Mishaal's Android News Feed

📞Google blocks Android hack that let Pixel users enable VoLTE anywhere The Pixel's October 2025 update has an undisclosed security fix that broke the app that enabled VoLTE and VoWiFi in unsupported regions. More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-ims-broken-october-update-3606444/

🎨One-click theme packs are coming to Pixel phones thanks to Android's new Theme Manager To enable theme pack support on Android, Google has created a new Theme Manager feature that builds off Material You. Here's how it works👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-theme-manager-3606395/

✨🗺Google Maps is getting a HUGE AI upgrade Gemini in Maps could be a game-changer for planning, while new agentic AI features in Android could be big for convenience. And lastly, Nano Banana is coming to Google Lens...but why? Find out👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/authority-insights-podcast-008-3606075/

🏃Here's why Google's pushing you to set up Health Connect on your Android phone Google recently started sending notifications to get users to enable Health Connect, Android’s health and fitness data aggregator. Here's why that matters 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/health-connect-notification-3605129/

🌐🖥Google is already preparing Chrome for Android's eventual jump to the desktop Google Chrome for Android may soon enable the desktop version of sites when you’re browsing on an external display. Details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-desktop-site-on-external-displays-3605011/

⌨️Google is making it easier to fix Gboard’s most annoying auto-correct errors Gboard is making it easier to spot and undo unwanted auto-corrections by highlighting any text it automatically corrects. You can easily tap-to-undo these changes. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/gboard-tap-to-undo-auto-corrections-3604970/

Google has just 14 days to overhaul the Play Store — and there’s no escape plan by Aamir Siddiqui https://www.androidauthority.com/epic-vs-google-supreme-court-denies-stay-3604766/

🔐Exclusive: Google wants to make Android phones safer by switching to ‘risk-based’ security updates Android is shifting to a new "Risk-Based Update System" and prioritizing most security fixes for quarterly releases. Details👇🔗 https://www.androidautho…

Google recently updated its Android Security Bulletin overview page to confirm that security fixes will now be merged to AOSP on a quarterly, rather than monthly, basis. I recently reported that Google shifted to a 'risk-based update process' for security updates, and this is part of that change. 🔗Exclusive: Google wants to make Android phones safer by switching to ‘risk-based’ security updates

🏠How Google plans to fix its smart home mess with Gemini for Google Home We asked Google's Chief Product Officer of Home and Nest how it plans to win back trust from users. Here's what he had to say👇 🔗https://androidauthority.com/google-home-win-back-trust-3604047/ (You can watch the full interview with Anish Kattukaran over on Android Faithful!)

✨🖥EXCLUSIVE: Google is working on a Computer Control feature that will let you fully automate your phone's apps. This feature enables agentic AI control of Android apps. Maybe I was too harsh on you, Rabbit R1. Click👇for more details! 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-computer-control-feature-3603862/

👀The One UI 8.5 leaks that has us most excited about the Samsung Galaxy S26 On this week's Authority Insights podcast, we discuss the One UI 8.5 leaks, plus evidence of Handoff coming to Android & hypertension alerts coming to Pixel Watch. Listen 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/authority-insights-podcast-007-3603279/