📲 Samsung plans to make Now Bar more useful by nearly doubling app support
A Samsung document reveals the company plans to expand the Now Bar to support up to 35 cards in One UI 8 by the end of the year
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-now-bar-double-apps-3580334/
A Samsung document reveals the company plans to expand the Now Bar to support up to 35 cards in One UI 8 by the end of the year
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-now-bar-double-apps-3580334/
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Samsung plans to make Now Bar more useful by nearly doubling app support
Now Bar shows you useful info from apps at a glance on the lock screen, and Samsung plans to nearly double how many apps support it.
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🖥 Samsung killed its classic DeX mode in One UI 8, but there’s a good reason
One UI 8's new DeX is built on top of Android 16’s Desktop Mode.
It's currently a downgrade, but it sets Samsung up for the future. Here's how👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/one-ui-8-classic-dex-3580755/
One UI 8's new DeX is built on top of Android 16’s Desktop Mode.
It's currently a downgrade, but it sets Samsung up for the future. Here's how👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/one-ui-8-classic-dex-3580755/
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Samsung killed its classic DeX mode in One UI 8, but there’s a good reason
The classic Samsung DeX mode is gone in One UI 8, replaced with a new version built on top of Android 16's Desktop Mode. Here's why.
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🕶 Android's new 'Expanded' dark mode darkens apps without a dark theme — but there's a catch
The July 2025 Android Canary build adds an expanded dark mode setting that applies a dark theme to more apps, but it could cause appearance problems
Details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-expanded-dark-mode-3580881/
The July 2025 Android Canary build adds an expanded dark mode setting that applies a dark theme to more apps, but it could cause appearance problems
Details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-expanded-dark-mode-3580881/
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Android's new 'Expanded' dark mode darkens apps without a dark theme — but there's a catch
Android has a new "Expanded" dark mode that can darken apps that don't have a native dark theme. Here's what it looks like.
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🖥 This is HUGE: You can finally run FULL Linux graphical apps in Android's Terminal!
This is available in the latest Android Canary release.
Android will gain access to a ton of useful Linux apps and games thanks to it.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/linux-terminal-graphical-apps-3580905/
This is available in the latest Android Canary release.
Android will gain access to a ton of useful Linux apps and games thanks to it.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/linux-terminal-graphical-apps-3580905/
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You can finally run Doom and other graphical apps in Android's Linux Terminal
Google has updated Android's Terminal app to let you run full graphical Linux programs. Here's why that's a big deal.
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⏩ Samsung is speeding up future software updates for Galaxy devices
One UI 8 was the company's fastest ever OS rollout, and it's thanks to Samsung's adoption of Trunk Stable development.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-release-updates-faster-3581650/
One UI 8 was the company's fastest ever OS rollout, and it's thanks to Samsung's adoption of Trunk Stable development.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-release-updates-faster-3581650/
Android Authority
Here's how Samsung is speeding up software updates for Galaxy devices
Samsung plans to match Google's release cadence for Android, requiring them to speed up software updates for Galaxy devices. Here's how.
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I ran desktop Chromium, GIMP, and LibreOffice on my Pixel using Android's Linux Terminal.
With the Terminal, Google wants to let developers build Android apps directly on Android devices and eventually let users run full-fledged graphical Linux apps and games.
🔗 Google's Linux Terminal plays a big part in turning Android into a true desktop OS
With the Terminal, Google wants to let developers build Android apps directly on Android devices and eventually let users run full-fledged graphical Linux apps and games.
🔗 Google's Linux Terminal plays a big part in turning Android into a true desktop OS
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✨ Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone
We spotted new "AI Icon" and "Create" options in the Pixel's wallpaper app in the second Android Canary release.
Hopefully this helps solve inconsistent home screen icons.
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-ai-icon-styles-3581846/
We spotted new "AI Icon" and "Create" options in the Pixel's wallpaper app in the second Android Canary release.
Hopefully this helps solve inconsistent home screen icons.
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-ai-icon-styles-3581846/
Android Authority
Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone
Google may soon use AI to generate custom icon themes. A new version of the Pixel wallpaper app suggests that "AI icons" are coming.
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✨📱Google 'Magic Cue' AI will read your screen to provide helpful suggestions
The latest Android Canary corroborates previous leaks of an AI-powered Magic Cue feature, expected to debut on the Pixel 10 series.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-magic-cue-ai-leak-3582117/
The latest Android Canary corroborates previous leaks of an AI-powered Magic Cue feature, expected to debut on the Pixel 10 series.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-magic-cue-ai-leak-3582117/
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Google 'Magic Cue' AI will read your screen to provide helpful suggestions
Google is working on a Magic Cue feature that uses AI to read your screen and proactively provide helpful suggestions.
