TL;DR Handheld console emulators are being hit hard by recent tariffs. Retroid earlier announced some big limitations in shipping options for US customers. The company now shares the path forward it’s worked out for US orders. Like basically every other corner of the global economy, the retro gaming handheld market is under assault from the … Read more
Google Photos is said to be rolling out a new feature which lets you turn standard images into Ultra HDR photos. As per a report, the new editing tool is available with the latest version of the Google Photos app for Android which repackages clicked photos to include more image data. It is said to … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is testing a new feature that allows users to share albums and moments via QR code, separate from the existing Quick Share option for individual images. The feature makes it easier and quicker to share albums and moments with someone nearby. The QR code sharing tool is … Read more
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. It helps people from different countries stay in touch, no matter where they live or what language they speak. Now, WhatsApp has added a new feature: In-App Message Translation. This means you can now translate messages inside WhatsApp without needing to use other … Read more
If you’re looking for a wireless controller that’s compatible with your Android phone or Chromebook (even with Windows), then you might want to check out the SteelSeries Stratus+, which packs a ton of features made for gamers who spend a lot of time on their Chromebook or Android smartphone. It’s on sale at Amazon right … Read more
This week, OpenAI announced its latest models: o3 and o4-mini. These are reasoning models, which break down a prompt into multiple parts that are then addressed one at a time. The goal is for the bot to “think” through a request more deeply than other models might, and arrive at a deeper, more accurate result. … Read more
Instagram’s ‘Blend’ feature began rolling out to users on Thursday as a new co-operative feed for users. The photo and video sharing service says that the new feature works privately like direct messages (DM), and users can invite their friends to join a blend. Once a user accepts a blend request, Instagram will automatically recommend … Read more
April 14, 2025 · 6 min read · Android · Jetpack Compose · Architecture Jetpack Compose has transformed the way we build UI on Android. If you’re coming from XML-based layouts, you might be wondering: How does Compose know when to redraw UI? What happens behind those @Composable functions? In this post, let’s lift the … Read more
Google is accelerating the Android 16 release, and other companies are adopting this new timeline. OnePlus is among the first OEMs to release Android 16 to a wider audience, including public testers, through Beta 2 for the OnePlus 13. However, OnePlus cautions that this update is not for everyone. Notably, OnePlus skipped the Android 16 … Read more
Now that your SDK is working locally, the next step is to make it reusable in other projects.There are multiple ways to publish an Android SDK — you can push to an internal Maven repo, upload to Maven Central, or distribute a .aar manually. But for open-source or lightweight public libraries, JitPack is by far … Read more