LG’s new V series of smartphones is the company’s latest attempt to capture the premium smartphone market. The first offering in the series, the LG V10, features a beautiful design, a durable body, gorgeous display, high-end specifications, and a fantastic camera experience, along with a second screen experience that is quite unique. Overall, the LG V10 makes for a very compelling flagship option, especially for those that expected more from the LG G4.

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Welcome to the OnePlus Nord 2 update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the second-generation Nord. We’ll detail the current software versions for the device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. OnePlus usually pushes out Oxygen OS updates to its Nord devices regularly, but availability may be affected by variant, carrier, and region. The OnePlus Nord 2 will get two years of major Android upgrades (Android 12 and Android 13) and three years of security patches.

This week, Microsoft announced something that many in the smartphone industry thought would never happen. The company is returning to phones, sort of. After failing to gain traction with its own Windows Phone smartphones, Microsoft seems to be ready to give it another go with the Microsoft Surface Duo. The Duo will be Microsoft’s first Android-powered mobile device when it launches in late 2020, but it’s far from an ordinary handset.

It might be that your little ones are bored of their gifts already, in which case Amazon Kids Plus can open up a  whole host of new entertainment and learning options. It’s massively reduced right now, giving you the chance to pick up a whole year of the Family Plan for just $19.99 ($49 off) and put your feet up. Formerly FreeTime Unlimited, Amazon Kids Plus is a subscription service offering unlimited access to thousands of kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, and games.

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A trusted leaker just showed off renders for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. The phone doesn’t look too different from the Galaxy Z Flip 3. Earlier today, we also saw leaks of the Galaxy Z Fold 4, which should have a more revamped design. In 2022, it appears Samsung isn’t going to change much about the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. According to new leaks from trusted source Steve Hemmerstoffer (via 91Mobiles), the Galaxy Z Flip 4 could be nearly identical to its predecessor.

Headed up by Arrow star Stephen Amell and Vikings’ Alexander Ludwig, the series premieres later this summer. It tells a story of dysfunctional family ties between brothers fighting as much outside the ring as in it. Before it drops, here’s everything you need to know about Heels. What is Heels all about? Set in the world of independent professional wrestling, Heels is a family drama. The show centers on brothers Jack and Ace Spade, played by Amell and Ludwig respectively.

Mobile gadgets are becoming more powerful nowadays. Many people would even claim that they’ve already replaced their full-sized laptop with their tablets or their smartphones. Why shouldn’t they? Tablets and smartphones get the job done, plus they’re very handy and more portable than laptops. Mobile operating systems such as Android made mobile computing more mobile than laptops and netbooks did. These mobile operating systems changed the face of the gadget world.

TL;DR Podcaster and host Joe Rogan revealed he uses the privacy-focused Brave browser. Brave is a private, free, versatile browser that works on Android, the web, and many other platforms. Privacy is extremely important. It’s why we always urge our readers to use things like two-factor authentication and password managers in their daily lives. But what about your browsing data? That’s important too, and many people (myself included) are sometimes too haphazard with the way we browse the web — mobile or otherwise.

The G5 is a step in a new direction for LG and brings a brand new design, dual cameras, and modular capabilities while still staying true to what an LG phone should be. With the new modular concept, it’s not just about what the G5 can do now but rather, what it’s capable of doing in the future, and that alone makes the LG G5 one very compelling smartphone. Table of contents

It’s nigh-on impossible to get your hands on Nvidia’s PC technology these days (thanks to 2021’s global chip shortage) but did you know that not too long ago it was possible to buy an Nvidia phone? In fact, a number of smartphones and other small gadgets were once upon a time running on low-power Nvidia chipsets. We’re talking, of course, about Nvidia’s Tegra lineup of processors that went up against systems on a chip (SoCs) from Qualcomm, Samsung, and others back in the day.