Published on: 2025-07-20 00:00:07
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced Intrusion Logging, a new Android 16 feature to help high-risk users detect if their device has been compromised by hackers. It securely backs up encrypted activity logs (like network info and app installs) to the cloud, accessible only to the user for forensic analysis. The feature uses the new Intrusion Detection API, isn’t enabled by default, and requires activating Advanced Protection mode to use. People working in certain fields, such
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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding a security question to Remote Lock to prevent unauthorized use. Remote Lock previously only required a phone number from your Google account, making it easy to exploit. The new feature will roll out later in the year, along with other new security measures announced today. Google’s Remote Lock feature is getting a much-needed security upgrade, with a new layer of verification being added. Following today’s Android Show, the company blo
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Android’s newly renamed Find Hub is getting UWB support before the end of May. UWB allows much more precise tracking than Bluetooth alone. To take advantage, you’ll need a UWB-compatible phone, and a UWB tracker like the Moto Tag. Android’s Find My Device app offers an easy way to locate misplaced hardware, and right now it’s in the middle of a big rebrand, as Google capitalizes on the recent addition of people-tracking to transform it into the Find Hub.
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C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is introducing new security features across Android, Messages, and Contacts to combat increasingly sophisticated text and phone scams. Android adds in-call protections, blocking sensitive actions like sideloading and warning about screen sharing with unknown contacts. Messages gets broader on-device scam detection, while Key Verifier in Contacts will help confirm contact identities to prevent impersonation. Text and phone call scams have been a
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Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android’s Find My Device is now Find Hub. Google is partnering with select airlines to integrate Find Hub sharing so it’s easier to recover lost luggage. This feature will roll out beginning early next year. For many people, one of the most useful mobile accessories that came out in the past decade has been Bluetooth item trackers. We’ve all been there – we misplace something, or think it’s lost completely. If it had an item tracker on it, then findin
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Supplied by Google TL;DR Google has confirmed that Wear OS 6, based on Android 16, will launch later this year. The company says Wear OS 6 will be available on the Pixel Watch series and on new watches from partners in the “coming months.” The new smartwatch software brings a revised UI and up to 10% better battery life. Google is gearing up to release Android 16 in the coming months, and it brings a tweaked look as well as plenty of other improvements. The company is also working on Wear OS
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 00:00:27
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Material 3 Expressive preview quietly reveals two upcoming Pixel features: AOD wallpapers and a redesigned lock screen with a compact notification shelf. Always On Display support for wallpapers was last seen on the Pixel 3, making this its first appearance since. The updated pixel lock screen layout includes shifted At a Glance widgets and an optional compact notification shelf. Google has shared many announcements today through The Android S
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Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini is expanding to Wear OS devices. Users will be able to talk with Gemini right from their smartwatch. Google’s AI will arrive on Wear OS in the coming months. It’s been a process in the making, but Google has gradually been replacing Assistant with Gemini on a growing number of products. In January, we discovered through an APK teardown that Wear OS would be the next destination for Gemini’s expansion. That expansion is now about to start as Goo
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Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Find My Device is now the Find Hub. Google’s rebranding represents the tool’s expansion earlier this year to also help locate people. Before the end of 2025, the Find Hub will get support for satellite connectivity. So many of us are far more reliant on our devices than we might like to admit, leaning on them to help find our way around town, to find a new restaurant to check out for dinner, or to find tomorrow’s forecast. But what do we do when we ca
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C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google shared more details about Gemini’s expansion to more devices during The Android Show today. The company has confirmed that the chatbot will be available on Wear OS smartwatches, Google TV devices, Android XR headsets, and Android Auto headunits in the coming months. In addition, Gemini will also be available on earbuds from Sony and Samsung. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently shared plans to bring Gemini to more devices. During the firm’s Q1 202
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Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has confirmed that Android 16 will arrive in June. The company hasn’t shared a specific date, but the software is expected to be released on June 3. Google could make the official date announcement at I/O later this month. Google has confirmed that the stable Android 16 update will arrive in June. During a press briefing ahead of The Android Show, the company revealed that the new Material 3 Expressive design language will debut later this year. In
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Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Protect will soon detect when an app changes its icon, and alert users to this behavior. Malicious apps sometimes change their app icon to evade removal, so this should help in a big way. Play Protect is also gaining improved on-device detection of malware. Google Play Protect is one of the first lines of defense against malicious apps on your Android phone. Google recently beefed up this service with real-time scanning protection, and the comp
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Google TL;DR Google has officially revealed the interface changes coming to Android later this year. The company has given us an early look at the revamped Quick Settings panel during The Android Show today. The updated panel features resizable Quick Settings tiles, new one-click Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles, an improved tile editor, and one-click shortcuts for adding or removing tiles. Although Android 16 beta builds don’t feature any significant visual changes compared to last year’s releas
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Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced that over one billion RCS messages are sent in the US every day. This figure comes over six months after Apple adopted the standard on iOS. RCS enables features like high-quality media sharing, typing indicators, and more. Google has embraced RCS on Android for years, and Apple finally joined the party last year. Now, the search giant has announced a key milestone for the modern texting standard. Google announced in a blog post t
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Google At The Android Show today, Google officially introduced Material 3 Expressive, the next evolution of Android’s design language, set to arrive with Android 16. This sweeping UI update is a significant step in Google’s ongoing effort to make Android and Wear OS more visually engaging, emotionally resonant, and interactive. With new motion physics, component updates, fresh color schemes, impactful fonts, and more, Material 3 Expressive is poised to reshape how Android feels and functions. H
