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OPPO K13x Review: A Balanced Budget Phone

OPPO K13x Review: A Balanced Budget Phone

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It’s no secret that flagship smartphones get all the fame and press coverage. But the truth is that only a small fraction of people ever buy one. And in developing economies, budget 5G smartphones matter so much more. One such phone is the newly launched OPPO K13x, which at INR 11,999 comes with 5G connectivity, a capable MediaTek chip, a 6,000 mAh battery, and a 120Hz display.

I had the opportunity to test the OPPO K13x, and in this review, I’ll share my experience using the phone over the past week. With so many budget options available, this should help you decide whether the K13x is worth your money or not.

OPPO K13x Review

Hisan Kidwai

Summary

The OPPO K13x is a well-rounded budget phone that features a sleek design, a smooth 120Hz display, solid durability, okayish cameras, and decent performance, as long as gaming isn’t a priority.

Design & Hardware

Often, when working on a tight budget, design usually takes the back seat. But surprisingly, that’s not the case with the K13x. The Peach variant I received looks genuinely attractive. OPPO has done a great job with the subtle transition from pink to white and the way light reflects off the back panel.

Sure, the phone lacks the premium in-hand feel since it’s entirely made of plastic—but from a distance, you’d never guess it’s a budget phone. In fact, I had multiple friends ask me what device I was using because of the back design, which could be great if you love attention. The dual camera module is also quite sleek, and you get a ring flash for nighttime shots.

Image of the back design

The plastic sides held up well when I accidentally dropped the phone from hip height onto a concrete floor. There were a few scuffs, but nothing serious.

The side-mounted fingerprint sensor, which, once set up, proved quite reliable in unlocking the device in various scenarios. You also get the rare headphone jack, which is a thoughtful addition for the budget-conscious consumer.

Display

Image of the display

The OPPO K13x features a 6.67-inch HD+ LCD panel with a 120Hz refresh rate. And for the price, it’s pretty serviceable. Yes, I’d have liked to see smaller bezels or a higher resolution panel, but that’s not the priority when making a budget phone. The 120Hz refresh rate more than makes up for all the shortcomings, as it makes UI run super smooth.

I also had a pleasant time watching YouTube and Netflix; the colors and skin tones were more than acceptable. With a peak brightness of over 500 nits, the display remained usable even under harsh sunlight.

Performance

Image of a person using the phone

Under the hood, the OPPO K13x is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processor, which features two Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.4 GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz. Along with it, you get the ARM Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, 6/8GB of LPDDR4x RAM, and up to 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage.

In day-to-day usage, I had zero complaints from the K13x. Apps opened quickly, switching between different tasks was smooth, and OPPO has done a good job of optimizing the UI to work with the processor. This, coupled with the 120Hz display, provides a pretty decent user experience.

That said, I did notice a hint of stutter when opening heavier applications and games. Also, the device comes with a lot of bloatware, including the infamous “Hot Apps” and “Hot Games” folders, pre-installed.

Benchmarks & Gaming

Image of a person playing BGMI

To push the Dimensity 6300 to the limits, I also ran a series of benchmarks. In Geekbench, the K13x scored 956 in the single-core test and 1,899 in the multi-core test. According to AnTuTu, the device scored 437,763 points. In comparison, the similarly priced Infinix Note 50x scored 607,856 in AnTuTu.

Moving to gaming, I played a bit of BGMI, and the experience was less than ideal. OPPO hasn’t collaborated with the game’s developers to unlock a higher refresh rate, and at Smooth and Ultra settings, I occasionally noticed a few dropped frames. However, for casual games like Clash Royale, the experience was pretty decent, and I observed no thermal throttling.

Battery Life & Charging

Battery life is probably the biggest strong suit of the K13x, and for good reason. OPPO has managed to pack in a massive 6,000 mAh battery, and coupled with the mid-tier specs, it performs brilliantly. With my workflow, which consisted of scrolling social media and watching videos, I easily went through two full days of usage.

