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Google is stepping things up in the AI agent browser wars. The company is launching a suite of new features deeply embedding Gemini into Chrome. That starts with the announcement that Gemini in Chrome will no longer require a membership fee and will begin rolling out to both Mac and Windows users in the US starting today. It’s all part …

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding a long-awaited option to Pixel phones that lets users reverse the order of the three-button navigation bar. This feature allows users to switch to the “Recents, Home, Back” layout, which is the default on Samsung Galaxy phones. We discovered evidence for the new setting in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, but …

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 adds a new Material 3 Expressive look to the Setup Wizard. The redesigned Setup Wizard includes thicker buttons and a cleaner card-like UI on certain screens. Most users are likely to miss the changes as the Setup Wizard only appears on new or wiped devices, but a refresh was …

One of the many unpublicized changes introduced with the iOS 26 update released earlier this week is that screenshots now automatically open into a full-screen preview. The new approach provides immediate access to a handful of useful tools for editing a screenshot, but they now dominate your iPhone’s screen when captured, instead of shrinking into an unobtrusive thumbnail. Thankfully, reverting …

Meta is rolling out tech that lets you capture a real-world space with a Quest VR headset so you can create a digital, photorealistic VR replica. The company calls the tech “Hyperscape,” and as part of a gradual rollout beginning today, users will be able to use the beta Hyperscape Capture app with their Quest 3 or Quest 3S to …

On September 15, Samsung released the stable version of One UI 8.0 (Android 16) to the Galaxy S25 series. Back then, the brand made it available only in Korea. Earlier today, the brand expanded the update to many other countries, including Germany, India, Spain, and the UK. Now, the tech giant has made the update available in the US too. …

Bad iPhone Battery Life This Week? Apple Says It’s iOS 26, and It’s Normal  PCMag What is Liquid Glass and how do you get it? Key feature of new iOS 26 update  USA Today Why your iPhone may die faster this week  WGN-TV New versions of Apple’s software platforms are available today  Apple Regret installing iOS 26? You’re not alone, as some iPhone owners …

The new iOS 26 software update for iPhone introduces a new full-screen preview experience when taking a screenshot. This includes some new visual lookup functionality, but it also can be a bit annoying if you just want to capture something for later and get on with what are you doing. iOS 18 and earlier would simply show a small unobtrusive …

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Wednesday September 17, 2025 2:18 pm PDT by Juli Clover Apple is planning to release a fix for an iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro camera bug that causes black boxes and white squiggles to appear in photos. CNN Underscored‘s Henry Casey discovered the issue in an iPhone Air review when snapping photos at a concert. He said that one …