Andy Walker / Android authority Despite its litany of defects, I love Android Auto. This makes driving more pleasant by offering easy access to my music collection and putting significant navigation information at the front and center. However, he has some silly limitations that hinder the latter. Google Maps is my main navigation platform. This…
Nick Fernandez / Android Authority Tl; DR Ayaneo announced that he was making a playing phone with a physical slippery design, similar to the Xperia game. The phone was teased during a livestream, but no specification, images or release date has been revealed. This decision follows the expiration of the sliding phone certificate and comes…
Ayaneo continues his relentless march of innovation, revealing a new batch of devices during the sharing session in 2026 today. During Livestream, Ayaneo CEO, Arthur Zhang, revealed three new premium pocket computers while waiting to take their place in your collection. The first is the mysterious Ayaneo Pocket Vert. The details are rare for it,…
The monthly “Google system version notes“Details mainly the new features of the reading, Play Store and Play on Android, Wear OS, Google / Android TV, Auto and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are intended for developers. The following preliminary applications include the “Google system”: A functionality appearing in the Changelog does…
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Tl; DR Google has revealed that it is developing a Linux Terminal application to transform Android into a platform for the development of applications on devices and possibly the game. The application performs a DEBIAN Linux environment in a virtual machine on certain Android devices. Recent Android builds can already…
As announced in May, Google gave its QR code scanner by default on Android an appreciable overhaul. When launching (via the shortcut of the quick parameter tiles or the locking screen), there is a beautiful animation of the rounded square meeting. The main visual change is how Google has consolidated all the buttons of this…
Tl; DR Google would have recognized that its Android earthquake alert system was not precisely working during devastating earthquakes in Turkey 2023. The system issued 500,000 notifications “be aware” of lower level when it should have issued 10 million “act” alerts. Google told the BBC that each early alert system for earthquakes is struggling with…
Joe Maring / Android authority Tl; DR Samsung seems to deactivate the start -up charger unlock in an IU 8 on more devices than before. Previously, only the American models did not have the OEM unlocking change, but the restriction now seems to be propagating also to the world models. A contributor on XDA developers…
Disconnect now, the FBI prevents 10 million Android users. Nurphoto via Getty Images Update, July 27, 2025: This story, initially published on July 25, has been updated with a declaration by researchers who disclosed and disrupted the Badbox2 operation that the FBI and Google are attacking head -on, as well as the news of another…
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority A user interface has been with us for six years now, and it is easily the best Android skin that Samsung has done. A user interface is smoother, more reliable and easier to use than Samsung Experience or Touchwiz, the skins that preceded it. Aside from a BLIP with…