Survey reveals people are deeply split over Android’s Material 3 Expressive design

by dbadmin | May 6, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Material 3 Expressive, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: 9to5Google We recently uncovered Google’s work on a major visual overhaul of Android. The company is giving Android a fresh coat of paint using the Material 3 Expressive design language. This overhaul entails copious use of blurred backgrounds, a tweaked...

Survey reveals just how many of you are (and aren’t) paying for Google One

by dbadmin | Apr 29, 2025 | Cloud, Google, Google Drive, Google One, Google Photos, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google offers 15GB of free cloud storage, which must be shared between Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, and other Google services. Otherwise, you’ll need to splash out for cloud storage via the company’s Google One...

To pinch or not: Survey reveals how people use camera zoom

by dbadmin | Apr 23, 2025 | Camera, News, Photography, Polls, smartphones, Survey Results

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to the periscope zoom camera....

Survey shows Pixel 9a’s risky redesign has fans (mostly) on board

by dbadmin | Apr 15, 2025 | Google, Google Pixel 8a, Google Pixel 9a, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google took a small risk with the Pixel 9a design. In an age when the next generation of an Android phone can often look like a carbon copy of its predecessor, there’s always something refreshing about seeing a significant...

Survey shows a lot of people don’t know how to properly update their Android phones

by dbadmin | Apr 8, 2025 | Android, Authority Insights, Google Play, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority When you update your Android phone, what’s the first thing you do? Chances are, you head to Settings and check for updates in the software update section, right? And hey, that’s totally fine. That’s how you’re supposed to...

Survey shows people are surprisingly okay with giving AI their search history

by dbadmin | Apr 2, 2025 | AI, News, Survey Results

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Data is the currency of the digital age, and people are more wary than ever of giving away too much of their personal info to Big Tech. So when we ran a poll about whether you would feel comfortable giving an AI chatbot your...