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Google Drive’s Material 3 Expressive refresh starts extending beyond the home screen (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 08:18:50

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on giving the Drive app for Android a Material 3 Expressive makeover. We recently gave you an early look at the app’s redesigned FAB and home screen. A teardown of the latest release has revealed a few additional design changes and a more prominent summarize button for PDF files. Google is in the process of giving all its Android apps a Material 3 Expressive makeover. Apps like Gmail, Keep, and Wallet have already received a design

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Google’s mandatory Pixel 6a battery management starts arriving next week

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 12:52:56

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google updated the Pixel 4a for battery management concerns earlier this year. We recently spotted Google planning a similar approach to battery failures on the Pixel 6a. Google now shares its full Pixel 6a strategy, with an update heading out July 8. Google’s got a battery problem with Pixel phones. Early this year, we learned of Google’s plan to issue a new update for the aging Pixel 4a, but rather than giving the phone a fresh version of Android, this

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Mandatory battery throttling is coming for more Pixels with poor battery health (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 12:58:53

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google could potentially force Battery Health Assistance to remain enabled on Pixel phones with poor battery health. Users may not be able to change/disable the feature until they replace their phone’s battery. Pixel 9a users have Battery Health Assistance already enabled and mandatory, even on new devices. Update, July 2, 2025 (1:58 PM ET): Well, that didn’t take long! Just hours after sharing our findings with you about Battery Health Assistance cha

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Gemini’s new look is hitting Android, along with widget updates

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 16:36:49

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s got some new rainbow branding for Gemini. After getting started on social channels, we’re now seeing the new icon hit the Gemini app. Google has also updated Gemini’s widget with a new look and shortcuts. Google’s branding is often pretty consistent — sometimes frustratingly so, like when you’re scrolling though the app drawer on a new Pixel phone and all these rainbow-colored icons start blending into each other. That nitpick aside, the rainb

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Google Chrome hit by another serious security flaw - update your browser ASAP

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-10 20:04:27

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Google has patched yet another critical security bug in Chrome, which means all of you who use the browser should update it ASAP. On Monday, the company revealed a high-severity vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to run malicious code on your system. In its release notes for the latest version of Chrome, Google pointed to the security flaw tagged as CVE-2025-6554. The NIST page on this one describes it as: "Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0

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Is mandatory battery throttling coming for more Pixels with poor battery health? (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 00:09:53

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google could potentially force Battery Health Assistance to remain enabled on Pixel phones with poor battery health. Users may not be able to change/disable the feature until they replace their phone’s battery. Pixel 9a users have Battery Health Assistance already enabled and mandatory, even on new devices. Pixel smartphones have been a staple recommendation as great Android phones, but lately, we’ve been hearing more and more about their battery issu

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Google Chat is trying out an Expressive new look

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 00:24:42

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s in the middle of Material 3 Expressive refreshes for many of its Android apps. After first seeing a new look for Chat within Gmail, we’re now spotting similar tweaks in development for the stand-alone Chat app. Right now we’re still noticing some small differences between the Chat app’s revised interface and what’s happening to Chat in Gmail. Google’s new Material 3 Expressive design language is currently being adapted across the company’s whole

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Google Messages is hiding a useful text formatting feature from users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 04:00:09

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR It turns out Google Messages supports text formatting, but currently, only the integrated Gemini chatbot can use it to format its own replies. The hidden feature uses Markdown syntax, as seen when the Gemini chatbot formats its own text with symbols like double asterisks for bolding. A full rollout may be challenging due to cross-platform compatibility needs, as text formatting isn’t a standard part of the RCS specification. Google Messages was a sim

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Google quietly revamps Android’s permission dialogs for a sleeker design for some

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 04:04:39

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Google has redesigned the permissions dialogs that appear in Android. This change appears following the June Google Play system update when applied to the latest Android 16 QPR Beta 2.1. Google has dropped the older design in favor of slimmer buttons and better readability. Even though Google first released a beta for Android 16 last year, its biggest design change didn’t start rolling out until the final beta, just weeks before the final release. With

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Google Now returns? Gemini Space could bring a Daily Hub feature to Pixels (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 16:19:57

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing a new feature called Gemini Space for Pixel devices, potentially as an evolution or rebrand of the current At a Glance feature. We’ve now found strings for a “Daily Hub,” feature within At a Glance/Gemini Space, described as a “space for content and suggestions to simplify your day.” This suggests Daily Hub could offer helpful content and suggestions similar to Samsung’s Now Brief and the erstwhile Google Now. We’ve previously spotte

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I tried Google Chrome’s new bottom URL bar on Android, and it’s a mess

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 17:00:28

Andy Walker / Android Authority Google Chrome on Android has finally caught up with the rest of civilization by bashing two rocks together to introduce a bottom URL bar. Users who have sought out the feature and found it on Firefox, Samsung Internet, and Microsoft Edge can now choose which address bar position they prefer on Google’s browser: the traditional top of the screen or the more convenient bottom-edge placement. Don’t get me wrong — while I am annoyed that Google took this long to imp