The phone also comes with a 45W fast charger, which charges the battery from 20% to 80% in just over an hour.

Cameras

Image of the camera ui

In terms of optics, the OPPO K13x features a dual camera setup, comprising a 50MP main camera with an f/1.88 aperture and a 2MP portrait sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. The camera performance from the K13x in ample lighting is decent. There is a good amount of sharpness, the colors look natural, the white balance is well-managed, and there is some HDR effect too.

Low-light performance, however, leaves much to be desired. Images appear soft and grainy. I noticed a similar trend with portrait shots, which often lacked crispness and a natural depth of field.

The K13x can record videos at up to 1080p at 60FPS. While I wish it offered some form of video stabilization, the footage was fairly stable in daylight, with good color reproduction and contrast.

Regarding the selfie camera, the photo quality was once again serviceable in daylight. And as expected, the quality dropped significantly at night, with muddy colors and a lack of sharpness.

Should you buy the OPPO K13x?

Image of the back design of the OPPO K13x

Honestly, at a starting price of INR 11,999, the K13x gets a lot of things right. You get a sleek design, a smooth 120Hz display, solid durability, and decent performance, as long as gaming isn’t a priority.

While I wish the cameras were a bit better, especially in low light, the K13x is still a well-rounded budget smartphone. If you’re looking for a smartphone in this segment, it’s worth considering.

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At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference today, Stykas and Solferini plan to present their findings from analyzing the supply chain and security of more than 70 GPS-enabled watches and car accessories. They found that more than 30 of those geolocation devices use the technology and backend servers of YiQingTeng, also identified by the brand name Wonlex, the name of a partner firm Shenzhen 3G Electronics, or their associated app, SETracker. Another 30-plus brands of tracking devices for cars and kids are all run on another Shenzhen-based platform known as NewGPS2012.

Combined with another major GPS platform known as SinoTrack that sells car trackers and smartwatches, the two researchers found that tens of millions of GPS tracker gadgets came from just three supply chains. All three, the researchers found in their analysis, had significant security flaws—in some cases as simple as a lack of authentication that allowed anyone to access any device—leaving children’s watches vulnerable to tracking by a hacker, location disabling and spoofing, interception and spoofing of text and audio messages sent to them, replacement of emergency contacts with ones a hacker chose, silent audio eavesdropping, as well as photo and video capture for camera-enabled devices. (Once the GPS started working on the smartwatch WIRED tested, the hackers showed that feature, too, could be hijacked to follow the wearer’s every move.)

For some GPS-enabled car accessories, the researchers found they could similarly track the devices’ locations or spoof messages to them that could potentially unlock or disable cars, though the researchers didn’t go so far as to test this out on actual vehicles. They also say they found server-side vulnerabilities that exposed consumer information, would have allowed them to execute their own code on the servers, or even in one case appeared to show that someone else had already gained unauthorized access to the system’s backend.

“Millions of kids are being exposed and vulnerable to exploitation. It’s just catastrophic. It’s really low-hanging fruit for a lot of bad actors,” Stykas says. “Your criminal mind is the only limitation in exploiting those devices.”

The Watches Watching Your Kids

The researchers say they’ve been warning the companies behind all three Shenzhen-based GPS platforms about their vulnerabilities for months. When WIRED reached a representative of SETracker, the person initially claimed in an email that “the issues you mentioned have been resolved long before,” adding that “we attach great importance to the security of Setracker and keep strengthening its security continuously.” When WIRED pointed out that researchers had been able to hack a smartwatch running on SETracker just this week, the person repeated their claim that the issues had been fixed, then asked for evidence of the exploitation, which WIRED provided.

Only today, hours before the researchers’ talk at Black Hat, did the researchers find that their hacking techniques against SETracker’s platform have stopped working—though they’re still not sure if the flaws they found are fully fixed.

Sinotrack and the NewGPS2012 platform didn’t respond to WIRED’s requests for comment, and the researchers say their hacking techniques against those systems still appear to work.

