Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is introducing “Gemini with personalization,” an experimental feature that connects Gemini to more apps and services, starting with Google Search. You’ll now be able to give Gemini access to your Google Search history to receive more personalized responses. Google reassures that the feature is optional and can be…
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has revealed that Gemini will soon be able to connect with Google Photos to offer more advanced queries. This includes the ability to ask when your driver’s license expires or to create a travel itinerary based on photos from a recent trip. The integration will be restricted to…
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos currently offers multiple ways to view media details and access extended tools. The app is working on splitting that interface up and eliminating redundancy in the process. This change could threaten to make some tools a lot less visible. Good software design is as much art as…
A few days ago, legacy Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices stopped working for many users. Google advised against factory resetting affected devices, but did not immediately have a solution available. That fix is now finally ready, and should be hitting Chromecast devices over the next couple days. If your old Chromecast stopped working a few…
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding Auracast support to Android. Users will be able to connect directly from hearing aids to audio broadcasts. Pixel 9 devices will be able to connect to broadcasts through QR codes. During Samsung’s Unpacked event back in January, it was announced that Galaxy S25 devices would get…
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is apparently thinking about a variable aperture for the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s main camera. The company first offered this feature on the Galaxy S9 series but dropped it with the Galaxy S20 range. A variable aperture would allow for greater control over focusing, light capture, and depth-of-field…
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 3 is out today for Pixel devices registered in Google’s testing program. New features include Auracast broadcast support for hearing aids and high-contrast text outlines. Android 16 is now formally at its Platform Stability stage. Google has got the pedal to the metal when it…
We don’t all have a four-figure budget for our next TV, but you don’t need that sort of cash in 2025. A Roku Smart TV is one of the most affordable ways to upgrade, and that’s even more true today with this huge price drop. Thanks to a 44% markdown, the 40-inch Select Series model…
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google has updated the Android Easter egg once again in Android 16. The Easter egg in Android 16 is still the same spaceship minigame from the previous two releases, but it now has an autopilot button and a progress-centric notification. Progress-centric notifications are a key part of Live Updates,…
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new Android feature that automatically summarizes notifications for you. Unlike Apple’s notification summaries feature, Google’s version will only summarize conversation notifications. This should hopefully reduce how often they fail, but it remains to be seen how useful they’ll be. Generative AI models are pretty…