by dbadmin | May 6, 2025 | Android 16, Battery, Battery Life, Google, Google Pixel 8a, Google Pixel 9, Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Google Pixel 9a, News
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Android’s long-awaited Battery Health menu has arrived in Android 16 Beta 3, but only for the Pixel 9 series and the Pixel 8a. Google has confirmed that older Pixels, including the not-so-old Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, will not...
by dbadmin | May 6, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Material 3 Expressive, News, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: 9to5Google We recently uncovered Google’s work on a major visual overhaul of Android. The company is giving Android a fresh coat of paint using the Material 3 Expressive design language. This overhaul entails copious use of blurred backgrounds, a tweaked...
by dbadmin | May 6, 2025 | Android 16, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Samsung’s Secure Folder feature currently exposes apps and media by over-relying on Android’s Work profile. A new leak shows that One UI 8 will likely adopt Android’s Private Space API to fix this flaw. With the upcoming...
by dbadmin | May 6, 2025 | Android 16, News, Samsung, Samsung DeX, Samsung One UI
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority A new One UI 8 leak shows a few changes to Samsung DeX, potentially influenced by Android 16’s desktop mode. Changes include repositioned taskbar icons, improved app drawer, and card-based search UI. This redesign for DeX...
by dbadmin | May 5, 2025 | Android 16, Google, Material 3 Expressive, News
Google is working on a ton of new UI changes in its big Android redesign. This is part of Google’s Material 3 Expressive initiative, focusing on more emotion-driven UX. The new battery icon appears sleeker and more modern with a new shape and rounded corners, and...
by dbadmin | May 5, 2025 | Android 16, Android Security, Authority Insights, News
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google is working on an Intrusion Detection system for Android, according to a teardown of the Play Services app. The system will collect a log of your device/network activities that can be accessed if you notice suspicious...