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RedMagic's compact, eSports-ready gaming tablet is here, and global users should prepare <article> <h2 id="what-you-need-to-know">What you need to know</h2><ul><li>RedMagic debuts the Gaming Tablet 5 Pro in China, which will debut as the Astra 2 in global markets (announcement later in July).</li><li>The tablet features a 9-inch 2.4K display with a maximum 185Hz refresh rate, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and more RedMagic AI for optimized gameplay.</li><li>The Gaming Tablet 5 Pro features a large 8,300mAh battery with 80W wired charging in China.</li><li>Consumers will find the tablet in black and silver colorways, starting at 5,299 RMB (~$780).</li></ul><p>After earlier teasers, RedMagic is finally ready to debut its latest compact gaming tablet. This tablet boasts powerful specs, ready to...

via Motorola Edge 70 Max gets certified with Qi2 25W wireless charging<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/motorola-edge-70-max-wpc-qi2-25w-certified/-184x111/gsmarena_001.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>Motorola is expected to expand its Edge 70 lineup soon with the Edge 70 Max, and while the brand hasn't revealed when it will unveil the smartphone, the Edge 70 Max has been certified by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), taking it a step closer to launch. The WPC listing also reveals that the Motorola Edge 70 Max, bearing model code XT2611, will support Qi2 25W magnetic wireless charging. It has Qi ID 26944, Qi version 2.2.1, and MPP25 power profile. Motorola Edge 70 Max gets Qi2 25W certified by WPC MPP25 means the ...

Best Buy launches huge 4th of July sale event — see the 25+ deals that Android users should actually care about <article> <p>The 4th of July is swiftly approaching, and Best Buy is marking the occasion by dropping hundreds of <a href="https://www.androidcentral.com/tag/deals">outstanding deals</a> across its site. Whether you want a kitchen appliance, smart TV, or top-rated <a href="https://www.androidcentral.com/best-android-phones">smartphone</a>, there is no shortage of discounts to check out this week.</p><p>That said, if you don't feel like scrolling through page after page of products to find the right deal for you, you're in luck: I've picked out all of the best discounts for Android users and dropped them below. </p><p>These offers range from deals like <a href="https://www.bestbuy.com/prod...

Google thinks you’re too lazy to read your own notes, launches AI video summaries instead <article> <h2 id="what-you-need-to-know">What you need to know</h2><ul><li>Google's NotebookLM now condenses massive documents and notes into 60-second, TikTok-style vertical videos.</li><li>The feature is fueled by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image, Google’s fastest and most cost-efficient image generation model, boasting four-second render times.</li><li>Google is also previewing a robust full-video generation model that supports natural language editing, multimodal inputs, and native audio syncing.</li></ul><p>Nobody really enjoys reading through a massive stack of notes or a 50-page research document when they're cramped for time. Google knows this, and so it’s rolling out a huge upgrade to NotebookLM that takes your uplo...

via T-Mobile is retiring old plans and forcing people onto its newest ones<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/t-mobile-retires-old-plans/-184x111/gsmarena_000.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>T-Mobile's doing some spring cleaning this summer. The company has decided to phase out some older plans and move the customers using them to its newest plans. The old plans that are affected are the oldest ones still in use by T-Mobile customers, and some of them are 15 years old. According to T-Mobile, this will involve price hikes, but the average hike is apparently only going to be $4 per line. Customers on the very old plans will be contacted directly by T-Mobile via email with two weeks' notice before the change takes place o...

