Google Photos is testing two time-saving changes to sorting and album sharing

A new way to edit or remove the phone owner’s face in the Photos app in face groups

✅ Details/screenshot - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-time-saving-sorting-sharing-3586736/

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Here's how Google Find Hub satellite location sharing is going to work

Find Hub is adding the ability to share your location over satellite, and we've got some early insight into its operation

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/find-hub-satellite-3586794/

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Temporary chats are finally here in Gemini. Spotted it first back in June. You can also see the new placement of the model switcher which I shared about yesterday.

Look at the Gboard as well with pill shaped keys and Writing Tools icon 👀 (these screenshots are shared by Google)

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Google's Find Hub app adding a Request Location feature.

If you are sharing your location with someone, you can now request them to share their location as well.

✅ Details/Screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/find-hub-location-request-3586928/

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Not just YouTube, Google Search also alerting users to age-related account settings changes in the US

✅ Details - https://techissuestoday.com/google-search-age-verification-popup/

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YouTube Music gets another music discovery tool

Bringing you a daily suggestions with new music or new artists based on your listening habits

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-music-music-discovery-spotify-doesnt-3587208/

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Google Photos' AI Info detection is getting more advanced with a new "How was this made" feature

It can also detect if the screenshot or screenrecording you took have AI generated content in it.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-how-was-this-made-3586808/

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The Fitbit app on your Pixel Watch just got a gorgeous Material 3 Expressive makeover

Rounder fonts, fewer grey cards, new tiles, more color; the new app is absolutely stunning.

✅ Check details and lots of screenshots here - https://www.androidauthority.com/fitbit-app-pixel-watch-material-3-expressive-3587305/

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Google Find Hub's automatic enrollments will only give you two days to opt out

You will be automatically enrolled in Find Hub Network if you don't make a decision

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-find-hub-automatic-enrollment-opt-out-apk-teardown-3587297/

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Google's Calling Cards are rolling out now, and this is our first proper look!

You can customize fonts and colors. Already rolling out for some users.

✅ Check full details/screenshots/video - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-calling-cards-out-now-first-look-3587777/

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Find Hub is working on a new way to quickly check your friends' location

You can add to shortcut on homescren for quickly jump to the location tracking screen

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/find-hub-location-shortcut-3587670/

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Find Hub is the next Google app to get an Expressive coat of paint

Another welcoming change is that you will now see images of your devices on the map instead of just icons.

✅ Details/Screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-find-hub-expressive-apk-teardown-3587888/

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YouTube Music finally gets the trim silence feature for podcasts

Google Podcasts used to offer the ability to remove gaps of silence from podcasts

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-music-trim-silence-2-3588028/

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Android phone backups may soon get an option to save all your downloaded documents to google drive

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-backup-downloaded-3588067/

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Google is slowly rolling out expressive design changes in Google Drive app

The current changes include -
• New style for list/grid icons
• Card style layout of file/folder list
• Split style search bar (similar to Google Keep)

Not widely available yet. There are more expressive changes are coming including automatic summaries from Gemini in the PDF viewer
- https://www.androidauthority.com/google-drive-material-3-expressive-menu-apk-3573372/

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Apple is testing encryption for RCS which could become available with the stable iOS 26 release

Apple will adopt the new RCS Universal Profile 3.0 with E2EE interoperability, but we'll have to wait for software updates.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-iphone-texting-e2ee-mls-security-level-up-3535143/

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Google Photos is letting some users clean up their cloud storage with a Tinder-style interface

There's no word if men are more inclined to swipe right in this instance.

✅ Details and screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-tinder-swipe-mechanic-3588269/

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