For more than a decade, cybersecurity experts and privacy advocates have warned that cheap, GPS-enabled children’s smartwatches and aftermarket vehicle accessories are riddled with security vulnerabilities that leave kids and drivers susceptible to hacking and tracking. But the sheer number of different brands and models of those devices has often made identifying the truly insecure gadgets feel nearly impossible for consumers.

#Hackers #Stalked #Hijacking #Smartwatch #Kidsgps,surveillance,hacks,privacy,security,cybersecurity,smartwatch,black hat,defcon">Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for KidsThe watch’s insecurity and the spying it enabled might be expected given the gadget’s pedigree: It’s sold by an obscure company called CJC, costs less than , and was made by an equally obscure manufacturer, YiQingTeng Electronics, in Shenzhen, China. More troubling, perhaps, is that the online platform it’s built on—and the one that allowed Stykas and Solferini to so thoroughly hack it—is used by dozens of other brands of smartwatch, many of which have likely been left vulnerable to the same forms of digital stalking.At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference today, Stykas and Solferini plan to present their findings from analyzing the supply chain and security of more than 70 GPS-enabled watches and car accessories. They found that more than 30 of those geolocation devices use the technology and backend servers of YiQingTeng, also identified by the brand name Wonlex, the name of a partner firm Shenzhen 3G Electronics, or their associated app, SETracker. Another 30-plus brands of tracking devices for cars and kids are all run on another Shenzhen-based platform known as NewGPS2012.Combined with another major GPS platform known as SinoTrack that sells car trackers and smartwatches, the two researchers found that tens of millions of GPS tracker gadgets came from just three supply chains. All three, the researchers found in their analysis, had significant security flaws—in some cases as simple as a lack of authentication that allowed anyone to access any device—leaving children’s watches vulnerable to tracking by a hacker, location disabling and spoofing, interception and spoofing of text and audio messages sent to them, replacement of emergency contacts with ones a hacker chose, silent audio eavesdropping, as well as photo and video capture for camera-enabled devices. (Once the GPS started working on the smartwatch WIRED tested, the hackers showed that feature, too, could be hijacked to follow the wearer’s every move.)For some GPS-enabled car accessories, the researchers found they could similarly track the devices’ locations or spoof messages to them that could potentially unlock or disable cars, though the researchers didn’t go so far as to test this out on actual vehicles. They also say they found server-side vulnerabilities that exposed consumer information, would have allowed them to execute their own code on the servers, or even in one case appeared to show that someone else had already gained unauthorized access to the system’s backend.“Millions of kids are being exposed and vulnerable to exploitation. It’s just catastrophic. It’s really low-hanging fruit for a lot of bad actors,” Stykas says. “Your criminal mind is the only limitation in exploiting those devices.”The Watches Watching Your KidsThe researchers say they’ve been warning the companies behind all three Shenzhen-based GPS platforms about their vulnerabilities for months. When WIRED reached a representative of SETracker, the person initially claimed in an email that “the issues you mentioned have been resolved long before,” adding that “we attach great importance to the security of Setracker and keep strengthening its security continuously.” When WIRED pointed out that researchers had been able to hack a smartwatch running on SETracker just this week, the person repeated their claim that the issues had been fixed, then asked for evidence of the exploitation, which WIRED provided.Only today, hours before the researchers’ talk at Black Hat, did the researchers find that their hacking techniques against SETracker’s platform have stopped working—though they’re still not sure if the flaws they found are fully fixed.Sinotrack and the NewGPS2012 platform didn’t respond to WIRED’s requests for comment, and the researchers say their hacking techniques against those systems still appear to work.For more than a decade, cybersecurity experts and privacy advocates have warned that cheap, GPS-enabled children’s smartwatches and aftermarket vehicle accessories are riddled with security vulnerabilities that leave kids and drivers susceptible to hacking and tracking. But the sheer number of different brands and models of those devices has often made identifying the truly insecure gadgets feel nearly impossible for consumers.#Hackers #Stalked #Hijacking #Smartwatch #Kidsgps,surveillance,hacks,privacy,security,cybersecurity,smartwatch,black hat,defcon

children’s smartwatches and aftermarket vehicle accessories are riddled with security vulnerabilities that leave kids and drivers susceptible to hacking and tracking. But the sheer number of different brands and models of those devices has often made identifying the truly insecure gadgets feel nearly impossible for consumers.

