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With the addition of Magic Compose, we noted how the Google Messages text field was getting too cluttered, but a redesign is now on the way, while each contact’s profile page is also getting overhauled.  

For the past several months, Google Messages has been working on a Profiles feature, and we now have a better idea of what it’s for.

A new feature coming soon to the Google Pixel Watch app will save you some time and effort when charging the watch by notifying you when the battery is full.

Google is adding a new built-in tool to Gboard for Android that lets you “Scan Text” using optical character recognition (OCR).

Google Messages is preparing an easier way to pair your phone and send messages from the web browser, and there’s a fun emoji twist.

Update: The new pairing flow is beginning to appear on the web, revealing more about how it works.

The latest example of generative AI inside Google apps is a “Magic Lists” feature for Keep that’s meant to be a “creative note-taking aid.”

Gmail for Android and iOS is changing how you initiate Duet AI’s “Help me write” capability, while Google might be expanding it with “voice compose” in the future.

With the Pixel Tablet now a few months old, Google might soon add two features that debuted on the Nest Hub Max: Look and Talk and Quick Gestures.

Despite reports of the project being canceled, work may have resumed on Google’s “Iris” augmented reality glasses, based on a new teardown.

It seems that this summer’s Pixel Fold will not be Google’s last foldable Android phone, as new evidence points to a new device in development that could be a Pixel Flip or Pixel Fold 2.

Ahead of this week’s Pixel 8 event, the company has rolled out an update for the Pixel Buds app, preparing for new features like “Hearing Wellness,” “Conversation Detection,” and more, confirming our earlier reporting.

Google announced at the start of this month that Nest Aware is getting a price increase. The Google Home app now reveals that an “All-in-one subscription from Google” could be in the works.

Samsung has been rumored for quite some time to be working on a smart ring, and it seems that the product is quickly approaching its launch as a new update to Samsung’s Galaxy Wearable app confirms the “Galaxy Ring” name and a release date window for the device.

At the start of 2022, Google announced that Wear OS would be able to unlock your Android phone. It seems Watch Unlock is very nearly ready to launch, as our APK Insight team managed to fully enable the feature for an early hands-on.

Ahead of the (delayed) launch of Google’s Find My Device network, the company is preparing location-based settings for helping find your (and others’) lost phones and other gadgets.

Google Messages on the Pixel Tablet is unacceptable for relying on QR code sign-in and a web app, but the company might be working on a Google Account-based pairing alternative.  

Version 1.4 of the Pixel Watch app is rolling out this evening with minor visual changes to the companion client and the ability to link your Google Account.

Back in March, we enabled a big revamp of the voice recorder UI in Google Messages, and it has now undergone another redesign.

The Google Contacts app is preparing a new redesign to its single-contact widget, bringing a more subtle look and feel.

It’s been just over a year since Google released the Pixel Buds Pro, and in that time, hopefully, you’ve remembered to clean them on multiple occasions. If not, Google will soon remind you to clean your Pixel Buds so on a regular basis.

Google is preparing a new way to quickly interact with Assistant on your smartwatch, using a new Wear OS Tile with customizable shortcuts, and we have your first look.