by dbadmin | May 18, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google appears to be developing an Android equivalent to iOS’s Standby Mode, hinted at by a Google Play Services update and code found in Android 16. This new feature will likely leverage an enhanced Hub Mode, which is being optimized for phones and will integrate...
by dbadmin | May 16, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google may be developing “Magic Actions” for Android, an AI-powered enhancement to notification actions that could leverage the Gemini AI model. This new feature, which we spotted in Android 16 code, aims to replace the current Smart Actions, and could offer more...
by dbadmin | May 16, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Calendar, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is working on changes to the Calendar app. These changes introduce the Google Sans Flex font and a new FAB style. You can also see that the corners of the calendar are rounded and the lines between days are thicker....
by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google Pixel, News
Sony’s new WH-1000XM6 headphones will use Bluetooth LE Audio by default on Pixel phones with Android 16, no manual activation needed. This is because Google added them to an LE Audio “allowlist” after testing, unlike most devices where the feature is experimental....
by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Android XR, Authority Insights, News, Quick Share
Google appears to be bringing Quick Share support to Android XR, its new OS for AR/VR devices, to facilitate file transfers. A recent code change submitted by a Google engineer added “XR” as a supported device type for Quick Share. While a Quick Share client for...
by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Drive, News
Google’s preparing a handful of changes to the interface for its Drive Android app. The tweaks appear to follow Material 3 Expressive guidance, ahead of Google’s plans to widely embrace the look later this year. Google has already started making similar changes to its...
