by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android, Apple, Apple Maps, Features, Google, Google Maps
Opinion post byDhruv Bhutani It might sound odd to many of you but my go-to maps app on my Android phone has been Apple Maps for the last month or so. No, there’s no native app. Yes, I’ve had to rely on a web-based bookmarklet. But guess what, I don’t really mind it....
by dbadmin | May 17, 2025 | Android, Features, Linux
Google’s Pixel Drop updates rarely include surprises these days, but the rollout of the Linux Terminal app gave hungry power users something to sink their teeth into. It grants users access to a terminal running within a Debian-based virtual machine, opening up a...
by dbadmin | May 17, 2025 | Android, Features, Google, Google Apps, Material 3 Expressive
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Material 3 Expressive is pretty — I get it. It’s fluid, responsive, and has all the fun and eye-catching animations that I want from a modern interface when I look at my phone. But as Google explained all the work that went...
by dbadmin | May 16, 2025 | AI, Android, Features
As yearly phone releases have become more iterative for major brands, there is one new area of expansion that is heavily marketed — generative AI features. While AI features have long been important for certain smartphone functions, generative AI is the new frontier...
by dbadmin | May 14, 2025 | Android, Features, Samsung, Samsung One UI
Customization has always been Samsung’s bread and butter. Above all else, it’s the reason I steer people towards Galaxy devices — yes, even more than flexible cameras, excellent build quality, and reliable software updates. There’s something about an Android phone you...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Guides
Google is shaking things up a bit for the release of Android 16. While we typically see a new version of Android in the third quarter of the year, 2025 will mark the beginning of a new annual release target. The tech giant is moving the launch of the next major OS...
