Gadget Hacks: Page 23

Android users can already choose where new passkeys get stored. Moving the ones already inside Google Password Manager to another provider is a different story and that capability does not exist yet.

Apple is working out how to bring agentic AI apps into the App Store without dismantling the review system that makes the platform defensible, AppleInsider reported. The internal debate, those sources say, is less about whether to open the platform than how to contain what gets in. The most capable AI agents — according to current industry reporting — the kind that write code, spawn programs, and act autonomously across a device, are exactly what App Review was designed to prevent. That tension...

Samsung Upgraded PDF Scanner Comes to Older Flagships With One UI 8.5

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Google is pulling Groups, Community Feed, direct messages, and badges from the Fitbit app this month, replacing them with a Gemini-based AI coach available at a higher price point. The Fitbit app social features removed in this transition are not returning, according to reporting from 9to5Google and Gadgets & Wearables last week. The app itself automatically updates to Google Health starting May 19, with no new download required, Google announced last week.

Spotify launched "Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)" yesterday, giving every user, free or premium, access to lifetime listening data the platform has never surfaced before. The feature went live as part of the company's 20th anniversary campaign and is available now in the mobile app. It's a different product than Wrapped, not an extension of it, and that distinction matters before you go looking for yours.

Mystic Leaks has shared footage from an early Android build showing Google may be adding a full manual color picker to the Pixel's Wallpaper & style app, Android Authority and 9to5Google reported this week. The Pixel Material You color controls shown in the leak would let users choose any custom accent color directly, replacing a system that has generated palettes automatically from wallpaper since Android 12.

The smartphone industry's upgrade pitch for the past two years has leaned heavily on artificial intelligence and folding screens. Consumers, when surveyed directly, are largely unmoved by both. A smartphone upgrade survey covering foldables and AI features makes this gap between what gets marketed and what gets bought about as stark as data gets, and understanding it tells you more about the next upgrade cycle than any product launch keynote.

Google I/O 2026 runs May 19 and 20 as a free livestreamed event, with keynotes and sessions open online, per the official Google I/O site. Two questions dominate the pre-conference evidence: whether Gemini actually landed on the smartwatches, cars, and TVs Google committed to a year ago, and how prominently Android XR which received its most substantial platform update six weeks before the conference figures into the keynote.

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Apple's biggest iPhone redesign in nearly a decade appears to be its weakest seller based on early buyer-share and supply-chain indicators. In the iPhone Air's first full quarter on sale, just 6% of US iPhone buyers chose it, according to a Consumer Intelligence Research Partners survey cited by CNN in January 2026. The standard iPhone 17 took 22% of purchases, the Pro took 25%, and the Pro Max took 27%. The Air captured less than a third of what the cheapest model in the lineup managed, and...

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Google is rolling out a redesigned Gemini overlay for Android, and 9to5Google reports it's showing up on stable Google app version 17.8. The update brings an expanded Tools menu directly into the floating UI, putting Deep Research, image and video generation, Canvas, and Guided Learning within reach without opening the Gemini app.

Google's Android Identity Check anti-theft feature has expanded to cover third-party banking apps and password managers, closing the gap that previously left financial accounts exposed even when system-level protections were active. Apps integrating Android's Biometric Prompt API now automatically require biometric authentication outside trusted locations, meaning a thief who has both the device and the PIN still cannot open a banking app or access saved passwords without the owner's...

Walmart's Onn 4K Pro is sold out, and Onn 4K Pro scalpers on eBay and Facebook Marketplace are listing the $60 streaming box for $90 to $100 before shipping, Android Authority reported today. That's a 50 to 67 percent markup. The Pro is marked out of stock on Walmart's product page; the cheaper Onn 4K Stick remains available at $40, per the same report.

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