#Hackers #Stalked #Hijacking #Smartwatch #Kidsgps,surveillance,hacks,privacy,security,cybersecurity,smartwatch,black hat,defcon">Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

The watch’s insecurity and the spying it enabled might be expected given the gadget’s pedigree: It’s sold by an obscure company called CJC, costs less than $30, and was made by an equally obscure manufacturer, YiQingTeng Electronics, in Shenzhen, China. More troubling, perhaps, is that the online platform it’s built on—and the one that allowed Stykas and Solferini to so thoroughly hack it—is used by dozens of other brands of smartwatch, many of which have likely been left vulnerable to the same forms of digital stalking.

At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference today, Stykas and Solferini plan to present their findings from analyzing the supply chain and security of more than 70 GPS-enabled watches and car accessories. They found that more than 30 of those geolocation devices use the technology and backend servers of YiQingTeng, also identified by the brand name Wonlex, the name of a partner firm Shenzhen 3G Electronics, or their associated app, SETracker. Another 30-plus brands of tracking devices for cars and kids are all run on another Shenzhen-based platform known as NewGPS2012.

Combined with another major GPS platform known as SinoTrack that sells car trackers and smartwatches, the two researchers found that tens of millions of GPS tracker gadgets came from just three supply chains. All three, the researchers found in their analysis, had significant security flaws—in some cases as simple as a lack of authentication that allowed anyone to access any device—leaving children’s watches vulnerable to tracking by a hacker, location disabling and spoofing, interception and spoofing of text and audio messages sent to them, replacement of emergency contacts with ones a hacker chose, silent audio eavesdropping, as well as photo and video capture for camera-enabled devices. (Once the GPS started working on the smartwatch WIRED tested, the hackers showed that feature, too, could be hijacked to follow the wearer’s every move.)

For some GPS-enabled car accessories, the researchers found they could similarly track the devices’ locations or spoof messages to them that could potentially unlock or disable cars, though the researchers didn’t go so far as to test this out on actual vehicles. They also say they found server-side vulnerabilities that exposed consumer information, would have allowed them to execute their own code on the servers, or even in one case appeared to show that someone else had already gained unauthorized access to the system’s backend.

“Millions of kids are being exposed and vulnerable to exploitation. It’s just catastrophic. It’s really low-hanging fruit for a lot of bad actors,” Stykas says. “Your criminal mind is the only limitation in exploiting those devices.”

The Watches Watching Your Kids

The researchers say they’ve been warning the companies behind all three Shenzhen-based GPS platforms about their vulnerabilities for months. When WIRED reached a representative of SETracker, the person initially claimed in an email that “the issues you mentioned have been resolved long before,” adding that “we attach great importance to the security of Setracker and keep strengthening its security continuously.” When WIRED pointed out that researchers had been able to hack a smartwatch running on SETracker just this week, the person repeated their claim that the issues had been fixed, then asked for evidence of the exploitation, which WIRED provided.

Only today, hours before the researchers’ talk at Black Hat, did the researchers find that their hacking techniques against SETracker’s platform have stopped working—though they’re still not sure if the flaws they found are fully fixed.

Sinotrack and the NewGPS2012 platform didn’t respond to WIRED’s requests for comment, and the researchers say their hacking techniques against those systems still appear to work.

For more than a decade, cybersecurity experts and privacy advocates have warned that cheap, GPS-enabled children’s smartwatches and aftermarket vehicle accessories are riddled with security vulnerabilities that leave kids and drivers susceptible to hacking and tracking. But the sheer number of different brands and models of those devices has often made identifying the truly insecure gadgets feel nearly impossible for consumers.

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On Bumble, the app that started with the ethos of “women making the first move,” men will now be able to message first, according to the company’s latest earnings call.

