The Galaxy S24 might have faster fingerprint unlocks with One UI 7 beta
What you need to know The Galaxy S24 series could see a fingerprint scanner boost with the next One UI 7 beta, speeding up unlocking. Ice Universe leaked a preview video showing off the improved scanner, with sharper lock/unlock sounds…
Samsung once again rumored to only make small changes to its foldables in 2025
What you need to know An industry expert from Korea says that Samsung will wait for the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold 8 to make major changes. Despite market pressure pushing Samsung to innovate, “expectations have dropped,” the…
Instead of getting a new Top Listener badge, a YouTube Music bug has you seeing double
What you need to know A weird YouTube Music bug shows users’ November Top Listener badges twice. It’s about time for the December Top Listener badges to be released, so this bug will likely be fixed when the real December…
The Apple MacBook Air M2 and M3 are $200 off right now!
Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Both of these offers are available from Amazon. The discount applies to all color versions of either laptop. Colors include Midnight, Silver, Space Gray, and Starlight. Apple MacBook Air M2 Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch (M2,…
Charger deals: Here are some hot offers for all your charging needs
All of these offers come from Amazon, and they are labeled as “limited time deals.” The Anker 321 and INIU 15W Wireless Charger are available in Black And White. In the case of the INIU deal, though, the White model…
Dyson Pure Cool Tower deal: Buy a cool fan guilt-free!
Do you ever walk into your local tech store and see those fancy Dyson fans? They are so cool, but I always had a hard time justifying their unreasonably high prices, especially when you can get a perfectly working, not-so-cool-looking…
Google resolves issue causing Nest speakers, displays to fail answering basic requests
What you need to know Google Home and Nest products experienced an issue that led speakers and displays to become unresponsive this week. The problem specifically affected verbal commands, even those as simple as “What’s the weather?”. Google says the…
OnePlus clears up all ambiguity surrounding the OnePlus 13’s water resistance rating
TL;DR OnePlus has already advertised the OnePlus 13 as IP68/IP69 ingress protection. For some past OnePlus hardware, IP ratings have varied across markets. With the OnePlus 13, though, the company confirms to us that all models will offer the same…
An honest take on if the savings are worth it
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority While many people know that Visible is owned by Verizon, there’s still a lot of confusion about how the two services differ. In this guide, I want to clear up the confusion about what Visible…
Looking to unlock a Xiaomi bootloader? We have bad news.
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR It appears Xiaomi has changed its bootloader unlocking policy. The new policy limits users to one unlock on one device each year. Years ago, there was no limit, and only recently, Xiaomi had…