by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Android apps, Android Games, Features
If, like me, you had an Android phone in the 2010s, you almost certainly played Flappy Bird. And all these years later, I still occasionally find myself itching to play a few rounds. Unfortunately, playing the original Flappy Bird in 2025 is all but impossible. But...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Google Gemini, Google Home, Google Nest, News
Credit: Lil Katz / Android Authority Google’s Nest smart speakers with Gemini-backed Google Assistant are getting new voices. The three new voices are also named after plants, as were the seven previously made available by Google in December 2024. Gemini-powered...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Play Services, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google is working on an Android-wide “Handoff” feature for multi-device syncing. This feature will enable access to apps and media across your devices, and even sync notifications between them. Apple has a similar Continuity...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, google messages, News, RCS
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Gemini on Android currently sends only text messages through Google Messages. If you ask Gemini to send an image via Google Messages, it will only send a blank URL in the text, as MMS is not supported yet. New code suggests...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | News, Samsung, Samsung One UI
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Now Brief in the latest One UI 8 beta displays birthday reminders and also lets you create an AI-generated birthday card. The birthday card is generated with a prompt and can be created in one of six art styles. This is the...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Oura, Rumor hubs/Wishlists, smart rings, Wearables
The smart ring arena is evolving quickly, but Oura still sets the pace. Its current-generation ring is polished, feature-packed, and impressively reliable. Yet, no device line is immune to the itch for something more. With new rivals entering the scene and wearables...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Google, Google Wallet, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Wallet is getting a new design that adopts Google’s Material 3 Expressive aesthetic. The update is now rolling out widely, and Google has also made it official in its latest Play System update. With the update, Google...
by dbadmin | Jun 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch 8
Samsung’s next launch event is on July 9, and we expect to see the Galaxy Watch 8 series announced. Watch 8 leaks so far have detailed design changes and given us plenty of looks at the evolving hardware. Our attention now turns to some new watch faces which should...
by dbadmin | Jun 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, News
Google’s been developing a new compact screen-bottom overlay for interacting with Gemini Live. This bar may feature the button that will activate Gemini Live’s version of Circle to Search. Google also appears to be considering captioning controls for the overlay....
by dbadmin | Jun 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google may soon replace Gemini’s two-tone color scheme with its iconic brand colors. The new colors will appear around the Gemini overlay, which could receive another minor design change. The Gemini logo will also adopt...