“Now, for the first time on Bumble, by default, anyone will be able to send only one single opening message, and the conversation does not progress until the recipient responds,” Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said on yesterday’s earnings call for Q2 2026.

SEE ALSO: The 9 best free dating apps that literally cost $0 to sign up and use

No more “women make the first move”

Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 as the feminist response to Tinder, of which she was also a part of the founding team. Originally, in heterosexual matches, only women could message first. But the app has been trending away from that for some time, as two years ago it launched “Opening Moves,” a way for men to technically message first by responding to a prompt on a woman’s profile. (The app has since sunset Opening Moves in Australia and Mexico, though.)

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Additionally, Bumble is also extending the time limit to respond to the first message, from 24 to 72 hours. “We are also addressing another major complaint that existed from our members,” Wolfe Herd said.

In tests, Bumble users saw increases in chat initiations and mutual chat rates. The new rules will roll out globally by the end of this month, Wolfe Herd said.

Both real-life and AI on Bumble

Wolfe Herd also announced that Bumble will be leaning more into real-life experiences. “I am a firm believer that the future of meeting people in groups will become more important,” she said, and confirmed that Plans, a rumored event-curation feature, is coming as a standalone app.

At the same time, Bumble is planning to integrate AI more. As Mashable reported in May, Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, but Wolfe Herd clarified yesterday that the app’s upcoming AI dating assistant, Bee, isn’t replacing it.

“Let me be clear: Bee is not replacing the swipe. We are not aiming for an AI-driven experience. Bee is simply the intelligence under the hood,” she said.

“What will replace the swipe, I will be keeping under wraps a bit longer for competitive purposes,” she said. “But it is designed to generate more immediate interactions, and most importantly, better outcomes, mimicking real life and eliminating the friction and delay that exists in current dating app models.” Early feedback has been positive for Gen Z and millennial women and men, she continued.

Bee will apparently have an important role in how the new Bumble experience will be delivered, “but never degrading the human-first approach that we will always adhere to,” according to Wolfe Herd.

Even more changes coming to Bumble

When Wolfe Herd first announced Bee in March 2026, she said that the app was developing a new tech stack (the set of technologies that build an app), with a targeted launch of the second quarter of this year. But yesterday, she said that due to a data migration delay, it’s been delayed. New features, like profile and onboarding updates and more compelling ways to meet people IRL, are coming in early 2027, she said.

She also said that the app will also make the free experience more compelling, like offering limited access to “Like You,” a usually-paid feature where users can see who’s already liked them.

The app is re-architecting subscriptions to be simpler, and is planning on releasing a higher subscription tier designed for “mutual serious intent.”

This news comes as Bumble’s total revenue and paying users continued to decline in Q2 (15.2 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively, compared to Q2 of 2025). In June, Reuters reported that Bumble is considering a sale. Its announcement that it’s killing the swipe upset some users, and it remains to be seen how they will react to all of these additional changes.

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Bumble, the app that started with the ethos of “women making the first move,” men will now be able to message first, according to the company’s latest earnings call.

“Now, for the first time on Bumble, by default, anyone will be able to send only one single opening message, and the conversation does not progress until the recipient responds,” Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said on yesterday’s earnings call for Q2 2026.

SEE ALSO: The 9 best free dating apps that literally cost $0 to sign up and use

No more “women make the first move”

Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 as the feminist response to Tinder, of which she was also a part of the founding team. Originally, in heterosexual matches, only women could message first. But the app has been trending away from that for some time, as two years ago it launched “Opening Moves,” a way for men to technically message first by responding to a prompt on a woman’s profile. (The app has since sunset Opening Moves in Australia and Mexico, though.)

Hookup apps for everyone

AdultFriendFinder — readers’ pick for casual connections

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Hinge — popular choice for regular meetups

Products available for purchase through affiliate links. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.

Additionally, Bumble is also extending the time limit to respond to the first message, from 24 to 72 hours. “We are also addressing another major complaint that existed from our members,” Wolfe Herd said.

