Published on: 2025-04-25 07:50:23
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Whatsapp is working on new music layouts for status updates. These layouts aim to make music sharing more visually appealing. The upcoming layouts would be similar to music options already available on Instagram stories. WhatsApp‘s status feature is a very popular way to share updates with friends, family, and your entire contact list. While certainly useful, it does lag behind in functionality compared to the status/stories feature from Meta’s other
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 11:53:59
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A teardown of the Google Home app has revealed that Google is bringing several major UI tweaks to the app. Google could make it much easier to set up Matter gadgets thanks to a floating action button. The company could also ditch the settings tab and move the settings menu into the Google account menu. The Google Home app is your phone’s hub for all smart home activity, allowing you to access and control a variety of gadgets. Now, it looks like Googl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 18:33:30
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that WhatsApp could get screenshot detection for the status feature. This comes over a decade after Snapchat first introduced screenshot detection for its stories. There’s no sign just yet that WhatsApp will actually tell users when someone takes a screenshot of their status. WhatsApp has offered the status feature for a while now, following in Snapchat‘s footsteps. Now, it looks like the Meta-owned platform
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 18:50:17
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a “Raise to Talk” gesture for Wear OS smartwatches, which could seemingly allow users to trigger Google Assistant/Gemini by lifting their smartwatch. The feature appears similar to Apple’s Raise to Speak feature for triggering Siri on Apple Watches. This new gesture could join existing methods like the button press and the “Hey Google” hotword to trigger Google Assistant (and soon, Gemini). It could potentially also be a Pixel Watc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 04:50:17
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a “Raise to Talk” gesture for Wear OS smartwatches, which could seemingly allow users to trigger Google Assistant/Gemini by lifting their smartwatch. The feature appears similar to Apple’s Raise to Speak feature for triggering Siri on Apple Watches. This new gesture could join existing methods like the button press and the “Hey Google” hotword to trigger Google Assistant (and soon, Gemini). It could potentially also be a Pixel Watc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 09:48:32
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding new Expressive Captions to Android’s Live Caption system. The list of Expressive Captions is expanding to include sounds like whispering, sneezing, snoring, gargles, and more. Last year, Google introduced Expressive Captions as part of Android’s Live Caption system. Expressive Captions not only show what’s being said in the audio but also how it’s being said, capturing elements like tone, volume, environmental sounds, and human noises. Th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-02 12:00:51
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority I wholly understand why Google disallows some apps to run on Android Auto and why some developers resist including support on their apps. After all, having a built-in screen that displays videos or web pages on a car’s dashboard is just as distracting as using a phone while driving. But to say that Android Auto’s app talents aren’t fully realized isn’t an understatement. It appears that we may soon get game support on Android Auto, and Gemini support is loomi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-03 19:39:10
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be developing a “related emails” feature for Gmail. When active, emails related to the one you’re reading would appear at the bottom. It’s not yet clear how Google will choose which emails to surface in this manner. Recommendation algorithms are nothing short of ubiquitous, and it feels like you can’t read a news article, listen to a song, or watch a movie without immediately being presented with a bunch of suggestions for similar c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 03:38:04
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a redesigned Search experience in the Photos app, moving the Search bar to the bottom. The new placement improves accessibility, especially for large-screen devices and one-handed uses. Google Photos could also allow repeat searches straight from the results page. These UI changes are not yet publicly available and may or may not be released in the future. Google Photos is an excellent way to back up and organize your photo gallery
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-13 17:33:37
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the Uber app has revealed that the company is working on package protection for its courier service. Strings show that the company would reimburse you for the package’s value if it’s lost, stolen, or damaged. This should give users more peace of mind when using Uber’s courier service. Uber has evolved to become more than just a rideshare and food delivery service. One of its more recent additions was a courier service
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-15 07:18:06
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google may soon tweak the way Gemini presents sources and related content. Instead of displaying a horizontally scrollable list of sources at the bottom of responses, Gemini could soon show a Sources button. This button will redirect users to a separate page listing sources and related content. When you ask Gemini a question, the chatbot provides a detailed response and highlights the sources from which it pulled the information. Currently, it displa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-15 19:00:32
Andy Walker / Android Authority Android Auto is one of Google’s more underrated products. It provides a quick and distraction-free portal to your Android smartphone while on the road, allowing you to play music, access pertinent information, and navigate your surroundings. Naturally, I take full advantage of it with a list of apps I rely on daily. But what about those apps that aren’t as obvious as Spotify, Google Maps, Waze, or WhatsApp? Below is my list of underrated Android Auto apps that ar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-17 03:02:26
When it comes to the New York City subway, what once was old is new again. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday revealed a revamped map of the city’s subway system that takes its cues from a 1970s throwback that was cheered by design connoisseurs and reviled by many traditionalists. It is the first major overhaul of the subway map to be introduced by the authority in almost 50 years. The reveal of the map, on a train platform in Times Square, was another step in the M.T.A.’s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 03:29:48
TL;DR Google is prepping a few interface changes for its note-taking app to give it a more modern look. We’ve spotted an updated edit toolbar and tweaked floating action buttons in the latest Google Keep release. These changes are not live for users, but could roll out with a future update. After rolling out a new option to help users quickly jot down text notes in Google Keep, Google is now prepping a few interface changes for the popular note-taking app. We’ve spotted these changes before t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 03:30:45
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 11:30:15
