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Welcome to Pixelated episode 108. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will briefly dive into Google and Epic’s decision to wrap up their legal battle without a settlement in place, leaving the door open for third-party app stores to live inside Google Play. They also discuss the ever-leaking Pixel 11, including some new Pixel Glow insights and Google’s latest obsession with the color green.

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While we wait for the Pixel 11 launch, rumors about the Pixel 11a and even 12a are already emerging.

To mark World Emoji Day, Google has delved into the design of its new 3D emoji. As previewed at The Android Show in May, all 3,977 emoji characters have been redesigned to be three-dimensional.

Whether Samsung wants detailed images of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and 8 Ultra out there, they are. The latest leak containing marketing images leaves nothing about the short and stout Galaxy Z Fold 8 or Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra to the imagination.

Google Photos is finally rolling out a floating bottom bar redesign on Android that updates how you navigate the app.

It turns out the news isn’t all so bad. New reports from Samsung insiders claim the company might offer free storage upgrades for some models of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Flip 8, but there’s a small caveat for some storage variants.

While the smartphone market as a whole is struggling right now, there are some bright spots. Google Pixel is managing to grow on the global market, but India in particular is doing well, as Pixel and Nothing are the two fastest-growing brands in the region.

The Redmagic Astra 2 is official for the global market, with US pricing now confirmed, but a release date that won’t land until August.

The Google Contacts app is making it a little bit easier to find your own number on Android, with a new “Your info” card that mirrors longstanding functionality over on iPhone, while also just being massively convenient for users.

Apple TV and Apple Music for Android are rolling out sizable updates today, with homescreen widgets as the shared theme.

Google Health 5.04 is rolling out today with a focus on nutrition updates — a big complaint of the initial redesign — and other bug fixes.

In mid-May, Google announced Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026 and said the Pro version would arrive in June. On stage, Google said it was “showing great improvements.” That deadline has passed with no update on when to expect it.

After releasing two new options after I/O, Google might soon let you customize Gemini voice across four parameters.

Following Now Playing’s split-view redesign earlier this year, YouTube Music is testing fullscreen cover art.

Google is updating AI Mode with support for more first and third-party apps, just like the Gemini app.

Google announced today that NotebookLM is now called “Gemini Notebook” and previewed upcoming features that users can soon expect.

Motorola is pretty bad at software updates, with new Android versions delayed by months and devices often getting the bare minimum of support. And it’s not getting much better, as a new release shows just how confusing it is to understand what Motorola is and is not promising.