Setting For Me, an open-source, local-first AI 'Device Doctor' for older Android smartphones, aims to extend device lifespans by letting users describe issues in plain language and applying pre-valida…
Google is testing a Gemini-powered setup assistant for Android devices, discovered within Google Play Services v26.30.31 beta. The assistant provides account-tailored recommendations, real-time guidan…
BPM Companion, a new app that creates cadence-matched playlists from a user's own music for running, cycling, or steady-tempo workouts, is launching a beta for Android with iOS to follow. The app anal…
Block's Buzz, a new workspace for human-agent collaboration, launched mobile apps on iOS and Android that use public-key cryptography to let users securely message and control agents running on their …
Warner Bros. is testing a new Shorts feed on HBO Max that lets users discover movies and TV shows by swiping through vertical clips selected by an in-house AI system, and a separate Ask HBO Max featur…
HBO Max launches a TikTok-style vertical short-form feed called 'HBO Max Shorts' for iOS users in the US and an experimental AI search feature 'Ask HBO Max' for Android users aged 18 and older, parent…
Google Photos for Android has added a setting to disable the shimmer outline that appears around people or objects in photos, alongside a Material 3 Expressive redesign of Settings and a new camera sh…
Developer David Zoltan Csiki released Workshop Control Center (WCC), a free, self-hosted computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) under an open-source license, with unlimited seats, 34 langua…
Google is simplifying the Gemini app's thinking level picker by removing the explicit 'Standard' option and showing only 'Extended thinking' for a one-step process, with the change rolling out widely …
A developer built an SMS-reading expense tracker for Android, but abandoned the approach after discovering that Google Play Protect blocks apps requesting SMS permissions, distribution is nearly impos…
A developer built a meta-repo to give AI assistants full cross-platform context across three mature mobile repos that couldn't be merged into a monorepo. The meta-repo contains shared skills, docs, an…
Google is developing a Live Translate widget for its Google Translate app, allowing users to start live translations without opening the app, based on an APK teardown of version 10.28.62.953449214.8-r…
A new method for live capture of Android Bluetooth traffic with Wireshark does not require root or bug reports, using ADB port forwarding and the androiddump extcap plugin to stream HCI logs live. The…
Google's Gemini app reached 900 million monthly active users and 27.9% of the AI chatbot market by May 2026, but almost all growth came from Google pushing it through Search and Android rather than us…
A developer updated an Expo app from a restaurant using Codex on an Android phone while their laptop was off, thanks to a remote development setup where code and services run on an Ubuntu tower at hom…
KoIME, a Bring-Your-Own-Key voice-input keyboard for Android, has been released as an open-source project on GitHub. The app sends audio directly to OpenAI's transcription API using the user's own API…
Qualcomm has informed customers that it will raise prices on Snapdragon chips by double-digit percentages starting September 1, citing exhausted ability to absorb higher supplier costs, a move that wi…
Google has patched an Android lock screen vulnerability that allowed its Gemini AI assistant to send SMS messages without PIN verification, The Register reported. The security flaw exposed devices to …
Google confirmed that the upcoming Pixel 11 series will see price increases due to a severe supplier-driven RAM memory crisis, with Vice President Shakil Barkat citing a sixfold rise in memory costs f…
Google is testing a neural design for its Gemini launcher's floating overlay and Live interface, featuring a flowy, gauzy appearance with colorful dots and blurred edges, as discovered in version 17.4…