Published on: 2025-06-11 23:42:52
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google is working on an easy way to manually enable Now Playing functionality. Now Playing runs in the background and uses on-device machine learning to automatically identify music. However, the company is working on a Now Playing Quick Settings tile that would let users manually identify a track. Google has offered Now Playing functionality on Pixel phones for years now, using on-device machine learning t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 02:02:03
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed Material 3 Expressive design tweaks coming to Google’s Phone app. The visual tweaks currently apply to the incoming call and in-call menus. This comes after we discovered visual changes coming to several other Google apps as well. Google is working on a visual overhaul of Android 16, using its Material 3 Expressive design. We’ve already spotted a few Google apps with similar tweaks, and we’ve now uncovered a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 09:35:00
President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement at the White House in April. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the emergency-powers law invoked by the administration doesn't give the president authority to impose duties on goods from nearly every US trading partner. The three-judge panel at the New York-based US Court of International
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 15:52:04
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the Google One app has revealed some design tweaks. The settings menu has received a visual overhaul in line with Google’s Material 3 Expressive style. This comes after Google revealed Android 16’s own overhaul last week. Google is giving Android 16 a fresh coat of paint with its Material 3 Expressive design language. These visual tweaks will come to Google’s own apps, and now we’ve got a first look at Google One‘s visual
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 04:25:44
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an easier process for sharing text responses from Gemini. The new workflow can be initiated by double tapping or dragging to select specific text, and users can bypass the “Select text” option. However, this new method won’t work on text in a list, only the text before or after it. While AI is still not 100% accurate, its output is almost always pretty interesting. Sometimes it’s right on the money, and you get helpful answers tha
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 04:10:15
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR One UI 8 Watch is getting new tile previews, and those should include options for Calculator, Buds, and Recorder. The Quick Button appears to be getting new support for starting and stopping recordings. Code strings point to the return of Samsung’s Exynos W1000 chip . Samsung’s next smartwatches are probably just a few weeks away from making their formal debut, and we’ve already got a lot to be excited about. Not only are we expecting some exciting ne
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 15:30:37
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on some big UI changes for Photos, including Material 3 Expressive elements. We’re also seeing work on a new interface for more prominently indicating what’s going on with backups. Those banners now include an actual ETA on how long until your backups are done. What’s the most valuable thing on your phone? Sure, the phone itself is probably worth a whole chunk of change, but that’s replaceable. For a whole lot of us, it’s probably t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 17:05:47
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google’s Phone app could automatically delete your Call Notes. This joins the existing option to automatically delete call recordings. The Call Notes feature is restricted to Pixel phones in the US right now. Google currently offers Call Recording functionality on its Pixel phones, and the accompanying Call Notes feature can transcribe and summarize these calls too. Now, it looks like Google could give
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 04:38:34
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos could soon receive a redesigned homepage that follows Android’s new Material 3 Expressive design language. The updated homepage will replace the app’s name at the top with its icon and introduce a new loading animation. The redesigned homepage is expected to arrive later this year, and Google could make further changes before it hits the stable channel. Google Photos is set to receive a visual revamp in line with Android’s new Material
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-30 16:13:57
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr celebrated an FCC court loss yesterday after a ruling that struck down Biden-era diversity reporting requirements that Carr voted against while Democrats were in charge. "An appellate court just struck down the Biden FCC's 2024 decision to force broadcasters to post race and gender scorecards," Carr wrote. "As I said in my dissent back then, the FCC's 2024 decision was an unlawful effort to pressure businesses into discriminating based on
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 15:28:18
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has recently updated Gemini with a boatload of in-development UI tweaks. Some include dropping the “Gemini” name from headers, and rebranding “Saved info.” We also see further progress on multiple changes to the way you view and access chat history. Update: May 19, 2025 (12:27 PM ET): We previously found evidence of Google working on a feature that will allow you to search past conversations with Gemini. While the feature wasn’t functional bef
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 17:11:51
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing Material 3 Expressive components in a beta version of its Files app. Changes include centrally placed, redesigned floating buttons, larger thumbnails, and a new progress bar design. These design features are not yet live and may change before public release in the stable branch of the app. Material 3 Expressive is going to be the flavor of the season, and we’ll see plenty of Google and third-party apps update to incorporate Android’
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 04:00:54
Andy Walker / Android Authority AI is often seen as a mere buzzword companies like to throw around to make their products and services look more appealing. And while it’s true that not all AI-related features prove useful, there are AI services I rely on heavily daily that have really made me more efficient and productive. Gemini, for example, has proven invaluable for me, both professionally and personally. Then there’s NotebookLM, a powerful tool many are still unaware of. I want to share fi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 23:30:44
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s preparing a handful of changes to the interface for its Drive Android app. The tweaks appear to follow Material 3 Expressive guidance, ahead of Google’s plans to widely embrace the look later this year. Google has already started making similar changes to its other Android apps, like Keep. Google’s got a hot new look for 2025, and we’re not just talking about that dreamy new smooth-rainbow G; this week the company jumped the gun on Google I/
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 12:25:46
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Android Auto is changing how games are displayed. Games no longer take up the whole screen when opened. Users no longer have to swipe down to see the back and exit buttons. A wave of changes is headed for Android Auto in the near future. Not only is the platform being prepared for Gemini integration, but we also recently noticed that its in-progress light theme looks like it’s almost ready for prime time. In today’s APK teardown, we have found yet anothe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-13 17:54:36
