In the US, at least, messaging has traditionally been a sore point of Android smartphones. Thankfully, Google has been hard at work trying to fix that in recent ... your phone with this app ...

Google is actively developing a “tiny taskbar” for Android ... the new recent apps carousel in the “tiny taskbar”: Interestingly, this recent apps carousel is exclusive to the phone ...

Android has long offered an option to rotate your phone's ... it's closed in the recents menu. With this method, you can bring per-app auto-rotate functionality to any Android smartphone.

but also on at least one other smart-home app, Home Assistant, and on any phone running an Android 15-based operating system. You may like Google teases a refresh for the Pixel's always-on display ...

As a result, Google and the other Android ... simple smart replies (like saying you’ll call back). You can find transcripts of screened calls on the Recent tab of the Phone app.