by dbadmin | Apr 14, 2025 | Android 12, Authority Insights, News
Google is no longer backporting security patches to Android 12 or 12L, as both operating systems have reached end-of-life status. This means that device makers will have to backport security patches on their own if they want to provide security updates to their...
by dbadmin | Apr 14, 2025 | Android 15, Authority Insights, News
Google has raised the requirement for how much flash storage Android devices must have in order to pass the company’s certification program. Starting with Android 15, devices must ship with at least 32GB of storage, 75% of which must be allocated to the data...
by dbadmin | Apr 14, 2025 | Android, Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Google is adding new Expressive Captions to Android’s Live Caption system. The list of Expressive Captions is expanding to include sounds like whispering, sneezing, snoring, gargles, and more. Last year, Google introduced...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, Features, Gboard
Google is working on “meme studio” for Gboard. The feature lets users generate memes manually or using AI. The AI part of the feature is currently not very good, often generating nonsensical text and picking weird base images. As a proud Gen-Zer, I enjoy memes quite a...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, News
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Google is working on a visual refresh for the “Autofill with Google” settings page. Changes include new icons, edit options, and clearer outbound link indicators. However, some sections retain inconsistent monochrome icons....
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, google messages, News, RCS
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Messages is preparing new RCS labels for contacts. The app will soon display an RCS tag next to the names and numbers of contacts using RCS. In addition to the RCS label, Google Messages is also tweaking the contact...
