🖥️ Android 16 lets you record what you're doing on an external monitor
Android 16 adds support for recording the screen content of an external monitor hooked up to an Android device
Details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-record-external-monitor-3535871/
Android 16 adds support for recording the screen content of an external monitor hooked up to an Android device
Details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-record-external-monitor-3535871/
Android Authority
Android 16 lets you record what you're doing on an external monitor
Android's built-in screen recorder has been updated in Android 16 to let you record what’s happening on an external monitor.
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⌚️Pebble is BACK!
The new Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 are Pebble watches in all but name, with the same simple, iconic Pebble design, but new sensors and DRAMATICALLY improved battery life (up to 1 month!)
Full details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/core-2-duo-and-core-time-2-3535895/
The new Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 are Pebble watches in all but name, with the same simple, iconic Pebble design, but new sensors and DRAMATICALLY improved battery life (up to 1 month!)
Full details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/core-2-duo-and-core-time-2-3535895/
Android Authority
Act fast: These new Pebble watches with 1-month battery life won't be available long
The Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 are two watches that run Pebble OS and have up to 30 days of battery life. They won't be available for long.
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The Pixel 9a is finally official!
🔋 Biggest battery in a Pixel (5100mAh)
📱 6.3" FHD OLED display @ 120Hz
🔥Tensor G4 processor
📝8 GB RAM + 128/256GB storage
⬇️ 7 years of updates
💰Starts @ $499 USD/$679 CAD/£499/€559
ALL the details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-9a-3479179/
🔋 Biggest battery in a Pixel (5100mAh)
📱 6.3" FHD OLED display @ 120Hz
🔥Tensor G4 processor
📝8 GB RAM + 128/256GB storage
⬇️ 7 years of updates
💰Starts @ $499 USD/$679 CAD/£499/€559
ALL the details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-9a-3479179/
Android Authority
The Google Pixel 9a is here: Release date, price, specs, colors, and all the info you need
The Google Pixel 9a has plenty to flex for a mid-range phone, but does it have enough to stop you from looking elsewhere? Here's all you need to know.
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💳 Google Wallet is adding parental control support!
Kids with the new Pixel 9a will be able to make contactless payments in stores, and parents can manage their transactions/cards.
More details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-google-wallet-for-kids-3534531/
Kids with the new Pixel 9a will be able to make contactless payments in stores, and parents can manage their transactions/cards.
More details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-google-wallet-for-kids-3534531/
Android Authority
Pixel 9a gets Google Wallet for kids to help ease your anxiety over your child's spending
Google Wallet for kids, first introduced with the Fitbit Ace LTE, is expanding to smartphones with the Pixel 9a.
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Mishaal's Android News Feed
The Pixel 9a is finally official! 🔋 Biggest battery in a Pixel (5100mAh) 📱 6.3" FHD OLED display @ 120Hz 🔥Tensor G4 processor 📝8 GB RAM + 128/256GB storage ⬇️ 7 years of updates 💰Starts @ $499 USD/$679 CAD/£499/€559 ALL the details👇 🔗 https://www.andro…
😬 The Pixel 9a was supposed to go on pre-order today, but Google delayed it due to a 'component quality issue' affecting a 'small number' of devices.
Let's hope whatever issue they found is fixed before release!
Full statement👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-component-quality-3536680/
Let's hope whatever issue they found is fixed before release!
Full statement👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-component-quality-3536680/
Android Authority
Google delays Pixel 9a pre-orders due to 'component quality issue'
Google just introduced the Pixel 9a, but you can't pre-order it yet. Now the company cites "component quality concerns" behind the decision.
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⏩ Your Pixel phone quietly got a big boost in GPU performance in the latest Android update
Pixel phones with Tensor chips are seeing significant increases in GPU benchmark scores, likely due to GPU driver updates
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-phones-gpu-performance-boost-3537248/
Pixel phones with Tensor chips are seeing significant increases in GPU benchmark scores, likely due to GPU driver updates
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-phones-gpu-performance-boost-3537248/
Android Authority
Your Pixel phone quietly got a big boost in GPU performance in the latest Android update
Your Pixel phone should perform better in GPU benchmarks after updating to the most recent Android release. Here's why.
