19+ hour, 33+ min ago   (285+ words) If the speedometer disappeared from Google Maps on your Android Auto display this week, it is not a bug. Google has now explained why. Android Authority reports that Mishaal Rahman, a Googler and former Android Authority editor, checked with the…...

15+ hour, 36+ min ago   (244+ words) Google Wallet is rolling out a redesigned look for passes on Android. Open a boarding pass, loyalty card, or ticket, and the screen fills with that pass’s own color. Every element inside gets tinted to match. The change arrives in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (211+ words) Dreambeans, the Google Labs experiment that generates a personalised daily feed of stories for you, is no longer an invite-only curiosity. Google says it is now available to all accounts in the US aged 18 and over, on both Android and…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (305+ words) Google has brought the Gemini app to Windows. The desktop client went live on 10 September for Windows 10 and 11, and it is built around one shortcut: press Alt + Space and Gemini opens over whatever you are doing. Google’s pitch is that…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (345+ words) The headline change is health sensing, not design. New optical and electrical heart sensors let the Series 12 and Ultra 4 measure heart rate every five seconds, all day, instead of periodically. Heart rate variability, a marker of stress and recovery, is…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (353+ words) The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is now $300 off at Amazon, and the standard Z Fold8 is $250 off, on unlocked models with no contract required. The discounts landed about a month after launch, the same week Samsung published its own U.S. sales figures boasting…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (288+ words) Find Hub’s “Remembered” tab, the Gemini-powered feature for tracking items that don’t have a physical tracker attached, is now shipping to phones after being announced as “coming soon” at the start of the month. Version 3.1.732-02 of the Find Hub app…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) Samsung’s official mobile security update scope page now lists a shorter roster than it did a few days ago. Two foldable generations and a smartwatch pair have dropped off the monthly and quarterly patch lists this week, and the changes…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (154+ words) A customer who filed a support ticket about their SM-F976N unit received a written reply from Samsung Electronics Mobile Phones, later published in full by SamMobile. The relevant part reads: “This is a normal design feature applied to protect the…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (298+ words) Samsung has released the second One UI 9.0 beta for the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra, about a week after the Android 17-based beta program opened for the series. The update is rolling out in South Korea first, and it adds…...