Googlebooks have a pretty big problem: They don’t work with Samsung phones yet

Googlebooks are finally here, but Samsung users are getting a raw deal. Googlebooks have a pretty big problem: They don’t work with Samsung phones yet. Googlebook’s biggest features don’t work with Samsung phones at launch.

Computing Googlebooks have a pretty big problem: They don’t work with Samsung phones yet Googlebooks are finally here, but Samsung users are getting a raw deal. Google confirmed that support for Android 17-compatible Samsung phones is coming over the next few weeks. Samsung users considering a $900-$1,300 Googlebook may want to wait until the cross-device features actually work.

Googlebook laptops are finally official and available to purchase, but it looks like early users have discovered a rather disappointing omission from this initial release. The whole promise of a Googlebook rests on the fact that these laptops are supposed to work smoothly with your Android phone. As things stand, the cross-device features on these laptops don’t work with phones from the world’s largest Android smartphone manufacturer: Samsung.

Suggestions could finally start paying attention to your location. Your Pixel Launcher may be getting a clever new way to make app suggestions.

Pixel Launcher app suggestions could start using your location. Current suggestions are based on usage, as well your routines.

Google appears to be preparing support for location-based suggestions. If you’re looking to get the most out of your Pixel phone, enabling app suggestions in your launcher can be a big benefit.

Suggestions help surface your most-used apps where you’re likely to need them, and save us from scrolling though the ever-growing list of everything we have installed. Today, we’re checking out one way that Google could be about to make those suggestions even more useful.

Authority Insights brings you all the latest exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage from the team that you won’t find anywhere else. If you haven’t thought about app suggestions in a minute, we don’t blame you.

It seems Googlebooks don’t yet support their “Better Together features” on Samsung devices.