Google has replaced the Google Assistant app on Android with Gemini by default (www.androidauthority.com)
This means:...
First look: Google Keep will let you jot notes from the lock screen on Android tablets (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 could protect your most sensitive notifications from scammers (www.androidauthority.com)
Google Messages could soon let you edit texts after sending (www.androidauthority.com)
This sounds like a nice step towards modernizing texting, but it’s a shame that Messages doesn’t have an open RCS API to encourage broad adoption across messaging apps.
Mystery Google phone sparks Pixel 8a speculation: A big battery upgrade on the horizon? (www.androidauthority.com)
tl;dr: a testing certificate for a Google phone going by the model name “GH2MB” (similar to those of the Pixel 7a) is suggesting that the Pixel 8a might be getting a 4,942mAh battery. For a comparison, the Pixel 7a has 4,385mAh, the 8 has 4,575mAh and the 8 Pro has 5,050mAh.
The Gemini Android app is already available in more regions, including Europe and Asia (www.androidauthority.com)
This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 might introduce a new “easy pre-set” mode that optimizes the UI for readability (www.androidauthority.com)
Here's a first look at Android's revamped chat bubbles feature on the Pixel Tablet (www.androidauthority.com)
Exclusive: This could be the Google Pixel Fold 2 (www.androidauthority.com)
Source: Pixel Fold 2 might skip the Tensor G3 and add more RAM (www.androidauthority.com)
Here's an early look at multiple Wear OS design changes coming to Pixel Watch 2 (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 could add built-in support for app archiving (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 might force more apps to take up 100% of your screen (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 might force more apps to take up 100% of your screen (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 prepares to let you share media audio to nearby devices (www.androidauthority.com)
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Nothing Phone 1 receives Android 14 update with Nothing OS 2.5 (www.androidauthority.com)
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Nothing Phone 1 receives Android 14 update with Nothing OS 2.5 (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11468922...
Android 15 prepares to let you share media audio to nearby devices (www.androidauthority.com)
Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads (www.androidauthority.com)
Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through...
Sorry, Google: After Assistant's chaotic evolution, I can't believe in Bard (www.androidauthority.com)
'Photo Stacks' in Google Photos for Android now rolling out more widely (www.androidauthority.com)
The new feature apparently doesn’t seem to work offline though.
Google is partnering with Samsung because that’s the only way it can beat Apple (www.androidauthority.com)
(Android Authority) Don’t expect Firefox for Android to get tablet UI anytime soon (www.androidauthority.com)
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Pixel Launcher could soon give you the freedom to choose your own web search engine (www.androidauthority.com)
