Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Tl; DR Google Maps is testing an expressive style of material 3 on OS 5 wear. The new user interface offers larger icons and improved layout. The changes have only been deployed to select users so far. Google Maps gets a new look on smart watches, and it doesn’t…
For some, the Google Drive scanner is how they scan documents and receipts, and the Android application tests a change that makes it more important. Currently, Google Drive for Android has a four -paved background bar and two Fabs. The large floating action button “Plus” allows you to create a new folder, download, scanner and…
After the first tests in April, YouTube Music is now widely deployed words sharing on Android and iOS. Open the reading screen now at the lyrics tab of a new Fab “Share” (floating action button) at the bottom. This takes you to a “Select lyrics” screen to type and choose up to five lines from…
Tl; DR According to a new report, the Pixel 10 series can have a faster ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The upgrade is based on technology introduced in Pixel 9 phones from last year. The other rumors’ features include the G5 Tensor chip, better image stabilization and the beginnings of Magic Cue. Among other upgrades, the Pixel…
In a new adGoogle says that iOS 26 copies three Android features that have been available on Pixel phones for years: translating directly, maintaining assistance and screening for calls. The video, which is part of the #BestphonesForever series in progress, shows an iPhone and a Pixel 9 Pro talking about a fictitious podcast. “I announced…
Ryan Haines / Android Authority I often find myself suffocating between phones – sometimes as often as switching on handsets every week. And I make sure to reproduce the arrangement of my home screen on each Android phone so that I do not feel unknown during the change and that my muscle memory does not…
Tl; DR Oakley’s meta-lunettes should arrive on June 20. Intelligent glasses will be similar to Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses and should be oriented towards athletes. While Meta also works on more advanced smart glasses with integrated screens, this Oakley brand version should ignore the display. Oakley and Meta announced that “the next development is coming…
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…
Joe Maring / Android authority Tl; DR Android obtains several new animations as part of its expressive recast of equipment 3. Google began to test one of the upcoming animations in the latest beta version of Android 16 QPR1. It appears as a black superposition that develops from the Borders screen when you press the…
Google has published Android 16 in the masses, as it is now available for compatible handsets. The company claims that new devices will be preloaded with the operating system in “the next few months”. As usual, it first comes on Google’s own pixel phones. The update includes several notable features. The biggest could be live…