Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A teardown of the Google Home app has revealed that Google is bringing several major UI tweaks to the app. Google could make it much easier to set up Matter gadgets thanks to a ...
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16’s Advanced Protection Mode will offer a one-click toggle that enables a plethora of security settings across the OS and even external apps. We’ve spotted the full list of security measures envisaged under ...
Andy Walker / Android Authority Every feature addition that Google makes to Android and its other products always seems to funnel me back to the company’s original purpose: search. As its name suggests, Circle to Search is one very obvious ...
Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google wants to address excessive app battery drain with a new wake lock metric in the Android Vitals dashboard. Google is partnering with device makers to pinpoint causes of excessive wake locks ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has introduced a new metric in the Play Console beta to detect excessive background wake locks. The tool helps developers identify and fix app behaviors that drain batteries without the user’s knowledge. It’s ...
Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google, the dominant search engine with nearly 90% market share, is phasing out its use of country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) like google.co.uk and google.de. This change is due to advancements in ...
TL;DR Earlier today, Google rolled out Veo 2 support for Gemini Advanced users, allowing them to use generative AI to create short video clips. We have evidence that Google could make this a “freemium” feature so you wouldn’t need a ...
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR The Pixel 9a is exhibiting an odd “flickering” behavior during front-facer previews. The camera seem to be unable to decide on exposure settings, and jumps between different brightness levels. Despite the jarring preview ...
Sign in to your Android Police account Summary YouTube is introducing a “new” label on Shorts for both Android and iOS users to distinguish recently uploaded videos from older, algorithmically suggested content. This new feature offers a degree of chronological ...
Summary The Japanese Fair Trade Commission issued Google a cease-and-desist order over monopolistic behavior. The order calls out Google’s abusive distribution agreements and revenue-sharing program stipulations. Google must stop the anti-competitive practices, outline the steps it’s taking to change, and ...
