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I Keep Using My Face To Navigate My Smartwatch (If You Know, You Nose)

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I Spent A Good Week With LineageOS, But I’m Happy To Be Done With It

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After 10 Years With A ‘n00b’ Smart Home, I’ve Finally Adopted Home Assistant

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7 Excellent Good Lock Features I’d Like To See In Samsung One UI

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Live Captions On Android Are Going Transparent

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Android 16 May Give You A Heads Up When Your Phone’s Time Zone Changes

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android will soon be able to alert you when your device’s time zone has been automatically updated. This alert will come in the form of a notification. The feature isn’t live yet in ...

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Google Messages Could Soon Get A Useful WhatsApp Integration (APK Teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages might soon allow users to initiate WhatsApp video calls directly from the app. Users can currently initiate Google Meet video calls, but the service could prefer WhatsApp in the future. Google Messages ...

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Android 16 Could Finally Let You Remap Keyboard Shortcuts

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new Android feature that will let you customize keyboard shortcuts. This option isn’t live yet, but we spotted code for it in Android 16 preview builds. It’s not clear ...

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Google Messages Will Finally Let You Delete RCS Chats For Everyone (APK Teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is preparing to add new deletion capabilities for RCS chats. You will soon have an option to delete RCS chats for yourself or for everyone, including you and the recipient. Google Messages ...

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Does The Samsung Galaxy S25 Run As Smoothly As The Ultra?

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The entire Samsung Galaxy S25 series promises the best performance ever seen from a smartphone thanks to their Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy processor. However, we know that Qualcomm’s latest chip can run ...

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Google Photos Wants You To Know Exactly What Its Video Presets Do (APK Teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last fall, Photos added new editing presets for video effects. These presets are all labeled by name and assigned icons. Photos is working on replacing those icons with sort, illustrative video clips. Google Photos ...

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You Can Set A Custom Wake Word For Bixby On The Galaxy S25, But Will Anyone Care?

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has quietly expanded a feature that lets you set a custom wake-up phrase for its Bixby voice assistant. Back in February 2023, Samsung announced that Galaxy S23 users in Korea would be able ...

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WhatsApp Set To Introduce Bill Payments For Users In Its Largest Market (APK Teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp could soon introduce bill payments in India, taking on rivals like PhonePe and Google Pay. We discovered the upcoming feature in an APK teardown of WhatsApp beta version 2.25.3.15. It’s unclear when the ...

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Gemini Could Soon Fix Its Attachment Inconsistencies (APK Teardown)

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The main Gemini app experience lets you attach wider file formats from local and online storage, but these options are missing from the overlay experience. Google could soon fix this file attachment inconsistency by ...

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There Is Even More To The Google Pixel 4a’s Horrific Battery Update Than We Thought

David Imel / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Pixel 4a battery update does even more than we thought, reducing capacity by around 44% and halving the maximum charging speed on affected devices. The update also disables features like Adaptive Charging ...