by dbadmin | Dec 22, 2025 | Android Auto, Authority Insights, Google, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Android Auto v15.9.6551 includes code for a Material 3 Expressive-style wavy progress bar. The updated media UI adds visual flair to the playback interface but hasn’t rolled out publicly yet. The change is part of a...
by dbadmin | Dec 22, 2025 | Android, Google, Google Pixel 10, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is seen testing a feature called “Contextual Suggestions,” which offers recommendations based on your habits. It can use your location, routine, or other activity to suggest usual tasks. The feature is currently...
by dbadmin | Dec 20, 2025 | Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, Features, Google, Google Gemini
This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown discuss a potential “Ask Gemini” feature in Google Play Books, whether Gemini is transforming into a “Google Super App”, and a helpful new chatbot interface for navigating complex Google Account settings. The Authority...
by dbadmin | Dec 19, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel, News
TL;DR Google appears to be considering a change to how it responds to certain queries from the Pixel home screen widget. With both song searches and voice input, we’re able to get responses from Google that contain voice output. We’re also seeing a new floating button...
by dbadmin | Dec 19, 2025 | Google, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, News
TL;DR Back in March, Google announced that it would move Assistant users on mobile devices to Gemini, no longer giving them the option to stick with Assistant by the end of 2025. Google is now relaxing the deadline, and instead says that transition will continue as we...
by dbadmin | Dec 19, 2025 | Google, News, YouTube
TL;DR Two large YouTube channels that primarily published bootleg AI movie trailers have been banned. Screen Culture and HK Studio have been deplatformed for violating YouTube’s policies about spam and metadata accuracy. Together, videos by the two channels had been...
