by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Android, Apple iOS, Features
Android has come a long way in the last 16 years. The T-Mobile G1 — or HTC Dream where I’m from — bears little resemblance to the excellent smartphones we use today, with its chunky bezels full of navigation buttons and slide-out keyboard. Physical keyboards wouldn’t...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S22
Galaxy S22 Ultra Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Many Galaxy S22 series users have been facing random bootloops, for which Samsung is swapping out motherboards at a cost since the phone is out of warranty. As a stop-gap solution, users have had luck reviving...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | fitness trackers, Reviews, Xiaomi
What’s in a name? We’ve asked it probably a hundred times in the last year with the way terms like Pro, Max, Active, and Plus get added to tech products, but what do those names really mean? Sometimes, they mean quite a lot, like giving you an additional sensor, a...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Google, Google Pixel, News, Photography, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google has offered great camera zoom on its Pixel Pro phones for a while now, with the Pixel 7 Pro and later featuring a 48MP 5x periscope camera. You can even get great 10x zoom shots as these camera phones crop in to...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | News, OnePlus, OnePlus 13R
A new leak shows off high-quality renders of the OnePlus 13R in its Astral Trail and Nebula Noir colors. Another leak details the camera setup and the device’s combination of RAM and storage. The OnePlus 13R is confirmed to launch on January 7, 2025. The OnePlus 13...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Authority Insights, News, OnePlus, OnePlus Watch, smartwatches
Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A teardown of the OHealth app has revealed loads of features that are likely coming to the OnePlus Watch 3 series. We spotted ECG functionality in the app, suggesting that the new watches will support this feature too. Other...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Android 15, LineageOS, News
LineageOS 22.1 based on Android 15 QPR1 is now available for over 100 devices. The latest version of LineageOS brings Android 15 changes as well as a new music player and PDF reader. LineageOS 21 is still around for devices that aren’t supported by 22.1, but 20 is on...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Authority Insights, News, OnePlus, OnePlus Watch, Oppo
Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority OnePlus is making a Pro version of its flagship Wear OS smartwatch this year. We’ve spotted the OnePlus Watch 3 Pro moniker in the OHealth app. We can also confirm that OPPO will release rebranded versions of the OnePlus...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Apple, Apple iPad, Deals, News, Tablets
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple isn’t a brand that discounts its products very often, so this 2024 holiday season has been especially nice. Pretty much all Apple tablets have seen very nice discounts in the past couple of months. That said, most iPad...
by dbadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch
Samsung released the Watch 7 and Ultra models with no rotating bezel. With the Watch 6 series before them, Samsung offered a rotating bezel option through its Classic model. New evidence points to the possibility of Samsung returning to the form with a Galaxy Watch 8...