In tests, Bumble users saw increases in chat initiations and mutual chat rates. The new rules will roll out globally by the end of this month, Wolfe Herd said.

Both real-life and AI on Bumble

Wolfe Herd also announced that Bumble will be leaning more into real-life experiences. “I am a firm believer that the future of meeting people in groups will become more important,” she said, and confirmed that Plans, a rumored event-curation feature, is coming as a standalone app.

At the same time, Bumble is planning to integrate AI more. As Mashable reported in May, Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, but Wolfe Herd clarified yesterday that the app’s upcoming AI dating assistant, Bee, isn’t replacing it.

“Let me be clear: Bee is not replacing the swipe. We are not aiming for an AI-driven experience. Bee is simply the intelligence under the hood,” she said.

“What will replace the swipe, I will be keeping under wraps a bit longer for competitive purposes,” she said. “But it is designed to generate more immediate interactions, and most importantly, better outcomes, mimicking real life and eliminating the friction and delay that exists in current dating app models.” Early feedback has been positive for Gen Z and millennial women and men, she continued.

Bee will apparently have an important role in how the new Bumble experience will be delivered, “but never degrading the human-first approach that we will always adhere to,” according to Wolfe Herd.

Even more changes coming to Bumble

When Wolfe Herd first announced Bee in March 2026, she said that the app was developing a new tech stack (the set of technologies that build an app), with a targeted launch of the second quarter of this year. But yesterday, she said that due to a data migration delay, it’s been delayed. New features, like profile and onboarding updates and more compelling ways to meet people IRL, are coming in early 2027, she said.

She also said that the app will also make the free experience more compelling, like offering limited access to “Like You,” a usually-paid feature where users can see who’s already liked them.

The app is re-architecting subscriptions to be simpler, and is planning on releasing a higher subscription tier designed for “mutual serious intent.”

This news comes as Bumble’s total revenue and paying users continued to decline in Q2 (15.2 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively, compared to Q2 of 2025). In June, Reuters reported that Bumble is considering a sale. Its announcement that it’s killing the swipe upset some users, and it remains to be seen how they will react to all of these additional changes.

#Men #message #Bumble">Men will soon be able to message first on Bumble

On Bumble, the app that started with the ethos of “women making the first move,” men will now be able to message first, according to the company’s latest earnings call.

“Now, for the first time on Bumble, by default, anyone will be able to send only one single opening message, and the conversation does not progress until the recipient responds,” Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said on yesterday’s earnings call for Q2 2026.

SEE ALSO: The 9 best free dating apps that literally cost $0 to sign up and use

No more “women make the first move”

Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 as the feminist response to Tinder, of which she was also a part of the founding team. Originally, in heterosexual matches, only women could message first. But the app has been trending away from that for some time, as two years ago it launched “Opening Moves,” a way for men to technically message first by responding to a prompt on a woman’s profile. (The app has since sunset Opening Moves in Australia and Mexico, though.)

Hookup apps for everyone

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Tinder — top pick for finding hookups

Hinge — popular choice for regular meetups

Products available for purchase through affiliate links. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.

Additionally, Bumble is also extending the time limit to respond to the first message, from 24 to 72 hours. “We are also addressing another major complaint that existed from our members,” Wolfe Herd said.

In tests, Bumble users saw increases in chat initiations and mutual chat rates. The new rules will roll out globally by the end of this month, Wolfe Herd said.

Both real-life and AI on Bumble

Wolfe Herd also announced that Bumble will be leaning more into real-life experiences. “I am a firm believer that the future of meeting people in groups will become more important,” she said, and confirmed that Plans, a rumored event-curation feature, is coming as a standalone app.

At the same time, Bumble is planning to integrate AI more. As Mashable reported in May, Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, but Wolfe Herd clarified yesterday that the app’s upcoming AI dating assistant, Bee, isn’t replacing it.

“Let me be clear: Bee is not replacing the swipe. We are not aiming for an AI-driven experience. Bee is simply the intelligence under the hood,” she said.

