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…
After the pixel launcher’s shortcut, you can now add the AI mode to the Google Search Homescreen widget on any Android device. As with a regular search, this allows you to immediately enter an prompt in the AI full screen mode screen. Access to the widget appeared for the first time in April for some…
Megan Ellis / Android authority I may not be so big productivity, but I like my business organized, and I make great efforts to find a system that works for me. My style is that I do not control every minute of my day – so I am less a calendar and more a guy…
Stephen Headrick / Android Authority I was so excited to try one of the headliners of Google’s latest drop of pixels. “Was” is the keyword here, unfortunately. One of the largest features, in evidence throughout the marketing of this update, is Pixel Vips, a promised feature of helping you follow those who care as much…
Android smartphones around the world have actively helped provide earthquake alerts using their acceleration sensors. Between 2021 and 2024, these phones sent thousands of successful warnings to people living in regions subject to the earthquake in 98 countries. Since 2020, Google has included its Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) system in its phones to detect seismic…
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic (with the Galaxy Watch 8) is designed to be a complete fitness monitoring device that supports a training range and even new monitoring measures. Even the basics are improved. The watch can monitor heart rate, blood oxygen levels, stress levels and a range of other health measures. Samsung says…
As you no doubt know, Google moved the outlet of Android 16 from a few months to June. Recent outings took place in August (Android 13), September Android 10, Android 11) and October (Android 12, Android 14, Android 15). This change of Google could have an impact on Samsung, which has published a new version…