Zac has been writing about Android as a hobby since he was a teenager and fulfilled his ambition of doing so professionally when he joined Android Police as a Reviewer in 2020. Zac specializes in ...

Google introduced “bubbles” as a means of keeping messaging apps easily accessible by letting them float on top of other apps. In future versions of Android, it sounds like Google may make these a lot ...

Android 17 rumors point to Motion Assist, App Bubbles, native app locking, Gemini updates, and Android XR news ahead of Google I/O 2026.

The Bubbles API was first introduced in Android 11. It was mainly used for chat apps, letting users see and reply to messages while doing other tasks on their phones. The interface looks like a ...

For years, Google has been working on optimizing Android for tablets and other large-screen devices. Key feature additions like a taskbar and improved split-screen functionality have helped. However, ...

Google Gemini is starting to get the floating response window Google teased at I/O. Rather than pulling you away from your app, Gemini now functions much more like Assistant. The floating window opens ...

Google Gemini is getting a long-awaited tweak that makes it more pleasant to use and might even open up new functional possibilities. Now, Gemini’s results appear in a floating window instead of ...

Samsung’s One UI is incredibly feature-rich, and that includes the multitasking view which is full of big improvements on top of Android. One of those options is the ability to run apps in floating ...

Google is working on a feature that shows a notification when you dismiss the floating button that opens the accessibility menu. Tapping this notification will bring back the floating accessibility ...

Let’s get one thing out of the way here: Android 13 absolutely isn’t your average Android update. There’s no way around it: Google’s most recent Android version looks pretty ho-hum on the surface. It ...