Android 16 test build adds smarter connection switching for your Pixel

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 turns Adaptive Connectivity into two switches, one for mobile fallback and one for battery optimization, so Pixel owners can better balance flaky Wi-Fi, data use, and power. The ...

I turned my old Android into a PlayStation 2, and I've never been more nostalgic

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Computerworld

The best Android feature you (probably) aren’t using

Here in the land of Android, we’ve got an almost comical kind of first-world problem: So many new features fly our way so frickin’ often that it’s all too easy to overlook something interesting — or ...
autoevolution

Android Auto 16.1 Beta Now Available for Testing

Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for Android Auto 16.1. The new update is currently exclusive to beta users (those enrolled in the testing program). However, anyone can give it a try by ...

I test 40 smartphones a year — this one is trying something no Galaxy or Pixel will

The NexPhone is an ambitious project ...
9to5google

Android’s full desktop interface leaks: New status bar, Chrome Extensions, more [Video]

A Google bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker today has inadvertently leaked the Android desktop interface for the first time. The bug report published today about Chrome Incognito tabs was ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Promises a Ban on Animal Testing by 2035

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency will ...
Android Authority

Gemini now helps you prep for SATs with free mock tests

Gemini will now let you take SAT prep tests for free. These are full-length tests vetted by experts to simulate real-world SATs. It is also rolling out Gemini features to Gmail and Google Docs for ...
Android Authority

5 important lessons I learned from testing Qi2 chargers on the Pixel 10

For the past few months, I’ve delved deep into the mess that is Qi2 on the Pixel 10 series. When I started out my tests, I thought, “Oh, how complicated could it get? Just get a Qi2 charger, put your ...
BBC

Driving test cheating soars as candidates turn to Bluetooth headsets and impersonators

Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show. The cheating methods varied, according to freedom of ...
The New Indian Express

Not normal to tolerate Pak's continued use of terror as instrument of state policy: India at UNSC

UNITED NATIONS: In a strongly-worded retort in the UNSC, India said it is not normal to tolerate Pakistan's continued use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy, as New Delhi hit back at ...
The Independent

Macron says EU ‘shouldn’t hesitate’ in using anti-coercion instrument on US after Trump Greenland threats

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...