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First 2nm smartphone chip in history, world-beating ambition, and a battery life that still trails the competition by nearly 28 percent. Samsung’s Exynos 2600 has explaining to do. Tom Bedford / Digital Trends A YouTube channel ran a battery test on two versions of the Galaxy S26. Same phone, same tasks, same conditions, but the only difference was the chip inside. The difference? It turned out to be worth nearly three hours of screen time.  Android Addicts conducted a battery test on two...

It’s no secret that battery endurance has always been the Achilles’ heel of Wear OS smartwatches, so when Xiaomi announced its Watch 5 with a massive 930mAh Silicon-carbon (Si-C) battery, we were instantly intrigued. With claims of up to 6 days of regular use, which extends to 18 days in power save mode, Watch 5 offers the longest runtimes of any smartwatch running Android on the wrist. Alongside the lofty battery claims, Xiaomi also outfitted the Watch 5 with a big 1.54” AMOLED touchscree...

Oleh Trytiachenko/Getty Images The world of power is changing quite a bit right now, with big tech companies going in hard on nuclear energy and even looking for other ways to power the data centers that they are building. Earlier this year, Google announced it had some massive plans to build a new data center in Minnesota. While Google is one of many investing heavily in nuclear energy right now, the company has also invested in other power-related projects, like a new type of battery system th...

All passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport are now prohibited from carrying more than two power banks, effective immediately, the Airport Authority announced on Saturday night. Citing new rules from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Airport Authority said the global aviation body had announced the requirements to address emerging aviation safety risks posed by lithium battery power banks. Under the new rules, each departing passenger may carry no more t...

Navigation for News Categories Ford has written to owners of Escape PHEVs regarding a battery issue. Photo: STR An owner of a Ford hybrid vehicle that has had a problem identified with its battery says it could not have happened at a worse time. Ford said it had written to the owners of some Escape PHEVs regarding a battery issue that could create a fire hazard, if they were fully charged. “A manufacturing defect in one or more of the vehicle’s high voltage battery cells may cause th...

The Oppo Reno15 Pro 5G proves to be a well-built upper mid-range smartphone with clear strengths in build quality, features and battery life. Its compact chassis, high-contrast AMOLED display with a peak brightness of nearly 2,000 cd/m², and a six-year update commitment make it a reliable companion for everyday use. The strong camera performance, particularly from the 200 MP main sensor and the optical zoom, rounds off the overall package nicely. In terms of performance, the MediaTek Dimensity...

Amazon this week announced a new collection of Ring Doorbell models that include upgrade 4K and 2K video on battery-powered hardware, something Google has yet to do in its Nest lineup. The Nest Video Doorbell (battery) we have today launched almost five years ago at this point, and is missing the 2K video update that the wired version, which we really liked, picked up last year. Needless to say, updates on Google’s side are overdue, but the timing is unknown. Nest’s biggest competition, Amaz...

Xiaomi quietly released the affordable Redmi A7 Pro – it’s currently available in Italy and Indonesia. This phone is very similar to the Redmi A5 and Poco C71, except (as far as we can tell) it runs full-fat Android 16 / HyperOS 3 instead of the lighter Go Edition like the other two models. The A7 Pro is powered by the same Unisoc T7250 chipset, a rather old 12nm part. The more worrying spec is the 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM – that’s not a lot for full Android and apps (Go Edition apps are light...