Android 17 is finally swapping taskbar app predictions for something you'll actually use

Android 17 QPR1 Beta ditches app predictions for your most recent apps, making multitasking on foldables and tablets faster.
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Chrome’s New Android Bottom Bar Puts Gemini AI Right at Your Fingertips

Google is testing a refreshed bottom navigation bar layout for Chrome on Android that features a dedicated Gemini AI shortcut button. This UI upgrade moves beyond basic page-level summaries to allow ...
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I can open almost every app faster after making this one Android change

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

I stopped wasting hours in Chrome by optimizing my workflow with these shortcuts

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at ...

RedHook Android malware now uses Wireless ADB for shell access

A new version of the RedHook Android malware abuses the Android Wireless Debugging (Wireless ADB) mechanism in a novel way to ...

Your Google AI Studio apps can finally have polished, presentable web links

Google AI Studio now lets users assign personalized ai.studio addresses to full-stack web apps deployed through Cloud Run.
Android

Google Photos Really Wants You to Use CapCut for Video Editing

Recent findings revealed a hidden UI experiment that adds a dedicated CapCut shortcut to the media export sheet. If an Android user does not have the ByteDance-owned editing app installed, the ...

Google Photos' latest UI experiment has one job: getting CapCut on your phone

Google seems to be testing a subtle UI change in Google Photos that promotes ByteDance's CapCut video editing app.