by dbadmin | Nov 5, 2024 | Android, News
Credit: Keith Bellvay On November 5, 2007, Google and others released the very first Android beta. The first official Android phone — HTC Dream — was launched subsequently in 2008. Take our polls below to comment on the state of Android today and register your vote...
by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2024 | Android, Google, Google Photos, News, Survey Results
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The original Pixel series famously provided unlimited backups for photos and videos, a feature particularly loved by users like my colleague Hadlee Simons, who recently wrote about how he valued the ability to take pictures...
by dbadmin | Nov 1, 2024 | Android, Digital Wellbeing, Features
Credit: Matt Horne / Android Authority 2024 is the first year that I’m actually taking my New Year’s resolutions seriously. I wrote down a bunch of them and even kept working on them past the end of January — beating my previous record. They’re modest goals, but I’ve...
by dbadmin | Oct 31, 2024 | Android, Google, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The latest Google app beta introduces a Custom theme for the Search bar widget. The Custom theme brings back the ability to customize the color of the bar. The new theme is not yet available on the stable channel. One of the...
by dbadmin | Oct 31, 2024 | Android, Android 8 Oreo, Android Auto, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Android Auto is no longer working on older versions of Android. Users are noticing that the minimum OS requirement is now being enforced. Google recently changed the requirement to Android 9 or higher. If you’re an Android...
by dbadmin | Oct 31, 2024 | Android, Android 16, Google, Guides
Google switched things up with Android 15 when it decided to decouple the platform update from the Pixel 9 series. That decision gave both the software and hardware their own breathing room and independent timelines. With the official stable Android 15 update now out...
