Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Four creative ‘experiments’ showcase the potential of Google Assistant August 19, 2025 Google is showcasing four Google Assistant apps that are part of what the company calls “Voice Experiments,” and they’re seriously awesome. Google already has categories like AI Experiments, Android Experiments, and Chrome Experiments to show off third-party apps that utilize Google’s apps and services to offer creative fun or inspirational tools....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. France bans personal smartphones and tablets in schools Aug 06, 2025 French lawmakers passed a sweeping bill on Monday that effectively bans the use of smartphones and tablets in French school systems, we learned viaThe Washington Post. According to the wording of the legislation, students under the age of 15 will no longer be able to bring personal smart devices into school, or at the least have them completely turned off throughout the school day....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google developing a more premium Google Home with stereo speakers? June 20, 2025 Amazonannounced a redesign of its popular Echo smart speaker yesterday as well as anotherfew products in the Echo range; it looks like the retailer is still gunning for early dominance in the smart speaker market. Not to be outdone, it appears that Google might have another smart speaker project up its sleeve too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google is working on a cool, crowdsourced way to reduce app install sizes June 25, 2025 Today’s Android apps can be pretty big downloads, consuming your mobile data if you’re away from Wi-Fi and also eating into your storage. It turns out Google is working on a rather interesting solution to this problem. 9to5Googlediscovered that Google is working on a so-called app install optimization feature for the Play Store (Menu > Settings > App Install Optimization)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google overhauling image search, bringing Lens to Google Images July 08, 2025 For many people, Google Images is one of the most important functions the company offers, probably only rivaled by regular old Google Search. Today,Google announcedthat it is going to make Google Images even more powerful and useful with new features and a new integration ofGoogle Lens. The first major change is the creation ofAMP storiesusing AI....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Movies & TV redesign makes it way easier to find your favorite movies and shows July 02, 2025 Instead of using separate apps to see what movies and TV shows they have, why not just use the Google Play Movies & TV app? At least, that is whatGoogleguns for with the latest update to its entertainment app....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Pass games and apps: All titles announced so far (Updated) July 09, 2025 Update: June 05, 2025 (5:30 PM ET):Google just added nine more games and apps to its Play Pass subscription. All of youmusiciansout there get a special treat with this one. There are now a few more music creation apps, includingWalk Band, a music studio app that features several virtual instruments....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Play Store teeming with malicious mining apps June 21, 2025 When you download an app from theGoogle Play Store, an assumption is made thatGooglehas vetted that app to make it safe for you. While Google certainly does a great job with its policing of the store, with3.5 million apps and counting, some malicious apps will inevitably make it through the filters....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google rebrands Files Go to Files by Google, updates UX June 19, 2025 Google launched Files Goin December 2017. At the time, the app was one of the original entries into theAndroid Goecosystem, which now has become a huge success in emerging markets where low-powered, budget-friendly Android devices are very popular. However,Googlediscovered that people outside of the Android Go ecosystem were also using Files Go whether due to its simplicity, effectiveness, or both....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google working on update to minimize halo effect in the Pixel camera July 12, 2025 Googleis trying to develop algorithms that could mathematically identify the arc-shaped flare that appears in some Pixel-captured photos and then remove it from images. The Google Pixel camera is arguably one of the best mobile shooters in the market, but a halo-like ring cropping up under certain conditions is beginning to raise some eyebrows....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s second-gen Nest Hub is here with bedside sleep tracking August 01, 2025 We could all use some more sleep. Not everyone owns afitness trackerthey can wear to bed, nor does everyone want to wear one. That’s why Google built bedside sleep tracking into the new Google Nest Hub (second-gen). On the surface, the new smart display looks very much likethe original model....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hackers are making $500k off mobile trojans they deployed, research shows August 10, 2025 According to the Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab, Chinese hackers are making a whopping $500,000 a day from a group of smartphone trojans dubbed “Hummer.” In just the first half of 2016, Hummer was being installed on 1.4 million devicesa day. In China alone there were around 63,000 being infected on a daily basis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to become a video editor online August 17, 2025 Video editing is a fun, profitable, and popular skill that anyone can learn. This post will show you how to become a video editor, how to find online clients to earn a living, or how to just make some cash on the side! Why become an online video editor? So, why should you be interested in becoming a video editor?...