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🛰 The Pixel 9a offers like ... 90% of the experience that the Pixel 9 offers (totally making that number up)
But to make it $300 cheaper, Google had to cut some corners. And one of those cut features is, sadly, satellite SOS/messaging.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-satellite-sos-3536849/
But to make it $300 cheaper, Google had to cut some corners. And one of those cut features is, sadly, satellite SOS/messaging.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-satellite-sos-3536849/
Android Authority
The Pixel 9a is missing this key safety feature from the Pixel 9 series
The Pixel 9a doesn’t support Satellite SOS, a key safety feature supported by the rest of the Pixel 9 series. Here's why.
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🛜 The Galaxy S25 is Samsung's first phone to support Android's Instant Hotspot feature
With Instant Hotspot, you can share your Samsung phone’s Internet connection with any Android tablet, not just Samsung-made ones.
More details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s25-instant-hotspot-3537161/
With Instant Hotspot, you can share your Samsung phone’s Internet connection with any Android tablet, not just Samsung-made ones.
More details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s25-instant-hotspot-3537161/
Android Authority
The Galaxy S25 is Samsung's first phone to support Android's Instant Hotspot feature
Android's Instant Hotspot is finally available on Samsung phones, starting with the Galaxy S25 series. Here's what this feature does!
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⏩ The Pixel 10 will have faster startup performance thanks to this Android change
A change in Android’s boot process has resulted in a 30% reduction in module loading time on the Pixel 10 and other Android devices.
More details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-startup-performance-3537302/
A change in Android’s boot process has resulted in a 30% reduction in module loading time on the Pixel 10 and other Android devices.
More details 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-startup-performance-3537302/
Android Authority
The Pixel 10 will have faster startup performance thanks to this Android change
Google is making a change to Android’s early boot process that speeds up how quickly modules are loaded, making the Pixel 10 boot faster.
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📂 Here's how to access your Android phone's files from the new Linux Terminal
Android makes its downloads folder available to the Linux VM, but unfortunately other files aren’t available
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/access-android-files-from-linux-terminal-3536713/
Android makes its downloads folder available to the Linux VM, but unfortunately other files aren’t available
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/access-android-files-from-linux-terminal-3536713/
Android Authority
Here's how to access your Android phone's files from the new Linux Terminal
The Linux Terminal app lets you run Linux apps on your Android device, but how do you access files from Android? Here's how.
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🔓Android 16 now lets all Pixel phones use fingerprint unlock even when the screen is off
The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature expands to all Pixel phones in Android 16 Beta 3. It was previously limited to the Pixel 9.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/screen-off-fingerprint-unlock-pixel-3537472/
The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature expands to all Pixel phones in Android 16 Beta 3. It was previously limited to the Pixel 9.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/screen-off-fingerprint-unlock-pixel-3537472/
Android Authority
Android 16 now lets all Pixel phones use fingerprint unlock even when the screen is off
The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature in Android 16 lets Pixel phones use their fingerprint scanners even when the screen is off.
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🔐 Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why
Parts of Android (ART, Bluetooth, Virtualization, etc.) are currently developed in public, but soon ALL Android OS development will happen internally.
Here's why👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/
Parts of Android (ART, Bluetooth, Virtualization, etc.) are currently developed in public, but soon ALL Android OS development will happen internally.
Here's why👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/
Android Authority
Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why
Google has confirmed it will move development of the Android OS to behind closed doors. Here's why it's doing it.
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Mishaal's Android News Feed
🔐 Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why Parts of Android (ART, Bluetooth, Virtualization, etc.) are currently developed in public, but soon ALL Android OS development will happen internally. Here's why👇 🔗 https:…
Just to be clear: Android is NOT becoming closed source!
Google remains committed to releasing Android source code (during monthly/quarterly releases, etc.) , BUT you won't be able to scour the AOSP Gerrit for source code changes like you could before.
Google remains committed to releasing Android source code (during monthly/quarterly releases, etc.) , BUT you won't be able to scour the AOSP Gerrit for source code changes like you could before.
