Android 17 Beta 1 updates the Pixel Launcher search bar with a slimmer, translucent design and finally adds customization ...

A recent leak suggests Android 17 could gain even more blur effects, and we’ve obtained images showing some of these new elements. The images show that the volume menu and pop-up volume slider could ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is testing WebP image format support for Windows 11 desktop backgrounds in Preview Build 26220.7653. This enhancement allows users to directly set WebP images as ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

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One of the main benefits of a YouTube Premium subscription is being able to play videos in the background, but at $14 per month, it becomes difficult to justify the cost, especially if you're not ...

You might close apps to speed up your phone, but Android already limits idle apps to save battery, so you don't need to micromanage them. Apps like Gmail still run background services to deliver ...

A future Android update will give the lock screen widget page a blurred wallpaper background, aligning it with the Material 3 Expressive design language. This visual change, which replaces the current ...

Gemini Live is also being updated for foldables and third-party apps, starting with Samsung devices. Gemini Live is also being updated for foldables and third-party apps, starting with Samsung ...

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Google is due to unveil its new “Material 3 Expressive” design system at I/O 2025 this month, but someone at the company accidentally published a blog post about it this week. It was promptly deleted ...