“What will replace the swipe, I will be keeping under wraps a bit longer for competitive purposes,” she said. “But it is designed to generate more immediate interactions, and most importantly, better outcomes, mimicking real life and eliminating the friction and delay that exists in current dating app models.” Early feedback has been positive for Gen Z and millennial women and men, she continued.

Bee will apparently have an important role in how the new Bumble experience will be delivered, “but never degrading the human-first approach that we will always adhere to,” according to Wolfe Herd.

Even more changes coming to Bumble

When Wolfe Herd first announced Bee in March 2026, she said that the app was developing a new tech stack (the set of technologies that build an app), with a targeted launch of the second quarter of this year. But yesterday, she said that due to a data migration delay, it’s been delayed. New features, like profile and onboarding updates and more compelling ways to meet people IRL, are coming in early 2027, she said.

She also said that the app will also make the free experience more compelling, like offering limited access to “Like You,” a usually-paid feature where users can see who’s already liked them.

The app is re-architecting subscriptions to be simpler, and is planning on releasing a higher subscription tier designed for “mutual serious intent.”

This news comes as Bumble’s total revenue and paying users continued to decline in Q2 (15.2 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively, compared to Q2 of 2025). In June, Reuters reported that Bumble is considering a sale. Its announcement that it’s killing the swipe upset some users, and it remains to be seen how they will react to all of these additional changes.

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Additionally, Apple is now offering trade-in credit for a handful of new Android devices:

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The higher trade-in credits on most devices follow a wave of price hikes Apple announced earlier this year, with increases ranging from $30 to $4,200. Apple also launched a new “Upgrade” leasing program last month aimed at making its increasingly-pricey devices easier to afford.

#Apple #increases #tradein #offers #adds #Android #devicesApple,iPad,iPhone,News,Tech">Apple increases trade-in offers and adds new Android devicesApple bumped up its trade-in offers for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and certain Android phones, with some devices now worth over 0 more, 9to5Mac reports. The Mac Studio’s trade-in value increased the most, going up by 0. While some devices’ offers are unchanged, most got an increase of around to , with a few seeing an increase of over 0:Additionally, Apple is now offering trade-in credit for a handful of new Android devices:While some new Android phones have been added to the list, Apple lowered its trade-in credit for a few others, including:The higher trade-in credits on most devices follow a wave of price hikes Apple announced earlier this year, with increases ranging from to ,200. Apple also launched a new “Upgrade” leasing program last month aimed at making its increasingly-pricey devices easier to afford.#Apple #increases #tradein #offers #adds #Android #devicesApple,iPad,iPhone,News,Tech

trade-in offers for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and certain Android phones, with some devices now worth over $100 more, 9to5Mac reports. The Mac Studio’s trade-in value increased the most, going up by $260. While some devices’ offers are unchanged, most got an increase of around $5 to $20, with a few seeing an increase of over $100:

Additionally, Apple is now offering trade-in credit for a handful of new Android devices:

While some new Android phones have been added to the list, Apple lowered its trade-in credit for a few others, including:

The higher trade-in credits on most devices follow a wave of price hikes Apple announced earlier this year, with increases ranging from $30 to $4,200. Apple also launched a new “Upgrade” leasing program last month aimed at making its increasingly-pricey devices easier to afford.

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Apple bumped up its trade-in offers for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and certain Android phones, with some devices now worth over $100 more, 9to5Mac reports. The Mac Studio’s trade-in value increased the most, going up by $260. While some devices’ offers are unchanged, most got an increase of around $5 to $20, with a few seeing an increase of over $100:

Additionally, Apple is now offering trade-in credit for a handful of new Android devices:

While some new Android phones have been added to the list, Apple lowered its trade-in credit for a few others, including:

The higher trade-in credits on most devices follow a wave of price hikes Apple announced earlier this year, with increases ranging from $30 to $4,200. Apple also launched a new “Upgrade” leasing program last month aimed at making its increasingly-pricey devices easier to afford.

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