Time for a brutal truth any productivity connoisseur can confirm: At a certain point, once you’ve seen one note-taking app, you’ve kinda seen ’em all. But at the end of the day, all of those apps ...

Android 17 rumors point to Motion Assist, App Bubbles, native app locking, Gemini updates, and Android XR news ahead of Google I/O 2026.

Google introduced “bubbles” as a means of keeping messaging apps easily accessible by letting them float on top of other apps. In future versions of Android, it sounds like Google may make these a lot ...

For years, Google has been working on optimizing Android for tablets and other large-screen devices. Key feature additions like a taskbar and improved split-screen functionality have helped. However, ...

In Android 17 Beta 2, users can now turn any application into a floating bubble by long-pressing on the app icon in the launcher. Cross-device app Handoff lets you continue tasks seamlessly across ...

The Bubbles API was first introduced in Android 11. It was mainly used for chat apps, letting users see and reply to messages while doing other tasks on their phones. The interface looks like a ...

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Google is replacing the classic full-screen UI for Gemini Live on Android with a floating pill design. With this update, users can get to the AI controls from a circle that they can drag around and ...