Android 17 'sneak peek' at a foldable gaming mode has my attention—and then some <article> <h2 id="what-you-need-to-know">What you need to know</h2><ul><li>Mishaal Rahman, an employee of Google's Community engagement for Android, teased Android 17's upcoming foldable gaming mode.</li><li>This gaming mode would split a foldable's screen during gameplay, featuring the game at the top half and a virtual gamepad below that.</li><li>It's a full gamepad, featuring all the buttons you'd expect from a PlayStation or Nintendo controller, and users will be able to customize it.</li><li>Rahman says this gaming mode is targeting a "platform release in the coming months."</li></ul><p>A Google member has posted a generous early look at what's coming up for Android 17 and gamin...

via iPhone 18, iPhone 18e, and iPhone Air 2 screen specs leak<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/iphone-18e-no-big-upgrade/-184x111/gsmarena_000.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>A new rumor from Digital Chat Station on Weibo today brings us details about the early 2027 iPhone lineup. As you may already know, Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Ultra this September. Then, in spring 2027, perhaps in April, the company is rumored to unveil the iPhone 18, the iPhone 18e, and the iPhone Air 2. According to DCS, the iPhone 18 will have a 6.3-inch LTPO OLED screen with "1.5K" resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, the iPhone 18e will have a 6.12-inch LTPS OLED screen with "1.5K"...

via iPhone 18 Pro series, foldable iPhone likely to debut on September 8<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/iphone-18-pro-max-ultra-launch-date-report/-184x111/gsmarena_00.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>A new report suggests Apple could hold its next iPhone launch event in the second week of September. The company's first foldable iPhone, rumored to be called the iPhone Ultra, is expected to debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The information comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who says Apple is expected to follow its usual launch schedule and unveil the new iPhone lineup on the first Tuesday or Wednesday after Labor Day. iPhone Ultra, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone 18 Pro dummy units. (Credit - ...

via Weekly poll: would you buy the Oppo Reno16? What about the Oppo Reno16 Pro?<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/weekly-poll-oppo-reno16-reno16-pro/-184x111/gsmarena_000.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>Oppo unveiled the Reno16 series this week – this includes the vanilla and Pro models as well as the Reno16 F and FS versions. Let’s focus on the first pair – do you like what the Reno16 and Reno16 Pro have to offer? And have you seen how much they cost? Oppo Reno 16 and Reno 16 Pro We will need to re-calibrate our idea of how much a mid-range phone costs. The Oppo Reno16 starts at €900 for an 8/512GB phone, though you can get a €100 discount if you order before the end of July. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 7 Gen ...

via Weekly poll results: most people game on their phone, many use tablets too<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/weekly-poll-gaming-machine/-184x111/gsmarena_000.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>Last week, we asked you what device you use for gaming. And since we’re a smartphone-focused site, we’re not surprised to see that the smartphone option emerged as the top result. A few of these rankings are a little surprising, though. We were expecting either PC or Console to claim the #2 spot – instead tablets won out. A lot of people use old tablets as Netflix and Facebook devices, but those are too old to run modern games – certainly not the more demanding titles. But as it turns out, many have tablets powerful enough to run the g...

via Samsung starts working on One UI 9 for the Galaxy A24 4G after releasing stable One UI 8.5 update<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/23/05/samsung-galaxy-a24-ifr/-184x111/gsmarena_000.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>Samsung released the Android 16-based One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy A24 4G a few days ago, and now we learn it has started testing the Android 17-based One UI 9 for this smartphone. The One UI 9 build for the Galaxy A24 4G spotted on Samsung's server has firmware version A245FXXUCGZF4, but we don't know when Samsung will release the One UI 9 beta or stable update for the smartphone. In fact, the only smartphones that have received the One UI 9 beta so far are the Galaxy S26 series smartphones, ev...

via Google Wallet can now track your packages<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/package-tracking-inside-google-wallet/-184x111/gsmarena_001.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>While probably not the most obvious or sensible integration out there, it does sound like a pretty nifty one. Also, we are pretty certain that this is not the first time Google has experimented with package tracking. If memory serves right, the now-retired Google Now (or rather transformed into Google Discover feed) used to offer the very same thing. Anyway, the idea is simple – Google scans your Gmail inbox and automatically recognizes digital receipts and tracking numbers, then simply uses those to provide parcel tracking info as part of the Google Wa...

