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Now Android Authority has delved deeper into pre-release code to find that the “latest Android Canary reveals Google plans to mask notifications by replacing their content with generic placeholder text.” This means “locked app notifications will show generic ‘New message’ or ‘New notification’ text instead of the usual notification content.”
Google has quietly updated its Pixel Tablet support page, extending the tablet's software support window by two years.
Google’s hands-free voice search on Android is getting a major UI overhaul, replacing the bodyless face with a microphone, “Ask Anything,” and a colored arc.
Any warning from Google’s Project Zero threat hunters is taken seriously. This is the team behind many of the zero-day spyware discoveries plaguing Android and iPhone. This threat affects WhatsApp on Android, and relates to zero-click media downloads.
Users claim that an update shipped last month makes running Android Auto in their cars impossible unless they keep their smartphones unlocked
Google Rolls Out Expanded Theft Protection Features for Android Devices
Google has taken down what it believes to be the world's largest residential proxy network running secretly on millions of devices.