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Google Pixel Buds truly wireless earbuds with hybrid design, adaptive sound announced [Update: Starts rolling out]

Update: Google has finally started rolling out the Pixel Buds through Google Store and retailers including AT&T, Best Buy, Target (coming early May), T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Verizon and Walmart in the US at US$179 (Rs. 13,640 approx.), but it is available only in Clearly White. Other colours—Almost Black, Quite Mint and Oh So Orange will be available in the coming months, said Google. Google also said that Pixel Buds will roll out to more countries in the coming months. Continue reading “Google Pixel Buds truly wireless earbuds with hybrid design, adaptive sound announced [Update: Starts rolling out]”

Google Pixel Buds launch imminent, Pixel Buds app available in Play Store

During its 2019 October hardware launch event, Google announced their first truly wireless earphones called the Pixel Buds. However, they also announced that the product would only go on sale next year, in the summer of 2020. It looks like we are finally nearing the launch of the Pixel Buds as the Pixel Buds app is available for download for all in the Google Play Store.

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Google Search will now inform the user when the results are not great

It has become a reflex action for many of us to just search Google for something we need to find online, and more often than not Search will deliver. However there are those few times when our search term is not the best path to getting the answer or there may not be an answer at all. To help in these situations, Google has updated Search to show a message to let the user know.

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Google Assistant update brings better voice training and sensitivity toggle

The Google Assistant has been steadily improving voice recognition capabilities over the years. They introduced voice training when setting up the Google Assistant and now they have improved the training by including longer phrases to be said by the user. Along with this, Google is also adding a toggle to the voice assistants settings to control the sensitivity of triggering the assistant via voice.

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Android 11 Developer Preview 3 with Wireless Debugging, ADB Incremental and more released

Google has released Android 11 Developer Preview 3, after the first release in February and DP2 in March. This brings App exit reasons updates, GWP-ASan heap analysis, ADB Incremental, Wireless Debugging, Data access auditing updates and more features for developers. Continue reading “Android 11 Developer Preview 3 with Wireless Debugging, ADB Incremental and more released”

Google Meet updates bring high-quality video sharing, view up to 16 people at once and more

G Suite users are getting a bunch of handy little updates to Meet to enhance their experience. Users can now share high-quality video with audio content by present a tab from within the Chrome browser. Along with this, Google is adding the ability to view up to 16 people at once in the tile view format that can help improve the experience in classrooms, large group meetings, etc.

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Fortnite finally available to download via Google Play Store

Epic Games, the developers of the popular Battle Royale game, Fortnite has finally relented and decided to make the game available for download via the Google Play Store. Epic Games had previously refused to release the game via the Play Store due to the high 30% cut that Google keeps for all in-app purchases.

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Google to require Android apps to show clearer subscriptions terms

Often when signing up for subscription in Android apps, user do not clearly know what they are signing up, leading to mistrust or an increased chance of feeling cheated. To improve the situation, Google is introducing a number of changes for developers to follow and ensure that the user will clearly understand the terms of the subscription service before singing up.

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YouTube changes view count numbering format to display in lakh and crore

YouTube has been introducing new features to its platform lately like UPI support, Dark Mode toggle, voice search for cast, and more. On similar lines now, YouTube has made a change in the view count numbering format displayed on videos.

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Google introduces Teacher-approved badges for kid-friendly apps

Analysing its data from Android’s Digital Wellbeing, Google has discovered an issue where parents found it difficult to discover apps for their kids that would help them grow as a child. To help these parents, Google has released a new badge called “Teacher approved” that assures a quality standard for kid-friendly apps on the Play Store.

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Google promotes authoritative information related to COVID-19 across its platform

To combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, many companies around the world are coming up with special measures. Google has been proactively making available useful information related to COVID-19 such as SOS Alert in Search, virtual healthcare option in Maps, displaying food and night shelter locations, and more. Today, Google in a blog post has said that it is promoting reliable, authoritative information and has shared an update on the action that it has taken in bringing this information to people.

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Google Phone available for download on some non-pixel devices

The Google Phone app has always been exclusive to Pixel devices as its default dealer application. However, due to reasons unknown, the Phone app can somehow be installed on non-Pixel devices and even have some of the features it contains, enabled successfully.

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Google will highlight virtual healthcare options in Search and Maps

Google has been taking several steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help to gather information regarding that. Health consultations over the phone or by video conference have started increasing during lockdowns in several countries so people could continue getting medical care from the comfort and safety of their own homes to protect patients and staff against COVID-19. Continue reading “Google will highlight virtual healthcare options in Search and Maps”

Apple and Google are collaborating for COVID-19 contact tracing iOS and Android apps, Bluetooth-based platform

Apple and Google have announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design. Both the companies will be launching APIs and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing. Continue reading “Apple and Google are collaborating for COVID-19 contact tracing iOS and Android apps, Bluetooth-based platform”

Google Meet premium features are free till September 30th

With an increased number of classrooms and educations being conducted online, Google is introducing a lot of new changes to improve Meet for their G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users. These include Classroom integration with Meet, security and encryption updates, addition of premium Meet features for free and more.

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