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Smartwatches have long come in one of two camps. Circular watches that look more traditional, and square watches that embrace a more optimized form factor. Samsung, though, is splitting the difference with its next Galaxy Watch and it begs the question – which one do you actually prefer?

Following the Android widget redesign, the next big Google Keep update adds rich text formatting to the web app.

Welcome to episode 53 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, we talk about the upcoming Material 3 Expressive redesign.

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It’s understandable that any odd noise your phone starts to make can be construed as a fault or manufacturing defect. The Pixel 9 happens to make a loud rattling sound that rivals someone shaking a small bag of gravel, and the question comes up all too often. Here’s the thing: It’s supposed to do that.

New Gemini app features eventually make their way to Google’s enterprise accounts, but it’s usually long after the consumer rollout. Google announced today Gemini Live is finally coming to Workspace customers.

According to new images in a leaked Samsung app, the upcoming Galaxy Watch 8 series will do away with the usual fully circular design of the company’s smartwatch.

The Galaxy Watch heavily relies on tiles as one of the main ways wearers can access information from their devices, and they seem to do the job fine. Samsung wants to switch things up, according to new leaks suggesting that the company will introduce a new type of tile along with some updated designs for the Galaxy Watch with One UI 8.

Thanks to increased visibility or interest, there are now more high-quality accessories for the Google Pixel 9 series than ever before. We’ve been testing the devices for a while, and here are some of our favorites that we think you might want to try.

Google Messages for Android is getting the ability to delete a chat message for everyone in a group RCS conversation.

The Gemini developments continue this week with 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro going from “experimental” to “preview” status in the app. 

Samsung is preparing a big new update for Galaxy Watch and its features are continuing to leak, with the latest details including a version of the “Now Bar,” as well as other new features and tweaks.

In recent months, Android has been adding support for a 16 KB page size that will boost performance, and Google is now introducing a support requirement for apps in the Play Store.

New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works.

Google is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar homescreen widget on Android that better emphasizes the optional shortcut.

Google today published a report about how it’s using the latest AI approaches to combat spam across Search, Chrome (with Gemini Nano for Enhanced Protection), and Android.

Samsung just confirmed that its Galaxy S25 Edge will be fully unveiled on May 12, but leaks continue to surface, this time with a promise of “all-day battery” that doesn’t seem to line up very well with the leaked capacity of this device.