Mishaal's Android News Feed

🌐Google will soon fix a security loophole in Chrome's password autofill Currently, Chrome for Android will autofill passwords without needing any authentication, but Google says you'll soon be able to protect autofills with your biometrics. Details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-password-autofill-biometrics-3582675/

🖥 With One UI 8, you can once again use Samsung DeX on your PC ... but you'll need a third-party tool. Using scrcpy, you can launch a DeX window on any PC. Samsung killed DeX for PC support in One UI 7, so this is a nice workaround. How to👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-dex-on-pc-one-ui-8-3582695/

🌐Google Chrome is testing iOS-like page transitions on Android, and you can try it out now Chrome for Android has new animated page transitions that let you preview the next page when going back or forward Here's what it looks like & how to enable👇 🔗https://androidauthority.com/google-chrome-back-forward-animations-3582562/ (I know these flags aren't new, but Google is now testing them with the public. The back preview was enabled for me by default in Chrome 138 without any flags.)

📺It's another day that ends in Y, so YouTube is testing another UI change. This time, YouTube is testing a new UI on mobile that hides the comments box and channel info by default. Screenshots👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-hide-comments-dropdown-3582521/

🧲FINALLY: A new leak suggests the Pixel 10 will have Qi2 magnets BUILT-IN, so you won't need a case! This would be the second Android phone after the HMD Skyline to have built-in Qi2 magnets. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/caseless-pixel-10-qi2-support-3582251/

Samsung currently doesn't let you use the DeX touchpad on the cover screen of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 ... So a developer made an app just for that. It's called DeX Touchpad and works as expected, but it requires a few steps to set up (uses shell privileges to inject inputs on other displays & needs to be added to the cover screen via Multistar). The app isn't publicly available and was just a simple weekend project from the dev. I hope Samsung just allows the touchpad to be accessed from the cover screen in a future update - seems like a no brainer feature!

📺YouTube’s best Premium feature is finally coming to the big screen YouTube is finally rolling out its AI-powered ‘Jump Ahead’ feature to TVs, a year after mobile and the web, but only for Premium subscribers. Let me know if you have it! 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-jump-ahead-on-tv-3582215/

📱🖥 The new Samsung DeX in One UI 8 was thought to be missing a full screen mode... Weird, right? It turns out it DOES support full screen mode, but enabling it is not intuitive. 🔗Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden 'Immersive' mode for true full screen. Here's how to enable it.

✨📱Google 'Magic Cue' AI will read your screen to provide helpful suggestions The latest Android Canary corroborates previous leaks of an AI-powered Magic Cue feature, expected to debut on the Pixel 10 series. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-magic-cue-ai-leak-3582117/

✨Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone We spotted new "AI Icon" and "Create" options in the Pixel's wallpaper app in the second Android Canary release. Hopefully this helps solve inconsistent home screen icons. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-ai-icon-styles-3581846/

I ran desktop Chromium, GIMP, and LibreOffice on my Pixel using Android's Linux Terminal. With the Terminal, Google wants to let developers build Android apps directly on Android devices and eventually let users run full-fledged graphical Linux apps and games. 🔗Google's Linux Terminal plays a big part in turning Android into a true desktop OS

⏩Samsung is speeding up future software updates for Galaxy devices One UI 8 was the company's fastest ever OS rollout, and it's thanks to Samsung's adoption of Trunk Stable development. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-release-updates-faster-3581650/