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Google Photos sees several app improvements

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-11 17:43:37

The Google Photos app has been updated to make it easier to navigate your gallery and view image information. Google says the photo view — the screen that appears when you open an image in Google Photos — has been redesigned to provide a “simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI” while adding a new light mode, glanceable photo details, and streamlined action menus. These changes are available now for iPhone users, and will be coming to the Google Photos app for Android “soon,” according to G

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Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 17:39:43

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has been ordered to pay $314.6 million to Android phone users in California for collecting and sending their data. The lawsuit argued that Google collected data from idle Android phones without the users’ permission, consuming cellular data in the process. The company said it would appeal the verdict. Google undoubtedly collects plenty of user data from Android phones. However, a California jury has found that the search giant must pay $314.6 milli

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Google Home’s new sharing tools are now available to everyone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 18:07:07

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Home is now widely rolling out its new Member role feature. It was previously available to Google Home users enrolled in the public preview program. Member role allows you to invite family members, including children under 13, as well as guests and roommates to manage specific devices or your entire smart home. Google Home’s Member access feature is now rolling out widely with version 3.3 of the app. The feature makes it easier to share a devi

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Google Photos is getting a brand-new Photo view, but Android users will have to wait

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 18:42:37

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is getting a new Photo view, with a light mode, streamlined menus, and clearer placement for image details. Photo view will also now display interactive badges that let you take various actions. The update is currently rolling out for Google Photos users on iOS and will come to Android users at a later date. Google Photos frequently refreshes its interface and settings, and it’s doing it again with a revamped Photo view, i.e., the scree

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Australians to face age checks from search engines

news.ycombinator.com Tom Williams On Jul Pm 2025-09-11 15:59:26

Search engines such as Google and Microsoft's Bing must implement age assurance checks for logged-in users in 'no later than six months'. Image: Shutterstock Australians using search engines while logged in to accounts from the likes of Google and Microsoft will have their age checked by the end of 2025, under a new online safety code co-developed by technology companies and registered by the eSafety Commissioner. Search engines operating in Australia will need to implement age assurance techn

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Gemini’s colorful new look is now as good as official

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 16:18:39

TL;DR Google’s been up to some colorful rebranding this summer, starting with its G logo. Last month, we started noticing a new rainbow-colored star popping up for Gemini’s icon. Today Google has started using the new rainbow Gemini look for its X account. A fresh splash of color can really change everything. Whether you’re taking the daring step of dyeing your hair blue or just slapping a fun yellow case on your phone, the right color in the right place can be very impactful. Google is one c

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Google promotes ‘AI Mode’ on home page 'Doodle'

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-09-12 08:50:09

Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. The Google Doodle is Alphabet's most valuable piece of real estate, and on Tuesday, the company used that space to promote "AI Mode," its latest AI search product. Google's Chrome browser landing pages and Google's home page featured an animated image that, when clicked, leads users to AI Mode, the company's latest search product. The doodle image also inc

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Google's AI Mode Is Changing How You Search. So What Is It?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 06:46:10

A new tab is in your Google Search bar, and it feels a lot more like an AI chatbot than a traditional search engine. Google started testing AI Mode earlier this year and announced the full rollout at its I/O developers conference in May. It's now available for all English language users in the US over age 13 (and to Workspace and Education users over age 18). To celebrate, Google promoted it with an animation on the Google homepage on July 1, with the company's new logo inviting users into an

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Google makes it easier to let friends and kids control your smart home

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-12 08:40:34

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people “Admin” and “Member” roles. People with Admin status have full control of all the devices, services, and users within their smart home

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Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-12 07:52:39

No wonder Google is desperate for more power: The company’s data centers more than doubled their electricity use in just four years. The eye-popping stat comes from Google’s most recent sustainability report, which it released late last week. In 2024, Google data centers used 30.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity. That’s up from 14.4 million megawatt-hours in 2020, the earliest year Google broke out data center consumption. Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity

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Google’s data center energy use doubled in four years

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-12 12:52:39

No wonder Google is desperate for more power: the company’s data centers more than doubled their electricity use in just four years. The eye-popping stat comes from Google’s most recent sustainability report, which it released late last week. In 2024, Google data centers used 30.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity. That’s up from 14.4 million megawatt-hours in 2020, the earliest year Google broke out data center consumption. Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity

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I unsubscribed from 20 lists in seconds with Gmail's new tool. Here's how to use it

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-13 00:33:00

Screenshot by ZDNET A few months ago, Google rolled out a new feature for Gmail on Android that made it easier to clean out your inbox by showing a single list of all your subscriptions and providing a simple way to unsubscribe from these lists. That feature is expanding, as "Manage Subscriptions" is now showing up on Gmail for desktop. Google hasn't made an official announcement, but users have started noticing the new button over the past few days. Also: Run out of Gmail storage? How I got

