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Samsung Certified Re-Newed Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 Cost More Than New Right Now

Mystic Leaks has shared footage from an early Android build showing Google may be adding a full manual color picker to the Pixel's Wallpaper & style app, Android Authority and 9to5Google reported this week. The Pixel Material You color controls shown in the leak would let users choose any custom accent color directly, replacing a system that has generated palettes automatically from wallpaper since Android 12.

New leak details suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide will ship with just two rear cameras, skipping the telephoto lens that the standard Galaxy Z Fold 8 is reported to keep. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide camera specs, surfaced this week by SamMobile citing GalaxyClub, describe a primary wide and an ultrawide, both at 50MP. No telephoto. Both phones are rumored for a late July launch, per Android Authority two weeks ago. Samsung has not officially confirmed either model.

Google is rolling out a redesigned Gemini overlay for Android, and 9to5Google reports it's showing up on stable Google app version 17.8. The update brings an expanded Tools menu directly into the floating UI, putting Deep Research, image and video generation, Canvas, and Guided Learning within reach without opening the Gemini app.

Google Search was not down on May 5. What actually happened was narrower and stranger: a cryptographic error at Germany's domain registry made bahn.de, spiegel.de, and dozens of other .de websites unreachable for users on Google DNS, Cloudflare, and Quad9. The fault was at DENIC, the authority that manages the .de top-level domain. Google DNS users saw a "Google Search outage" because Google DNS was the service telling their browsers the site didn't exist but Google DNS was doing exactly what...

Galaxy S27 Ultra Battery Upgrade: Why a Dual-Cell Design Is Most Likely

Google added Pixel 10 Comfort View to its flagship lineup two months agoa s part of the March 2026 Pixel Drop, a display feature designed specifically for users whose eyes struggle with the vivid, high-saturation rendering that modern OLED panels are built to deliver. The mode uses refined color filtering to pull back the intensity of very bright or oversaturated colors. It's available on the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, but not the Pixel 10a. The independent...

Samsung's headline number from the S26 launch was a 29% sales increase over the S25 series in the first three weeks. The number that tells the more interesting story is 71%. According to Counterpoint Research data reported by Android Police last month, seven out of every ten U.S. buyers who purchased a Galaxy S26 in that window chose the Ultra, a share that grew by 10 percentage points compared to the S25 Ultra's cut of its own lineup. Galaxy S26 Ultra sales success was visible even before...

Google has pushed Android Auto v16.7 to its beta channel, and the Play Store Android Auto beta sign up page is currently accepting new testers. That window has closed before without warning. When capacity fills, Google's support page notes users simply stay on stable until the next cycle opens, no queue, no notification when spots return. A Google support community thread from late 2024 documents users hitting exactly that wall.

If you're searching for a new Chromecast, Google has an answer: the Google TV Streamer, priced at $99.99. That's roughly double what the Chromecast with Google TV cost. The price gap is not incidental it reflects a genuine product category shift, one worth understanding before handing over your money.

One UI 8.5 Galaxy Glasses Leak: What the Changelog Reveals

Blizzard is launching a Diablo Immortal StarCraft crossover next week, and it comes packaged with something most limited-time events skip entirely: a permanent change to the game's gear system. The Battle for Beyond event runs May 13 through June 10, bringing faction-themed combat mechanics, a new Legendary Gem, and competitive leaderboards. Shipping in the same update is a permanent expansion of gear-slot access for every player, according to Blizzard's announcement published this week.

Samsung Call Screening for Galaxy S25: Features and Release Details

Samsung Messages is shutting down for US users on Android 12 or later this July. Devices running Android 11 or earlier are explicitly excluded from the end-of-service notice. Samsung has not confirmed whether the phase-out will apply outside the United States.

Galaxy S27 Pro: Why Samsung's Tiering Strategy Finally Makes Sense

Google's ChromeOS Flex USB Kit: A Guide for Windows 10 Users

Chrome has been quietly downloading a file called weights.bin onto eligible computers, with no prompt, no notification, and no indication the transfer is happening, The Verge and Android Authority both reported today. The file ranges from 3GB to 4GB. Users are discovering it only after noticing unexplained drops in available disk space.

Google updated AI Overviews in late January 2026, adding a follow-up prompt that routes users directly into a full back-and-forth exchange in AI Mode, with the original query context preserved. The change converts what was a one-shot summary into a handoff point for longer research sessions. AI Overviews are used by more than a billion people and have required no sign-in since March 2025, putting this new conversational entry point in front of a mass-market audience with no login barrier, per...

Seven years of software support is the number both Samsung and Google lead with now. It's on the spec sheets, in the press releases, woven into the sales pitch for devices like the Galaxy S24 Ultra and the latest Pixel phones. The implication is straightforward enough: buy this phone, and we'll keep it running well for most of a decade.

Google is reportedly preparing to drop the Pixel thermometer feature from its upcoming Pixel 11 Pro and replace it in the camera bar with a rear-facing RGB LED system called Pixel Glow. If the leaks hold, that would end the run of the first FDA-granted body temperature app for smartphones in the U.S., according to Google's own documentation.