by dbadmin | Jun 12, 2025 | Android 16, Features, Google, Google Pixel
Google’s Android 16 update is now available for Pixels, and like many of you, I eagerly rushed to update my phone as soon as the new software was live. Even though Android 16 isn’t the most thrilling OS upgrade we’ve ever seen (the really big changes are coming in...
by dbadmin | Jun 12, 2025 | AOSP, Google, Google Pixel, News
Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting their device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release. The company says this is because it’s shifting its AOSP reference target from Pixel hardware to a virtual device...
by dbadmin | Jun 11, 2025 | Android 16, Google, News, Wallpapers
Google’s been refreshing its Wallpapers & style app for Android 16 QPR1 with new features like Magic Portrait and theme support. With QPR1 Beta 2 the company has started grouping together its wallpaper creation and editing tools under a new Wallpaper Studio...
by dbadmin | Jun 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, Circle to Search, Google, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The latest Google app beta adds a shortcut to song search history for Circle to Search. There’s also a new translate button that appears after something is circled. Circle to Search is a useful tool that can be used for a...
by dbadmin | Jun 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Lens, News
Google Lens offers a powerful image-based tool for conducting searches. Right now, when accessing results that search bar lives at the top of your screen. Google’s experimenting with a new bottom layout that could make it easier to use one-handed. If you’re not...
by dbadmin | Jun 11, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Google app on Android could soon receive some subtle design tweaks. We’ve spotted upcoming tweaks for the status bar, search progress bar, and the tab bar at the bottom in the latest beta release. The app could also receive...
