As we previously reported, Google Maps is now rolling out a new gradient icon on Android and iOS. This new icon is still a pin, but the shape has been modernized. The top ring is noticeably thinner, ...

Following our report at the start of this month, Google Photos for Android is rolling out its new gradient redesign of the homescreen icon. After having the new design on my homescreen for a few days, ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

The metric flags apps that keep devices awake for more than two hours in a 24-hour period. Apps with over 5% excessive wake lock sessions will be classified as high battery drain. Developers are ...

One of the main benefits of a YouTube Premium subscription is being able to play videos in the background, but at $14 per month, it becomes difficult to justify the cost, especially if you're not ...

You might close apps to speed up your phone, but Android already limits idle apps to save battery, so you don't need to micromanage them. Apps like Gmail still run background services to deliver ...

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Lock screen widgets on Android may soon get the slick background blur effect. The visual change was spotted in the new Android Canary build and should align it with Google’s new Material Expressive 3 ...

A future Android update will give the lock screen widget page a blurred wallpaper background, aligning it with the Material 3 Expressive design language. This visual change, which replaces the current ...

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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduces a background blur effect in the app drawer, keyguard, and other areas. Activating Battery Saver will disable the background blur effect. Background blur consumes more ...