Here’s how Android Identity Check will start taking advantage of your smartwatch (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Aug 1, 2025 | Android Security, Authority Insights, News

Identity Check offers an extra layer of protection when someone steals both your phone and your PIN. By requiring biometrics, Identity Check attempts to limit the harm bad actors could do. Google is working to let you bypass that biometric requirement when your device...

Google Messages will finally tell you when your custom ROM is the problem (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Aug 1, 2025 | Authority Insights, Custom ROM, Google, google messages, News, RCS

Last year, Google began preventing devices that failed Play Integrity checks from sending RCS messages. Google Messages would simply drop texts, without delivering any errors or warnings. Messages now appears to be adding an explicit notice when security requirements...

Finding the right image on Android just got a whole lot easier

by dbadmin | Jul 31, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News

Google is bringing several new features to the Android Photo Picker tool. These features include the ability to change the photo grid view size, as well as a new way to choose multiple photos. These additions seem to be rolling out via the latest Android Canary...

Google Photos is getting a new video editor and some much-needed extras (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Jul 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Photos, News

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority An Android Authority teardown has revealed an overhauled video editor in Google Photos. The new editor features some visual changes in line with the Material 3 Expressive style. The editor also has video flipping...

Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Jul 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Photos, News

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Photos could soon introduce a new feature allowing users to back up only their favorite photos and videos. This feature could provide a middle ground between full auto-backup and manual selection, saving storage...

Here’s how ChatGPT’s upcoming ‘Study Together’ tool could enhance learning (Updated: Rolling out)

by dbadmin | Jul 30, 2025 | Authority Insights, ChatGPT, News, OpenAI

Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority OpenAI is working on a dedicated “Study Together” mode to help users grasp concepts better. Study Together is likely to help break down concepts into simpler terms and follow up with quizzes for more engaged learning. It is...