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 introduces an “Advanced Protection” mode, offering a one-click solution to activate enhanced security settings for high-risk users. This mode enables a suite of device-level safeguards, including theft protection, app restrictions, network security, and web Browse safety features. While optional, it bundles many existing protections and adds an API for third-party apps to integrate their own security measures when the mode is active. Google
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Supplied by Google TL;DR Google has revealed a revised UI for Wear OS 6 on smartwatches. The changes are broadly in line with Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive design. Expect color theming based on your watch face, smoother transitions/scrolling, and larger buttons. Google has revealed plenty of Android-related news as part of its Android Show event. The company is giving Android 16 a tweaked look, and it turns out Wear OS 6 will also get a new user interface (UI). Google confirmed that We
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TL;DR Google is showing off how Gemini will replace Assistant in both Android Auto and cars with Google Built-in. Gemini offers more advanced natural language interactions and features like summaries, message translation, and third-party app integration. The rollout will begin for Android Auto in the coming months, followed by cars with Google Built-in. We’ve long discovered clues suggesting that Google has been building up Gemini support for Android Auto and Android Automotive. Google had be
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google introduced Live Updates in Android 16 to standardize real-time progress notifications. Live Updates will offer a consistent UI across delivery, rideshare, and navigation apps, even on the lock screen. Live updates for Uber and other delivery apps are coming as part of a redesign later this year. Google is kicking off the Google I/O party with an early focus on Android and its updates through “The Android Show” program. Of course, the big news i
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Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Raise to Talk will let you summon a voice assistant with a flick of your wrist. Code related to the feature has been found in the leaked settings app from One UI Watch 8. The feature should be a part of Wear OS 6, which could be announced at The Android Show. Google I/O might not be until May 20, but Google’s kicking things off today with The Android Show, where Google’s announcing everything new that’s coming to our operating system of choice. Wear OS 6
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Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google just confirmed that Android 16 is coming to Samsung devices this summer. A leaked One UI 8 build based on Android 16 is already doing the rounds. Samsung is expected to open the One UI 8 beta program for select devices later this month. We all saw it coming, but now it’s official: Android 16 is coming to Galaxy devices “this summer.” A leaked build of One UI 8 has already been making the rounds, and recent tips suggested that the first beta could a
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Slack has a new “Mark as Read” button on Android. The button allows you to mark messages as read from your notifications. When a new message is put in Slack, the app will let you know if there’s an unread message waiting for you. On the desktop app, you can quickly mark messages as read by using keyboard shortcuts like Esc and Shift Esc. You also have the option to mark a message as unread by hitting the Alt key and clicking on the message. While ther
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Yesterday Apple released a variety of new software updates including iOS 18.5, watchOS 11.5, and macOS 15.5. Another fresh update, tvOS 18.5, was originally believed to be without any new features, but now we know it adds an enhancement for Dolby Atmos surround sound. Wireless Audio Sync now supports Dolby Atmos in tvOS 18.5 Overall, tvOS 18.5 doesn’t change much about the Apple TV 4K experience. Largely the update is focused on bug fixes ahead of the larger tvOS 19 unveiling at WWDC. But tvO
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After a years-long wait, Apple finally added RCS messaging support to the iPhone last year, and that’s resulted in over 1 billion RCS messages being sent every day in the US alone between both Android and iOS devices. Even before Apple adopted RCS, the tech was being used quite widely across Android. In November 2023, Google confirmed that its Messages app – the main portal for RCS on Android – had amassed over a billion monthly active users. Fast-forward to 2025, post-iPhone adoption, and RCS
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Google is bringing Gemini to more devices. During Tuesday's airing of The Android Show: I/O Edition, the company said its family of AI models would soon power the conversational experiences on Android Auto, Wear OS, Google TV and beyond. I know what you're thinking: don’t those platforms already come with Google Assistant? They do, but Google is promising Gemini will make every device it comes to more conversational. For instance, once Gemini arrives on Wear OS, Google says you won't need to ge
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Android 16's new Advanced Protection feature simplifies the task of managing your phone's security settings. (Google) This summer's Android 16 release will add several new and updated security measures that should make it more difficult for criminals to scam Android users or take advantage of stolen Android phones. After introducing AI features in March that detect fraudulent messages based on common language patterns, Google is working on teaching its models to recognize a wider range of text
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Well, the leaks were right. Google is updating the look of Android and Wear OS to make its mobile and wearable operating systems more visually expressive and animated. Google has dubbed its new design system Material 3 Expressive, and plans to introduce it when Android 16 and Wear OS 6 launch later this year. Material 3 Expressive builds on the Material You design changes Google made with the introduction of Android 12 by adding "more natural, springy animations," a greater sense of depth, upda
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Google I/O 2025 is still a week out, but Google shared a taste of the updates coming to Android and the larger Android Ecosystem at a separate event today, dubbed The Android Show: I/O Edition. Engadget followed along with the announcements as they happened in our liveblog, but for an overview, here are the changes Google has planned for Android, its visual design and Gemini. Material 3 Expressive is making Android and Wear OS more fun Google Material Design, Google’s design language for And
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Microsoft has released the KB5058379 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, with four fixes and changes, including one for an SGRMBroker bug. The Windows 10 KB5058379 update is mandatory as it contains Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates, which fix seven zero-day vulnerabilities. Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and manually performing a 'Check for Updates.' However, as this update is mandatory, it wi
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Google is announcing improvements for the Advanced Protection feature in Android 16 that strengthen defenses against sophisticated spyware attacks. The Android platform has been a constant target for spyware campaigns and sophisticated attacks using digital forensics platforms that often rely on zero-day vulnerabilities to infect devices with minimal or no user interaction. Google already offers the 'Advanced Protection Program' for high-risk individuals (e.g. journalists, elected official, pu
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