Here’s what happened at Google’s I/O 2025
Google is once again upping the ante when it comes to its AI-infused products and services. Read more: Here’s what happened at Google’s I/O 2025
Read MoreGoogle is once again upping the ante when it comes to its AI-infused products and services. Read more: Here’s what happened at Google’s I/O 2025
Read MoreWelcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are
Read MoreAutomotive racing is a grueling endeavor, a test of one’s mental and physical prowess to push an engineered masterpiece to its limit. This is all the more true of 24 hour endurance races where teams tag team to get the most laps of a circuit in over a 24 hour period. The format pushes cars
Read MoreA year ago Xbox president Sarah Bond revealed that Microsoft was planning to launch a new Xbox mobile gaming store in July 2024. That never happened. I’ve been wondering what the hold up has been over the past year, and it seems we might have an answer: Apple. Microsoft filed an amicus brief late on
Read MoreAs I sat down to watch the opening keynote for Google I/O 2025 yesterday, I glanced out the window behind my computer. It was a cold, rainy, and overall gloomy day. A gray sky hid any trace of the sun. A frigid breeze and a constant drizzle squashed my hopes of an afternoon run or
Read MoreCredit: Andy Walker / Android Authority NotebookLM users will soon be able to generate Video Overviews using uploaded sources like PDFs or photos. The feature could be useful for topics that benefit from a visual learning medium. Audio Overviews are also set to receive duration controls. NotebookLM is one of Google’s more useful AI products,
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android 16 for TV looks almost identical to Android 14, with only slight visual tweaks in the Settings menu. New developer-focused features include MediaQualityManager, IAMF spatial audio support, and performance optimizations. The stable release is expected later this year, and Gemini integration is also on the roadmap. Android 16
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google has officially rolled out the first Developer Preview of Wear OS 6 based on Android 16. This early release introduces the new Material 3 Expressive design language to smartwatches, bringing dynamic theming, fluid animations, and improved scrolling. We spent some time exploring the preview. Here’s what’s new and
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Google has officially rolled out the first Developer Preview of Wear OS 6 based on Android 16. This early release introduces the new Material 3 Expressive design language to smartwatches, bringing dynamic theming, fluid animations, and improved scrolling. We spent some time exploring the preview. Here’s what’s new and
Read MoreFortnite has returned to Apple’s App Store in the United States after a nearly five-year absence, marking a significant victory for Epic Games in its protracted legal battle against Apple’s App Store policies. The return follows an April 30 ruling where a federal judge determined Apple violated a court order requiring the company to allow
Read MoreIn anticipation of agents soon far outnumbering humans online, the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) has developed a way to automatically identify AI agents before they interact with enterprise systems. It calls its plan Agent Name Service (ANS). The OWASP ANS proposal describes the initiative as “a novel architecture based on DNS addressing the
Read MoreAMD is officially announcing its Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU at Computex today. Like the number implies, this graphics card will challenge Nvidia’s recently released RTX 5060, with AMD offering models with 8GB or 16GB of VRAM. AMD is following Nvidia’s controversial choice to ship a modern GPU with just 8GB of VRAM in the
Read MoreSummer is coming, and that means outdoor activities are right around the corner. Wouldn’t it be nice to have AC wherever you go? That’s exactly what the EcoFlow WAVE 3 Portable Air Conditioner offers! What’s best is that you can save $400 on it right now. Buy the EcoFlow WAVE 3 Portable Air Conditioner for
Read MoreSummer is coming, and that means outdoor activities are right around the corner. Wouldn’t it be nice to have AC wherever you go? That’s exactly what the EcoFlow WAVE 3 Portable Air Conditioner offers! What’s best is that you can save $400 on it right now. Buy the EcoFlow WAVE 3 Portable Air Conditioner for
Read MoreApple was in danger of having to show up in court on May 27 if it didn’t respond satisfactorily to a show cause order by Wednesday, but neither is no longer necessary. Apple no longer needs to submit cause or go to court over ‘Fortnite’ delays After two Fortnite App Store submissions were seemingly ghosted
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Decrypt: The founder of online news publication TechCrunch has claimed that Coinbase’s recent data breach “will lead to people dying,” amid a wave of kidnap attempts targeting high-net-worth crypto holders. TechCrunch founder and venture capitalist Michael Arrington added that this should be a point of reflection for regulators
Read MoreGoogle on Tuesday unveiled Veo 3, an AI video generator that includes synchronized audio — such as dialogue and animal sounds — setting it apart from rivals like OpenAI’s Sora. The company also launched Imagen 4 for high-quality image generation, Flow for cinematic video creation, and made updates to its Veo 2 and Lyria 2
Read MoreAdobe’s new “Creative Cloud Pro” plan now comes with a new name, a bigger bill, and not much else. Here’s how the price tiers compare in May 2025. Adobe jacks up prices for same tools with a shiny new label Adobe has just announced that it will jump prices on its Creative Cloud All Apps
Read MoreGoogle added Gemini features on Gmail’s web interface that allowed for some calendar management capabilities late last year. The mobile Gmail app can now use Gemini for creating, deleting, or editing Calendar events, and give users a daily schedule summary. This feature is available for Google Workspace users on both Android and iOS, with a
Read MoreFor all that “should have used a 555” is a bit of a meme around here, there’s some truth to it. The humble 555 is a wonderful tool in the right hands. That’s why it’s wonderful to see this all-analog stylus synth project by EE student [DarcyJ] bringing the 555 out for the new generation.
Read MoreAndroid 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduces a new feature on Pixel devices allowing users to check which fingerprints they have enrolled. By tapping a new button in settings and then touching the sensor, the system will highlight the corresponding saved fingerprint. This helps users identify and manage their stored fingerprints without needing to delete and
Read MoreGoogle just wrapped up its big keynote at I/O 2025. As expected, it was full of AI-related announcements, ranging from updates across Google’s image and video generation models to new features in Search and Gmail. But there were some surprises too, like a new AI filmmaking app and an update to Project Starline. If you
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has just revealed the first beta for Android 16 QPR 1. This is effectively a preview for the next Pixel Drop release, expected to launch in June. Google has just made plenty of announcements as part of I/O 2025. While this is primarily an event about AI, we
Read MoreZEUS is now the most powerful laser in the US, and will be getting even more powerful later this year. | Photo: Marcin Szczepanski /Michigan Engineering The University of Michigan has announced that its Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) produced 2 petawatts, or 2 quadrillion watts of power during its first experiment. That’s more
Read MoreGoogle I/O starts today, and would you believe it? They’re going to talk about AI. After getting everything Android out of the way in last week’s dedicated Android Show, we’re expecting today’s I/O developer conference keynote to be one big AI show. Gemini, Project Astra, and everything in between are likely to be the focus
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