Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new gesture that will make it easier to open the full-screen Gemini experience from the overlay. The Gemini overlay already offers users a shortcut to open the full-screen experience, ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing Material 3 Expressive components in a beta version of its Files app. Changes include centrally placed, redesigned floating buttons, larger thumbnails, and a new progress bar design. These design features are ...
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be developing an Android equivalent to iOS’s Standby Mode, hinted at by a Google Play Services update and code found in Android 16. This new feature will likely leverage an enhanced ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be developing “Magic Actions” for Android, an AI-powered enhancement to notification actions that could leverage the Gemini AI model. This new feature, which we spotted in Android 16 code, aims to replace ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on changes to the Calendar app. These changes introduce the Google Sans Flex font and a new FAB style. You can also see that the corners of the calendar are rounded ...
TL;DR Sony’s new WH-1000XM6 headphones will use Bluetooth LE Audio by default on Pixel phones with Android 16, no manual activation needed. This is because Google added them to an LE Audio “allowlist” after testing, unlike most devices where the ...
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be bringing Quick Share support to Android XR, its new OS for AR/VR devices, to facilitate file transfers. A recent code change submitted by a Google engineer added “XR” as ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s preparing a handful of changes to the interface for its Drive Android app. The tweaks appear to follow Material 3 Expressive guidance, ahead of Google’s plans to widely embrace the look later this ...
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The Pixel-specific version of Google’s At a Glance (SmartSpace) may add a Finance Recap feature. There’s no official timeline yet, and other leaked features like sports scores have also not yet released. The At ...
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Android Auto is changing how games are displayed. Games no longer take up the whole screen when opened. Users no longer have to swipe down to see the back and exit buttons. A wave ...
