Google's password manager is about to get a redesign with a navigation bar.

The service will get a navigation bar with three tabs "Passwords", "Checkup" and "Settings". The last two pages were previously on the main page as separate buttons.

Along with this change, the search bar and the add password button have also received a makeover. In general terms, the design language is now more in line with Material Design 3.

When Google is going to roll out the redesign is not yet known.

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Here's a look at Bluetooth LE Audio's broadcast audio feature on Android 13!

User aborne25 on Twitter put together a demo of broadcast audio (Auracast) using their Sony Xperia 5 V connected to Sony's INZONE Buds and LinkBuds S, which all support LE Audio. Since Sony's Android fork is quite close to stock, this gives us a look at what broadcast audio will look like on Pixel in the future!

In order for this to work, you need an Android smartphone with a Bluetooth chip that supports LE Audio and a software stack that supports it (Android 13 or later). You also need audio products that support LE Audio, of which there aren't many right now. Further, all products need to support the Public Broadcast Profile (PBP). As shown in the video, "LE_AUDIO" as well as "Receive shared audio" need to be toggled on in settings.

To start a broadcast, open the media output switcher from the media player notification and tap the "Broadcast" button in the bottom left. A QR code is shown at the top which lets other devices quickly join the broadcast. Below that, the broadcast name and password can be edited. When you're broadcasting, the device name in the media output switcher changes to "broadcasting".

To join the broadcast, you either go to sound & vibration settings or open the expanded volume slider and then tap on the broadcast icon. Then select "find broadcasts" and select the broadcast from the list. Tapping "leave broadcast" will leave the broadcast but it'll continue in the background until you tap "stop casting".

Hopefully more audio products with LE Audio broadcast support get released, because multi-device audio sharing is something a LOT of folks want but something only a few devices with custom Bluetooth stacks offer!

AI Core app Play Store listing is up.

Android 14 Beta 3 for Pixels introduced a new built-in system stub app called AI Core ("com.google.android.aicore"). Google usually embeds such stubs to then roll out updates to them via the Play Store.

The app's listing has now appeared on the Play Store. Its denoscription reads:

Powering intelligent features across Android

AI Core powers features across Android and provides apps with the latest AI models.

Currently on non pixel 8 devices it says the app is not compatible with your device. And on the Pixel 8 series itself, there are no buttons to update or disable. The stub version on Android 14 is 0.release.539035001, while the Play Store mentions 0.release.580534919 with an update dated November 9. Notably, the app is Android 12+.

🔗 AI Core Play Store listing

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