Spotify, the most popular music streaming service in the world has introduced a new standalone app called Spotify Kids, designed to bring ad-free audio content such as music and stories to the next generation of listeners. The app will be a part of the premium family subscription and is currently in its beta phase in Ireland.
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Facebook has announced that it has started testing Facebook News in the US, giving people more control over the stories they see, and the ability to explore a wider range of their news interests, directly within the Facebook app. “It also highlights the most relevant national stories of the day, said the company. Facebook News articles will continue to appear in News Feed as they do today. Continue reading “Facebook is testing dedicated Facebook News feed”
Netflix has finally brought variable playback speed feature to its Android app. This was a much sought after feature for users who wanted to consume more content in lesser time. The feature has been present in other podcast and video players like YouTube, etc. and Netflix has now joined that list.
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Earlier this year, WhatsApp rolled out new privacy settings for Groups that allowed users to choose who can add them to Groups. The feature was rolled out mostly in India initially and now, WhatsApp has started rolling out the group privacy settings globally for more users and also adds a new Blacklist feature.
Update: After testing it recently, Instagram has started rolling out Dark mode feature in the stable release for both Android and iOS. The company says it will automatically work on iOS 13 and Android 10 once you turn dark mode on your phone. However, if your Android phone supports dark mode (Samsung’s One UI, Xiaomi’s MIUI and others), this will trigger Instagram’s dark mode.
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After rumors, Instagram has officially launched Threads, the company’s latest camera-first messaging app to communicate what you’re doing and how you’re feeling through photos and videos with close friends. “It opens directly to the camera and allows you to add shortcuts, so you can share what you’re doing in just two taps,”says the company. Continue reading “Instagram Threads close friends-only messaging app with auto-status based on location launched for Android and iOS”
Back in 2017, WhatsApp announced that it will continue to support Android 2.3 till 2020 and earlier this year, the company confirmed that it will stop support for Windows Phone at end of 2019. Now, WhatsApp has announced that it will not support iOS 8.0 and older, Android 2.3.7 and older from February 2020.
Google was working on a gaming service called Play Pass and the confirmed recently confirmed that it will launch the service now. After teasers, now, Google has officially announced ‘Google Play Pass’ that allows users to enjoy apps and games without ads or in-app purchases.
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Popular podcast app Pocket Casts is now available for free, down from $3.99 (Rs. 99 in India) since the launch back in 2010. Every feature previously in the paid version is in the free version, said that company. It has also introduced new optional Pocket Casts Plus subscription at $1.17/month or $11.79/year, if you want additional features such as new themes, icons and option import your own audio files by uploading them to the Pocket Casts cloud so that you can access them across all the devices. Continue reading “Pocket Casts podcast app for Android and iOS now available for free”
Instagram Music rolled out to users in the US last year and was not available in India. After more than a year of rolling out the feature in the US, now, Facebook-owned Instagram has started rolling out ‘Instagram Music’ feature in India joining hands with the Indian music community.
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Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular Android skins with more than 300 million worldwide users. MIUI is a heavy skin on top of Android and focuses towards providing a rich user experience and to fulfill this, MIUI is loaded with many system apps like Calculator, Recorder, Screen Recorder, Mi File Manager, ShareMe (Mi Drop), App Vault, Mi Video, Yellow pages and many more. Continue reading “Xiaomi Cleaner Lite storage cleaning app released on Play Store”
Xiaomi’s smartphones and Redmi branded smartphones ship with custom MIUI skin on top of Android and has its custom keyboard app. In order to offer more typing options for its users, Xiaomi has today announced Mint Keyboard that is designed for Indian users with AI engine to enrich the expressions and conversations.
Recently, CamScanner app was found with Malware that affected several users. It was subsequently removed from Google Play Store. On similar lines, now, Quick Heal Security Labs have spotted multiple fake Anti Virus applications on Google Play Store and following the report from Quick Heal, Google has removed the fake Anti Virus apps from the Play Store.
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Update: September 10, 2019 — Google has confirmed that Play Pass subscription service is coming soon without revealing the exact launch date. Continue reading “Google to offer ‘Play Pass’ subscription service for premium apps and games [Update: Confirmed to launch soon]”
Telegram rolled out v5.10 update last month that introduced silent messages, slow mode for groups and more. Today, Telegram has released v5.11 update and it brings scheduled messages, custom cloud themes, condensed message options, new privacy settings, and more animated emoji.
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