by dbadmin | Oct 24, 2025 | Android 17, Android Canary, Authority Insights, News
TL;DR Google is developing a native color picker tool called “EyeDropper” that is expected to be released with Android 17. This new app will provide a system-wide API, allowing any app to let users select a specific color from their screen and get its value. The tool...
by dbadmin | Oct 21, 2025 | Android 16, Android Canary, Google, News
TL;DR Android Canary 2510 is available now for the Pixel 6 and newer hardware. Changes include a new UI for flashlight brightness control. Android’s been working on new options for three-button navigation, and this release finally lets us change the order. This year...
by dbadmin | Oct 21, 2025 | Android Canary, Google, Google Pixel, News
TL;DR Google is adding a new setting to Android that lets you reorder the three-button navigation bar. This will allow users to switch from the default “Back, Home, Recents” layout to the “Recents, Home, Back” layout common on Samsung phones. The feature is live in...
by dbadmin | Oct 21, 2025 | Android Canary, Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel, News
TL;DR Google is working on a new setting that gives Pixel users more control over the Always-on Display. This new option will automatically power down the display when no user activity is detected, helping save battery life. The feature isn’t live yet, and it’s...
by dbadmin | Oct 21, 2025 | Android Canary, News
TL;DR A future Android update will add a native flashlight brightness slider to the Quick Settings on Pixel phones. The latest Android Canary release introduces a new visual design for this slider that resembles an actual flashlight. This feature is not expected to...
by dbadmin | Sep 26, 2025 | Android Canary, Authority Insights, Linux, News
TL;DR Google is working to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android, which currently run slowly using inefficient CPU-based rendering. This will be achieved by implementing gfxstream, a technology that forwards graphics API calls to the host’s GPU...
