Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The Instagram app on Android was causing excessive battery drain, as users reported. Comparisons showed that lately, Instagram was using significantly more battery power than other apps with similar screen-on times. Google has acknowledged the problem and advised updating to Instagram build 382.0.0.49.84, which users say has resolved … Read more
Tile was acquired by Life360 back in 2021. So far, the Life360 app has supported Tile tracking, but not full device setup. Life360 has now updated its app with full Tile support, raising questions about how long the old Tile app will stick around. Bluetooth trackers are one of those fantastic modern conveniences whose value … Read more
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple may be considering a change to the branding of its operating systems. Sources claim the company could start identifying operating systems by year instead of by version. The strategy seems to mimic the one Samsung used for the Galaxy S series. It’s not uncommon for Android OEMs to … Read more
Credit: Amazon Anker is the go-to name for affordable charging options, so anyone looking to upgrade the outlets in their home or office might be interested in this offer. The Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB-C charging station, which retails for $110, is down to just $59.99 in a limited-time Amazon deal. Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB-C Charging … Read more
Credit: YouTube/Nothing Nothing CEO, Carl Pei, believes smartphones will have just one app in the future — the OS. He imagines apps becoming obsolete in the next decade and being replaced by an agentic operating system that understands context and acts on your behalf. In a recent interview with Wired, Nothing CEO Carl Pei shared … Read more
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority A few months ago, Google introduced four new voices for AI Mode for Search in a Google app beta. Those voices are rolling out now and are no longer limited to AI Mode. You can now hear those same voices when you perform a voice search through the mic … Read more
Google merged Duo into Meet back in 2022. Ever since, some Duo features have remained as a legacy calling mode within Meet. Google now shares that this legacy support is ending in September. Anyone who’s been using Google products and services for any length of time is well aware of the company’s proclivity towards… let’s … Read more
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Active development on the Arc browser has stopped. The Browser Company is now shifting its focus to a new product called Dia. Arc isn’t shutting down, but the team is no longer building new features for it. Last year, The Browser Company announced that it would shift its focus … Read more
Stacks in Google Photos allows similar pics to be cleanly grouped together. While you can manually remove images from a stack, adding them has been an automatic process without user input. Now Photos is starting to get an option to manually add pics to a stack, beginning with iOS. Google Photos is certainly not hurting … Read more
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung is gearing up to launch the One UI 8 beta, based on Android 16. The update could arrive any day now, with Samsung setting up official One UI 8 beta program pages and banners on its community forums and Members app for multiple countries. However, as with every … Read more