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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Spotify wants you to update the metadata of its music August 15, 2025 With the advent ofmusic streaming services, the way people consume music has changed dramatically. Where we used to pop on a record by one artist to listen to from beginning to end, now we pull up automatically generated playlists based on an activity or mood.Spotifythinks the metadata used to create these playlists could use some updating and wants you to do the grunt work....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. State of 4G in India: still leaves a lot to be desired July 09, 2025 India’s mobile market has risen dramatically over the last few years and it doesn’t look like the growth will subside anytime soon. Arecent report by Canalyspointed out that smartphone shipments in India were up by ten percent in 2018 and crossed a total of 137 million units, despite the slump in smartphone sales globally....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile set to show off its next Uncarrier moves on September 6 July 24, 2025 From killing off contracts andbringing back unlimited data plansto a rewards program,T-Mobile‘s Uncarrier events tend to include some sort of significant progression for the magenta-colored carrier. That trend looks to continue with T-Mobile’s upcoming Uncarrier Next event, which the magenta-colored carrier with a predictably-vague teaser video....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best and most iconic Android apps of the decade (2010-2019) June 15, 2025 For the purposes of this list, we’re going to omit some obvious choices. Some of those choices include Facebook, Gmail, YouTube, and Twitter. Those apps are attached to already popular services before the decade began and they were going to be popular anyway. Additionally, we’re going to sidestep viral apps like Timely and Prisma because they were fun at the time but generally didn’t really leave a lasting impact....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is the Samsung Galaxy S11: Five rear cameras, Note 10-style punch hole August 23, 2025 We’ve seen plenty ofSamsung Galaxy S11leaks in recent weeks, but one thing we haven’t actually seen until now is what it’ll actually look like. Fortunately, serial tipsterOnleaksand91Mobileshave delivered apparent Samsung Galaxy S11 renders. The images suggest that Samsung’s early 2019 flagship will have up to five rear cameras and aNote 10-style punch-hole cutout....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: Sketchy rumors include gaming MacBook and notch-less iPhone July 01, 2025 This week in Apple news we heard a few really sketchy rumors. The biggest of these rumors is that there could be a notch-less iPhone in 2020 with an in-display fingerprint sensor and — get this — an under-display selfie camera. Anything’s possible, but we think this is a stretch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TikTok tracked Android user data despite Google privacy protections June 18, 2025 TikTok already faces thethreat of a US bandue to concerns about potential Chinese spying, and its latest privacy incident won’t help matters. TheWall Street Journalhas learned that TikTok’s app was tracking the MAC addresses (the hardware identifiers for networked devices) of Android users for at least 15 months despite Google policies and systems forbidding the practice....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Upcoming VAIO smartphone could help reshape Japanese market August 06, 2025 Once upon a time, Sony was King of the Hill, offering new and exciting products, concepts, and form factors to an endless array of electronics. Fast forward to April 2014 and the unthinkablesale of the VAIO brandto Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). Although Sony retains a 5% minority share in the new “VAIO Corporation”, just a quick stroll down the aisle of a major electronics store here in Tokyo will serve as a sad reminder of days gone by, as the Sony logo is absent both from branding and displays....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most believe HUAWEI did nothing wrong July 29, 2025 HUAWEI has had a veryrough two weeks. After being placed on the U.S. Entity List, major companies likeGoogle,Intel,Qualcomm,Arm, and others have stated they will cut ties with HUAWEI if it remained banned by the government. The company currently has apermit to work with U.S. companies through August, but that could easily expire before America’s government reverses its decision....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We asked, you told us: Most of you think LG shouldn’t sell its mobile unit June 22, 2025 LG’s mobile business has been a shadow of its former self for a while now, although the company is still capable of delivering great flagships like theLG V60and unique form factors like theLG Wing. Phones like these might not be enough to turn the smartphone unit’s business around though, and we’ve now heard numerous rumors that a sale or other drastic move is being considered....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What Google’s headphone jack reversal means for the industry at large July 30, 2025 Amid theGoogle I/O 2019whirlwind, Google announced itsPixel 3a and Pixel 3a XLwill reintroduce the 3.5mm headphone jack. The (partial) return of the headphone jack comes later than we hoped. However, companies like Google andHuaweideserve commendation for backpedaling on what, in hindsight, appears to have been a hasty decision....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi phones to be sold in Three stores in UK, Italy, and other European markets August 02, 2025 Xiaomi has been slowly expanding into different marketsoutside of Chinaover the past few years and now you’re able to add the U.K. and several other European countries to its roster. The Beijing-based firm today announced that it has partnered with CK Hutchinson to bring Xiaomi products to Three Group Europe stores in Austria, Denmark, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, and the U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi teases 108MP camera, likely coming to Mi Mix Alpha June 13, 2025 XiaomiandSamsungconfirmed earlier this year that they were teaming up to bring a108MP camerato a smartphone. Now, it looks like theXiaomi Mi Mix Alphawill indeed be packing this sensor. The Chinese brand posted a sample onWeibo, showing off the digital zoom capabilities of an upcoming phone. Xiaomi’s post also specifically mentions the “100MP era” (thanks, Google Translate) as well as the 12,032 x 9,024 resolution....