The Google Store has kicked off its 2025 Black Friday deals, with these Pixel offers available until December 2-6.
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What Google Messages features are rolling out [December 2025]
Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch these capabilities in stable even after they are announced. From various reports, Google itself, and devices we’ve checked, this is the current state of Messages.
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Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Boxville 2, Rotaeno, Bud Spencer & Terence Hill, more
Your Friday afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll down below. We have some new discounts including Boxville 1 and 2 alongside Dungeon Defense, Rotaeno, Bud Spencer & Terence Hill, and more. Just make sure to dive into the the Samsung Cyber Week sale while you still can for hundreds in savings on the latest Galaxy devices as well as your opportunity to Lana FREE $210 keyboard case on top of Galaxy Tab S11/Ultra deals, HP’s OmniBook X 17-inch touchscreen Copilot+ PC at $650 off, and Lenovo’s RTX 5070 Legion 7i OLED gaming laptop at $710 off. As for the apps, everything awaits below.
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Pixelated 080: A tale of two Android 16s
Welcome to episode 80 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will talk through all of the new changes in Android 16 QPR2 and beyond. After digging through everything Google’s been working on these past few months, their attention turns to the newly-confirmed Galaxy Z TriFold. Can they make sense of what’s bound to be yet another ultra-premium device from Samsung, or does this feel like an experiment without a clear path to success?
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Google Play Books is celebrating its 15 birthday
Google today is celebrating the 15th birthday of Play Books. The service started as “Google eBooks” on December 6, 2010.
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Chrome Autofill getting two-line design on Android, Google Wallet integration, more
Google is rolling out a number of updates to Chrome Autofill, including Google Wallet integration and a slightly better design on Android.
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Google Photos’ perspective correction tool returns after disappearing months ago
It’s not often you see major companies reverting unpopular changes to their apps, but that’s exactly what Google’s doing to its cropping tools within Photos’ built-in editor.
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Gemini for Home expands rollout to more users in early access
Just over a month after launching an early access program, Gemini for Google Home is coming to a new wave of users in the latest rollout.
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Pixel Watch rolling out always-on Media Controls, Timer, & Stopwatch
With Wear OS 6, Google promised “more consistent always-on behavior” (AOD), and the Pixel Watch is starting to do this across three key experiences, including the Timer app.
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Phone by Google shrinking bottom bar to match Material 3 Expressive
Besides announcing Call Reason this week, Phone by Google is testing a shorter bottom bar to comply with Material 3 Expressive.
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