Ready or not, Gemini will soon replace Google Assistant

by dbadmin | Nov 8, 2025 | Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, Features, Google, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown discuss the sweeping changes coming to Android and the Google Play Store thanks to the Epic Games lawsuit settlement, the beginning of the end for Google Assistant on Android, and whether the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5...

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 runs hot, and not all phones can handle it

by dbadmin | Nov 6, 2025 | Features, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Realme

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority I was reasonably impressed when benchmarking my first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 handset. The Nubia REDMAGIC 11 Pro I tested performs within just a few percentage points of Qualcomm’s best-case reference model from its launch...

Qualcomm’s next flagship chip might come in two flavors, just to complicate things further?

by dbadmin | Nov 5, 2025 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

TL;DR Qualcomm is rumored to launch its next flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, in two tiers: Standard and Pro. The Pro version may offer faster LPDDR6 RAM, higher GPU clocks, and stronger AI performance, while the Standard could dial things back for...

I benchmarked my first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 phone and it (almost) lives up to the hype

by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | Authority Insights, Features, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Redmagic

The first flagship smartphones packed with the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset are already here. After an impressive showing in a reference phone, we can finally test how Qualcomm’s latest piece of flagship silicon stacks up in retail handsets and whether...

Details about Qualcomm’s non-flagship flagship chipset emerge in new leak

by dbadmin | Oct 30, 2025 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

TL;DR Details about Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (non-Elite variant) have leaked. The chipset is expected to be built on TSMC’s newer N3P fabrication process, which is also used for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. It follows a similar design to the Snapdragon...

The next Snapdragon flagship SoC could be good news for Android phones, bad news for your wallet

by dbadmin | Oct 28, 2025 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak claims that the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoC by Qualcomm will utilize TSMC’s advanced N2P chip process for improved performance and efficiency. It is expected to support LPDDR6 RAM and UFS 5.0...