Android 15 could introduce a new toggle to “show long app names” in the search results and apps list of Pixel Launcher. The launcher currently truncates too-long app names to ensure that they don’t overlap in the list. Some users don’t like seeing truncated app names, so this new feature will be good news for them. Google Pixel phones ship with the company’s Pixel Launcher app as the default home screen provider. Because it’s both the default and the only option that integrates with Google’s universal search, it’s what most Pixel users end up using, even though there are a plethora of amaz ..read more

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Anonymous sources have told a reliable news outlet that ByteDance will not sell TikTok. In light of the United States ban, ByteDance will fight using all legal maneuvers possible. However, if all else fails, the company would rather pull TikTok from the US than sell it. Earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed an international aid bill that included a ban on TikTok. The video-sharing social network is owned by Chinese company ByteDance and is believed to be a potential national security threat due to its overwhelming popularity in the US co ..read more

A 30-second video ad for the Google Pixel 8a just hit YouTube. The ad doesn’t give away any info we didn’t already know, but it does confirm pretty much all the rumors are true. We expect the Pixel 8a to land in May at or around Google I/O. Earlier today, we shared some leaked ad stills for the unannounced Google Pixel 8a. Now, not long after, we can do one better with a full 30-second video ad for the phone. The ad, which you can see embedded above, comes from reliable leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer by way of MySmartPrice. Not that it matters: anyone who’s ever seen a Google advertiseme ..read more

Having done this for a long time, an Amazon deal occasionally jumps off the page as being possibly too good to be true. A crazy 48% price drop on the Fitbit Versa 4 caught us by surprise for the right reasons today, with the fitness tracker plummeting by $95 on the site right now. Fitbit Versa 4 for 104.96 ($95 off ..read more

A set of leaked ads for the Google Pixel 8a show various features of the unannounced smartphone. A major bit of info here is that the Pixel 8a could get the same seven-year update commitment the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro get. Most of the other features here are either expected or came with the Pixel 7a. The Google Pixel 8a is not launching for another few weeks, but, as is tradition, we’re already learning everything there is to know about it. Today, Android Headlines leaked a set of advertisements that give a way a lot of the Pixel 8a’s secrets. The most notable piece of new info here ..read more

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has filed a trademark for RealFill technology. The technology will allow users to expand images based on up to five reference images. This should result in more accurate image expansion compared to other solutions. Google has been aggressively promoting generative AI over the last 18 months or so, with the Magic Editor feature being one of the most prominent demonstrations of the tech. Now, it looks like the company’s next big AI-enabled photo feature could be RealFill. Google quietly filed a trademark for so-called RealFill technolo ..read more

Having now been succeeded by the Ultra model, the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II have finally hit an all-time low price on Amazon. A 32% price drop has slashed the price of the wireless earbuds to $189 — a $90 markdown from the not-inconsiderable retail price. Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II for $189 ($90 off ..read more

Credit: Curtis Joe / Android Authority A new rumor suggests the Nintendo Switch 2 could have magnetic Joy-Con. This would allow you to snap the Joy-Con into place quickly and easily instead of needing to slide them on. Elsewhere, the report suggests current Nintendo Switch Pro controllers could be compatible with the next-gen Switch. It’s been so long since the first Nintendo Switch launched that we can easily forget just how much of a revelation it was at the time. Pretty much everything about it was good, but there were still some things we wished were a bit better, and most of them rev ..read more

Android TV stores Google account login without any security measures, which can be ordinarily abused with browser apps to log into Google services. Google mentions that it has fixed the loophole on newer devices running the latest Google TV and is fixing it for other older devices. If you own a smart TV or a smart TV stick at home, there’s a good chance it runs Android TV or Google TV (which is still Android TV under the hood with a content recommendation layer on top). If it does, you shouldn’t be leaving people unsupervised around the TV, as a rather glaring Android TV loophole allows a ..read more

A so-called TikTok ban is officially on the books, and the clock is tick-tocking its way to the end of the line for the uber-popular social media platform. But what exactly does a TikTok ban look like? How will it be enforced? Will the app actually be banned, or is this just posturing? Here are all the answers to your most burning questions ..read more