Google Messages' opt-in enhanced protection mode uses cloud Gemini to flag scam texts from unknown senders, and Android blocks hidden call forwarding from December.
Google Play now runs Android apps you build in Google AI Studio on your own phone with just a Google account. It is rolling out in the US to users 18 and up.
Battlefield 6 Season 5 is live via update 2.1.1.0 with Vegas Strip, Area 51, four guns and Rapid Royale, and it's on Game Pass through EA Play.
Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out to Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month in the US) from October 13. It was Ultra-only before; free and AI Plus users don't get it.
Google Wallet gets receipt scanning, an in-app message center and clearer merchant names in Google Play services v26.40, released October 12.
Google now sells Certified Refurbished Pixel 9 phones in the US: $499 for the Pixel 9, $649 for the 9 Pro and $699 for the 9 Pro XL, all unlocked.
Google Fitbit Edge costs $179.99, is on pre-order now in the US and hits shelves October 27 with a screen, GPS, 7-day battery and 3 months of Health Premium
Galaxy S26, S25 and S24 phones are sticking on an XML 'Access Denied' screen after One UI 9. Safe mode plus Airplane mode gets them past it.
Pre-order any digital MW4 edition by October 23 to get the ICR-1 Shattered Relay blueprint in CoD Mobile, delivered October 30 to November 30.
Nothing OS 5.0 with Android 17 is rolling out to the Nothing Phone (3) as build C5.0-260924-2115. Other Nothing phones follow from early November.
Stable One UI 9 began rolling out to US Galaxy S24 phones on T-Mobile and AT&T, and unlocked Z Fold6 and Z Flip6, on October 12. It's about 4GB.
