Google shares final Web Store removal date for Manifest V2 extensions

✅ Details - https://piunikaweb.com/2026/07/08/google-chrome-manifest-v2-web-store-removal-date

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Google Keep finally gets a working 'Find in note' feature, but you still can't find it

Searching for information inside lengthy notes could soon become much easier. We spotted this feature a year ago.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-keep-find-in-note-3685188

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Google is developing a free, cloud-free automatic backup feature via the Quick Share app for Windows, but an it may exclude Samsung smartphones

✅ Details/screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-quick-share-automatic-pc-backup-samsung-exclusion-apk-teardown-3685175

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Gemini could make avatars even better by letting you share them with friends

If implemented, this feature would let friends share their avatar with one another to co-star or be featured in collaborative AI video creations

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-avatar-share-3685289

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Google is rolling out a new UI redesign for the Google Play Store that replaces the tabs in header area with new pill shaped buttons

✅ Details and more screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-store-july-ui-changes-3685473/

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Spotify is developing an advanced integration with Google Gemini for upcoming Android XR smart glasses

By linking a Google account, users can utilize the glasses' built-in camera to let Gemini analyze their surroundings and automatically play music tailored to what they are looking at.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-android-xr-glasses-gemini-apk-teardown-3685651

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📸 Still screenshotting your videos? Google Photos could make life easier for you by letting you save a video frame as a photo from the video player itself

✅ Details/screenshot - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-save-video-frame-photo-apk-teardown-3686254

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Worried about status bar clutter with Android Halo? Google may let you clean it up

A new Settings sub-section spotted in Android Canary could let you toggle whether to show or hide the Android Halo icon and even the mute icon.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-halo-status-bar-icon-settings-apk-teardown-3686316/

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Google Photos could bring back a handy video editing tool under a new name

The Basic Cut preset could be reborn as Auto Trim to take some of the manual labor out of trimming your videos.

✅ Details/Screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-video-editor-auto-trim-apk-teardown-3686260

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Google is working on a new 'memories games' feature for Google Photos

The app could also notify you when new “memories games” are available and currently the feature is in development

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-memories-games-3686305

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Google Photos' latest UI experiment has one job: getting CapCut on your phone

This is the latest among Google's multiple attempts to promote CapCut through its apps

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-capcut-promo-apk-teardown-3686293/

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Google is introducing integrated volume sliders within the ringtone, alarm, and notification sound pickers on Pixel phones

Google also hasn't abandoned the idea of vibration feature in sound picker which was spotted in Jan 2025

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-sounds-app-volume-sliders-apk-teardown-3682557/

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🚘🎵 Android Auto is getting a redesigned dashboard media card with centered album art and a blurred background

✅ Details and more screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-auto-media-player-card-apk-teardown-3687057/

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Google's upcoming Home Display could bring back one major Nest Hub Max feature

The Display may pull double duty as a Nest Cam

✅ More info - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-home-display-camera-3687045/

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Google is working on a feature to optionally display an Android device's IMEI number on the lock screen

The feature will appear as a part of Theft Protection suit on Android devices

✅ Details/screenshot - https://www.androidauthority.com/imei-number-lock-screen-toggle-apk-teardown-3687103

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Installing .... 🌚 Magic Pointer

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📍 Google is working on integrating “Ask Maps” suggestions more deeply into Google Maps

While you’re checking directions for driving, biking, or walking to a place, the app will display Ask Maps suggestions.

✅ Details & screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-maps-ask-maps-trip-planning-3687686/

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Samsung is making its powerful Lockdown mode a bit more flexible

The latest One UI 9 beta introduces a new toggle to control automatic Lockdown behavior from the Quick Settings power button

✅ Details/screenshot - https://www.androidauthority.com/one-ui-9-lockdown-mode-quick-settings-power-button-apk-teardown-3687722

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