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As work on AI Mode continues, Google is adding a prominent shortcut for it on Android, while a sleek header redesign is being tested.

Epic Games has slowly been creating a safe space for Android games that are free from the Google Play Store. The newest Epic Games addition is a title that hasn’t been around in some time — Flappy Bird.

In its latest quarterly revenue announcement, Samsung is teasing the upcoming Galaxy S25 Edge launch while touting “strong” sales of the Galaxy S25 series.

With Wear OS 5.1, Google changed the behavior of Touch Lock on the Pixel Watch. 

ADT is announcing two new updates to its Google Nest-integrated ADT+ security system including a new door lock that supports your fingerprint, as well as an overdue app redesign.

The Google Play Store has seen a wide purge of potentially millions of apps over the past 12 months as part of a wider clean-up operation.

A shortcoming of Pixel displays thus far may be addressed going forward, as Google is teasing better PWM dimming rates in the future, likely starting with the upcoming Pixel 10.

For the past few years, Waymo has focused on expanding its Waymo One ride-hailing service. Waymo is now beginning to look beyond that in partnering with Toyota. 

In the “April Newsletter” for Gemini Advanced subscribers, Google recapped recent launches and teased what’s coming at I/O 2025.

The more compact and rather enticing OnePlus 13T turned heads on its recent announcement, but OnePlus has just confirmed that the device won’t be launching in the United States or Europe.

In 2025, the wearable market can be easily divided into a couple of categories. The watch or wrist wearable seems to be the most popular option, simply driven by the number of options available to choose from. The ring wearable tracker, however, offers a different set of conveniences, but it isn’t for everyone. In that second category, the Oura Ring 4 is easily our favorite option.

An April 2025 update is rolling out more widely to Samsung’s Wear OS-based Galaxy Watch models, with the update now available through four different generations of hardware.

Google is now bringing NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews to over 50 languages after previously only supporting English.

Following US support, Google Wallet for Android will soon let those in the United Kingdom create digital ID passes with their UK passports. Other updates today include more state IDs and work on privacy-preserving age verification.

Google is working on bringing some form of climate control to its Android Auto platform, and a new update has made it possible for these controls to surface with a preview of the functionality.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 might be a bit thinner than originally expected, but the rumor claiming that thinner profile is a bit hard to believe.

AI video summaries are not new, and apps like YouTube have already begun rolling them out to users. However, software-level video summary that works for any media on device isn’t seemingly available for users, and One UI 8 might bring just that to Galaxy devices.

Samsung has been working hand-in-hand with Google to bring the company’s AI to more Android devices, all while Samsung maintains some footprint with its popular Galaxy AI suite. The two companies noted that the Google Gemini shortcut will start to make its way to Galaxy A devices, reaching a broader market.

Samsung seems to have just gotten ahead of schedule with its One UI 7 release, adding the Galaxy S21 to the list of devices with the new update. This comes as other flagship Galaxy phones have just received the update before they were expected to.

Ahead of Material Design’s next evolution, let’s review Material You through the lens of first-party Google apps on Android. Specifically, I want to look at the adoption of Material 3 components, color, and adaptive layouts.