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Exynos 2700 Leak Reveals Samsung's Thermal Strategy for 2nm Chips

Samsung Galaxy S27 Camera Redesign Tipped to Enable Native Qi2

Google Home Automations May Warning Explained: Who's Affected

Google raised usage ceilings for Gemini users and Google AI subscribers using Antigravity at Google I/O 2026, and the complaints from developers and heavy users haven't slowed down. The core grievance isn't that the new limits are too low. It's that nobody can tell, before starting a session, whether they'll finish it.

Android Linux Terminal GPU Acceleration Lands on Pixel 10 With Major Limits

AI Mode runs multiple related searches in the time it takes you to run one. It returns a single synthesized answer before you've seen any of the underlying process. That's not an incremental upgrade to Google Search. It's a different product, and the post-search Google era it points toward runs on different rules than anything the web has operated under before.

Google has introduced a feature called Create My Widget that lets Android 17 users describe what they want on their home screen in plain language and receive a fully built, resizable widget in return. The feature is part of Gemini Intelligence, a system-level AI layer Google previewed at The Android Show earlier this month, and it begins rolling out on select Samsung Galaxy and Pixel phones this summer.

Save a boarding pass to Google Wallet on Android, and live flight updates, gate changes, delays, estimated takeoff and arrival times, and flight progress appear directly on your lock screen without opening an app. That one feature captures what Google has been building toward across several update cycles: a wallet that monitors your trip rather than just stores the pass.

Google has been rolling out Gemini to Google TV hardware since late 2025, but if you own an older Chromecast with Google TV dongle and are waiting for a Chromecast with Google TV Gemini update, the honest answer is that Google hasn't committed to one. Every confirmed rollout wave has named specific hardware. Older Chromecast devices haven't appeared on any of those lists.

Video filters have disappeared from Samsung's camera app in One UI 8.5 and the One UI 9 beta quietly, with no announcement from Samsung and no explanation of whether it's a bug or a deliberate cut. Android Central reported the issue this week after Reddit users flagged missing video filters on One UI 8.5, and said it confirmed the missing recording filters on a Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Samsung Certified Re-Newed Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7: What Buyers Should Know

Google TV and Android TV together now run on 300 million active devices globally, according to 9to5Google's reporting from I/O. The Google TV 300 million active devices figure is real. It is also the kind of number that looks better in a press release than it does under scrutiny.

Samsung's One UI 8.5 has a dark mode problem: the deep AMOLED blacks that Galaxy users expect have been replaced by washed-out grey across the system UI, phone dialer, and Google apps. A workaround exists, Samsung support has confirmed it helps, and a support representative suggested a future update may provide an official fix, though that is not a confirmed roadmap commitment.

Galaxy phone owners using wireless controllers in DeX Mode have dealt with a frustrating input failure since last fall: the moment the phone screen timed out, analog sticks and D-pad inputs went dead. Face buttons kept working. Movement didn't.

Some Fitbit Air pre-orders began arriving recently, a full day ahead of the official May 26 launch. For iPhone owners, that was a welcome surprise. For Android buyers, it meant unpacking a $99.99 tracker they couldn't use.

Android 17 QPR1 beta 3 contains a setting that would let users hide Gboard's globe icon, the keyboard switch key that sits in the bottom-right corner. The toggle removes the globe key entirely, even when multiple languages or other keyboard apps are active. That appeals to users who want a cleaner layout, but the same report found a meaningful catch: switching back from at least one third-party keyboard becomes significantly harder once the globe key is gone.

Oppo just launched the Reno 16 series alongside its "Bubble," a touch-capable magnetic rear screen phone accessory that snaps to the back of a compatible phone and delivers something close to the secondary display Xiaomi built directly into the 17 Pro.

Samsung Gallery will stop syncing directly with OneDrive on September 30, 2026. Microsoft's support page, updated earlier this month, sets that as the official cutoff, and Galaxy owners who currently rely on the integration need to update their camera roll settings before that date, not just to keep backing up new photos, but also to keep accessing previously backed-up photos through the OneDrive app.

Samsung Galaxy Connect Now Works on Any Windows 11 PC

Pixel Watch Fall Detection and Google Account Sign-In Requirements Explained

Google Play has a documented problem with apps that impersonate popular franchises generic names, recycled screenshots, subscription prompts tucked behind a "free" download button. Fake Tomodachi Life apps on Google Play Store fit this template precisely: titles like "Tomodachi Life Simulator" or "Tomodachi Companion," publisher names with no connection to Nintendo, and listings vague enough to survive a quick scroll. Whether these specific apps are the work of organized networks or...

The Trump administration has directed agency chief information officers across the executive branch to install its official app on all government-furnished mobile phones, with the FAA already notifying employees that the installation will happen automatically on all FAA-issued iPhones and iPads, according to internal communications obtained by Government Executive earlier this month. Current and former federal officials called the move highly unusual. Sonny Hashmi, a former senior government IT...

