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📂➡️Apple won’t bring AirDrop to Android, so Google will bring Quick Share to iPhones

This week, we discuss Google's plans to improve Android <-> iOS file sharing, new scam detection features, and Samsung's AI chatbot in its Health app.

Listen👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/authority-insights-podcast-006-3599173/

🩺 Google could make Android 17 work better with life-saving medical devices

Android 17’s new 'Medical' profile will help medical device apps streamline setup and stay alive in the background.

More details on how this works👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-17-medical-profile-rumor-3599601/

📺 Google is getting ready to kill off Android TV's Discover tab

I spotted a notice on my SHIELD TV the other day that said the tab is "going away soon" and that my "recommendations and watchlist will soon move to the 'Home' tab."

More details 👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-tv-discover-3583419/

🎮 Google Play Games is leveling up profiles, rewards, community support, and a whole lot more

* Play Games is enhancing gamer profiles with new tools including an AI avatar generator.
* The first Play Games Leagues will offer gamers a chance to compete in organized events for rewards and clout.
* Play Games Sidekick will use Gemini’s AI power to offer gaming advice without getting in the way of your action.

More details 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/play-games-leagues-3600071/

🔎 Google just gave you two new ways to find the right apps on the Play Store

* Google has announced improved ways to find apps in the Play Store, including new “spaces” and a Guided Search tool.
* Spaces will highlight curated, seasonal content and offer samples from apps like HBO Max and Peacock.
* Guided Search aims to make searching for an app easier, using phrases like “find a home” or “deck-building games.”

More details 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-store-new-spaces-guided-search-announced-3600047/

📞 This new Android phone can act like a walkie-talkie in a pinch

Here's everything you need to know about the new Xiaomi 15T series 👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-15t-specs-features-pricing-availability-3600710/

I never knew I wanted a small Android tablet until I tried this iPad Mini alternative

The Xiaomi Pad Mini made me understand why people want small tablets like the iPad Mini.

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/small-android-tablet-xiaomi-pad-mini-3600161/

👓Google is fixing a big readability complaint with this new Android setting

Android is adding a setting to reduce background blur effects, making text easier to read.

This is available in the latest Android Canary release.

Details + screenshots👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-reduce-blur-effects-setting-3601579/

🖥🐧Android will soon run Linux apps better, and that's great for Google's PC plans

Android's Linux Terminal will soon support GPU-accelerated rendering (using gfxstream) for graphical apps.

Click 👇for details on why this matters

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-gpu-rendering-3601664/

📱🖥Android's answer to Apple's Handoff is coming, and here's how it’ll work

Android will soon let you resume tasks from your phone on your tablet or PC, similar to Apple’s Handoff.

My latest Authority Insights Newsletter dives into how it'll work👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/how-android-handoff-will-work-3601801/

UPDATE: It's confirmed: Android will finally let you flip your Pixel's navigation buttons like on Samsung phones.

I've updated the article with a screenshot of the new button order settings in Android (shown above) as well as a video showing off the new feature in action!

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr2-navigation-order-option-rumor-3598791/

🐧📂Android 16 QPR2 makes the Linux Terminal way more useful with expanded file access

In Android 16 QPR2, the Linux Terminal can access almost the entirety of your phone’s shared storage, as opposed to just the Downloads folder.

More details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-expanded-file-access-3602140/