🌐 Chrome on Android finally lets you move the address bar to the bottom, over a year after iOS

Google is now rolling out the ability to move Chrome's address bar to the bottom on Android. A flag for this has been available for a while now.

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-android-bottom-address-bar-3570198/

📍Google's Find Hub network is unreliable, but this simple change could fix it

Google is adding a new setup screen for Find Hub that'll appear when you set up a phone, & it could get more users to select the more reliable network option.

More details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-find-hub-setup-screen-3570944/

Google is rolling out Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2.1, a minor bug-fixing update. The build ID is BP31.250523.010.

It includes the following fixes:

* The "Approve" button in the Device Admin settings is transparent and invisible

* The lockscreen sound toggle shows as off, but sounds still play

* The Android back button intermittently fails to function

* Fix for a launcher crash when swiping up from the bottom

🪪 Google Wallet is making it easier to create custom passes on Android

Google Wallet now appears as a share target when sharing an image on Android, making it easier to create a custom digital pass

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-wallet-share-sheet-target-3571085/

🔐How Google’s Find Hub could use Android 16’s Secure Lock to protect your sensitive data

Secure Lock is a new feature in Android 16 that allows for remotely locking down your device into an enhanced security state

Here's what that means👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/find-hub-with-android-16-secure-lock-3571055/

Here's Google's official documentation for Android 16's new 'trade-in mode'.

Trade-in mode is a feature that helps technicians speed up device evaluations, which should hopefully result in you getting your credit/money back faster.

It lets technicians bypass the setup wizard, retrieve general health information about the device, and then automatically factory reset the device after evaluation is done.

⌚️The Pixel Watch 3 is the first Android device with this precise Bluetooth tracking feature

The Pixel Watch 3 supports Bluetooth 6.0’s Channel Sounding feature, which allows for much more precise location tracking

Here's what you need to know👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-watch-3-channel-sounding-3571567/

📶 Android 16 can warn you that you might be connected to a fake cell tower

Android 16's new "network notification" feature can potentially expose when your device is connected to a fake cell tower

Only some devices will support this, though.

More details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-mobile-network-security-3571497/

📨 FINALLY: Gmail is starting to let users mark emails as read from Android's notifications center!

Some users are seeing a "mark as read" button in Gmail notifications. I don't have it yet, but I've seen 2 users mention it. LMK if you see it!

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/gmail-mark-as-read-on-android-3572128/

🔐Your Samsung phone will get Android 16's powerful Advanced Protection mode in One UI 8

Google's Advanced Protection mode is available for Samsung users in the One UI 8 beta.

Here's how to enable it and why you should👇

🔗 https://androidauthority.com/one-ui-8-advanced-protection-3572974/

(The feature rolled out to Pixel users last month and should come to more Android 16 users in the coming months. It's not available yet on the OnePlus 13 running the OxygenOS 16 beta, but hopefully it'll come soon.)

Nothing just launched the Phone (3) and...well, it certainly has a unique design!

What do y'all think of it? Did Nothing cook? Was replacing the Glyph lighting with the Glyph Matrix the right move?

(Specs and details in the link👇)

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/nothing-phone-3-launch-3572890/

💬 Google Messages is starting to roll out the ability to edit messages you send to your friends with iPhones

But there's a catch: The edited message appears as a new one, iPhones can't edit messages sent to Android.

More details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-edit-messages-sent-to-iphones-3573055/

🗨 It turns out the Google Messages app does support text formatting...but only when you're chatting with Gemini!

The Gemini chatbot can format texts using Markdown in Google Messages, but no one else can, which is unfortunate.

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-text-formatting-hidden-3573107/

🔔We were all wrong: It turns out that the Live Updates feature is fully live in the Android 16 QPR1 beta.

However, apps will need updates to take advantage of it.

More details in the article linked👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-live-updates-3573399/

Here's a quick look at how Google Maps will use Android 16's Live Updates feature.

🔕Android 16's Live Updates won't work with your favorite music player, and that's a bummer

Only some notifications can be shown as Live Updates in Android 16, and that doesn't include media player notifications.

Here's why👇

🔗 https://androidauthority.com/android-16-live-updates-music-player-3573487/

(Hey developers! If you're looking to add support for Android 16's Live Updates feature in your app, Google has recently published the full documentation on how to do so! They haven't publicized it yet, but I've got all the details in this article.)

🔔One UI 8 will let any app show a Live Notification in Samsung's Now Bar

Third-party apps can now show their own live notifications in One UI 8 Beta 3, but you’ll need to enable a developer option.

Here's a first look👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/one-ui-8-live-updates-support-3573794/

✨Google is testing a smaller, more reachable Gemini overlay on tablets

The new Gemini overlay is now less wide and anchored to the right side of the screen on tablets and foldables

More screenshots👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-overlay-tablet-redesign-3573900/