Sign in to your Android Police account Summary YouTube is a dominant platform for podcasts in the US, being the most frequently used service with over one billion monthly podcast users. YouTube has launched a new ‘Weekly Podcast Shows chart’ ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary YouTube is rolling out a redesigned miniplayer for its Android app (version 20.19.37) based on user feedback regarding its obtrusiveness. The updated miniplayer removes the bottom control bar, featuring only overlaid play/pause ...

Summary Coinbase joins the S&P 500 and immediately admits to a major data breach, marking a significant milestone for the cryptocurrency industry. The leak exposed sensitive user information, including ID images and contact information, and parts of sensitive account numbers, ...

Summary Android offers various widgets, including the Google app’s “At a Glance” for general information. Pixel phones have an exclusive, non-removable “At a Glance” implementation called SmartSpace, integrated into the Pixel Launcher. Pixel’s SmartSpace currently displays 19 categories of contextual ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Chrome now supports OCR for scanned PDFs, benefiting visually impaired users. Scanned PDFs can now be highlighted, text copied, and searched in Chrome. Page Zoom on Chrome for Android now behaves like ...

Summary Google is releasing new accessibility updates for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, enhancing features like TalkBack with improved Gemini AI integration for image and screen understanding, and introducing more nuanced “duration” to Expressive Captions. Chrome on desktop is gaining Optical ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Netflix’s ad-supported subscription tier has more than doubled to 94 million subscribers in a year. Netflix is expanding its ad platform, Netflix Ad Suite, which offers a low ad load and high ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Gboard is testing a cleaner emoji panel UI in its latest 15.3.06.x beta update for Android. The redesign removes the “All” section and adds larger, spaced icons for easier tapping. The backspace ...

YouTube unveils dystopian AI plan to insert ads when you’re most emotionally vulnerable Sign in to your Android Police account Summary YouTube just showcased a new, AI-based ad placement system called Peak Points, designed to take advantage of a video’s ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary YouTube now allows collaborative playlist voting, letting party guests or road trip passengers control the music. Playlist voting’s launch was delayed for extended testing, but is now officially available and will continue ...