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What I expect and want to see from Android smartwatches in 2026
By Michael L Hicks published
Wearables Weekly We had a pretty strong 2025 for Android smartwatches. There's reason to hope for an even better 2026 — except for some problems on the horizon.

Google One is offering 50% off its 2TB storage and AI Pro plans right now
By Sanuj Bhatia published
Year-end savings Google is offering a limited-time 50% discount on annual Google One and AI Pro plans for new users.

Google starts rolling out Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.1 is rolling out with an important fix
By Sanuj Bhatia published
Apps stop crashing Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.1 rolls out with a fix for widespread app crash problems.

Google says goodbye to the Remix banana emoji in latest Messages app beta
By Brady Snyder published
Remix in Google Messages After debuting the Nano Banana-powered Remix feature front and center in Google Messages, Google is toning things down in a beta version of the app.

YouTube won't share streaming data with Billboard in 2026 — what it means for you
By Brady Snyder published
Ending soon YouTube will stop sharing music streams with Billboard starting midway through January 2026, it's going to have major ripples through the industry.

Android Auto may finally let you cast media from your phone
By Sanuj Bhatia published
It might finally happen Android Auto may soon let users cast media directly from their phone to the car’s display.

Android 2025 scorecard: Major changes and challenges leading to an exciting future for the OS
By Harish Jonnalagadda published
Be different With plenty of new features and a brand-new rollout strategy, Google changed quite a lot of things around Android in 2025.

The internet grabbed 300TB of Spotify songs and the implications are massive
By Brady Snyder published
Preservation or piracy? Anna's Archive, billed as the largest truly-open library in human history, now includes roughly 300TB of Spotify tracks and metadata.

NotebookLM is now powered by Gemini 3 for better reasoning and multimodal understanding
By Brady Snyder published
Smarter studying Google has officially made the switch from Gemini 2.5 Flash to Gemini 3 for NotebookLM, bringing the company's "most intelligent model" to the platform.
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