via Foldable gaming mode is coming with Android 17<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/foldable-gaming-mode-coming-to-android-17/-184x111/gsmarena_001.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>Frankly, we don’t see gaming-specific features come to the Android core all too often. Recently, ex-journalist and now Google employee Mishaal Rahman offered up a surprisingly detailed preview of a great new feature coming to Android 17. It is called Foldable gaming mode, and what it does is basically spawn a highly customizable virtual controller on the bottom half of your unfolded foldable device, with the actual game playing on the top half. For now, it’s just a 50/50 split, which you can’t adjust, but that could come in the future. The virt...

via Deals: Prime Day shopping is over, here are the best Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10 series deals<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/weekly-deals-26/-184x111/gsmarena_us.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>The four days of Amazon Prime Day shopping ended this Friday – so, let’s look at what the prices are like now. We’ve picked out the Samsung Galaxy S26 flagships plus a couple of Galaxy mid-rangers as well as the non-folding phones of the Google Pixel 10 lineup. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra still starts at under $1,000. However, that buys you 256GB of storage. You can upgrade to 512GB, but this year this is a $200 upgrade. As usual, we’ll point you to our comparison articles against the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 17 Pro Max. ...

Apple just jacked up its iPad prices, but this Samsung tablet deal is the perfect remedy and there's not much time left to get it at this price! <article> <p>Prices are going up all over the place, and even Apple isn't immune to the RAM crisis. The company just <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/25/apple-macbook-ipad-price-hike-memory.html">raised prices of products</a> like the latest 11-inch iPad Air, which now starts at $749 (a $150 price increase). However, you can still get a good tablet deal if you know where to look, like this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVZWKCDV"><strong>Prime Day discount</strong></a> on the <a href="https://www.androidcentral.com/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab/samsung-galaxy-tab-s10-fe-and-s10-fe-plus-launched">Galaxy Tab S10 FE</a>.</p><p>When the Galax...

via Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 series roadmap surfaces revealing new 3nm chips<img src="https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/26/06/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-series-roadmap-surfaces/-184x111/gsmarena_001.jpg" width="184" height="111" hspace="3" alt="" border="0" align=left style="background:#333333;padding:0px;margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#aaaaaa;border-width:1px" /> <p>We've heard rumors that Qualcomm will launch two 2nm chips under the Snapdragon 8 Elite series this year, called the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950) and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro (SM8975). But now we learn that Qualcomm has two more Snapdragon 8-series chips on its roadmap. The word comes from reliable tipster Digital Chat Station, who claimed that Qualcomm is working on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX version and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Pro. Both of them are 3nm chips, but the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX has pa...

Fitbit Air gets its first update, which we hope fixes a bunch of early problems <article> <h2 id="what-you-need-to-know">What you need to know</h2><ul><li>Google is reportedly rolling out its first update for the Fitbit Air to Android and iOS users late this week.</li><li>The company didn't state much aside from "bug fixes" in its patch notes, drumming up hope that many early Fitbit Air issues are getting fixed.</li><li>Shortly after the device launched, Google highlighted its commitment to fix issues, such as those for its automatic workout detection, and more for the Health app.</li></ul><p>The Google Fitbit Air is the latest device on consumers' minds for its screen-less appeal, like Whoop. The wearable is getting its first software patch in June, which is not as detailed as we would like.</p...

Forget the Google Home Speaker — Amazon's Echo Studio sounds better and is $45 OFF <article> <p>Google just released the Home Speaker, its first smart speaker in half a decade. It's a small device designed with Gemini at the core, but it's not very impressive as a <em>speaker</em>. A single, tiny full-range driver is responsible for all the sound. Luckily, if you want a smart speaker with high-quality audio chops, you can get the Amazon Echo Studio instead for just $75 more than the Home Speaker during Prime Day.</p><p>Amazon's Echo Studio is an impressive smart speaker. It has large audio drivers with Dolby Atmos support, an integrated mesh Wi-Fi extender, and complete Alexa support. This device really does it all, and the Echo Studio justifies its price tag. It's an easier sell for <a href="https://www.androidcentral.com/tag/amazon...