by dbadmin | Feb 24, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, News
Google app beta reveals references to a new “Hey <something>” hotword for invoking Google Assistant/Gemini. This suggests Google may offer users a choice between “Hey Google” and potentially “Hey Gemini.” The new hotword could remain restricted to only select...
by dbadmin | Feb 24, 2025 | Authority Insights, News, Samsung
A flaw has been discovered in Samsung’s Secure Folder feature, which allows anyone to view the apps and photos stored in it. This is possible because Samsung’s Secure Folder is set up like a Work profile. Subsequently, the Android Settings and Permission Controller...
by dbadmin | Feb 21, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is working on an AI-powered avatar generator for Play Games profiles. We’ve enabled it before the official rollout to give you an early look. Google is developing an AI-powered avatar generator for the Play Store that...
by dbadmin | Feb 21, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Google, HDR, News
Android 16 is implementing support for true HDR screenshots, enabling you to take screenshots of HDR content. This capability is live in Android 16 Beta 2 and builds upon the previous work that Google did to support HDR in Android screenshots. However, HDR screenshots...
by dbadmin | Feb 20, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The latest Google Messages beta has revealed that Google is working on integrating group chats with the Android share sheet. This will allow users to share content to group chats directly from other apps, saving them a few...
by dbadmin | Feb 20, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is working on several tweaks to the search interface in Google Messages. Perhaps the most notable change is that search filters now make better use of empty space. Google Messages offers pretty robust search...
