Quite lately, Google has been revamping its entire set of products in an attempt to optimise and suite the latest trend. The search engine giant has recently made some notable changes in GDrive and Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Sites on the web. Continue reading “Google revamps Gmail on Android and iOS: What’s new in the redesigned Gmail app?”
Update: Several users have started reporting that they are able to log-in and are not facing 404 issue anymore. Continue reading “Gmail down in India and parts of Europe as users face log-in issues [Update: It’s back]”
It is well known that Android can read your clipboard even if you don’t grant them runtime permission to do so. The reason why Android apps need to read the clipboard is that they can’t accept any text from the clipboard without it, meaning you can’t paste any text that you’ve copied. However, Google might be planning on changing this with Android Q. Continue reading “Google Android Q might block background clipboard reads, bring support for downgrading apps, new fonts, icon shapes and more”
Google, following the trend it follows every year, has set the I/O conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California this year too. The event will kickstart on May 7th and go through until the 9th. At the conference, Google will introduce Android Q and updates to its products. Continue reading “Google I/O 2019 scheduled from May 7 to 9”
Android Q which leaked earlier this month is confirmed to bring tons of new features including a system-wide dark theme and API changes. However, one of the biggest additions to the upcoming Android OS is the native support for a more secure facial recognition, instead of just relying on an image as a Trusted Face. Continue reading “Android Q UI reveals native support for facial recognition, screen-recording, WPA3 and more”
Google has started testing a feature called Dynamic Email in the Android app. Google for a while now has been talking about bringing AMP to Gmail; AMP for those who are unaware is basically supposed to speed up load times for web pages. The company started testing out AMP for Gmail on the web soon after the announcement but was only open to few. Continue reading “Gmail v8.12 starts testing Dynamic Email support”
Google is already known to be working on an entirely new operating system called Fuchsia. The development of the same is currently underway with new features and testing on a variety of form factors. Google has now hired Apple engineer Bill Stevenson to work on the Fuchsia OS and bring it to the market. Continue reading “Google hires Apple’s Bill Stevenson to bring Fuchsia OS to the market”
As mentioned in December 2017, Google starting from April 16, 2019, will transition classic Hangouts users on G Suite domains to Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. Between April and September 2019, Google says that features from classic Hangouts will come to Chat. Continue reading “Google to upgrade classic Hangout users to Hangouts Chat and Meet from October 2019”
CNIL has issued a penalty of $57 million against Google for violating Europe’s strict new data privacy laws. The agency accuses Google of not fully disclosing to users how their personal data is collected nor how the data is eventually used. It further accuses Google of not properly obtaining user consent for showing them personalized ads. Continue reading “Google hit with $57 million GDPR penalty by french watchdog CNIL”
Android Q has been in the news for the past week and some of the changes include system-wide dark mode and new permissions settings. However, there seems to be a downside as the new code changes suggest that the network carriers will have more ability to lock your phone down to specific networks via your SIM card. Continue reading “Android Q said to bring more ways for carriers to SIM lock your phone”
Verily has announced a health watch in 2017 that is aimed at offering insights into medical conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and PTSD. Now, Verily has received FDA clearance for the watch’s electrocardiogram (ECG) technology.
Continue reading “Alphabet’s Verily Study Watch gets FDA approval for ECG feature”
Google will debut the first beta build of Android Q sometime before the I/O developers conference. However, prior to the release, XDA-Developers have managed to get the very early build of Q running on the Google Pixel 3 XL. Though this won’t be the first preview build, it still gives us the idea on where Google is headed. Continue reading “Android Q early build leak: System-wide dark theme, permission revamp, Desktop Mode and more”
Google’s Gboard is getting a new update bringing few visible changes on the surface and few tweaks from the inside. The update hints at a new and larger batch of emoticons are coming to Gboard. It also looks like Gboard might get the ability to send its own stickers to Whatsapp using WEBP format. Continue reading “Gboard v7.9 update brings support for more languages, predictive search; hints at new Emoticons, and more”
Google has announced that Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Sites will be getting a new look and feel on the Web. While there may not be any functionality changes, users will notice visual improvements including Interface typography that uses Google’s custom-designed and highly-legible typefaces, controls and more. Continue reading “Google Docs, Sheets, Slides on the Web get Material Design”
Google has announced that it is upgrading default messaging on eligible phones to RCS on Project Fi. In the coming weeks, all compatible phones designed for Fi will get faster data coverage in more places around the world. Continue reading “Google Fi gets RCS chat, to roll out faster 4G LTE speeds in 33 more countries”
