by dbadmin | Feb 20, 2026 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Phone app, Google Wear OS, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working to bring Calling Cards support to Wear OS, enabling personalized, full-screen call backgrounds on smartwatches. Evidence found in the latest Google Phone beta suggests that Calling Card metadata and images...
by dbadmin | Feb 6, 2026 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Contacts, Google Phone app, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is addressing user complaints by adding a Calling Cards shortcut to the “Organize” tab in the Google Contacts app. The Google Phone app is receiving further Material 3 Expressive updates, specifically bringing a...
by dbadmin | Feb 2, 2026 | Google, Google Phone app, News
TL;DR Last year Google started supporting a landscape mode UI for its Phone app. Eventually a new option to lock the app in portrait arrived for beta testers. That setting is now broadly available, as Google addresses confusion surrounding the feature. The software on...
by dbadmin | Jan 23, 2026 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Phone app, News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S26
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR New code suggests Google is bringing its AI-powered Scam Detection feature to the Galaxy S26 series, potentially ending Pixel exclusivity. Model numbers for the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra were discovered...
by dbadmin | Jan 22, 2026 | Google, Google Phone app, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s “Take a Message” feature on Pixel phones is not functioning as intended. Instead of recording the caller’s message as a voicemail, it may allow them to hear you in the background. The bug appears to affect all...
by dbadmin | Jan 20, 2026 | Google, Google Phone app, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Phone app now supports landscape UI, meaning it will rotate if your system-wide auto-rotate is on. However, this feature apparently keeps getting added and removed between stable updates. Google also added a...