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is working on a Listen Brief button in One UI 8, according to an Android Authority teardown. This seems to be an audio version of the Now Brief feature, which offers a personalized summary of your morning, afternoon, or evening. It looks like Samsung could offer play, pause, and stop controls for Listen Brief, along with your choice of text-to-speech engine. Samsung introduced the Now Brief feature on the Galaxy S25 series back in January, deliver
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 00:14:08
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google introduced its four-color G logo back in 2015. The Google app on both iOS and Android has now started deploying a new G logo with a gradient spread to its colors. The new rainbow G has yet to appear on other Google products. Is there any branding in modern tech more iconic than the rainbow-colored Google logo? It’s taken a lot of forms over the years, and just about one decade ago, we saw Google condense its wordmark down into a multi-color, segme
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 23:11:17
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a UI change in the latest version of the Google Messages app. Videos sent via RCS have a delete shortcut instead of a forward icon. This would make for a much quicker way to delete videos. Google Messages is the go-to texting app on Android phones, and it supports the RCS standard for a more modern messaging experience. Now, it looks like the company is testing an interesting change to videos received via RCS. Authority Insights st
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-17 22:08:15
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR A teardown of a One UI 8 Watch app has revealed a new charging animation for the upcoming smartwatch software. This animation is in line with that of One UI 7 on smartphones, suggesting a more consistent look and feel between devices. Samsung is working on the One UI 8 Watch software, which is expected to launch later this year. We’ve already discovered plenty of details about this new software, and it looks like it has a nifty new charging animation t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 01:29:31
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google Password Manager for Android could get automatic passkey upgrades. This would be a major improvement over having to manually upgrade your passwords to passkeys on Android. Passkeys are more secure and convenient alternatives to usernames and passwords. Google has firmly embraced passkeys as an alternative to passwords, giving users a more secure and convenient way to sign in. The Chrome browser on de
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 12:16:30
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google Drive on mobile is getting rid of the bottom sheet that appears after tapping the FAB. All of the options in the sheet are moving to the FAB. The Gemini icon is now appearing everywhere in the app. In a recent APK teardown, we discovered that Google Drive could be getting some Gemini-powered features on mobile. Our latest APK teardown not only shows more evidence of this, but also reveals that a change could be coming for the floating action butto
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 07:30:41
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR One UI Watch 8 could introduce a battery protection feature that limits charging to a certain percentage. Currently, Galaxy Watches will stop charging once the battery is full and trickle charge as necessary. This is similar to Pixel Watch’s upcoming Adaptive Charging or the Apple Watch’s existing Optimized Charging Limit. One common denominator that presents itself with all consumer technology is battery degradation. Over time, a rechargeable battery
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 09:09:46
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is adding a new app to One UI 8 Watch, called Shortcuts. An Android Authority teardown has revealed that this will let you add app shortcuts to your watch’s home screen. Apps can be added to your wearable’s home screen in 2×1 and 2×2 tiles. Samsung is expected to launch the One UI 8 Watch update later this year, bringing new features and tweaks to its Galaxy Watch line. Now, it looks like the company is working on a more convenient way to open ap
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-22 08:30:46
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: 2025-07-22 16:00:15
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be prepping a new mechanic for the “Recents” UI in its Files app. A new update reveals Files by Google testing out the same sort of dynamic carousel we see in Google Photos. No Google app ever stays the same forever, and while some get much more attention than others, on a long enough timeline the odds of any UI remaining unchanged drop to zero. Last summer we saw Google rethinking its approach to the “Recents” view in its Files app,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-24 23:30:53
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini Extensions (now called Apps) empower Google’s AI agent to work with software and services on your behalf. Google appears to be working to bring Gemini Apps support to Live. Much like we saw with normal Gemini, support for Apps on Gemini Live would likely not land all at once, instead deploying in phases. Google Gemini is pretty darn multi-faceted, just as comfortable answering our questions about world history as it is lending a hand coding a n
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-26 16:00:29
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority A couple of months ago, my Wi-Fi provider in France (Bouygues Telecom) launched an excellent offer for subscribers: one year of Perplexity Pro for free. I had been eying the service for a while, having heard nothing but good things from everyone who’s used Perplexity, but since I already had a Gemini Advanced perk with my Pixel 9 Pro, I couldn’t justify stacking more paid AI subscriptions for no reason. But free is free, so I jumped on the chance and redeemed
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 00:00:19
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority As a new parent, I’ve discovered that my Apple Watch is low-key the most helpful thing I own (besides an espresso machine). It’s like having a tiny, wearable command center strapped to my wrist, keeping me organized, connected, and just barely ahead of the chaos. Below are the most frequent ways I use my smartwatch to manage my new roommate. 1. Noise App Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Starting strong with the Noise app, the Apple Watch is surprisingly c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 08:44:15
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new ‘expressive’ version of Material Design, which is expected to be revealed at Google I/O 2025 in the coming weeks. We’ve spotted and activated this new expressive theme in the Google Services settings page within Android settings. This joins the growing list of apps getting ready to adopt the upcoming Material 3 Expressive theme after its launch. Over the months, we’ve spotted plenty of clues indicating that Google is working
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 09:22:44
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently updated Google Home’s release notes page with details of everything new in recent updates. The company could soon add a new shortcut to the app to give users easier access to these detailed release notes. Google recently updated the Google Home app release notes page with detailed changelogs for recent updates, highlighting all the new features, bug fixes, and more in great detail. The company now wants to make it easier for users to ke
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