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✨Hands-on: Gemini Live's new video and screen-sharing features make it way more useful
I got the new Project Astra capabilities in the Gemini app on my Xiaomi 15 Ultra the other day, and I was surprised by how well it worked!
Here's a demo👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-live-video-screen-sharing-hands-on-3538786/
I got the new Project Astra capabilities in the Gemini app on my Xiaomi 15 Ultra the other day, and I was surprised by how well it worked!
Here's a demo👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-live-video-screen-sharing-hands-on-3538786/
Android Authority
Hands-on: Gemini Live's new video and screen-sharing features make it way more useful
Here’s a first look at Gemini Live’s new live video and screen-sharing capabilities on Android, available to Gemini Advanced subscribers.
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💻 Android OS development is going fully private, but Google still wants help from other developers
Google has shared details on how external developers can still contribute to Android as well as what will happen to AndroidX and CI builds.
Details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-development-private-help-3539648/
Google has shared details on how external developers can still contribute to Android as well as what will happen to AndroidX and CI builds.
Details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-development-private-help-3539648/
Android Authority
Android OS development is going fully private, but Google still wants help from other developers
Google said it will shift all development of the Android OS to its internal branch, but it still wants external developers to contribute.
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🌐 FIRST LOOK: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions
Chrome for Android doesn’t support browser extensions yet, but Google is developing a version that does, and I went hands-on with it.
More details + video 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-for-android-with-extensions-demo-3540132/
Chrome for Android doesn’t support browser extensions yet, but Google is developing a version that does, and I went hands-on with it.
More details + video 👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-for-android-with-extensions-demo-3540132/
Android Authority
First look: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions
Google is working on a special version of Chrome for Android that supports browser extensions. Here's your first look at it.
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Mishaal's Android News Feed
🌐 FIRST LOOK: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions Chrome for Android doesn’t support browser extensions yet, but Google is developing a version that does, and I went hands-on with it. More details + video 👇 🔗 https://www.andr…
Since I originally posted this news on April 1, some of y'all thought this was a joke. It's not. There really is a version of Chrome for Android now that supports browser extensions, and you can try it for yourself!
You can see it in action in this video.
You can see it in action in this video.
YouTube
Google Chrome for Android is FINALLY getting Extensions!
First look: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions: https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-for-android-with-extensions-demo-3540132/
Download here: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html?p…
Download here: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html?p…
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🚗 Google made a dashcam app for cars with Android Automotive, but you can't download it
Google wants more cars with Android Automotive to have dashcams, so it built a production-ready, customizable dashcam app for OEMs.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-automotive-dashcam-app-3540443/
Google wants more cars with Android Automotive to have dashcams, so it built a production-ready, customizable dashcam app for OEMs.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-automotive-dashcam-app-3540443/
Android Authority
Google made a dashcam app for cars with Android Automotive, but you can't download it
Google made a dashcam app for Android Automotive that lets cars record their surroundings using their cameras, but you can't download it.
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🪞Android 15 blocked Phone Link from mirroring sensitive notifications, but Microsoft has a fix
Android 15 blocked Link to Windows from mirroring notifications w/ OTP codes as the OS deemed them “sensitive,” but Microsoft has a fix.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/phone-link-sensitive-notifications-fix-3540158/
Android 15 blocked Link to Windows from mirroring notifications w/ OTP codes as the OS deemed them “sensitive,” but Microsoft has a fix.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/phone-link-sensitive-notifications-fix-3540158/
Android Authority
Android 15 blocked Phone Link from mirroring sensitive notifications, but Microsoft has a fix
Microsoft has fixed an issue that prevented Phone Link from mirrorring sensitive notifications from your Android phone to your Windows PC.
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⚙️ Android 16 could mimic how iOS handles app settings, but it's not as bad as you think
Apps can contribute their own preferences to Android Settings in Android 16, similar to iOS
More details on how this works👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-app-settings-3540868/
Apps can contribute their own preferences to Android Settings in Android 16, similar to iOS
More details on how this works👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-app-settings-3540868/
Android Authority
Android 16 could mimic how iOS handles app settings, but it's not as bad as you think
A new Android 16 API lets apps contribute their own preferences to Android Settings, which is similar to how iOS handles app settings.
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