Mishaal's Android News Feed

©️This is the Android 17 codename, and it's not what you guessed We polled our readers about what they think the Android 17 codename is, and everyone got it wrong. Here's what it's actually going to be👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-17-codename-3585116/

We're launching a new podcast and newsletter at Android Authority! The Authority Insights Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by C. Scott Brown and I. Each week, we analyze the top 2-3 scoops our Authority Insights team publishes each week. The first episode is out now! The Authority Insights Newsletter is a weekly newsletter written by me. Each edition, I'll reveal some new facet of Android that hasn't been reported on anywhere else yet, and also highlight our top discoveries of the week! The first edition is out tomorrow and it's about Android 17! Both are free, so please subscribe if you care about Android/Google news! 🔗Introducing the Authority Insights Podcast and Newsletter

🔍Android 16 QPR1 makes it easier to find your recent apps with its taskbar overflow The taskbar overflow is a horizontally scrolling carousel of your recent apps, and it appears when desktop windowing is active on your device. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-taskbar-overflow-3565405/

🐧Android 16 QPR1 lets the Linux Terminal dynamically adjust its storage use In Android 16 QPR1, the Linux Terminal has added storage ballooning support, allowing the app to adjust its storage needs automatically. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-terminal-disk-resize-3546144/

🕐Android can now give you a heads up when your phone's time zone changes The Android Canary release brings the "time zone change" feature I discovered earlier this year. This feature alerts you when your device's time zone has been auto updated. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-time-zone-alerts-3524074/

🖱Android may soon get its own version of Apple’s Hot Corners on Macs Google is working on an "Action Corners" feature for Android that will let you trigger shortcuts by moving the pointer to a corner More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-action-corners-leak-3584262/

⏩🪫This new Android security feature could interfere with fast charging, and here's why If you enable the new Advanced Protection for USB feature (live in Canary), you may need to unlock your Android phone before you can fast charge. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/advanced-protection-for-usb-fast-charging-3584219/

📱Google could fix one of the most annoying things about switching from a Galaxy to a Pixel phone You may soon be able to flip the navigation bar on Pixel phones, just like on Samsung phones, putting the Back button on the right and Recents on the left. 🔗https://androidauthority.com/android-flip-navigation-bar-rumor-3584159/

Google just launchedStorybooks in Gemini! This feature lets you create custom 10-page storybooks about any topic! You can ask it to use a certain illustrative style and even turn it into a coloring book! You can also print these books out. Pretty fun! While this is clearly aimed at entertaining children...I had some fun creating horror stories when testing it. Check out this story I made of New York turning into Silent Hill. It's actually pretty chilling. Here's a less horrifying example: A day in the life of a New York City bagel shop owner. (Thanks to Google for giving me early access!)

These two animations demonstrate Android's upcoming notification summarization and notification organizer features. I found them in the July 2025 Android Canary release. 🔗Android's upcoming notification summaries could avoid the pitfalls of Apple Intelligence 🔗Android may soon use AI to organize your phone's notifications

📁🔒Google is making it easier to hide sensitive files in your Pixel's Private Space Android is adding an option to move or copy files from the main profile to your Pixel’s Private Space More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/private-space-file-transfer-feature-3583499/

💻Google is making Android’s touchpad controls more like a desktop OS Android is adding a customizable three-finger touchpad tap gesture and a touchpad acceleration toggle More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-touchpad-new-features-canary-3583504/