by dbadmin | Oct 27, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News
TL;DR Code in the latest Google Messages beta hints that the app may be getting a trash folder. The folder could work similarly to Gmail’s, where trashed messages are held for 30 days before they’re automatically deleted. We couldn’t activate any UI for this new...
by dbadmin | Oct 27, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Clock, Material 3 Expressive, News
TL;DR Clock is dialing back its support for wallpaper backgrounds, to make sure you can still read the time. Google’s also beginning to remove references from Assistant within the app. Going forward, we may see a new “pulsing” effect for the time. These past few...
by dbadmin | Oct 26, 2025 | Authority Insights, Features, Gaming, Google Pixel 10
After testing out popular Android emulators on the Pixel 10 Pro XL and last year’s Pixel 9 Pro XL, I came away disappointed. Performance is notably worse on the new model, making some games far less enjoyable and others outright impossible to play. The Tensor G5...
by dbadmin | Oct 25, 2025 | Android XR, Apple Vision Pro, Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, Features, Samsung Galaxy XR
This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown discuss their hands-on impressions of the new Samsung Galaxy XR headset and whether it can compete with the Apple Vision Pro. They also dive into new data that explains the Pixel 10’s battery life problems and explore one...
by dbadmin | Oct 25, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Authority Insights Newsletter, News, Tablets
Over the past few years, Google has made major changes to the Android OS to better accommodate tablets and other large-screen devices. These include new features like a taskbar, desktop windowing, enhanced drag-and-drop support, improved app adaptability, and more....
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...
