Android Studio 2023.1.1 Hedgehog is the latest version of Google's official IDE, aimed at helping developers improve app performance. The update includes features like App Quality Insights and ...

Google has added a comically big Search bar to its Android app. Now, the pill is practically twice the size, while the ‘Search’ text is displayed in a larger font. That said, Search functions exactly ...

Notably, Google Chrome on iOS continues to have a bottom URL bar, while Google Chrome on Android has a URL bar on the top. While this upcoming change has been spotted for the Google App, we are ...

That particular change and the new bottom bar is not yet rolled out to the stable channel. If you’re on the latest beta (version 15.40), force stop from App info to load the Material 3 bottom bar.

This would force apps to use edge-to-edge, rendering the status and navigation bars as transparent, if they target Android 15 (API 35). By Google’s usual schedule, that requirement would kick in ...

The bar remains at the bottom when displaying search results, meaning users with larger phones don’t have to stretch their thumbs so far when typing. The Chrome app on iOS introduced a similar ...