Google is testing an AI chatbot interface to help you navigate through your Google Acccount settings

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-account-management-chat-interface-3624729/

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Google's making a silly and annoying change to how you uninstall pre-installed system app updates

The Play Store no longer shows the uninstall button for such apps

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-store-uninstall-button-2-3624705/

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Google has started rolling out the Mute button in Gemini Live.

This would allow you to mute your voice input while still receiving Gemini Live output, which would be handy in noisy environments.

Spotted it back in October - https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-live-voice-feature-apk-teardown-3608814/

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Spotify may finally let you tone down those distracting animations

A new in-app toggle could help you reduce animations independent of your system settings.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-reduce-animations-apk-teardown-3625183/

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Gemini could soon stop wasting your time on basic questions, and that's great news

By letting you skip deep thinking.

✅ Details/demo - https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-deep-thinking-skip-button-3625192/

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Google has started widely rolling out the new Gemini screen animation and the Circle to ask feature.

The Circle to ask feature lets you circle anything on circle and attach it to Gemini overlay to ask questions about it.

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QPR 3 beta. Images available in DSU.

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Here are the changes we spotted with this week's app update in Gemini

• My stuff to get more organized with categories
• New work in progress UI for input box
• Subtle haptics feedback when you interact with Gemini

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-my-stuff-categories-3625425/

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Google may soon make your AI Mode history even easier to access on Android and iOS

By replacing the Search Labs shortcut with the AI Model history icon.

✅ Details - https://www.androidauthority.com/ai-mode-history-3625369/

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Google signals a future update will tackle Pixel pocket dialing and accidental taps

✅ More information - https://piunikaweb.com/2025/12/16/google-pixel-accidental-touch-prevention-fix-coming-future-update/

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Google is toning down the Remix feature in Google Messages after backlash

Users found the Remix button to be very intrusive the way it is currently placed

✅ Details/Screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-remix-button-change-apk-teardown-3625542/

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Find Hub will finally start taking proper advantage of Google Maps

You can soon use traffic, terrain, or satellite views in Find Hub — just like Google Maps.

✅ Details/Screenshots - https://www.androidauthority.com/find-hub-maps-3625771/

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This play store change where it was no longer showing uninstall button for updates of pre-installed system apps seems to have been reverted. It is showing the uninstall button now.

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The Find Hub app is now available on Pixel Watches.

It may not be exclusive to Pixel Watches but may require the more recent WearOS version to work.

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If you have pixel watch, please check if it is available for you and share apk if you can.

Find Hub app from Pixel Watch

Try your luck

Thanks to @linuxct for the apks

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Android QPR3 Beta 1 is here for Pixel devices

Features spotted so far -
• The new flashlight strength controller - Long press the flashlight tile.
• Navigation button reorder - Swap the position of buttons in 3-button navigation mode.

Keep checking my channel @GappsLeaks and AndroidAuthority.com for more updates

New expandable status bar indicator for location access in Android 16 QPR3

Android 16 QPR3 adds a blue icon in the status bar that you can tap to see which apps are accessing your device’s location.

👉 More details here

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You can finally hide At a glance from Pixel Launcher

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 adds the option to "Show on home screen". You can turn this off to completely hide at a glance from your home screen.

It's a server side update, so not everyone have it yet

We spotted this first back in november in Android Canary

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New animation when opening the app folder in Pixel Launcher in QPR3 Beta 1

This was already available in Android Canary for a while.

The screen shrinks in when the folder opens. This is similar to when you activate Gemini by pressing the power button on Pixels.

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Google is rolling out a long-awaited GPU driver update for the Pixel 10 series, following a promise made back in October. With the release of Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1, the Pixel 10’s Imagination PowerVR GPU is now running a newer driver, and on paper, it’s a meaningful step forward.

More details - https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-10-gpu-update-android-16-qpr3-beta-1-3626234/

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