Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp now offer subscription plans

Meta has announced the global rollout of subscription plans for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company also revealed that new plans aimed at Meta AI users, creators, and businesses are coming soon. The Facebook Plus and Instagram Plus subscription plans are priced at $3.99 per month, while WhatsApp Plus costs $2.99 per month. Meta clarified that these Plus subscriptions will exist alongside Meta Verified and will not replace it. Facebook Plus and Instagram Plus subscribers will gain access to several exclusive features, including advanced Story insights such as rewatch...

RedMagic 11S Pro in for review

This is the RedMagic 11S Pro, and it looks just like its predecessor. But that's no bad thing, RedMagic gaming phones have their own style - no bumps, no camera islands, just flush surfaces, flat sides, good craftsmanship. The phone comes in two configs - 12/256GB and 16/512GB - and two guises - Nightfreeze and Subzero (a silver). Ours is the black (Nightfreeze) one. You get an 80W charger, a USB cable, and a nice soft-touch case that's slimmer than your usual silicone affair. The RedMagic 11S Pro is fresh on the global market and it's slightly different to its Chinese counterparts...

Spotify enables saving and sharing clips from podcasts

Spotify has added the ability to create, save, and share clips from podcast episodes on its mobile apps. Users can spot a new clip icon on the podcast playback screen, which will take them to the new UI. Here, you will be able to trim a specific portion of the episode, and then save it to your library. These saved clips can then be shared from within the Spotify app using the built-in messaging feature with other Spotify users, or over other platforms. The Clips feature is rolling out globally to free and premium users only on the mobile app for select podcasts...

YouTube will now more prominently label AI-generated content

YouTube has announced that it is going to be more transparent in the way it labels AI-generated content. Starting today, all videos uploaded on YouTube that are meaningfully AI-altered or generated will show a prominent AI label on them. Long-form videos will show the label below the video player and above the description, while Shorts will show the label as an overlay directly on the video. YouTube still primarily requires content creators to tag their videos as AI-generated if that is the case, but it now also has content detection system that will analyze and flag...

Xiaomi 17T's processor and battery capacity confirmed, Watch S5 launching alongside the 17T series

Xiaomi will unveil the 17T and 17T Pro on May 28, with the former set to debut in India on June 4. Xiaomi recently confirmed that the 17T Pro will be powered by the Dimensity 9500 SoC and pack a 7,000 mAh battery. Now, Xiaomi has revealed the processor and battery details about the 17T as well. This revelation comes from Xiaomi's Indian branch, which confirmed that the Xiaomi 17T will be powered by the Dimensity 8500 Ultra SoC and have a 6,500 mAh Si/C battery under the hood with 67W HyperCharge support. Xiaomi 17T will come with the Dimensity 8500 Ultra SoC and a 6,500 mAh...

New details about the Oppo Find X10 leak

The Oppo Find X10 lineup, which is expected to debut in October, has already been the subject of several leaks. The latest one sheds new light on the standard Oppo Find X10. Prolific tipster Digital Chat Station shared the new details on Weibo. According to the tipster, Oppo is currently testing a new 200MP HPC sensor with a 1/1.3-inch sensor size for the phone’s primary rear camera. Oppo Find X9 Alternatively, the tipster notes that Oppo is also looking at a 200MP 1/1.4-inch sensor for the primary rear camera. Meanwhile, the Oppo Find X10 is tipped to feature a new 64MP...

Samsung expands One UI 9 beta program for the Galaxy S26 series to India as second beta update rolls out in other countries

Samsung announced the Android 17-based One UI 9 beta program for the Galaxy S26 series about a couple of weeks ago, with South Korea being the first country to receive the One UI 9 beta update, followed by the UK, Germany, and some other European countries. Now, Samsung has expanded the One UI 9 beta program for the Galaxy S26 lineup to India. [#InlinePriceWidget,14320,1#] The One UI 9 beta update for the Samsung Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra released in India has firmware version S94xBXXU2ZZEQ and comes with the June 5, 2026, Android security patch. The update requires...

Redmi 17 to debut soon with a 7,000mAh battery

Redmi recently confirmed that it will bring the Redmi Turbo 5 to India. Now, a new report claims that the company is also preparing to launch a new Redmi 17 5G smartphone alongside it. According to the report, both phones are expected to debut in India on June 18. The Redmi 17 is tipped to arrive as an entry-level 5G offering. Redmi 15 The handset could be powered by a Snapdragon 4-series chipset and pack a battery with a capacity exceeding 7,000mAh. It is also said to feature an LCD display with a high refresh rate. The report further claims that the Redmi 17 5G will sport a...

Asus announces VM441 all-in-one PC running Snapdragon X processor

Asus today announced the new VM441QA AiO in India. This is an all-in-one PC and the first in the industry to run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X chipset. The ASUS VM441QA AiO has a sleek all-white design that just looks like a professional monitor from the front. You get a 23.8-inch 60Hz 1080p anti-glare display with touch support. Inside, there is a first-generation Snapdragon X chip (likely just the base X1-26-100) with 8-cores and clocked at 2.97GHz. It has an Adreno X1-45 GPU and 45TOPS Hexagon NPU. There's 16GB of LPDDR5X memory with a choice of 512GB or 1TB SSD...

Honor 600e silently launched with Dimensity 7100 and 6,520 mAh battery

The global and Chinese Honor 600 and 600 Pro models are already out, so it's about time to see the rest of the phones from the family pop up. The Honor 600e, for example, briefly appeared on our radar about a month ago and now we get to see it in flesh. Honor 600e Honor quietly listed the Honor 600e on its official Peru website today. The rumors turned out to be true, after all, as the Honor 600e runs on the Dimensity 7100 SoC paired with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. There are no other storage options listed on the website. The device is built around a 6.6-inch OLED...

