New Pixel bug freezes your phone after calls, but here’s how to fix it

by dbadmin | Nov 29, 2024 | Google, Google Assistant, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 9, Guides, News

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority A bug in Google Assistant’s Quick Phrases feature is causing a persistent toast notification on Pixel phones. The notification makes it difficult to see the caller ID and renders the notification area unresponsive. Disabling...

New Pixel market data suggests Google’s victory lap will have to wait

by dbadmin | Nov 26, 2024 | Google, Google Pixel, News

Pixel 9 official case Credit: Nick Fernandez / Android Authority Previous data claimed Google increased its market share in North America by almost threefold. New data suggests that the company’s market share had a big drop in the following days. However, it appears...

I easily scammed Google’s new Scam Detection feature

by dbadmin | Nov 23, 2024 | Features, Google, Google Pixel

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Earlier this year, Google rolled out a new feature for Android phones called Theft Detection Lock. Ostensibly, when a thief quickly grabs your phone out of your hands and then makes a run for it, this feature uses sensors in...

Has Google’s Tensor project failed?

by dbadmin | Nov 23, 2024 | Features, Google, Google Pixel, Google Tensor

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Thanks to an unprecedented leak from Google’s gchips division, we already know virtually everything about the processors coming in Google’s next-gen Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 flagships. While Google’s Tensor project has scored a...

Survey shows this brand came closest to building an ideal smartphone in 2024

by dbadmin | Nov 20, 2024 | Apple, Google, Google Pixel, News, Polls, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, Survey Results

Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority We’re inching closer to the end of the year, and it’s almost time to evaluate the best smartphones of 2024. This year brought us some impressive devices, but also left us craving more. As my colleague Hadlee Simons puts it in...

It took Google years to add this Android 15 feature, and it’s still half-baked

by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2024 | Android, Android 15, Features, Google Pixel

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority If there’s one feature I’ve had on the top of my Android wishlist for nearly a decade now, it’s notification sync across devices. I realize my use case is extreme since I have several Android phones on my desk right now and...