by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Play, News
TL;DR Google Play Books is turning 15 this weekend following its inception in 2010 and rebrand in 2012. To celebrate, Google is giving away 15x Play Points on Play Books purchases through December 7. That’s a reward of 15 points per dollar spent for every Play Points...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Gemini, Google Home, News
TL;DR Gemini for Home is admitting a second wave of users into the early access program this week as beta testing continues. The early access program is still limited to US homes and requires version 4.1 or higher of the Google Home app. Gemini is slowly replacing...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Photos, News
TL;DR Google introduced a new editing UI for Photos on Android this past summer. One casualty of that update was Photos losing its perspective correction tool. Perspective correction is now back, as well as the old look for the cropping interface. Google giveth, and...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Chrome, News
TL;DR Google’s sharing a few new upgrades to Chrome’s ability to autofill website forms. The browser will start automatically suggesting autofill options based on your signed-in Google account. Autofill suggestions on mobile are getting bigger and easier to read. OK,...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 7a, News
Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google paused the December 2025 update rollout for the Pixel 7a. Google could issue a mid-cycle hotfix or bundle everything into January’s update instead. Google’s December 2025 update rollout has been smooth for almost...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 10, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The December 2025 update for Pixels, which introduces Android 16 QPR2, has improved the responsiveness of the Quick Tap gesture. Users report consistent success triggering actions with double-back tap, as compared to the...