👓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/

🏠Gemini for Home is here to transform how you use Google Home

- Users will be able to pick from 10 natural-sounding voices.

- When you want Gemini to control your smart home, you won’t have to remember exact device names or phrases.

More details👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-for-home-features-availability-3602734/

📷🏠Google’s new Nest Cams and Doorbell double down on video quality

The new Nest Cam Indoor, Nest Cam Outdoor, and Nest Doorbell models have wired power, a new camera sensor, 2K HDR video capture, and a wider FoV.

More details👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-new-nest-cam-nest-doorbell-3602359/

🏡Google’s new Home speaker promises a do-over, but you can’t buy it anytime soon

The new Google Home Speaker runs on Gemini, features 360° audio, and can be paired with the Google TV Streamer in stereo.

Click 👇for details + pricing & availability

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-home-speaker-announced-3602474/

🔐Google just shared a TON of new details about Android's app verification rules

Next year, Android will block sideloading apps from unverified developers, and we finally know exactly how it'll work.

My new article covers new details on:

- How Android will verify apps through the new Developer Verifier service
- When an Internet connection will be needed for verification
- What versions of Android this change is supported in
- How exactly student/hobbyist developers are affected
- What Google is doing to prevent bad actors from passing verification

...and more!

Click 👇for ALL the new info you need to know

🔗https://androidauthority.com/how-android-app-verification-works-3603559/

It's been a while since we last talked about the Rabbit R1, so I'm curious to hear what y'all think now that the dust has long settled:

Was it always doomed or was it just ahead of its time? What do you think of their proposed AI agent for Android apps - should that be a thing?

✨🖥 EXCLUSIVE: Google is working on a Computer Control feature that will let you fully automate your phone's apps.

This feature enables agentic AI control of Android apps.

Maybe I was too harsh on you, Rabbit R1.

Click👇for more details!

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-computer-control-feature-3603862/

🏠How Google plans to fix its smart home mess with Gemini for Google Home

We asked Google's Chief Product Officer of Home and Nest how it plans to win back trust from users.

Here's what he had to say👇

🔗 https://androidauthority.com/google-home-win-back-trust-3604047/

(You can watch the full interview with Anish Kattukaran over on Android Faithful!)

Google recently updated its Android Security Bulletin overview page to confirm that security fixes will now be merged to AOSP on a quarterly, rather than monthly, basis.

I recently reported that Google shifted to a 'risk-based update process' for security updates, and this is part of that change.

🔗 Exclusive: Google wants to make Android phones safer by switching to ‘risk-based’ security updates

Google has published the Android Security Bulletin for October 2025, and for the second time ever, there are no security vulnerabilities listed in the bulletin.

This is because of Google's new 'risk-based' approach to Android security updates, which I've detailed👆