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Gemini now lets you schedule tasks ahead of time (Updated: Rolling out widely)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 16:22:04

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini now lets you automate routine tasks with its new scheduled actions feature. You can use it to schedule prompts to perform a task at a specific time, day, date, or after an event. The feature is available in the Gemini app for users with a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription and qualifying Google Workspace business and education plans. Update, July 1, 2025 (08:22 AM ET): Google has started rolling out Scheduled Actions for Gemini across Android, iO

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Gemini could soon rival ChatGPT with its new privacy feature (Update: A closer look)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 16:35:27

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a temporary chat feature for Gemini. This feature could be similar to ChatGPT’s Temporary Chats, which give users a blank slate for conversation and doesn’t save any memory. We were able to subsequently take a closer look at this feature via more screenshots. Update: July 1, 2025 (8:30 AM ET): We uncovered evidence of a temporary chat feature in Gemini earlier this month (see the original article below). We were only able to provide

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Google Keep no longer supports the Apple Watch

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-13 16:30:12

Google has rolled out the latest version of Keep and, as 9to5Google has noticed, it no longer supports the Apple Watch. Its iTunes listing now only shows what the note-taking app would look like for iPhones and iPads. Google made its Keep app compatible with Apple Watches back in 2019 when its apps made a return on the wearable after over a year of absence. It hasn't had a meaningful update for the device since then, but it worked just fine. Users who rely on Keep across iOS and Android for, sa

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Google kills its Keep app on Apple Watch

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-13 16:49:17

The Google graveyard has claimed another victim: the company has killed the Apple Watch version of its Keep app. While the note-taking app is still available for iPhone and iPad, the 2.2025.26200 Google Keep App Store update released on Monday has removed watchOS support, bringing the total number of Google apps for Apple Watch back down to three. This sours some hope that Google would expand its watchOS app offerings after quietly rolling out a new native Google Calendar app for Apple Watch ye

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Gemini may soon let you send images in texts, thanks to RCS (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 22:29:14

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini on Android currently sends only text messages through Google Messages. If you ask Gemini to send an image via Google Messages, it will only send a blank URL in the text, as MMS is not supported yet. New code suggests Gemini will soon support RCS through Google Messages, potentially enabling image sharing. Gemini on Android can be used like a good old digital assistant to send text messages to one of your contacts. Once Gemini accepts the command, i

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Google’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming with a welcome upgrade for Android (Updated)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 22:46:55

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an Android-wide “Handoff” feature for multi-device syncing. This feature will enable access to apps and media across your devices, and even sync notifications between them. Apple has a similar Continuity feature called Handoff, albeit without notification syncing. Update, July 1, 2025 (04:46 AM ET): We’ve managed to enable the UI for the Handoff feature within Cross-device services. The feature is still a work in progress and doe

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These Google Nest speakers are getting three new voices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-13 22:53:44

Lil Katz / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Nest smart speakers with Gemini-backed Google Assistant are getting new voices. The three new voices are also named after plants, as were the seven previously made available by Google in December 2024. Gemini-powered Google Assistant is still an experimental feature, available only in the US. Google’s ongoing mission to replace the traditional Google Assistant with Gemini has largely been limited to Android phones. Other devices, such as smart spea

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Google Drive’s Material 3 Expressive refresh starts extending beyond the home screen (APK teardown)

Google’s mandatory Pixel 6a battery management starts arriving next week

Mandatory battery throttling is coming for more Pixels with poor battery health (APK teardown)

Gemini’s new look is hitting Android, along with widget updates

Google Chrome hit by another serious security flaw - update your browser ASAP

Is mandatory battery throttling coming for more Pixels with poor battery health? (APK teardown)

Google Chat is trying out an Expressive new look

Google Messages is hiding a useful text formatting feature from users

Google quietly revamps Android’s permission dialogs for a sleeker design for some

Google Now returns? Gemini Space could bring a Daily Hub feature to Pixels (APK teardown)

I tried Google Chrome’s new bottom URL bar on Android, and it’s a mess

Google Photos sees several app improvements

Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission

Google Home’s new sharing tools are now available to everyone

Google Photos is getting a brand-new Photo view, but Android users will have to wait

Australians to face age checks from search engines

Gemini’s colorful new look is now as good as official

Google promotes ‘AI Mode’ on home page 'Doodle'

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Google makes it easier to let friends and kids control your smart home

Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years

Google’s data center energy use doubled in four years

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Gemini now lets you schedule tasks ahead of time (Updated: Rolling out widely)

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Google Keep no longer supports the Apple Watch

Google kills its Keep app on Apple Watch

Gemini may soon let you send images in texts, thanks to RCS (APK teardown)

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These Google Nest speakers are getting three new voices

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