Adam Birney / Android Authority TL;DR Google offers several options for song ID on Android, but some currently require you to tell Google to listen for music. An in-progress change to the Google app would upgrade microphone input to automatically recognize songs. While it’s currently possible to preview this operation, the interface still requires a manual tap to complete. You know what music sounds likes, don’t you? We may not always be able to recognize the exact song we’re hearing, or eve
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 19:34:20
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last month we saw Google Messages start working on a link invite system for group chats. While still not available to use, we can now access the in-development link sharing interface. Messages will let you create shareable URLs and QR codes, which expire after 30 days. Group chats are a fantastic way for doing everything from sharing gossip with friends, to coordinating family travel plans, to talking about what’s going down in Yemen. And while they
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-20 20:15:20
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A teardown of the Google app has revealed that Google is working on Gemini for kids. This would let children create stories, get homework help, and more. We’re guessing this would also offer stricter censorship and content safeguards compared to Gemini at large. Google’s Gemini is far from perfect, but it’s gained a number of handy features in recent months. More recently, we’ve seen a Deep Research tool and nifty camera/video features. Now, it looks
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-22 11:38:54
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority app teardown has revealed that Google is working on an inactivity reboot feature. This security feature would reboot devices if they’ve been locked for three consecutive days. This will likely be part of Android 16’s Advanced Protection Mode, which also blocks sideloading, disables 2G connections, and more. We’ve known for months that Google was working on an Advanced Protection Mode for Android 16. This mode will block the sidelo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 05:30:17
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google has been working on the Motion Cues feature to help users fight motion sickness (kinetosis). In the latest Google Play Services release, Google has added customization options for the shape and color of the motion dots visible on the screen. The company has since added an opacity option to the feature. Update: March 31, 2025 (3:20 AM ET): We discovered months ago that Google is working on a Motion Cues feature to help reduce motion sickness. Si
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-24 02:19:05
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Gboard could let you hide the comma and period keys. This would be in line with Apple’s iPhone keyboard, which hides these keys. This would be a strange decision, and we hope Google doesn’t enable it by default. Apple made the baffling decision a few years ago to hide the comma and period keys on its iPhone keyboard. Now, it looks like Google could offer this same “feature” in Gboard for Android, and I’
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-26 19:50:26
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google app beta introduces three new chips for AI Overviews through Circle to Search. These chips let you summarize, explain, and extract text from images. The chips are rolling out server-side on the latest beta release, and we have a demo video for you to check out these chips in action. Google just announced a big upgrade to AI Overviews in Google Search, allowing it to plan the entire cross-country trip itinerary by itself and expanding
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-29 11:30:14
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-02 22:00:16
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority I wouldn’t call myself a world traveler, but I do love to explore new places. Living in Europe, I often explore the continent, either by plane or car. Whether I’m off to Italy, Spain, Austria, or Portugal, the apps I use for planning and during my stay generally remain the same. Interestingly, some of them weren’t technically designed as travel apps, but I still find them incredibly useful. I’ll walk you through my five favorite apps that I can’t live withou
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 08:55:55
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be prepping a new file attachment UI for Gemini’s file analysis feature. The updated UI is much larger than the current design and features four buttons that help you select different file types. It also includes two new options that give you quick access to Gemini’s Deep Research tool and an upcoming Composer feature. Update, March 21, 2025 (03:55 AM ET): Gemini’s updated file attachment UI is now rolling out to users. AssembleDebug /
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 02:02:55
Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Services v25.11.32 beta contains code for a redesigned Backup page, simplifying the interface by removing unnecessary details. The refreshed Backup page isn’t live yet and may or may not roll out in the future. Google has a decently robust backup and restore solution through Google One. This system taps into your Google account storage to back up your device data, allowing you to restore it on a future Android device. For the most part, users
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 14:00:21
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos has been working on a change to how the overflow menu in its gallery view operates. New menu options could integrate currently separate wallpaper and contacts controls. Both selections would be consolidated under the “Use as” setting. Considering how very far smartphones have come, it can sometimes be a little surprising when you stop and take a moment to think about all the seemingly very simple things that we’re still trying to get ri
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 22:06:21
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp is exploring a new AI-based text rewriting feature that would help users change the style and tone of their message. When users type in the text box, a new Pencil button will appear. Tapping on it will allow the user to edit their text in various styles. This feature is currently in development and thus, not yet available to users. WhatsApp is the instant messaging app of choice for billions of users worldwide. Meta takes changes to the plat
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 22:00:31
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The RCS Universal Profile v2.7 introduces new features like message editing and the ability to remotely delete sent texts. Google Messages has been working on implementing remote deletion since at least last month. While still not publicly available, we’re now able to preview how remote deletion will look in the app. RCS finally arrived in full force last year, changing the way many of us message. Not only were walls falling down between Android and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 05:00:57
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Group chats on Google Messages might soon support “Mentions”. The feature is already available on messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, allowing users to tag TL;DR 3 Google Messages is constantly working to improve the texting experience for its users, and we’ve found hints of another upcoming feature that could make group chats much more convenient on the platform. Authority Insights story on Android Authority. Discover You're reading anstory
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