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The Pixel 11 Pro’s camera flash is a ‘LoLight’ thanks to HiLight

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google’s new Pixel 11 Pro series introduces HiLight, a small array of ambient LEDs around the camera flash that give you some bits of information without requiring you to turn over or unlock your phone. Google ended up severely limiting HiLight’s functionality, and […]

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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 has a camera problem, and it has nothing to do with photo quality

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The form factor isn’t conducive to widescreen video content, as you’ll see large black bars at the top and bottom of the folding screen. Samsung built the wide Galaxy Z Fold 8 to specifically address this pain point, and it quickly won me

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Sony’s new phone is one of your only options with microSD support, but it’s not all roses

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. After a couple of leaks, Sony has finally announced the new Xperia 10 VIII, and it’s basically the same phone as the Xperia 10 VII, bar one small upgrade and a new paint job. The Xperia 10 VIII looks almost exactly the same

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We tried Gemini’s new Device Help feature on the Pixel 11, and the results were mixed

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. A few days ago, we spotted Google testing a clever new Gemini trick that could save Pixel users from digging through the Settings app every time something goes wrong. That feature, called Device Help, is now appearing directly inside the Gemini app on

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New GameHub update brings mod support for PC games to your Android phone

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. GameHub made a splash in early 2025 as it joined Winlator as one of the few PC game “emulators” on Android. We’ve since seen rival apps like GameNative make massive strides and become the preferred solution, but the GameHub team is back with

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Bad news: ChatGPT Plus users have annoying limits to slow them down once again

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. If you’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT Work and Codex and exploring the possibilities they unlock, you might need to slow down a bit. While OpenAI had removed the five-hour limits on ChatGPT Work and Codex following the release of GPT-5.6, the company is

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Spotify has good news if your audiobooks suddenly stopped playing

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Spotify has been steadily adding more reasons to spend time with audiobooks, from narrated magazine articles to TV-style recaps and Playlist Notes. But today, some listeners were unable to play those audiobooks at all, and Spotify now says the problem has been fixed.

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The AYN Odin 3 is getting another price hike, but you can avoid it by acting fast

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The AYN Odin 3 is the most powerful Android handheld on the market right now, making it ideal for cutting-edge emulation and other demanding games. It’s already seen price hikes this year due to the RAM crisis, but we’ve now got more bad

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‘The Guild’ movie revival becomes highest-funded Kickstarter film ever, filling me with millennial nostalgia and making me very nervous

As a millennial (boo, hiss) born in the 90s, I was just old enough to enjoy The Guild, a YouTube series about a group of dysfunctional MMO players, when it debuted online in 2007. 12-year-old me, who’d just gotten big into World of Warcraft and online games in general was downright invested—but that was then,

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