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Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google Contacts could soon make it easier to initiate video calls. You’ll soon be able to set a default app for video calls, namely for Connected Apps such as WhatsApp. When Connected Apps are ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is testing a new landscape layout for Android, which is better optimized and has less wasted white space. The updated layout is available for some users but is not widely available. YouTube is ...

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR Google app could soon get AI suggestions for searches on iOS. Tapping on the pencil icon in the search box opens a new page with a text box. When you start typing, suggestions to ...

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing the MediaTek T900 modem in its Pixel 10 prototypes. Not much is currently known about the modem, but it should support 3GPP Release 17 5G specification. Over the past month, ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new Android feature named “bundled notifications” that silences and groups together notifications with similar themes. These themes include notifications about promotions, news, social networking, and recommendations. This feature isn’t ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is testing an “Unsubscribe”  option. This option will let you unsubscribe from business or spam messages. There is also a “Subscribe” option if you want to resubscribe to these messages. A while ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Play Store is making further preparations to identify apps designed for Android XR. Apps will be able to display a “Made for XR” label with corresponding headset icon. While few apps have declared ...

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing to add more granular controls for the size of the clock on the lock screen. We spotted a new UI that lets you customize the weight, width, roundness, and slant of ...