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This physical Clicks keyboard is the Pixel 9 upgrade I didn't know I needed

ZDNET's key takeaways The Clicks Keyboard for Google Pixel 9 and 9 Pro is available for $139. The keyboard supports native Android shortcuts, has a dedicated Gemini button, and supports data pass-through However,it only comes in black, shortcuts can't be customized, and there is no Clicks for the larger Pixel 9 Pro XL. View now at Clicks In early 2024, a couple of my longtime buddies in the mobile tech world launched Clicks, a company that makes physical QWERTY keyboard accessories for the iP

Google may soon let Pixel users remove the search widget’s new AI Mode shortcut (APK teardown)

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently added a new shortcut to the Pixel Launcher’s search widget, making it easy for users to launch Search’s AI Mode from the home screen. This new shortcut hasn’t gone down well with users, with many finding it intrusive. Google may soon give users an option to remove the AI Mode shortcut from the search widget. Google recently rolled out an easier way to access Search’s AI Mode. The company added a new AI Mode shortcut to the Pixel Launch

Check out Pixel’s new AI Mode home screen shortcut (Update: Rolling out widely)

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel devices could soon receive a shortcut to Search’s AI Mode on the home screen. The shortcut will appear within the Pixel Launcher’s search widget and launch the Google app’s AI Mode interface. We’ve enabled it in Android 16 QPR1 beta to give you an early look. Update, June 20, 2025 (1:55 PM ET): After slowly getting started earlier this month, this week it appears that the new Pixel Launcher AI Mode shortcut is rolling out widely. Here’s the new

My favorite iPhone productivity feature just got a major upgrade with iOS 26 (and it's not Siri)

Apple Shortcuts app on MacOS 26 Apple At WWDC last week, Apple showcased multiple new functionalities coming to its Shortcuts app. While most of these features were part of the MacOS 26 announcement, the Shortcuts app on iPhone will receive this update, too. The Shortcut app can use AI directly and enables developers to access Apple's on-device large language model (LLM). This means you can use AI-based Shortcut features without requiring an active internet connection. Also: Apple's 'The Illu

Shortcuts app has chatbot-like Apple Intelligence powers in iOS 26

Apple Intelligence doesn’t (yet) offer an official chatbot mode, but in iOS 26 Apple will let power users get a chatbot-style experience via the Shortcuts app. Here’s how it works. New Shortcuts feature gives you chatbot-like responses from Apple Intelligence iOS 26 has a new feature in the Shortcuts app that lets you tap directly into Apple Intelligence’s LLMs with any custom query. One surprise benefit of this feature, as highlighted by AppleInsider, is that Shortcuts’ responses sound a lot

Pixel Camera update may have killed this handy sharing feature

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google has pushed out a new Pixel Camera update to the Play Store. The update seems to remove the Social Share shortcut, which was introduced back in 2019. This menu pops up for a few seconds after taking a photo, allowing you to quickly share your snap via a selection of apps. Google introduced a Social Share shortcut to the Pixel Camera app back in 2019’s Pixel 4 series. This sharing menu would pop up immediately after taking a photo on your Pixel ph

Android 16 now lets you customize keyboard shortcuts — Here’s how it works

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 adds the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts. This feature first went live in Android 16 Beta 2. While you can’t assign custom key combinations to every available shortcut, you can customize many of them. Update, June 10, 2025 (2:24 PM ET): Google announced today that it is launching custom keyboard shortcuts in Android so you can “create your own combination of hotkeys.” This feature is already available in Android 16 for the Pixel Tab

macOS 26: Spotlight gets actions, clipboard manager, custom shortcuts, more

After years of incremental tweaks, Spotlight is taking center stage in macOS Tahoe 26, in what Apple calls its biggest update ever. Here’s everything that’s new. With this release, Apple wants to evolve Spotlight from a simple file and app launcher into a fully-fledged productivity layer across macOS, much like Alfred and Raycast users have used for years. A faster, more relevant Spotlight Spotlight now aims to be the fastest way to browse and interact with content on your Mac. It uses on-dev

How to make the most of the iPhone's Action Button

The Action button is available on nearly every iPhone Apple sells, offering a quick way to access a feature, app or shortcut on your phone, just by pushing a button. It can be a flashlight, activate a smart home routine or let you access any number of custom shortcuts without having to unlock your phone and pick through apps. Apple added the Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro as a replacement for the iPhone's original Ring / Silent switch, and it was an acknowledgement of sorts that lots of peo