TL;DR Samsung Galaxy Note 5 updates and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus updates are now discontinued. The most recent August updates for both devices will be their last. There could be a critical update issued in the future if necessary, but regular updates won’t come. If you’re looking forward to new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 updates or security patches for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, unfortunately, you’re out of luck.

Samsung’s Gear S3 was an incredibly popular smartwatch (at least among Android Authority readers), so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company is launching yet another entry into the smartwatch space. Alongside the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung unveiled its latest smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch. One of the first things you should know about the Samsung Galaxy Watch, despite rumors claiming otherwise, is that it’s powered by Samsung’s own Tizen OS — just like the Gear S2 and Gear S3 before it.

Amazon Prime Day 2021 is here, and even though it’s happening a bit earlier this year compared to previous sales events, there are still a lot of great deals. In fact, you don’t need to have a physical address to get some deals. Amazon Prime Video is offering a ton of discounts on digital movies and TV shows, along with discounts on their streaming “channels.” Best of all, a lot of these deals are live right now.

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Sony has teamed up with Chinese smartphone company Meizu. The partnership will see several Meizu apps and services being available on the Xperia 1 III. This is ostensibly limited to China only for now. China seems to be a tough market to crack if you’re a non-Chinese smartphone brand. Sony is indeed one of these companies, but it looks like the Xperia maker has a rather interesting plan up its sleeve.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 launched earlier this year, as you likely know. It might come as a surprise then, that Best Buy just discounted the Sprint version of Samsung’s early 2018 flagship to just $9 per month. That brings the total at the end of 24 months to just $216, a savings of $576. There appear to be very few strings attached to this deal. The $576 savings are distributed as $24-per-month bill credit, with the bill credits ending when you pay off the phone balance.

ZTE is launching yet another budget-targeted smartphone in the US, that offers a big screen and a huge battery for a low price. The ZTE Blade Z Max will officially go on sale via MetroPCS on Monday, August 28 for the no-contract price of just $129. The best budget phones you can currently buy The Best This phone is something of a successor to the older ZTE ZMAX family, according to the company.

Audio-Technica is one of our favorite headphone brands, thanks to the great bang for the buck it delivers. Today, you can have the highly rated ATH-M50X headphones for cheaper, with a small catch – we’re talking about a refurbished product. As part of its Gold Box Deal of the Day promo, Amazon is offering factory refurbished Audio Technica ATH-M50X headphones (black) for $89.99. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for these headphones, which normally sell on Amazon for around $120.

You know those Christmas gifts you buy for your niece or nephew but secretly want to play yourself? Well, meet Anki Overdrive, which is somewhere between Mad Max with Hot Wheels. This supercar battle game is available on Amazon right now from just $74. The Anki Overdrive Starter Kit lets you bring the game to life with a real track and AI-powered cars. The starter kit includes two cars that you drive through an app on your phone and weapons to battle your friends.

🍳 Good morning! I bought a friend Ottolenghi’s Test Kitchen cookbook for their birthday, but very sadly they already had it! So, now I have an Ottolenghi Test Kitchen cookbook… (A grilled veg with mustard and Parmesan dressing idea looked pretty good for upcoming BBQs!) Samsung’s old and old-but-newIt’s out with the old at Samsung and …in with the old? S9 end of life: First, Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have come to the end of life for their software support.

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a new beta app program for Android Auto. It’s available to users in select countries where Android Auto is established. Beta programs benefit users and developers alike. While fans get to test drive features before mass release, developers can gain important information on bugs and issues. Today, Google is opening up a new beta app program to the public.