Following Android in January, the Gemini app on iPhone has received a homescreen redesign that will auto-open the keyboard on launch.

A new feature debuting on the Oppo Find N5 will allow Mac users to control their machines from their smartphones, as well as better integrating their phone with macOS overall.

Google is more deeply integrating Lens visual search into Chrome for iOS with a new Screen Search capability that takes after Circle to Search on Android. Meanwhile, Google Lens can now recognize more unique images.

A new update to the Waze app on Apple CarPlay is making it much easier to navigate home or to work with just the press of a single button.

Earlier this month, Google launched Deep Research in Gemini for Android, and it’s now rolling out to the iPhone app if you’re a Gemini Advanced subscriber.

After testing last year, Google app on iOS has rolled out an Auto Dark Mode for its built-in web browser.

Apple just launched its latest app, Apple Invites, which allows for a quick and easy way to send out invitations to an event. But, how does that work for an Android user? We’ve tested out how Apple Invites will work for Android users, and it’s surprisingly well done.

Following Thursday’s announcement, Gemini 2.0 Flash is now appearing in the Gemini app on Android and iOS. 

YouTube appears to be removing the “Guest” profile from its TV apps, starting on Apple TV and Roku.

Compared to Android, only some of Google’s iOS apps use the latest version of Material Design. Gmail for iPhone and iPad was finally updated with a Material 3 redesign today.

With its One UI 7 update, Samsung is adding support for “Live Notifications” and the “Now Bar,” the company’s take on the “Live Activities” functionality Apple has been building out on iPhone for a while. With the Galaxy S25 now official, Samsung is confirming additional support for apps including Google Maps.

It’s not the dream of a full bundle, but some Google One subscribers will soon get a discount on YouTube Premium in the US. Meanwhile, YouTube is starting to test a handful of new features that subscribers can opt-in to.

Chrome 132 started rolling out this week as Google’s first major browser update of 2025, and one new feature the company is finally making official is the ability to customize the toolbar on desktop. 

Samsung and Apple are both preparing to launch new, thinner smartphones in 2025, but it sounds like Samsung’s Galaxy S25 “Slim” won’t match what’s rumored for the “iPhone 17 Air” per a new leak that reveals how thin the device is.

Following Android, Google is rolling out an update to the Gemini app on iPhone that lets users select 2.0 Flash Experimental.

Besides phones and tablets, Android is available on smartwatches, TVs, and even cars. Google today announced Android XR as the next form factor the operating system is coming to. 

Like other first-party apps that lack Dynamic Color theming, Google Maps currently uses a blue accent for buttons and other UI elements, but that looks to be changing to teal. 

As announced earlier this year, Spotify Car Thing is dead, with all units having officially been disabled as of today.

Samsung’s One UI 7 update is huge and, for the most part, pretty good, but there’s some clear influence throughout as Samsung has seemingly been trying to replicate a bunch of features and design traits from iOS. Here’s a list of all of the ways Samsung’s Android 15 update tries to copy iOS.

Spotify Wrapped 2024 is here and features an AI Podcast that’s “Built with Google’s NotebookLM.” Two AI hosts from the viral note-taking/research tool “unwrap” your year in music.