[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR Google is closer to allowing users to move passkeys between password managers on Android. We were able to activate the interface to transfer passkeys to and from the Google Password Manager. Apple devices running the latest iOS and macOS versions already support the feature. Despite theoretically being more …
[ad_1] Constantly signing in to websites and apps is a huge inconvenience, even when you employ a password manager, as I do. That’s why the likes of Microsoft, Facebook, and Google offer consumers a sign-in feature that utilizes their credentials on these sites instead. For many, having these options available makes it far easier to …
