Google today announced that it is banning fake id apps from the Play Store. Google has been following the trend of disallowing various apps that are considered inappropriate or dangerous. Continue reading “Google finally bans fake ID apps from the Play Store”
Google today launched Google Home and Google Home Mini smart speakers in India, as it had promised. Google introduced its Google Home smart speaker back in October 2016 and the Google Home Mini was introduced in October last year.
Continue reading “Google Home and Home Mini launched in India for Rs. 9999 and Rs. 4499”
Back in February, it is reported that Google is working on a mysterious Material Design 2 which was spotted in Google’s open source repository for Chrome and Chrome OS. However, Google quickly made the Commit private as soon as the news broke. However, there few changes to the Commit once again and it now appears that the Chrome browser will receive a full-blown redesign during September. Continue reading “Google Chrome said to get full-scale Material Design 2 revamp in September”
Google has finally started enlisting users to beta test for a data-only calling option on the Google Voice. Wi-Fi calling lets you reduce roaming charges when you’re on the go, stay connected when you have poor cell service and the ability to make calls from any device or from the web. Continue reading “Google Voice Wi-Fi calling beta starts rolling out”
Emoji are a way of expressing and are commonly used in conversation made on a smartphone or tablet. But now Google Chrome is working on making it easier to use emoji on desktops. All major operating systems now have an easy to bring up a special emoji/symbols picker which is usually hidden behind a key combination. Continue reading “Google Chrome Emoji shortcut starts rolling out for Mac, Windows and Chrome OS”
There’s never been a Chromebook with a 4K screen resolution, in fact, 2400 x 1600 resolution display on the Google Pixelbook is as close as we got so far on Chromebooks. However, it looks like things are going to change very soon as a new Chromebook with name ‘Atlas’ 4K display surfaced online. Continue reading “Chromebook Atlas with 4K display surfaces, expected later this year”
Google Pixel first-generation was launched with Android 7.1 Nougat, Pixel 2nd generation came with Android 8.0 Oreo, and now the Pixel 3 series will obviously run on Android P whose first developer preview was released recently. Although we don’t have the Pixel 3 at our disposal just yet, fortunately, we have our first traces of the device showing up in AOSP. Continue reading “Google Pixel 3 references surface in AOSP, hints at improved networking”
Apple is hiring Google’s former head of search and artificial intelligence; John Giannandrea. The news was first reported by The New York Times, and it comes one day after he announced that he was stepping down from his role at Google. Continue reading “Apple hires Google’s former A.I Chief John Giannandrea, aims to improve Siri”
Google today announced updates to its search results to make it easier to pick a movie. It will now let you can quickly compare movies by factors like ratings, showtimes, theater location and more all from the same view. You can also click showtime to purchase a ticket in advance. Continue reading “Google updates search results to make it easier to filter movies by ratings, showtimes, theater location and more”
Few weeks back Google began blocking Google Play apps and services on uncertified devices which created a lot of confusion among users and what it means. While Google mentioned that it would let custom ROM users be whitelisted, but the page was accepting IMEI values or Play Service Framework Device ID, but the pressing issue here is that it only accepted 100 IDs to be whitelisted. Today, a Google representative has confirmed to XDA that the company is removing this limit. Continue reading “Google removes 100 device registration limit from uncertified device page”
Update 2: Google Home speakers will be Flipkart exclusive. You can now register on Flipkart app to get updates on availability and launch offers. Continue reading “Google Home and Google Home Mini smart speakers launching in India on April 10 [Update: Flipkart exclusive]”
Google today made it clear that it will no longer encourage crypto mining extension as the company will no longer accept extensions that mine cryptocurrency and the existing extensions that mine cryptocurrency will be delisted from the Chrome Web Store in late June. Continue reading “Google bans crypto mining extensions from Chrome store”
Google already announced that it is launching the Google Home in India on April 10th and now the Google Home in India has gained English support and Saavn and Gaana music streaming integration. Users have the ability to them as default music streaming service. Continue reading “Google Home gets Saavn and Gaana music streaming integration ahead of India launch”
Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The update for this month also includes a lot of functional improvements for these eligible Pixel and Nexus smartphones. Continue reading “Google rolls out April 2018 Android security update, includes functional improvements for Pixel and Nexus devices”
We have been seeing the trend of Lite apps for Play Store’s popular apps like Facebook Lite, Messenger Lite, Skype Lite, and Twitter Lite. Along with Lite apps, Google introduced its own set of Go Apps for phones with less than 1GB RAM for Android Go (Oreo Edition) phones. It already released YouTube Go, Maps Go, Gboard Go apps. Continue reading “Google Play Store now recommends Lite and Android Go apps”
