by dbadmin | Aug 23, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Authority Insights Newsletter, Features
Right after blowing our minds with the new AI-powered Voice Translate feature on the Pixel 10, Google went and dashed our hopes of seeing a new Pixel Tablet anytime soon. The company told Bloomberg that it has “paused development on a tablet overhaul until it figures...
by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Android 16, Material 3 Expressive, News
Google has confirmed it will roll out a new customization setting in Android to let users turn off the background blur effect. Android’s new Material 3 Expressive design makes ample use of blur throughout the UI. The setting is coming in the “near future” for...
by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel, News
Android 16 adds a shortcut to open Google Wallet with a power button double-press, but Google has limited this feature to the Pixel 8 and newer devices. Despite no apparent technical limitations, Google intentionally disabled the gesture on older phones like the Pixel...
by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Android 15, Android 16, Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority Google may soon roll out a new “Hearing Wellness” settings page to Pixel devices that lets you control whether the OS will notify you and/or take proactive action on your prolonged exposure to loud audio. The feature builds...
by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Android 15, Android 16, Google, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority Google is bringing a new “Hearing Wellness” feature to Pixel devices to notify you about prolonged exposure to loud audio. The feature will lower your headphones’ volume to safer limits to prevent any hearing loss. The...
by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Android 16, Features, Material 3 Expressive, Widgets
Google is implementing a big redesign of Android with Material 3 Expressive. This updated design language will spread across apps and Android itself with the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 update. And despite updating most of its apps, Google is overlooking widgets again...
