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Google has updated Gemini to let users edit AI-generated documents directly within the app, offering interactive previews alongside text-based revision requests. The web version supports a wide range of file types, including spreadsheets, presentations, code, and Workspace files, while the mobile app currently only handles PDFs.
Amazon is currently discounting Nothing's Headphone (a) over-ear ANC headphones by $70. The model features 40mm titanium-coated drivers, LDAC and Hi-Res Audio support, Bluetooth 5.4, IP52 water resistance, and physical controls, with battery life up to 135 hours without ANC or 75 hours with it enabled.
An Android Authority contributor details Pixel settings he routinely turns off after setup, including auto-adding new app icons to the home screen, the always-listening 'Now Playing' song-recognition feature, and the camera's Top Shot mode. He cites clutter, battery drain, and privacy concerns around constant listening as reasons for disabling these defaults.
MANGMI has upgraded its Pocket Max Android gaming handheld's battery from 8,000mAh to 10,000mAh without formal announcement, as shown on its current product page. The device still features a 7-inch 144Hz OLED screen, Snapdragon 865 chip, 27W wired charging, and starts at $230 for an 8GB/128GB configuration.
Android Authority contrasts Google's approach of weaving Gemini AI into core Android functions like messaging and photography with Apple's more restrained AI rollout on the iPhone 18 Pro. The piece notes Apple has focused on building on-device processing to keep AI features local and private rather than pushing users toward cloud-connected tools.
Google has introduced a new feature in Gemini called immersive explorations, offering 20 preset topics spanning categories like Civilizations, Energy, Engineering, Medicine, Geology, Oceans, and Spaceflight. The feature sits within Gemini's student hub alongside existing tools like flashcards and quizzes, and is available on mobile and web for all users.
The GSMA, which oversees the RCS messaging standard, warns that RCS has a six-to-twelve month window to establish itself as a conversational, AI-capable platform rather than a one-way notification tool. GSMA Intelligence data shows people receive about 3.2 billion RCS messages daily, but businesses sent only around 20 billion RCS messages in all of 2025, versus roughly 15 SMS messages per subscriber monthly. The GSMA says it is developing new conversational features but has not announced specifics or timelines.
Researcher Mark Blaszczyk disclosed a flaw in Android's telephony stack where a malformed WAP Push SMS causes an unchecked integer cast to produce a negative array size, triggering an uncaught exception that kills the com.android.phone process. The crash requires no interaction from the recipient and can terminate active calls, including emergency calls. Google classified the report as non-security and marked it won't fix, so no CVE was issued despite the 90-day disclosure window elapsing.
Google is rolling out sponsored listings in AI Mode search results to India, Australia, Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Singapore, with Brazil, Mexico and the UK slated to follow later in Q4 2026. The company says ads will carry a 'Sponsored' label to separate them from AI-generated answers, and in the US it is also testing ads that appear during follow-up questions within the same AI Mode conversation.
Google and XREAL have released XREAL AURA, described as the first wired XR glasses built on Android XR. The glasses weigh under 95 grams and offload processing to a connected compute puck containing the battery and Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Reality Elite platform, offering a 70-degree field of view and Gemini AI integration across real-world and app content.
Android Authority reports that Google is developing an automatic local backup feature in Quick Share settings that saves phone files directly to a PC. New code strings indicate the tool will not support Samsung-branded computers, extending an earlier exclusion that already ruled out Samsung phones.
The TCL NXTPAPER 11 Gen 2, an 11-inch Android tablet with an anti-glare matte display, is currently selling on Amazon for $209.97, down from its $289.99 list price. The discounted bundle includes a stylus and flip case alongside the tablet.