Your Thursday afternoon collection of the best Android game deals and freebies are now up for grabs courtesy of the Google Play store, and we have a sizable collection of top-tier titles today. Firstly, make sure you scope out one of the best straight up deals on Galaxy Watch Ultra at $230 off as well as today’s offer on the 44mm Galaxy Watch 7 with a FREE $70 extra band and this offer on Chipolo’s Google Find My Device wallet card tracker. As for the apps, highlights include titles like Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance, Kingdom Rush Vengeance, Iron Marines 2, Dune: Imperium, Inked, and more. Head below for a closer look. 

Google is preparing support for “summarized” notifications in Android 16, as revealed by code in the third beta update.

Android 16 is recycling the same Easter egg from Android 15, which is also the same one from Android 14. But with its latest release, Google has added a new “autopilot” mode to the space-themed Easter egg which integrates with Android 16’s Live Update feature.

Android 16 Beta 3 has officially launched, and the new OS brings a couple of small changes that might normally go unnoticed. One minor but apparently important change is a new “close” app option that appears when the app icon in Android 16’s recent menu is tapped.

With work dating back to October 2022, Google Pixel devices now have a “Battery health” stats page with Android 16 Beta 3.

Beta 3 of Android 16 is now available as Google’s next major OS update proceeds through the development process.

Android 16 Beta 3 is rolling out to Pixel devices today with the Platform Stability milestone that finalizes app-facing behaviors and internal/external APIs to let developers update their applications.

Google is now rolling out a fix to the Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio that resolves the “Untrusted” Casting outage/issue.

From just beyond its deathbed, the Chromecast with Google TV finally picked up its promised Android 14 update this week, and it seems that there are a handful of issues for those still using the streaming dongle.

According to a new report, Samsung is looking to launch a pair of headphones using bone conduction tech later this year.

Joining one of the best prices ever on Galaxy Watch Ultra with a straight up $230 in savings, Samsung is once again offering up to $60 off 44mm Galaxy Watch 7 configs with a FREE $70 extra band. Next we move over to the accessories – the official Google Pixel 9/Pro and XL cases just hit new Amazon all-time lows from $21, the latest USB-C Backbone ONE Android controller is at one of its best prices ever, and Bose QuietComfort Headphones are up to $170 off. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

After a series of developer announcements yesterday, Google is rolling out a handful of Gemini app updates for end users centered around an upgraded version of 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, which remains in preview.

Besides the GDC 2025 announcements, Google announced today that Gemini in Android Studio “now supports multimodal inputs, which lets you attach images directly to your prompts” for visual help during the app development process.

Google has a number of announcements at the 2025 Games Developer Conference (GDC) next week across Android and Play Games on PC.

After being revealed for its shady tactics late last year, Honey has updated its Chrome extension to no longer take credit for affiliate sales it didn’t earn, likely as Chrome policy now prevents such behavior.

It seems that Google is still working on a new design for the incoming call UI on its Phone app for Pixel and other Android devices, as another new UI has just surfaced.

Months after it started rolling out to other brands, Samsung is finally getting its Android 15 update together, with the One UI 7 beta now available for the Galaxy S23 series as well as the Galaxy Tab S10 series.

Foldable cameras are typically inferior compared to regular smartphones, but it’s been getting better. With its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung is reportedly preparing a 200MP rear camera as well as a better camera for the inner display.

Following the Chromecast with Google TV going out of stock last month, Google is finally rolling out the Android 14 update.

Google has once again teased the next Android 16 preview update with Beta 3 officially coming Thursday, March 13.