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Google may have just dropped its clearest hint yet that Android will soon power more than phones and tablets. At today’s Snapdragon Summit kickoff, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and Google’s SVP of Devices and Services Rick Osterloh discussed a new joint project that will directly impact personal computing.

“In the past, we’ve always had very different systems between what we are building on PCs and what we are building on smartphones,” Osterloh said on stage. “We’ve embarked on a project to combine that. We are building together a common technical foundation for our products on PCs and desktop computing systems.”

Just days after Apple launched its latest flagship handsets, the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max, the company is facing extreme criticism from early users. A growing wave of complaints from buyers,  shoppers heading to pick up the new Pro iPhones, and tech reviewers who are putting the devices through their paces suggests the premium models may be unusually vulnerable to scratches and scuffs. The controversy has already earned the nickname “Scratchgate.”

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Samsung has started rolling out the stable One UI 8 update for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. The new Android 16-based software is now reaching Samsung’s 2024 foldables in South Korea, meaning that the rest of the world, including users in the US, can expect to get the update in the next few days.

Apple’s iPhone has traditionally been acclaimed as the leader in video recording. The Pro models have especially spearheaded their way with video features, such as ProRes, which allow professional-grade recording and post-production. However, Samsung may now be gearing up to challenge that dominance by introducing new video recording formats and potentially dethroning the iPhone 17 Pro.

Samsung is expected to enable cinematic-grade video recording on the upcoming Galaxy S26 series. According to a report by SammyGuru, Samsung is planning to add support for the APV (Advanced Professional Video) codec, which enables recording near-lossless video quality with minimal pixelation, even without significantly increasing the video size.

We’re looking forward to Samsung’s next set of flagships, the Galaxy S26 series, and most leaks indicate that we’re in for some shakeup. There’s likely to be a Galaxy S26 Pro (instead of the base Galaxy S26), the Galaxy S26 Edge (no Galaxy S26 Plus), and the Galaxy S26 Ultra. We recently spotted clues for Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new Private Display feature, and now new leaks are shedding light on the display technology used on the upcoming flagship.

Galaxy S26 Ultra could get M14 OLED panel and CoE tech

South Korea’s ET News reports that the Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to have a brighter and thinner display as it will use an OLED panel with new materials and display technology. Citing industry sources, the report notes that the Galaxy S26 Ultra could sport Samsung Display’s new M14 material and CoE technology, eliminating the polarizer on the display. This is expected to improve luminous efficiency, resulting in a brighter display and a longer lifespan.

Google is starting to roll out version 3.41 of the Google Home app. Yes, the same one in which we found code revealing the biggest redesign the app has seen in a while, including Gemini for Home, the new Ask Home feature, and more. Google is expected to roll out all of this on October 1. But for now, the company is detailing some of the updates it has already rolled out to the Google Home app with version 3.40.

Stable One UI 8 recently started rolling out to Samsung’s phone lineup, but we’re already on to the next release. The first One UI 8.5 builds are already being tested, and we even have a look at some of the iOS 26-inspired design changes coming along. Thanks to the leaked build, we’ve also discovered some new features, such as a system for tackling photosensitive epilepsy, and the first mentions of Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro. We’ve now spotted clues about a new Private Display/Privacy Display feature that could tie in with a rumored Galaxy S26 Ultra feature.

Per previous leaks, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is rumored to sport “Flex Magic Pixel” technology on its screen. Samsung Display had previously announced this tech, which uses AI to “adjust” a screen’s pixels to control viewing angles so that the screen is not easily visible to the person next to you.

If you’ve recently tried to open a sideloaded book on your Kindle and hit a wall, you’re not alone. Starting this week, users across Reddit’s r/kindle community began reporting a sudden “Invalid ASIN” error message. The alert claims the selected title is not valid for Digital purchase on the Kindle, even when the book was loaded via USB or email rather than bought through Amazon’s storefront. Notably, the error only seems to affect unread sideloaded titles. Books that had been opened previously still launch as expected.

Oddly enough, if you navigate by tapping the three dots, then Go to, then select a chapter, you can crack open affected books. Toggling Airplane Mode can also help you escape a redirect loop to the Kindle Store, though it hasn’t worked for everyone.

Last week, we reported that Google was bringing native step tracking to Health Connect, allowing the app to count your steps using your phone’s sensors. This marks a significant shift for the app, which currently doesn’t track any data on its own and instead acts as a hub for information from other health and fitness services. While that was its original purpose, it seems Google has bigger plans for the platform. This change suggests Health Connect could transform from a simple data hub into a full-fledged tracking platform, with native step counting being just the first step.

When we first reported on this feature, though, we noted some uncertainty. Our evidence came from an analysis of the APK in the 2508 Android Canary release, but the feature itself wasn’t functional yet, and there was no concrete proof within the app itself. With the release of Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, however, there is no longer any doubt. Google has confirmed that it is adding native step tracking to Health Connect.