We’re less than two months away from the official unveiling of the iPhone 17 family, and it seems like things are starting to firm up about just which color options we might see across the four models in the lineup. The iOS 26 public beta is also rapidly approaching, and we’re continuing to hear details about Apple’s plans for a …
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Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has restored colorful weather icons to Pixel’s At a Glance widget in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3. The earlier all-white icon design faced criticism for reducing readability. The update also includes larger weather text and various other Pixel improvements. Google is walking back a recent design change in the Pixel Launcher’s At a …
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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 should be the last major preview (excluding any upcoming .1 patches) before the stable launch in September, and Google is making tweaks to weather in At a Glance and the Pixel Launcher search field. The first beta introduced a new set of icons for weather conditions that were white, more minimalist, and a bit smaller. …
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Ahead of the stable launch in September, Google is rolling out Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 to Pixel devices today. Quarterly Platform Releases deliver more significant changes compared to monthly bug fixes. Historically, QPRs are relatively stable and launch as betas rather than developer previews. Google officially says they are “suitable for general use,” with Android 16 QPR1 expected to …
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has released the third and final beta for Android 16’s first quarterly platform release (QPR1). Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 is available without a detailed changelog, which is typical for these releases. We’ve already started digging into the build to find out what’s new, though, and here’s what we’ve discovered so far. Note: At …
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New evidence suggests that Samsung is working on a fourth One UI 8 beta build for the Galaxy S25 series. Whether it will roll out to beta testers is unclear, but regardless, this new build throws a spanner in the works and appears to be removing some features. As some of you might recall, Samsung seemed like it was getting …
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Getting the newest devices in and the latest version of Android on-device go hand-in-hand, but Samsung’s newest Galaxy watch 8 isn’t exactly ready to handle the latest beta version of Android. The Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic are great devices. They seem to feel more comfortable on the wrist and look great, though that opinion might vary between …
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Apple previously announced that a public beta of iOS 26 would be available in July, and now a more specific timeframe has surfaced. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman today said that Apple’s public betas should be released on or around Wednesday, July 23. In other words, expect the public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and more to be available …
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It’s been a month since Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design broke cover at WWDC and promptly landed on the company’s devices in the respective Developer Beta releases, but in the mean time, it’s been anything but static. Apple has been introducing quite a lot of changes with each consecutive beta (which is absolutely normal), and the latest Developer Beta …
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iOS 26 has been in beta testing with developers for over a month, and there’s still been no public beta release yet. Apple has only confirmed a July launch, but according to Mark Gurman, there’s a specific day next week being targeted. Apple reportedly targeting July 23 for iOS 26 public beta Historically, Apple tends to launch its summer public …
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