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📱🖥 The new Samsung DeX in One UI 8 was thought to be missing a full screen mode...
Weird, right? It turns out it DOES support full screen mode, but enabling it is not intuitive.
🔗 Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden 'Immersive' mode for true full screen. Here's how to enable it.
Weird, right? It turns out it DOES support full screen mode, but enabling it is not intuitive.
🔗 Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden 'Immersive' mode for true full screen. Here's how to enable it.
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📺 YouTube’s best Premium feature is finally coming to the big screen
YouTube is finally rolling out its AI-powered ‘Jump Ahead’ feature to TVs, a year after mobile and the web, but only for Premium subscribers.
Let me know if you have it!
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-jump-ahead-on-tv-3582215/
YouTube is finally rolling out its AI-powered ‘Jump Ahead’ feature to TVs, a year after mobile and the web, but only for Premium subscribers.
Let me know if you have it!
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-jump-ahead-on-tv-3582215/
Android Authority
YouTube’s best Premium feature is finally coming to the big screen
YouTube is finally bringing its 'Jump Ahead' feature to the TV app. This feature lets you skip ahead to the most interesting part of a video.
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Samsung currently doesn't let you use the DeX touchpad on the cover screen of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 ...
So a developer made an app just for that. It's called DeX Touchpad and works as expected, but it requires a few steps to set up (uses shell privileges to inject inputs on other displays & needs to be added to the cover screen via Multistar).
The app isn't publicly available and was just a simple weekend project from the dev. I hope Samsung just allows the touchpad to be accessed from the cover screen in a future update - seems like a no brainer feature!
So a developer made an app just for that. It's called DeX Touchpad and works as expected, but it requires a few steps to set up (uses shell privileges to inject inputs on other displays & needs to be added to the cover screen via Multistar).
The app isn't publicly available and was just a simple weekend project from the dev. I hope Samsung just allows the touchpad to be accessed from the cover screen in a future update - seems like a no brainer feature!
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🧲 FINALLY: A new leak suggests the Pixel 10 will have Qi2 magnets BUILT-IN, so you won't need a case!
This would be the second Android phone after the HMD Skyline to have built-in Qi2 magnets.
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/caseless-pixel-10-qi2-support-3582251/
This would be the second Android phone after the HMD Skyline to have built-in Qi2 magnets.
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/caseless-pixel-10-qi2-support-3582251/
Android Authority
Pixel 10 leak hints it’s getting the magnetic Qi2 charging you’ve been waiting for
A new leak has come for the Pixel 10 series. In addition to new renders, the leak hints that there will be magnetic Qi2 support.
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📺 It's another day that ends in Y, so YouTube is testing another UI change.
This time, YouTube is testing a new UI on mobile that hides the comments box and channel info by default.
Screenshots👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-hide-comments-dropdown-3582521/
This time, YouTube is testing a new UI on mobile that hides the comments box and channel info by default.
Screenshots👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-hide-comments-dropdown-3582521/
Android Authority
YouTube is thinking about letting you avoid video comments entirely on mobile
YouTube is testing a new UI in the mobile app where the comments box and channel info are hidden by default.
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🌐 Google Chrome is testing iOS-like page transitions on Android, and you can try it out now
Chrome for Android has new animated page transitions that let you preview the next page when going back or forward
Here's what it looks like & how to enable👇
🔗 https://androidauthority.com/google-chrome-back-forward-animations-3582562/
(I know these flags aren't new, but Google is now testing them with the public. The back preview was enabled for me by default in Chrome 138 without any flags.)
Chrome for Android has new animated page transitions that let you preview the next page when going back or forward
Here's what it looks like & how to enable👇
🔗 https://androidauthority.com/google-chrome-back-forward-animations-3582562/
(I know these flags aren't new, but Google is now testing them with the public. The back preview was enabled for me by default in Chrome 138 without any flags.)
Android Authority
Google Chrome is testing iOS-like page transitions on Android, and you can try it out now
Google Chrome is testing new, iOS-like page transitions on Android that give you a preview of where the back and forward gestures will go.
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🖥 With One UI 8, you can once again use Samsung DeX on your PC ... but you'll need a third-party tool.
Using scrcpy, you can launch a DeX window on any PC. Samsung killed DeX for PC support in One UI 7, so this is a nice workaround.
How to👇
🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-dex-on-pc-one-ui-8-3582695/
Using scrcpy, you can launch a DeX window on any PC. Samsung killed DeX for PC support in One UI 7, so this is a nice workaround.
How to👇
🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-dex-on-pc-one-ui-8-3582695/
Android Authority
One UI 8 lets you use Samsung DeX on your PC again, but there's a catch
You can finally use Samsung DeX on your PC again, provided your Galaxy phone is running One UI 8. Here's how.
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