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Adobe has released a free Premiere mobile video-editing app for Android, replacing the soon-to-be-discontinued Premiere Rush. The app offers core editing tools—split, trim, crop, merge, speed adjustment, text, effects, and audio layers—and lets users export unlimited 4K videos without watermarks. It requires Android 13 or higher, at least 5 GB RAM, and offers generative-AI features and extra cloud storage through in-app purchases.
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Google has announced new performance thresholds for Android applications that impose stricter memory-use limits, citing an emerging memory crunch driven by artificial-intelligence workloads. The company is urging Android app developers to reduce their apps’ memory consumption to meet these thresholds, warning that failure to do so could affect app performance and availability.
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Android is adding Motion Assist, a set of visual dots that help reduce motion sickness. The feature is being rolled out with Android 17 and will first appear on select Pixel devices.
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Google is extending its age-assurance technology across Android, making an age-verification API available to developers on Google Play worldwide. The rollout is underway and will continue through the end of the year, giving app creators new tools to confirm users’ ages.
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The European Union is forcing Google to open its Android platform to rival artificial intelligence services. Additionally, the company must share its search data with competitors. These mandates require Google to provide greater access to its systems to ensure fair market competition.
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Google will begin supporting third-party Android app stores within Google Play starting on 22 July. This rollout follows the withdrawal of the joint motion by Google and Epic, clearing the way for the new stores to be added next week.
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Google Finance has launched a dedicated Android app, ending its beta phase. The app offers market data, financial news, portfolio tracking and AI-powered “Key Moments” briefings. Google plans to release an iOS version later in 2026.
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Google has added a new scam-detection feature to the Android Phone app that warns users when an incoming call appears to be impersonating one of their contacts. The feature, built on the Rich Communication Services (RCS) platform and available on Android 12 and later, verifies whether the call is originating from the caller’s actual smartphone.
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Google has introduced new Android security features that aim to detect spyware attacks and provide enhanced protection against spoofed banking-scam calls. The suite also includes default theft-protection measures and biometric safeguards that activate when a device is marked as lost, strengthening overall user security on the platform.
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Google announced a new laptop lineup called Googlebook, positioned as the AI-native evolution of its Chromebook line. The devices run a unified operating system that merges ChromeOS with Android, leveraging Google’s AI capabilities, and feature a “Glow bar” rainbow LED design element. The Android-powered laptops are slated for release later this year.
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Apple’s iOS 26.5 update introduces end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging, rolling out today in beta and enabled by default on supported carriers. The feature allows encrypted chats between iPhone and Android devices, extending Apple’s encrypted messaging capabilities beyond its own platforms. This rollout marks the first time texts between the two ecosystems can be secured with end-to-end encryption.
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Google Translate has added an AI-powered feature that lets users practice pronunciation, rolling out the tool for Android devices in the United States and India as part of its 20-year anniversary celebration. The service, which handles over one billion queries each month, now offers spoken-word practice directly within the app.
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YouTube has introduced a new setting that lets users completely disable Shorts on the platform’s iOS and Android apps by selecting a zero-minute time limit. This effectively removes Shorts from the user’s experience, replacing the previous minimum option of a fifteen-minute limit. The change gives viewers full control over whether Shorts appear in their feed.
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Google has introduced a new sideloading method for Android that requires a mandatory 24-hour waiting period before an app from an unverified developer can be installed. The process is designed to protect users from scams while still allowing them to sideload apps.
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Google has introduced “Ask Maps,” a new conversational feature for Google Maps on iOS and Android that uses the Gemini AI model. The tool allows users in the United States and India to pose complex, real-world questions and receive answers directly within the Maps app, expanding the service beyond traditional navigation.
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Google has eliminated the 30 percent fee it previously charged developers for transactions through its Android app store. The company also announced that it will permit third-party app stores to operate on Android, opening the platform to alternative distribution channels for apps.
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Google is preparing to broaden AirDrop functionality to additional Android phones, extending the feature beyond the current limitation that only Pixel 10 devices can initiate transfers with Apple products. The upcoming rollout will allow a larger number of Android models to share files with iPhones, enhancing cross-platform data transfer capabilities.
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Google has agreed to a $135 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that its Android operating system illegally collected users’ cellular data without permission. The settlement will provide affected users with payouts of up to $100 each, and Google will implement changes to disclose data transfers and obtain explicit user consent.
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Google’s Android-for-PC interface was unintentionally exposed in a bug report, revealing a hybrid design that blends Android with Chrome OS features. The leaked visuals show a taller status bar, a new mouse cursor, and support for Chrome extensions, indicating plans to bring Android functionality to desktop computers.
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