Mishaal's Android News Feed

🌐FIRST LOOK: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions Chrome for Android doesn’t support browser extensions yet, but Google is developing a version that does, and I went hands-on with it. More details + video 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-for-android-with-extensions-demo-3540132/

💻Android OS development is going fully private, but Google still wants help from other developers Google has shared details on how external developers can still contribute to Android as well as what will happen to AndroidX and CI builds. Details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-development-private-help-3539648/

✨Hands-on: Gemini Live's new video and screen-sharing features make it way more useful I got the new Project Astra capabilities in the Gemini app on my Xiaomi 15 Ultra the other day, and I was surprised by how well it worked! Here's a demo👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-live-video-screen-sharing-hands-on-3538786/

🔐 Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why Parts of Android (ART, Bluetooth, Virtualization, etc.) are currently developed in public, but soon ALL Android OS development will happen internally. Here's why👇🔗 https:…

🔐Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why Parts of Android (ART, Bluetooth, Virtualization, etc.) are currently developed in public, but soon ALL Android OS development will happen internally. Here's why👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/

🔓Android 16 now lets all Pixel phones use fingerprint unlock even when the screen is off The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature expands to all Pixel phones in Android 16 Beta 3. It was previously limited to the Pixel 9. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/screen-off-fingerprint-unlock-pixel-3537472/

📂Here's how to access your Android phone's files from the new Linux Terminal Android makes its downloads folder available to the Linux VM, but unfortunately other files aren’t available More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/access-android-files-from-linux-terminal-3536713/

⏩The Pixel 10 will have faster startup performance thanks to this Android change A change in Android’s boot process has resulted in a 30% reduction in module loading time on the Pixel 10 and other Android devices. More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-startup-performance-3537302/

🛜The Galaxy S25 is Samsung's first phone to support Android's Instant Hotspot feature With Instant Hotspot, you can share your Samsung phone’s Internet connection with any Android tablet, not just Samsung-made ones. More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s25-instant-hotspot-3537161/

🛰 The Pixel 9a offers like ... 90% of the experience that the Pixel 9 offers (totally making that number up) But to make it $300 cheaper, Google had to cut some corners. And one of those cut features is, sadly, satellite SOS/messaging. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-9a-satellite-sos-3536849/

⏩Your Pixel phone quietly got a big boost in GPU performance in the latest Android update Pixel phones with Tensor chips are seeing significant increases in GPU benchmark scores, likely due to GPU driver updates More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-phones-gpu-performance-boost-3537248/

The Pixel 9a is finally official! 🔋 Biggest battery in a Pixel (5100mAh) 📱 6.3" FHD OLED display @ 120Hz 🔥Tensor G4 processor 📝8 GB RAM + 128/256GB storage ⬇️ 7 years of updates 💰Starts @ $499 USD/$679 CAD/£499/€559 ALL the details👇🔗 https://www.andro…