Devices showing the wrong time after November 1 can be fixed through updates or manual time zone settings, and the same issue could reach the US if it adopts permanent daylight saving time.
Disabling the default leaves numbers already attached in place, so each account must be cleared by hand, and RCS chats fall back to SMS.
Thin staffing and little funding leave widely used code exposed to failures and security incidents across the software stack companies depend on.
An opt-in protection mode will scan unknown senders and links, while Google extends scam detection beyond Pixel to more Android devices.
Planned rules would formalise search-choice prompts, extend them to AI assistants, and tighten how publisher content is shown in results.
The ruling forces Google to fix how it handles location data in the EU within six months, tightening scrutiny of its data practices.