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The best source for Android OS news. Editor-at-large @AndroidAuth, Co-host @AndroidFaithful.

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@MishaalRahman
Mishaal Rahman
10 months
📧Got a tip to share? . 🗣️Want to tell me about an interesting app or feature you worked on? . 📱Have a product you want me to review? . ☕Or maybe you want to support my work? . Here's all the info you need:
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Big changes are coming to the Google Play Store.
@TimSweeneyEpic
Tim Sweeney
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Thanks to the verdict, the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store! It's already available worldwide from our web site, Epic Games Store for PC already carries several other PC stores ( GOG Galaxy).
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RT @AndroidStudio: The next wave of innovation is here with the Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop→ 🤖 Gemini in A….
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Mishaal Rahman
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🌐Google will soon fix a security loophole in Chrome's password autofill. Currently, Chrome for Android will autofill passwords without needing any authentication, but Google says you'll soon be able to protect autofills with your biometrics. Details👇.
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Currently, you can autofill passwords in the Chrome browser without authentication, but Google is finally fixing this oversight.
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Mishaal Rahman
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🖥️With One UI 8, you can once again use Samsung DeX on your PC . but you'll need a third-party tool. Using @scrcpy_app, you can launch a DeX window on any PC. Samsung killed DeX for PC support in One UI 7, so this is a nice workaround. How to👇.
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You can finally use Samsung DeX on your PC again, provided your Galaxy phone is running One UI 8. Here's how.
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Mishaal Rahman
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I know these flags aren't new, but Google is now testing them with the public. The back preview was enabled for me by default in Chrome 138 without any flags.
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Mishaal Rahman
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🌐Google Chrome is testing iOS-like page transitions on Android, and you can try it out now. Chrome for Android has new animated page transitions that let you preview the next page when going back or forward. Here's what it looks like & how to enable👇.
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Google Chrome is testing new, iOS-like page transitions on Android that give you a preview of where the back and forward gestures will go.
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Mishaal Rahman
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📺It's another day that ends in Y, so YouTube is testing another UI change. This time, YouTube is testing a new UI on mobile that hides the comments box and channel info by default. Screenshots👇.
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YouTube is testing a new UI in the mobile app where the comments box and channel info are hidden by default.
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Android Faithful #105 - The long wait for Android PCs
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RT @AndroidDev: Android 16 helps make apps more efficient→ To speed the transition to devices with more efficient….
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Mishaal Rahman
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FINALLY: A new leak suggests the Pixel 10 will have Qi2 magnets BUILT-IN, so you won't need a case!. This would be the second Android phone after the HMD Skyline to have built-in Qi2 magnets.
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Pixel 10 leak hints Google won't make the mistake Samsung did with Qi2.
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Mishaal Rahman
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Samsung currently doesn't let you use the DeX touchpad on the cover screen of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 . So a developer made an app just for that. It's called DeX Touchpad and works as expected, but it requires a few steps to set up (uses shell privileges to inject inputs on other
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Mishaal Rahman
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📺YouTube’s best Premium feature is finally coming to the big screen. YouTube is finally rolling out its AI-powered ‘Jump Ahead’ feature to TVs, a year after mobile and the web, but only for Premium subscribers. Let me know if you have it!.
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YouTube is finally bringing its 'Jump Ahead' feature to the TV app. This feature lets you skip ahead to the most interesting part of a video.
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Mishaal Rahman
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Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden 'Immersive' mode for true full screen. Here's how to enable it👇.
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The new version of Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden “immersive” full screen mode that’s hard to find. Here’s how to enable it.
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Mishaal Rahman
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📱🖥️The new Samsung DeX in One UI 8 was thought to be missing a full screen mode. Weird, right? It turns out it DOES support full screen mode, but enabling it is not intuitive. Tutorial on how to enable it in the replies👇
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✨📱Google 'Magic Cue' AI will read your screen to provide helpful suggestions. The latest Android Canary corroborates previous leaks of an AI-powered Magic Cue feature, expected to debut on the Pixel 10 series. More details👇.
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Google is working on a Magic Cue feature that uses AI to read your screen and proactively provide helpful suggestions.
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Mishaal Rahman
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✨ Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone. We spotted new "AI Icon" and "Create" options in the Pixel's wallpaper app in the second Android Canary release. Hopefully this helps solve inconsistent home screen icons.
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Google may soon use AI to generate custom icon themes. A new version of the Pixel wallpaper app suggests that "AI icons" are coming.
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Mishaal Rahman
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Google's Linux Terminal plays a big part in turning Android into a true desktop OS.
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The new Linux Terminal app plays a big role in Google's future plans to turn Android into a desktop platform. Here's how.
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Mishaal Rahman
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I ran desktop Chromium, GIMP, and LibreOffice on my Pixel using Android's Linux Terminal. With the Terminal, Google wants to let developers build Android apps directly on Android devices and eventually let users run full-fledged graphical Linux apps and games. More details👇
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⏩Samsung is speeding up future software updates for Galaxy devices. One UI 8 was the company's fastest ever OS rollout, and it's thanks to Samsung's adoption of Trunk Stable development. More details👇.
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Samsung plans to match Google's release cadence for Android, requiring them to speed up software updates for Galaxy devices. Here's how.
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Mishaal Rahman
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🖥️ This is HUGE: You can finally run FULL Linux graphical apps in Android's Terminal!. This is available in the latest Android Canary release. Android will gain access to a ton of useful Linux apps and games thanks to it. More details👇.
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Google has updated Android's Terminal app to let you run full graphical Linux programs. Here's why that's a big deal.
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