Heads-up: How you answer calls with your Pixel Watch is changing

Google is rearranging your incoming call options on Wear OS.

✅ Details/screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-watch-incoming-calls-3674642/

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Pixel Studio's latest update marks the end of the Pixel-exclusive app as users are now being redirected to use Nano Banana in Gemini

The latest one to join Google graveyard 🪦

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-studio-discontinued-3674832/

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PSA: Chrome 150 removes key MV2 flag for uBlock Origin, Chrome 151 locks down the rest

✅ Details - https://piunikaweb.com/2026/06/08/chrome-manifest-v2-unpacked-extensions-mac-windows

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Google Photos is working to streamline copying and pasting images into other apps

A new "Copy photo" button that skips the share sheet.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-copy-3675093/

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Google Photos gets ready to make one of its best tools you're not using even better

Plus, we spot early evidence of a possible new AI video feature.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-collage-categories-3675146/

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Samsung adds new FIFA World Cup goal celebrations to your Galaxy phone's lock screen

You can see the new animations which we were able to extract in an APK Teardown

✅ Check here - https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-aod-fifa-world-cup-animations-3675836/

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Google is testing a dedicated button within the Gemini overlay and new compact account switcher

This will explicitly allow you to minimize the assistant into a floating button so you can continue using your phone.

✅ Details/Demo - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-minimize-gemini-overlay-button-3675805/

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Google Messages may soon make it easy to tell when your friends are sharing AI imagery

The feature will utilize the C2PA Content Credentials system to distinguish between media created by AI and images that were simply edited using AI tools

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-ai-pictures-3677582/

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Android 17 stable is officially rolling out to Google Pixels

What's new -

• App Bubbles
• Screen Reactions
• Limited Contacts access with the new Contacts Picker tool
• A new “one-time precise location” button that apps can use to request the user’s precise location for one
• Find Hub’s Mark as Lost gets biometric authentication
• Lockscreen security improvements
• App Memory Limits
• Expanded Dark Theme with more control
• Parental Control expands to more devices
• Independent Assistant volume stream
• Pixel: Pixel Launcher hidden app labels
• Foldable Gaming Mode with virtual gamepad and native controller remapping

✅ More details - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-17-stable-rollout-features-3675016/

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June Pixel Drop is Here for Pixel Devices!

New features -

1. Airdrop support for Pixel 8a and 9a

2. Take a Message feature expands to more countries with custom greeting

3. Manual Call Screening feature now available in India for Pixel 10 series

4. New Gemini models such as Omni and Lyria 3 to Gemini app

5. Voice translate comes to Pixel 10a

6. Edit photos expands to more countries and magic cue brings support for more apps

7. Pixel Watch emergency situation improvements - Pixel phone will now call emergency services and notify your designated emergency contacts

8. Android 17 brings features such as Screen Reactions & Bubbles to Pixel

✅ More details - https://www.androidauthority.com/june-2026-pixel-drop-3677777/

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Google's Gemini overlay bubble is getting a fresh gradient design as testing expands

✅ Details and video demo - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-overlay-bubble-new-design-3678757

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Android's strongest security mode may soon lock down something power users love

Advanced Protection on Android will start restricting users from using Developer options

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-advanced-protection-mode-developer-options-3679725/

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Google is developing a new AI-powered photo editing feature called "Moods" within Google Photos

Another AI powered feature that goes beyond traditional photo filters

✅ Details/Screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-moods-ai-feature-apk-teardown-3679813/

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Google Message's Chat Themes has started to appear for some beta users.

Chat themes replaces the Chat colors and lets you set images/wallpapers as chat background.

AndroidAuthority spotted this first and shared a preview of these back in may.

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Google Messages is finally working on a feature users have been begging for - Forwarding multiple messages

It's 2026, and it's baffling how this feature is still missing from Google Messages.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-forward-multiple-messages-feature-3680740/

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Google Messages will soon let you join an official chat where you can receive all future feature and media updates

✅ Details and more screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-chat-updates-3680762/

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Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 starts work on a long-overdue Quick Settings upgrade

Google may finally let you lock every Quick Settings tile but the flashlight.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/quick-settings-tile-lock-3680942/

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Google Pixel devices could soon get a "Photo Shuffle" feature for cycling through user-selected photos as wallpapers

In the stable QPR1 release

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-wallpaper-photo-shuffle-apk-teardown-3681326/

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Google's Pixel home screen organizer looks almost ready for prime time in Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5

We also have a new folder creator feature with an option to remove duplicates from home screen

✅ Details/screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-home-screen-organizer-update-3681473/

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Here's your most detailed look yet at how Android 17 OS verification will work

OS verification works with two devices, QR codes, and boot hashes.

✅ Details & more screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-17-os-verification-demo-3681599/

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Google Photos is finally getting an off switch for its annoying shimmer effect

The app highlights the outline of sticker content with a shimmering effect after viewing pics for a few seconds.

✅ Details/screenshot - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-shimmer-3681908/

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