequires a $9.99 a month Creative Cloud account to use on Android. That’s soon to change, however. Earlier this week, Adobe lifted the Creative Cloud requirement on iOSand has announcedthat it will soon be gone from Android versions of the app as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alcatel Onyx brings an 18:9 display, dual cameras, and facial recognition on the cheap August 19, 2025 Alcatel and prepaid carrierCricket Wirelesshave announced theAlcatel Onyx, the latest smartphone to bring tall displays and dual cameras to the budget-conscious masses. Announced during CES 2019 as theAlcatel 1X, the Onyx features a 5.5-inch display with HD+ (1,440 x 720) resolution. The display makes use of Dragontrail glass, which features the same hardness of seven as Gorilla Glass 4 on the Mohs scale....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. All about batteries: What is mAh? August 02, 2025 Your phone’s battery is arguably the most important piece of hardware on the device, seeing as nothing can happen without it. However, these lithium-ion technological marvels remain mysterious to many smartphone users. For the general population, handsets and tablets might as well run on magic crystals for how well the inner workings of batteries are understood....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Alphabet is now the world’s most valuable company, toppling Apple August 19, 2025 Alphabet Inc.’s first quarterly earnings callyesterday was pretty impressive. Not only did the newly formed holding company manage to outperform early expectations, the subsequent spike in stock market activity pushed its market cap above Apple’s, making it the freshly-minted world’s most valuable company. Alphabet’s debut earnings call revealed a positive start to the conglomerate, with a profit of $4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Amazon may have to refund $70 million for in-app purchases made by kids June 18, 2025 A long legal battle betweenAmazonand the US government over in-app purchases that were made by kids may finally be coming to an end. The Federal Trade Commission revealed on Tuesday that both the agency and Amazon have now agreed to end their appeals in this case, which means Amazon could be close to sending out refunds to parents....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 12 beta 3 brings new Wallpaper & Style app to Pixels June 12, 2025 The biggest difference betweenAndroid 12and previous versions of the operating system is how it looks. For the first time in years, Google has wildly revamped the overall aesthetic of Android. It’s also introduced some cool new ways to customize its look and feel. With that in mind, it was inevitable that the Android 12 Wallpaper & Style app onPixel phoneswould see a facelift....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android getting new search provider option in EU, like we won’t choose Google July 15, 2025 Google hasrevealed its plansfor a newsearch provideroption which will appear on EU Android phones next year. The new option, which will appear during the setup process of a new Android phone, will allow users to select choose a default provider rather than Google being the immediate default....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Best Android apps for improving vocabulary July 11, 2025 Having a large vocabulary is certainly helpful. It can impress a potential employer, or it can greatly aid you in your line of work if you’re a writer. If you’re a student, it could give you some extra points on your essay. Growing up, we accumulate thousands and thousands of words but if we don’t use them, they eventually gather dust and get locked away in the very backs of our minds....