📲Google shows off its next-gen AI assistant that can control your Android phone

Google is building a universal AI assistant that can not only look things up for you but also perform tasks on your behalf

More details 👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/project-astra-android-ai-agent-3559266/

🖥Gemini is now integrated into Chrome for PCs, and it has one advantage over Perplexity

Perplexity beat Google to the punch with its Chrome extension, but Gemini has the advantage of letting you talk to Live

More details 👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-in-chrome-for-pc-3559212/

⌚️Wear OS 6 Developer Preview lets you try out Google's new Material 3 Expressive UI

You can now try out Wear OS 6, the next version of Google’s smartwatch platform

More details 👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/wear-os-6-developer-preview-3559501/

🎨The first Android 16 QPR1 beta is here for your Pixel with a taste of Material 3 Expressive

You can now try out Android's brand new design for yourself if you enroll in the Android Beta program!

More info 👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-beta-1-3557258/

🔍Android 16 QPR1's new recents screen makes split-screen easier to find

The recents screen in Android 16 QPR1 now shows a dropdown menu for every app, making it obvious there are extra options

Screenshots 👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-recents-screen-tweaks-3557780/

🎨You can now try Android's bold new Material 3 Expressive design in Android 16 QPR1 beta

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 brings the new Material 3 Expressive design that Google announced last week

Click 👇for screenshots!

https://www.androidauthority.com/material-3-expressive-android-16-qpr1-beta-3557763/

🖼 First look: Pixel's 'Magic Portrait' frames your photos on the lock screen

The Pixel wallpaper app in Android 16 QPR1 adds a Magic Portrait feature that puts your lock screen wallpaper in a frame. It can also add weather effects!

Click 👇for a demo

https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-magic-portrait-wallpapers-3557769/

🕙Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 gives you more control over your lock screen clock

Want to make the default clock on your Pixel’s lock screen a bit smaller or bigger? You can now in Android 16 QPR1.

Click 👇for a video demo

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr-1-lock-screen-clock-resizing-3557785/

📱Android 16 may blur your lock screen wallpaper for a new 'ambient AOD' look

Google is working on an ambient AOD feature that allows your lock screen wallpaper to show up on the always-on display

Here's an early look👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-ambient-aod-3557222/

👆Android 16 QPR1 lets you check what fingerprints you've enrolled on your Pixel phone

A new button in Android’s Fingerprint Unlock settings lets you check your enrolled fingerprints

This is a simple, but nice QOL change!

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-check-enrolled-fingerprints-3559653/

📱Google tweaks the Pixel Launcher in Android 16 QPR1 to leave more space for your apps

The At a Glance widget takes up less room in the latest Android 16 beta update, giving you an extra row for your apps

More info👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-pixel-launcher-more-apps-3559645/

⏱️ Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 brings lock screen clock customization to Pixel Tablet

You can now make your Pixel Tablet's lock screen clock more personal

Screenshots 👇

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-beta-1-pixel-tablet-lock-screen-clock-customization-3559736/

⌚️Hands-on with the Wear OS 6 Developer Preview:

Wear OS 6 brings an updated Material 3 Expressive design with dynamic, watch face-based color theming, new animations, refreshed buttons, and more.

Screenshots👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/wear-os-6-preview-hands-on-3559793/

📺 Google revealed Android 16 for TVs at I/O yesterday

Android 16 for TV doesn't bring any big UI changes, but it does include much needed support for the new Eclipsa Audio format (i.e. spatial audio).

More details 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-tv-android-16-for-tv-preview-3559852/

⌚️The big Wear OS 6 update will make Facer great again

Wear OS 6 adds support for the Watch Face Push API, which allows watch faces made in the Watch Face Format to be synced directly from the Facer app on your phone to your watch.

More details 👇

🔗 https://androidauthority.com/facer-wear-os-6-return-3559603/

(Edited the post to correct what's actually changing!)

🖥 Google worked with Samsung to improve Android's desktop mode support!

Google revealed at I/O that Android 16's enhanced desktop windowing capabilities were built on the foundation of Samsung DeX.

No new details or images of Android's enhanced desktop windowing capabilities were revealed at I/O, with Google only showing a screenshot of how it looks on tablets already. But I showed some of these improvements off earlier this month.

🚗 First phones, then PCs: Now Quick Share is coming to your car

Google is bringing Quick Share to Cars with Google Built-in, ie cars w/ Android Automotive + Google Play access.

One use is to share map links from your phone to your car.

Details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/quick-share-car-google-built-in-3559879/

🚗 Android Auto will soon let you browse the web and watch videos

Google is opening up Android Auto to two new app categories: Video and Browsers. The company is also adding an audio-only mode to video apps in Android Automotive.

More details👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-auto-weather-browser-app-support-3559888/

🚗Ready, set, Gemini: Volvo will be among the first to install Google's AI

Volvo says its cars with Google built-in will be among the first to get Gemini integration later this year.

More details 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-coming-to-volvo-first-3559943/

Google has formally announced the new ML Kit GenAI APIs at I/O 2025!

They also showed off how an accessibility app called Envision is leveraging this API to quickly generate summaries of scanned documents, all on device.

🔗https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/on-device-gen-ai-apis-ml-kit-gemini-nano.html