Mishaal's Android News Feed

⌚️Wear OS 6 Developer Preview lets you try out Google's new Material 3 Expressive UI You can now try out Wear OS 6, the next version of Google’s smartwatch platform More details 👇 https://www.androidauthority.com/wear-os-6-developer-preview-3559501/

🖥Gemini is now integrated into Chrome for PCs, and it has one advantage over Perplexity Perplexity beat Google to the punch with its Chrome extension, but Gemini has the advantage of letting you talk to Live More details 👇 https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-in-chrome-for-pc-3559212/

📲Google shows off its next-gen AI assistant that can control your Android phone Google is building a universal AI assistant that can not only look things up for you but also perform tasks on your behalf More details 👇 https://www.androidauthority.com/project-astra-android-ai-agent-3559266/

🗒 Google is making its AI-powered Deep Research feature even more versatile You can now upload your own files to Deep Research in Gemini as well as use Canvas Create to transform reports More details👇 https://www.androidauthority.com/deep-research-file-uploads-canvas-3559228/

🔥The next Snapdragon Summit has been confirmed! September 23-25 is when we'll see Qualcomm announce its latest chipsets. This is a bit earlier than usual, but it means we'll get the first Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 phones a bit earlier, too! 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/snapdragon-8-elite-gen-2-summit-launch-3558938/

The OnePlus Pad 3 is launching in the U.S. and Canada on June 5! This is a new flagship Android tablet that'll be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. It'll come with an updated version of OxygenOS for tablets with an improved Open Canvas system for multitasking, a new app to remotely control Macs, and an easier drag-and-drop file sharing feature. OnePlus says it will bundle two free accessories for early purchases in the U.S. Pick from the Smart Keyboard, Stylo 2, & Folio Case. It'll be sold in a Storm Blue color.

📱Standby for Hub Mode: Google wants to turn your Android phone into a smart display The evidence isn’t very strong, but we think Google is working on its own version of iOS’ Standby Mode for Android phones Here's what we know 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/standby-mode-on-android-phones-3558674/

🖥📱It just got way easier to control your Android phone from your Windows PC Microsoft is rolling out the Phone Link panel in the Windows 11 start menu to users on the stable channel. This feature has been available for Windows Insiders for months. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/phone-link-panel-windows-start-menu-3558774/

✨🔔Android 16 could introduce notification 'Magic Actions' powered by Gemini Google is working on a new "Magic Actions" feature that will replace Smart Actions in Android notifications (think: the "Open Maps" chip you sometimes see). More info👇 🔗https://androidauthority.com/android-16-notification-magic-actions-3558563/

✨Google is about to unleash Gemini Nano's power for third-party Android apps Google is about to open up Gemini Nano to more third-party apps, add image input, and support a ton of additional devices (not just the Pixel 9!) The documentation for ML Kit's new GenAI APIs are already public, but I suspect this is something Google will formally announce next week at I/O. More details👇 🔗https://androidauthority.com/gemini-nano-ml-kit-genai-api-3558292/

🎧 Sony just launched the WH-1000XM6 headphones, and I found something mildly interesting about them: When you pair them to a Pixel running Android 16, they'll automatically use Bluetooth LE Audio. That wasn't the case for the WH-1000XM5. Here's why👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/sony-wh-1000xm6-le-audio-on-pixel-3556900/

🔄New accessibility features are coming to Android, Chrome & Talkback: - Expressive Captions recognizing drawn-out utterances - Asking questions about photos in TalkBack - Chrome for PC adding OCR on image-based PDFs, Android fixing Page Zoom Details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/expressive-captions-3557811/