Google ahead of the MWC 2018 is making some major announcements to its products including the ARCore, Lens, RCS Message and now it is the Assistant. The company says that it is aiming to improve Assistant with some key features like more than 30 languages support, multilingual support, location-based reminders, Routines and more throughout the year. Continue reading “Google Assistant to get support for 30 languages, location-based reminders and more”
Update: Google is officially rolling out ARCore 1.0, which is now available for 13 smartphones – Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, Note8, S7 and S7 edge, LG V30 and V30+ (Android O only), ASUS Zenfone AR and OnePlus 5. It will be available in upcoming devices from Samsung, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, ASUS, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, ZTE, Sony Mobile, and Vivo later this year. Google said that ARCore is designed to work on a wide variety of qualified Android phones running Android 7.0 (Nougat) and later.
Google said that ARCore 1.0 has improved environmental understanding that enables users to place virtual assets on textured surfaces like posters, furniture, toy boxes, books, cans and more. Continue reading “Google said to introduce ARCore 1.0 officially at MWC 2018, but the update is already rolling out [Update: Now available for 13 smartphones]”
Google has been actively accelerating its RCS messaging experience on Android phones. The company recently partnered with Huawei, and today it announced that as of today it is working with 43 carriers and device manufacturers to bring better native messaging to every Android user. Continue reading “Google partners with 43 carriers and OEMs to accelerate RCS messaging”
With billions of Android phones available in the market, it’s often complicated and complex for enterprise IT organizations and business to find a perfect smartphone that suits the organization. To make it easy, Google today launched a new Android enterprise recommendation program that will help to certify devices for business and security-focused needs. Continue reading “Google launches Android enterprise recommendation program to certify devices for business and security”
It was reported that Google is testing Reply app to bring smart replies to messaging apps and now the app is released in beta and the APK is now available for everyone to use. From the looks of it, the app does exactly what it says; you get automated response in shortcuts in message notifications. It works on Android 7.0 (Nougat) devices or later. Let’s see how to set it up and get it to work. Continue reading “Google Reply smart quick reply app now available for download, here’s how it works”
Google’s next Android upgrade is just months away, and we already learned that the Android P would embrace iPhone X top-notch design. Although we don’t have the core features of Android P, XDA Developers are now discovering tidbits thanks to Android’s open source commit. Continue reading “Android P to prevent background apps from accessing the camera and recording via microphone”
Google has announced its new AI algorithm that can detect heart diseases by retina scanning. Scientists from Google and its subsidiary health tech Verily claim that by deep scanning of a patient’s eye, the newly developed AI software is capable of accurately detecting data including age, blood pressure, and whether or not they smoke and more. Continue reading “Google’s new AI algorithm can predict heart disease through retina scan”
Chrome 64 for Android was rolled out last month with features like the white navigation bar, blocks auto redirect pop-ups and more and an ad blocker. Today the company is adding one more new feature that automatically shortens URLs and converts them and removes the unnecessary strings at the end of URLs. Continue reading “Chrome 64 for Android automatically cleans messy URLs when you share them”
Users of Google Pixel 2 XL have started reporting the slow battery charging speeds despite the phone showing the “Charging rapidly” notification. AndroidPolice in their testing has concluded that “rapid charging” isn’t always an accurate statement as the phone in low temperatures the phone starts charging at less than 4W. Continue reading “Google investigating Pixel 2 XL slow rapid charging in low battery temperatures”
Google today has removed the ‘view image’ button from search results that appear when you click on a picture. Though this is a small change, it has a huge impact on users making them take additional steps to save an image. Continue reading “Google removes ‘view image’ button from image search results”
Google Maps for iOS has been updated today adding few new features like real-time commuting info, new menu buttons, places around you and more. The real-time commuting info was added to Android a year ago. Continue reading “Google Maps for iOS gets real-time commuting info, places around you and more”
Google today confirmed that it has agreed to acquire Xively, a division of LogMeIn, Inc. at $50 million. This deal is aimed at strengthening Alphabet’s goal to take on Amazon and Microsoft in the public cloud business and internet of things. Continue reading “Google acquires LogMeIn’s iOT division Xively for $50 million”
Google today announced that it is expanding its international coverage of Project Fi to 170 more countries including the 135 locations it already covers. Like always, the data you use abroad costs the same as the data you use at home. The newly added countries include Belize and Myanmar. Continue reading “Google Project Fi expands international coverage, now available in 170 countries”
After launching the Assistant Go, Gboard Go, YouTube Go, and Maps Go, Google today released the Gmail Go to phones with Low-RAM. The Go Edition apps are aimed at phones running on Android Go (Oreo Edition) Android operating system based on Oreo 8.1. Continue reading “Gmail Go for Android 8.1 phones with low RAM released”
With an aim to improve web-experience, Google today announced that starting from February 15, it will block or stop showing all ads on sites that repeatedly display these most disruptive ads after they’ve been flagged. Google currently relies on Better Ads Standards from the Coalition for Better Ads, to determine which ads to show. Continue reading “Google Chrome will block annoying video ads starting from Thursday, February 15”
