Google+ has received a much needed update that brings Material Design features. The service is also getting additional features such as richer conversations and new notification center.
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Alphabet, Google’s parent company is restructuring Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke detectors. A few dozen of Nest developers are joining Google, according to a new report from Fortune.
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Google is said to drop the Nexus branding from upcoming Sailfish and Marlin smartphones, according to a new report from Android Central.
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Google Contacts app for Android has been updated to version 1.5 which brings new features, refreshed designs and improvements.
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Google has launched a new app dubbed as Crowdsource which lets you contribute to language translation and handwriting recognition. Continue reading “Google Crowdsource app seeks help with translation and other services from its users”
Google has added two fun games to search results which could one of the many reasons you could loose productivity at work. Continue reading “Google adds Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe in Search results”
Google’s Project Fi which was opened to all users since March comes with a WiFi Assistant feature that allows you to automatically and securely connect to open WiFi networks. The feature that was exclusive to Project Fi users will now be available for all Nexus devices. Continue reading “Project Fi’s WiFi Assistant coming to all Nexus devices”
Google had announced its virtual reality platform Daydream in May at the I/O conference. Now, a latest report from Bloomberg says that the company could launch Daydream in coming weeks.
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Google last night started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat OTA update for select Nexus devices and it will gradually roll out to Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C and General Mobile 4G (Android One) users over the coming weeks. Continue reading “How to get Android 7.0 Nougat OTA update instantly for your Google Nexus device”
Google has announced that it is phasing out Chrome apps for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Introduced in 2013, Google will kill these Chrome apps in early 2018.
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Earlier this week, Google’s Duo video calling app was launched for Android and iOS. Now it looks like the app will soon allow audio-only calls.
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In past several weeks we have seen many leaks about two anticipated HTC-made Nexus devices codenamed Sailfish and Marlin for this year. Now in addition to those, the new leaked images by Android Police in a way confirm the alleged two-tone design, and these devices have also been spotted in FCC listing in the U.S, which makes it official that HTC is making the upcoming two Nexus smartphones for Google this year. Continue reading “HTC-made Nexus 2016 smartphones spotted in FCC, new images confirm two-tone design”
Google has finally updated Docs, Sheets and Slides apps for iOS. All the three productivity apps are getting multitasking tools for iPad.
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Last week, Nexus 6 owners worldwide were facing LTE issues and Google had promised that it is working on a fix for the issue. The company has kept its promise and has announced that is has resolved the problem.
