Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR The latest ChatGPT beta now lets you set ChatGPT as the default assistant on Android. This will let you invoke ChatGPT with buttons and gestures. Invoking ChatGPT through this launches the assistant’s voice mode. Thanks to Android’s open nature, there is no dearth of digital assistants on Android flagships. … Read more
Belgian police searched the Huawei headquarters in Brussels. Authorities raided 20 additional locations in the Belgian provinces of Flanders and Wallonia, as well as in Portugal, resulting in several arrests, according to prosecutors. A Belgian Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson stated that there is “an ongoing investigation into preliminary charges of active corruption, forgery of documents, and … Read more
Oppo is launching the Find X8 Ultra next month, along with two other devices. The Find X8S was previously known as the Find X8 Mini – they are one and the same, with a 6.3-inch screen, the name has been changed in order to get people ready for the fact that the Find X9 will … Read more
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is apparently thinking about a variable aperture for the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s main camera. The company first offered this feature on the Galaxy S9 series but dropped it with the Galaxy S20 range. A variable aperture would allow for greater control over focusing, light capture, and depth-of-field … Read more
Built different I really like Nubia’s Z70 Ultra because of the design; the phone is blocky and is one of the largest and heaviest devices around, but it somehow works to its advantage. There’s also the fact that you don’t get a visible cutout at the front, and that makes it immersive like no other … Read more
MediaTek has announced its Dimensity Developer Conference taking place on April 11, just as Digital Chat Station anticipated last week. While the company has refrained from mentioning the much-rumored Dimensity 9400+ chipset in its announcement, it’s pretty clear that it will be unveiled on that occasion. That’s because MediaTek says a flagship 5G AI chipset … Read more
As expected, Google is now releasing the third beta of Android 16. With it comes the Platform Stability milestone, and after this there should only be one additional beta release, meant to fix bugs and resolve any outstanding issues. That one will arrive in April, according to Google’s timeline which you can see below. The … Read more
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published its final report pertaining to its investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming. It finds that “competition between different mobile browsers is not working well, and this is holding back innovation in the UK”, according to Margot Daly, Chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group. … Read more
What you need to know Meta seems to be testing out Community Notes for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. With this, it looks to create a more unbiased space for people to share varied perspectives on their platform. As this feature is still being tested, it won’t show up on the apps as yet. Meta seems … Read more
What you need to know Google is said to be testing a new UI for incoming calls on its phone app. An APK deep dive reveals that it might be ditching the usual swiping up and down mechanism to answer voice calls. The new UI looks a lot like how older versions of accepting calls, … Read more