Infinix Hot 70 announced with thermo paint, 6,000 mAh battery and 6.78-inch display

After weeks of teasing and leaks, Infinix finally unveils the Hot 70 series. However, this launch is only for the vanilla Hot 70, so the Pro, the supposed Pro+ and the rest of the planned Hot 70 iterations will arrive at a later date. Still, the standard Infinix Hot 70 gives us a good idea of what to expect from the higher-tier variants. The Hot 70's centerpiece feature is the design, or at least the special Thermo Orange color. It reacts to heat, so when it's cool, the orange color on the back is of a darker shade (Quiet Orange), but as it gets warmer, the paint becomes brighter....

Fitbit Air early deliveries are having issues pairing with Android phones

Google unveiled its first screenless fitness tracker, the Fitbit Air, earlier this month, and now reports are coming in from people who pre-ordered it that deliveries are starting. The device's release date is tomorrow, May 26, and pre-orders were supposed to only start arriving then. However, some orders got to the customers sooner, and perhaps as a consequence of this being a day earlier than Google anticipated, people with Android phones are having pairing issues. The Fitbit Air needs version 5.0 of the new Google Health app, but this hasn't reached every device yet. Google has...

vivo Y600 Turbo goes official with a 9,020mAh battery

Last month, vivo unveiled the Y600 Pro in China with a massive 10,200mAh battery. The company has now introduced another Y600 series smartphone with a similarly large 9,020mAh battery. It’s called the vivo Y600 Turbo and is already available for purchase in the country. The vivo Y600 Turbo comes with a 6.83-inch AMOLED screen that offers a refresh rate of 120Hz and a 1.5K resolution. The panel is also claimed to deliver up to 5,000 nits of peak brightness. Internally, the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 SoC, which is paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 512GB...

Huawei nova 16 series to launch on June 1, design revealed

Huawei has officially revealed that the nova 16 series will be unveiled in China on June 1. Alongside, the company will also launch the MatePad Pro Max, which made its global debut earlier this month. The Huawei nova 16 series is confirmed to include the nova 16, nova 16 Pro, nova 16z, and the nova 16 Ultra. Huawei has also kicked off reservations for the phones in China. The nova 16 Pro and the nova 16 Ultra will come with a triple rear camera setup, with the sensors and the LED flash housed inside two large circular discs that sit on top of a rectangular camera island. Huawei...

EarFun Clip 2 review

Clip 2 are the newest pair of wireless earbuds from EarFun. These are based on the new clip-style earbuds, which are starting to become all the rage these days. We tested the company’s previous EarFun Clip product, which had a few key issues that prevented us from recommending it. However, the new Clip 2 promises to improve upon them, and I can’t wait to put them on and take them for a spin. Will these become a worthwhile option in this burgeoning segment? Let’s find out. Design and comfort The EarFun Clip 2 might look identical to the first-generation model at a glance, but...

Honor 600 vs. 600 Pro

The age-old question - the Pro or the non-Pro? This time it's either the Honor 600 or the Honor 600 Pro. The latter brings a handful of useful features and hardware upgrades over the regular Honor 600, but also adds another €300 to the bill. Sure, you get a more powerful chipset and a telephoto camera, but the vanilla 600 gets you a long way at a much lower cost. It has the same flagship-grade display, same battery capacity, same main camera and supports 80W fast wired charging like the Honor 600 Pro. Still, a comprehensive comparison requires a deeper dive, so let's go look at the data...

Sony 1000X The ColleXion, Xiaomi 17 Max are official

The Xiaomi 17 Max arrived this week, completing the series. It lacks the secondary screen of the Pro Max, but adds a 200MP main camera and a larger 8,000mAh Si-C battery. It uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with up to 16 gigs of memory, a triple rear camera system - 200MP wide, 50MP 3x zoom, 50MP 17mm ultrawide, and a 32MP selfie upfront. Xiaomi 17 Max comes in black, white, and blue colors. Pricing in China for the 12/256GB trim starts at CNY 4,799 ($705/€609 converted) and goes up to CNY 5,799 ($853/€735 converted) for the 16/512GB trim. The rumored Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro will...

Deals: Galaxy S26 Ultra is $250 off, foldables on sale, Sony WH-1000X The ColleXion launches

This week we’ll look at a grab bag of phones, focusing mostly on higher end devices, though there are a few mid-rangers in here too. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is $50 less than it was last week. There is already One UI 9 beta available for testing (based on Android 17) – the US is one of the select few regions where Samsung conducts early tests. The new version will bring accessibility improvements, new security features, better controls for the Quick Panel and so on. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra $250 off ...

Weekly poll: which Android 17 features are you excited about?

Android 17 has been in beta for a while now, but Google keeps adding new features. If you haven’t been following along with all the announcements, you can watch the 90-second recap video below to get the highlights. There are longer videos with details on the core Android experience, Gemini Intelligence, Android Auto and, of course, the Googlebook. That’s a lot to take in – there are so many new features and new products! But did any of them get you excited – which ones? That’s what we want to find out this week. Some of these are overdue – Google touts that Instagram videos taken...

Weekly poll results: Sony Xperia 1 VIII might be a hit, despite its high price

The results from last week’s poll have us wondering – do people really love the Sony Xperia 1 VIII so much or do they love phones with 3.5mm headphone jacks and microSD slots and the Xperia happens to be the only flagship to have those features? Because the results are quite positive – nearly a quarter of voters are willing to spend €1,500/£1,400 to get the Mark 8 and that is if they pick up the base 12/256GB unit. The 512GB and 1TB models cost more (€2,000/£1,850 in the case of the 1TB version). Interestingly, the positive vote could have gone higher, but Sony didn’t even launch the...