Mishaal's Android News Feed

📺🎧Bluetooth pairing sucks on most Google TV devices, but Google wants to change that There are only four Google TV devices that support Fast Pair, a feature that makes it easy to pair new Bluetooth accessories to your TV More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-tv-fast-pair-supported-devices-3578252/

🎶Get Apple's one-tap Ambient Music playlists on Android with this free new app A new app brings Apple's Ambient Music relaxation playlists to Android so you can relax, work, or fall asleep Click 👇for more details, screenshots, and the download link 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-ambient-music-on-android-3578211/

⌚️🔋The Galaxy Watch 8 gets a key battery health feature that more smartwatches need The new battery protection feature in One UI 8 Watch keeps your Galaxy Watch 8 charged between 85 and 90% Hopefully this will arrive on other Galaxy Watches👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-watch-8-battery-protection-3578152/

📁Samsung fixes the Secure Folder flaw that let anyone see what apps you're hiding One UI 8 fixes a flaw in the Secure Folder that let anyone with access to your device see your hidden apps and photos Here's how the flaw worked & how it was fixed 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-fix-secure-folder-flaw-3577852/

🖥Android's Desktop Mode gets a handy shortcut to pin your favorite apps to the taskbar A new “pin to taskbar” option now appears in the context menu for apps in Android’s desktop mode launcher, but only in the Android Canary release so far. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-desktop-mode-pin-to-taskbar-3577417/

🔎Google is tweaking Chrome's new tab page to bring AI Mode front-and-center Google is testing a new search bar in Chrome for Android that adds AI Mode and moves the other shortcuts below Thoughts on this? 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-android-ai-mode-shortcut-3577296/

🔍⌨️Android's screen magnifier can't zoom the keyboard, but a fix is finally on the way Android’s new “magnify keyboard” option lets you zoom into the keyboard to see emojis and letters when you’re typing text More details + short demo👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-screen-magnifier-zoom-keyboard-3577421/

Android's lock screen widgets are getting a slick new background blur effect In the first Android Canary build, the lock screen widget page now shows a blurred version of your wallpaper More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-lock-screen-widget-background-blur-3577218/

✨This could be our first look at Gemini Space, which could be Google's version of Now Bar for Pixel phones. Last month I reported on the existence of Gemini Space, now my colleague AssembleDebug has managed to get it partially working. Images👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-gemini-space-first-look-apk-teardown-3577101/

💻Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform In November, I revealed that Google plans to unify its desktop OS efforts behind Android. Now, the President of the Android ecosystem essentially confirmed it. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-combine-chrome-os-android-3577035/

📷 Google is rolling out a new UI in Google Lens It adds a floating pill for the mode switcher and gets rid of the "Homework" option I'm seeing this UI on two of my devices. LMK if you have it! Screenshots 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-lens-new-ui-3576595/

✨ The Gemini overlay is adding a handle that you can drag up to open the app in full screen So far, I only have this on my Galaxy Z Fold 7, but let me know if you see it on your device! More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-new-full-screen-swipe-gesture-3576084/