It’s official: Googlebooks have arrived. The new laptop platform is powered by Android, yet in many ways it looks and feels more like an upgrade to ChromeOS than a whole new platform. While it’s still early days and there’s a lot we don’t know, the core idea of the new Android variant is arguably the … Read More “Are Googlebooks the future? Not even Google seems to know” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has confirmed to Android Authority that it is testing a new storage policy with reduced free storage. The test is only applicable to new Gmail accounts created in select regions. Google’s 15GB free cloud storage may be going away soon. Several user reports from yesterday claimed that Google … Read More “Google explains why some Gmail accounts only get 5GB free storage” »
Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be testing a new Gemini Live interface that turns the assistant into an interactive pill-shaped bar. The updated UI reportedly reacts to taps and can even “wave back” at users during interactions. The new Gemini Live experience appears to be a limited test rollout. Google is … Read More “Gemini Live’s new interactive bar reportedly waves back at users” »
Starting this fall, the first-ever Googlebooks will officially hit store shelves. Googlebooks are the spiritual successor to Chromebooks, and Google is pitching them as combining the best of Android and ChromeOS to create a new type of Google laptop — with a healthy dose of Gemini AI features, too. Google is talking a big game … Read More “5 Chromebooks you should buy now instead of waiting for a Googlebook” »
When the Google Pixel 7 launched in 2022, it came with several interesting features like Face Unlock, Super Res Zoom, an LTPO display, and a bunch of special camera additions. One feature I didn’t give too much attention to, though, was the included free VPN service. How Google’s VPN saved me from relying on data … Read More “I’ve had this awesome Pixel feature for 4 years, but I just started using it” »
Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Google may unveil another Gemini AI agent at I/O 2026 called Gemini Spark. Gemini Spark apparently runs in the background and handles tasks proactively instead of waiting for manual prompts. The AI agent could pull data from linked apps, chat history, schedules, websites, and location info to complete workflows … Read More “Gemini Spark might be Google’s plan for an autonomous worker” »
TL;DR Google recently introduced its AI-powered Health Coach, coming to the new Google Health app. An early hands-on report reveals Health Coach making the AI cardinal sin: hallucinating things that never actually happened. In addition to making up phantom workouts, Health Coach is accused of delivering “pretty shallow” advice. Big things have been happening lately … Read More “Google’s new Health Coach is already hallucinating” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Android Canary 2605 is now available for the public to test. Releases are ready to download for Pixel 6 and newer devices. Changes include some blurry new background effects. We’re just days away from Google I/O 2026, but you won’t have to wait for the big developer event to … Read More “Android Canary’s May release is going hard on the blur effects” »
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be preparing a new “People Finding” mode for the Find Hub when you’re near the person you’re looking for. It’s possible this could be a short-range directional tool similar to Apple’s Precision Finding. It’s not yet clear if UWB support on both phones will be … Read More “Find Hub ‘People Finding’ upgrade could offer Apple-style precision” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is reportedly testing a 5GB storage limit for new Gmail accounts, down from the standard 15GB. Users can “unlock” the full 15GB of free storage by adding a phone number to their account. It is currently unclear if this is a permanent rollout or a limited A/B test. … Read More “The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending” »
