Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Home was having problems with some users’ RGB lights in April. The Home app could control light brightness, but not color. Google says these issues have been resolved. Last month, Google Home users reported an annoying bug around RGB smart lights, with the Home app still showing on-off … Read More “Google says Home’s RGB lighting issues are resolved” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is shutting down its experimental AI browser agent that could browse the web, fill forms, search listings, and book trips for you. The tool relied on screenshots and visual recognition to interact with websites like a human. Google isn’t abandoning the tech entirely, as many of the tool’s … Read More “Google quietly kills Project Mariner as the AI agent race shifts gears” »
TL;DR Users noticed Google Chrome silently downloading a 4GB file called “weights.bin” in the background, sparking privacy concerns. This file actually helps run Gemini Nano on-device, improving privacy by processing AI requests locally rather than sending data to the cloud. Users frustrated by the storage hit can stop the downloads by disabling specific Chrome flags before … Read More “The truth behind Chrome’s 4GB “weights.bin” file for Gemini Nano” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority Monthly Pixel updates are never created equal. Sometimes, they come with exciting new features and settings to play with. Other times, they contain virtually nothing of interest. The new May 2026 update is rolling out now, and while it lacks notable user-facing changes, it’s still important. With this latest update, … Read More “Is your Pixel getting Google’s May 2026 update? Here’s the full list” »
Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Pro While there have been rumors that Google was working on a new laptop-focused OS for years, the company didn’t officially confirm the existence of Aluminium OS until late 2025. There’s still a lot we don’t know about the operating system, but we are slowly learning … Read More “Why Aluminium OS needs to avoid Android’s earliest mistakes” »
TL;DR Google has introduced new assistant models, called “drafters,” that could significantly speed up Gemma 4. Drafters work by predicting sections of prompts to the main model, which can focus on processing them in bigger batches. This allows the model to use the memory and the compute more efficiently. Google’s recently launched Gemma 4 edge … Read More “Google’s latest trick gets Gemma 4 running 3x faster right on your phone” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is now offering up to $1.5 million for advanced zero-click Pixel hacks targeting the Titan M2 security chip. Meanwhile, Google is slashing payouts for basic Android and Chrome vulnerabilities and cutting several bonus categories. Researchers can still earn up to $250,000 for full-chain Chrome exploits, and the MiraclePtr … Read More “Google will pay you $1.5M if you can hack Pixel’s Titan M2 chip” »
Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR Numerous Pixel owners are experiencing random eSIM connectivity issues. While some lose connection intermittently, others complain of not being able to switch eSIM carriers. Google has acknowledged the issue, but there’s no fix yet. We’ve come across numerous reports of difficulties using eSIM on Pixel devices over the past … Read More “Pixel’s newest headache: eSIMs that just stop working for no reason” »
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s May 2026 update for the Pixel 10 series blocks downgrades to older Android versions by updating the bootloader. Users say devices can become unrecoverable if they enter certain recovery modes without access to Google’s internal tools. The issue has been raised for years, but Google has yet … Read More “Pixel 10’s May update blocks Android downgrades” »
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Code within One UI 9 leaked build suggests that Samsung will let users choose between Finder and Google as their home screen search service. New settings will likely allow users to display Finder, Google, both, or neither on their home screen. This feature follows the One UI 8.5 … Read More “Samsung may soon let you pick your preferred home screen search” »