Samsung's One UI 8.5 update has begun reaching Galaxy S23 devices, but the Galaxy S23 One UI 8.5 missing AirDrop support is the detail that's generating the most noise. The update brings Quick Share compatibility with iPhones, iPads, and Macs to the S24, S25, and S26 series. The S23 does not get it, Android Authority reported today.

Samsung's One UI 8.5 quietly dropped a camera feature that users have had for years: native video filters in the stock camera app are gone from Video mode. The update, which brings Samsung's latest Galaxy AI and creative tools to more Galaxy devices, carried no public explanation for the removal, and no changelog entry mentions it. Samsung began the official One UI 8.5 rollout on May 6, 2026, starting in Korea, with additional regions and models following afterward.

If you're seeing unusual Audible background data usage on Android, the first thing to do is confirm the app is actually the source before changing any settings. This guide walks through how to check whether the Audible mobile data bug is affecting your device, how to limit the damage with the least disruption to features you actually use, and what to send support if you need to escalate.

Some Pixel owners are reporting My Pixel app missing tabs today, with the entire bottom navigation bar gone and no way to reach Support or the Google Store within the app. At least one affected user saw a pop-up just before the tabs vanished: "Support and Google Store features are not available in your region. You can manage your orders and repairs on the Google Store website." They dismissed it, and the navigation bar disappeared, Android Authority reported today.

Three separate data trails now point to the same unreleased Samsung product: a clip-style open-ear earbud that, if the Samsung Galaxy Buds Able leak holds up, would be the company's first entry into a form factor where Bose, Sony, and Anker already have established products. It would also be a mechanical answer to a fit problem that has followed the current Buds lineup since launch.

At MWC 2026 in Barcelona, Samsung Display was on the show floor with a phone that slides upward to reveal more screen. Back home, Samsung's product division was shipping a phone that unfolds twice. Both devices exist. Only one is for sale. That gap between what Samsung's display engineers can demonstrate and what its product team will actually commit to defines the current state of the Samsung rollable phone.

Samsung's 32-inch Odyssey G8 (G80HS) went on sale this week as what Samsung calls the industry's first 6K gaming monitor, carrying 6,144 x 3,456 pixels at a native 165Hz on a panel built specifically for gaming, per the Samsung Global Newsroom. The milestone is real. So is the catch.

Google announced this week that Gemini is now broadly available in Android Auto, covering more than 250 million compatible vehicles already on the road. That number is the headline. The more important detail is what it obscures: the version most drivers will get is meaningfully different from the one that enables genuinely new capabilities.

A code teardown of Android 17's QPR1 Beta 3 reveals something more interesting than a status dashboard: a four-step verification process that routes trust through an independent second device and a browser, ending with a side-by-side comparison the user resolves themselves. The Android 17 OS verification system is not yet functional end-to-end, but the UI strings extracted from the current beta are detailed enough to map the workflow, and the checks Android already has in place give the design...

Reports of first-gen Chromecast devices disappearing as a cast target in major apps have accelerated this week, and the pattern is unusual enough that observers are calling it something more than normal hardware aging. The first-gen Chromecast not working reports have clustered in a Reddit thread where multiple owners described the same breakage occurring at roughly the same time. Google has not publicly commented. According to 9to5Google, any response from the company would likely point back...

Google's biggest Android Auto overhaul in years landed without much ceremony. Gemini is now widely available across more than 250 million compatible vehicles, bringing genuine back-and-forth conversation to replace the old rigid command syntax for eligible users, according to Google. The Android Auto Gemini update 2026 covers messages, navigation stops, email, music, and calendar tasks, all in natural language, hands-free. For most drivers, this is the practical story.

Google is sending enforcement emails to holders of G Suite legacy free edition accounts, telling them their accounts have been flagged for commercial use and that Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Meet will be suspended within 45 days unless they upgrade to a paid Workspace plan or win an appeal. Users claim personal family domains are being swept up alongside actual commercial accounts, according to The Register, which broke the story this week. Google says it does not use private customer data to...

The big story in the latest Galaxy Z Fold 8 leak is the list of missing features on a phone expected to cost around $2,000. Leaks published this week suggest the device may ship without S Pen support, without the display material Samsung already put in the S26 Ultra, and without the privacy screen technology that debuted on that phone. Leaks suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 8 may miss features already available on the cheaper Galaxy S26 Ultra, and the gap is hard to ignore at this price point.

Samsung launched what it says is the industry's first 6K gaming monitor today, and the Samsung Odyssey G8 G80HS is built around a single architectural bet: that the most useful gaming display is one that can change what it is. Flip Dual Mode and the monitor drops to 3K resolution and pushes its refresh rate to 330Hz, putting it in the same performance tier as dedicated esports panels. That switch is what separates the G80HS from a resolution showcase with no practical application.