Apps & Software News

Lucky number 7 Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 focuses on issues that have plagued Pixel users for months, as reports piled up on Issue Tracker.

Completing tasks Google expands its Connected Apps experience in AI Mode to include AI-assisted grocery shopping, playlist creations, and more.

Hit Play Spotify brings Managed Accounts to all parents for free, providing more access to a music-only experience for young users.

Shuffle without the struggle Google could finally shrink Android Auto's giant album art in the media card so you can shuffle and like songs without menu-diving.

Celebrate Google Images celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, and the company is rolling out two major updates to all users.

Chrome has competition Opera has quietly become the most popular alternative browser on Android, and the numbers are starting to reflect that.

Health data dilemma Samsung is holding your health backups hostage, forcing you to feed your private medical data to its AI or lose cloud syncing entirely.

Chrome's smarter sidekick Google is bringing Gemini in Chrome to more users in the UK, turning the browser into a smarter AI assistant that can summarize, compare, and handle tasks without leaving the page.

Taken away Meta responds to user unrest over Muse Image by removing the AI from Instagram, as an uproar over a lack of privacy quickly surfaced.

AI Labels Are Here Google is adding AI labels to ads across Search, YouTube, and Discover, but while it's a win for transparency, third-party AI disclosures still rely on advertisers playing fair.