Android News: 18 November 2025 - 6 December 2025

Samsung One UI 8.5 Battery Indicator Update: How to Hide the Battery “Pill” (Dec 15, 2025)

Samsung’s One UI 8.5 beta is quietly making one of the most-seen parts of your Galaxy phone feel cleaner: the battery indicator in the status bar. As of December 15, 2025, a new toggle lets you keep the battery percentage visible while

December 15, 2025

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Google Pixel Quick Tap Finally Feels Reliable After Android 16 QPR2 — Here’s What Changed

The December 2025 Pixel update with Android 16 QPR2 quietly fixes the Google Pixel’s Quick Tap back-tap gesture, making screenshots, flashlight toggles, and other shortcuts far more reliable. Here’s what’s new, which devices are affected, and how to set it up. If

December 6, 2025

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Google Play Store $700 Million Settlement: How Android Users Can Get Automatic Payouts via PayPal and Venmo (December 2025 Update)

Published: December 4, 2025 Millions of Android users across the United States are now being notified that they may receive cash from a $700 million Google Play Store antitrust settlement — often without filing any claim form at all. Following a new

December 4, 2025

Android · Mobile Apps · News · Technology

Android’s QR Code Scanner Redesign Returns in Play Services 25.46.32 – What’s New and How to Get It (December 3, 2025)

Android’s built‑in QR code scanner is getting a makeover again. After being briefly launched and then quietly pulled earlier this year, Google is now rolling out the refreshed interface once more via a new Google Play Services update — and it’s starting

December 3, 2025

Android · News · Technology · Updates

Android 16 QPR2 December 2025 Update: AI Notification Summaries, New Customization Tools and Full Pixel Device List

Google is rolling out a major December 2025 update for Android 16, delivering the second big release of the year (Android 16 QPR2) to Pixel phones and tablets alongside the latest security patch. The update brings AI-powered notification summaries, a smarter notification

December 3, 2025

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6 Hidden Pixel UI Tweaks (Plus Today’s Big Android Changes) You Need to Try – December 2, 2025

If you picked up a recent Google Pixel, you’re probably enjoying the clean Android 16 experience, those new bouncy Material 3 Expressive visuals, and all the Gemini-powered tricks. But even longtime Pixel fans are still discovering powerful UI options buried a few

December 2, 2025

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Best New Android Apps for December 2025 (Dec 2): Comet, Sift, Escape Launcher, Red Dead Redemption & OmniTools

December 2, 2025 – The Android ecosystem is closing out the year with a surprisingly strong wave of fresh apps and games. Today’s highlights range from an AI-powered browser and a privacy‑first recipe keeper to a minimalist launcher, a “proper” console classic

December 2, 2025

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How to Use Your Android Phone as a Light & Sound Meter in 2025 (And How Accurate It Really Is)

Published: November 30, 2025 Most Android users reach for their phones to check messages, scroll social feeds, or snap photos — not to measure the world around them. Yet a new feature piece from MakeUseOf today is going viral precisely because it

November 30, 2025

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Android TV Sideloading Is Changing: 6 Essential Apps to Install Before Google’s New Rules Bite

As Google prepares strict developer verification for Android apps, Android TV sideloading is about to get harder. Here’s what’s changing and 6 free apps to grab now. As of November 22, 2025, Android TV’s sideloading golden age is ending If you own

November 22, 2025

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Google Play Best of 2025: Focus Friend, Pokémon TCG Pocket and the 10 Android Apps You Need Right Now

Google’s “Best of 2025” list is live, and it’s all about focus, AI, and apps that follow you across phone, PC, car and even XR headsets. Google Play Best of 2025 is here Google has officially published its Best of 2025 awards,

November 19, 2025

Android · News · Software Updates · Technology

Android 17 ‘Cinnamon Bun’ Codename Confirmed: Release Timeline, Features, and What’s New in Google’s Next Big Update

Google’s next major Android release finally has an official flavor. Over the last 24 hours, multiple deep dives into the latest Android Canary build have found a new internal version string, CINNAMON_BUN, confirming that Android 17’s dessert codename is “Cinnamon Bun.” FindArticles+3Android

November 18, 2025

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Android News: 18 November 2025 - 6 December 2025

Samsung One UI 8.5 Battery Indicator Update: How to Hide the Battery “Pill” (Dec 15, 2025)

Google Pixel Quick Tap Finally Feels Reliable After Android 16 QPR2 — Here’s What Changed

Google Play Store $700 Million Settlement: How Android Users Can Get Automatic Payouts via PayPal and Venmo (December 2025 Update)

Android’s QR Code Scanner Redesign Returns in Play Services 25.46.32 – What’s New and How to Get It (December 3, 2025)

Android 16 QPR2 December 2025 Update: AI Notification Summaries, New Customization Tools and Full Pixel Device List

6 Hidden Pixel UI Tweaks (Plus Today’s Big Android Changes) You Need to Try – December 2, 2025

Best New Android Apps for December 2025 (Dec 2): Comet, Sift, Escape Launcher, Red Dead Redemption & OmniTools

How to Use Your Android Phone as a Light & Sound Meter in 2025 (And How Accurate It Really Is)

Android TV Sideloading Is Changing: 6 Essential Apps to Install Before Google’s New Rules Bite

Google Play Best of 2025: Focus Friend, Pokémon TCG Pocket and the 10 Android Apps You Need Right Now

Android 17 ‘Cinnamon Bun’ Codename Confirmed: Release Timeline, Features, and What’s New in Google’s Next Big Update

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