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The Xiaomi Sound Play is an 18W Bluetooth speaker that's both functional and looks great. It comes in Black, White, Purple, and Green, and costs €50. The speaker weighs 415 grams and is IP68-rated, so you shouldn't worry about dust and water inclusion. There's TWS stereo pair support, so you can set up two to get stereo sound. And there's also Auracast support, so you can pair up to 100 speakers to play simultaneously. There are three buttons on the front: volume up, play/pause, and volume down. Then, on the back, you get a covered USB-C port, a Power and Bluetooth button, the...

Xiaomi unveiled the 17T and 17T Pro earlier this week and both phones are now available for purchase on Amazon UK. Better yet, both smartphones have received launch discounts as well. Meanwhile, deals are also available on select Samsung Galaxy models, Google's Pixel 10 and Pixel 10a, and the Nothing Phone (3). The Xiaomi 17T gets £150 off its price, whereas the Xiaomi 17T Pro gets a £200 discount. Customers will be able to receive the discount during checkout. Xiaomi 17T £150 off at checkout Read...

Samsung launched the first "Classic" smartwatch with the Galaxy Watch4 in 2021, but it wasn't a part of all the Galaxy Watch lineups that arrived later, as Samsung launched the Classic model with alternate generations, meaning the Watch5 and Watch7 didn't have a Classic version, but the Watch6 and Watch8 series did. Considering that pattern, we weren't expecting Samsung to launch a Classic smartwatch this year, but a new development suggests that might not be the case. While looking at the code of a Wear OS update, the folks at Android Authority spotted what could be the codenames for the...

Oppo has announced the rollout of the ColorOS 16 May 2026 update for the Find and Reno series smartphones. The update is headlined by Live Space, which is now smooth and smart to interact with, offering an immersive, responsive, and refined lock-screen experience with fluid animations, while the capsule-style notifications display real-time updates through a clean, distraction-free interface. The ColorOS 16 update also brings updated O+ Connect, which now allows seamless cross-platform file sharing and connectivity between Oppo and Apple devices. Additionally, the ColorOS...

Samsung has released the One UI 8.5 stable update for three more smartphones - the Galaxy M55, the Galaxy A16 5G, and the Galaxy A17 5G. [#InlinePriceWidget,12896,1#] The One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy M55 comes with firmware version M556BXXU5DZE3 and the May 2026 Android security patch. It requires a download of around 3GB and is rolling out in India. Samsung Galaxy M55 The stable One UI 8.5 for the Galaxy A16 5G has firmware version A166PXXU7DZE2, comes with the May 2026 Android security patch, and weighs around 2.3GB. It's currently rolling out in India and...

Xiaomi unveiled the 17T series this week – the two phones cost €100 more than their 15T predecessors, but they also bring in some important upgrades. Starting with the Xiaomi 17T, the phone now features a 50MP 5x/115mm periscope camera to match its Pro sibling. The camera is capable of 30cm macro shots as well as 10x lossless zoom. That’s quite an upgrade from the old 2x/46mm lens. Anyway, the tele camera is joined by a 50MP 1/1.55” main, a 12MP ultra-wide and a 32MP selfie camera. The 17T is smaller than the 15T as the new model has a 6.59” display, a 12-bit 120Hz OLED panel. However,...

With its June 4 launch just around the corner, Motorola has officially unveiled the full specifications of the Edge 70 Pro+. The company had previously confirmed the phone’s color options, giving us an early look at its design. The Motorola Edge 70 Pro+ will be powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 8500 Extreme chipset, paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage. On the software front, the handset will ship with Android 16 and is promised to receive 3 years of OS upgrades and 5 years of security patches. Up front, the device will feature a 6.8-inch AMOLED display...