Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google adds more photos and related searches to Featured Snippets results July 13, 2025 Google is adding in some new features in Search that aim to help people learn more about certain subjects more quickly. One of these new features concerns what the company calls Featured Snippets, which sometimes appear when you type in some specific search terms like “Baby Spider Monkey”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Assistant feature update speeds up food orders, brings new Routines July 17, 2025 Google Assistantis getting ready for the change of season with a brief list of new features. Google promises the changes should help us accomplish small tasks around the house and car more effectively. If you’re prone to misplacing your phone, you may now ask yourNest smart speakeror hub where it is....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google bans 13 apps that secretly download other malware June 18, 2025 The Google Play Store can be a sketchy place, with less-than-honest app developers sneaking all manner of corrupt and malicious content into the Android market place. Occasionally even very popular apps get unmasked as malware, like 13 that have just been banned by Google, in the process revealing it was the malware itself that made them so popular....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google clamping down on incentivized Play Store installs and reviews July 19, 2025 When was the last time you installed an app that had less than a three star rating?Google Play Storereviews can carry significant weight, and they can be the difference between making or breaking apps. Naturally, then, developers are often keen to ensure that their apps receive positive ratings....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Home first impressions: It’ll get better June 15, 2025 Google has been on a mission to make its way into the living room for years. TheNexus Q, Google’s futuristic digital media player from 2012, was perhaps the company’s first big push into the connected home space, though the device never actually made it to market before getting discontinued. Then in 2013, Google debuted theChromecast– a small, affordable media streamer that’s become one of the most popular Google-branded products to date....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Maps adds Uber integration and a new UI for ride options June 03, 2025 If you are a frequentUberuser, and if you own an Android smartphone, there’s now barely any reason to use Uber’s dedicated app anymore. The latest version ofGoogle Mapson Android allows you to book, complete and pay for an Uber ride directly from Google Maps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google testing Material redesign of Google Home app July 31, 2025 TheGoogle Home apphas gone through a lot of transformations over the years. It was originally the Google Cast app which itself was originally the Chromecast app. Now, it looks like a redesign withMaterial Designelements is coming to Google Home. First spotted by “Quinny899” over atXDA Developers, the redesign’s most notable change is the removal of the “hamburger” icon in the top left corner and the addition of the bottom menu bar....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google to finally address customer support issues with 3,800 new support reps July 16, 2025 If you’ve ever needed to contactGooglefor support issues related to either hardware or software products from the company, chances are good youdidn’t have too good of a time. Thankfully, that could change soon with today’s announcement related toGoogle Operations Centers. Google Operations Centers are where actual Google employees work in customer service-focused positions....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s new ASUS OnHub router can be sped up with the wave of a hand July 29, 2025 It was just two months ago that Googledebuted the first OnHub Wi-Fi routermade in partnership with TP-LINK, and now the Mountain View company is introducing yet another one. Boasting faster Wi-Fi speeds, an easy set-up process and simple management withthe Google On application, this newAsus-made router aims to bring some notable improvements to the table over the first device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s slim Assistant Go app is now available for slower phones July 04, 2025 Googlereleased its lightweight Assistant Go app to thePlay Store. This is the latest in the growing lineup of resource-friendly apps designed for theAndroid Goplatform. Much like the regularAssistant, Assistant Go lets you use your voice to pull up weather information, send text messages, make calls, and even request general information feedback from Google....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. GREE unleashes free to play military game Modern War in Google Play July 01, 2025 Although it operates the largest social networking service in Japan and it has seen some success with a couple of basic, but addictive iOS games, GREE hasn’t made much efforts to get into the Android game (both literally and figuratively). The only GREE title available in Google Play until a few days ago wasCrime City, a crime game that probably doesn’t say much to many of you....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Half of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners will be switching to an iPhone, says IDC survey August 16, 2025 The troubled launch, and recall, of theSamsung Galaxy Note 7due to its exploding battery may cause many owners of the smartphone to not only switch phones but also companies. A new survey published today by the research firm IDC says that half of the Galaxy Note 7 owners they talked to “have or will choose an Apple iPhone” instead....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Hands-on with the humongous HUAWEI P8 Max July 20, 2025 Every flagship needs a bigger brother or at least that’s how it seems smartphone manufacturers are thinking. Apple have theiPhone 6 Plus, Sony have theXperia Z Ultra, HTChave theOne M9 Plusand even HUAWEI are getting in on the act with theP8 Max. Announcedalongside the P8 in London, the P8 Max is a larger-than-life phablet that really pushes the size boundaries of a smartphone....