Google recently introduced SHARP X1, its latest top-end Android One smartphone in Japan. It has a 5.3-inch 1080p IGZO display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). It has a 3,900 mAh battery that promises up to 4 days of battery life. Continue reading “SHARP X1 Android One phone with 5.3-inch 1080p display, 3900mAh battery announced”
Google has released a new experimental app that lets you save your data every month. The company is testing an app dubbed as Triangle that lets you see your current data usage, manages your data usage and blocks unwanted background data. Continue reading “Google’s experimental Triangle app will manage and block data for individual apps”
Google had announced three new features for Photos at the I/O 2017 conference that are aimed at making sharing easy. Google has now started rolling out suggested sharing, shared albums to Android, iOS and Web. Continue reading “Google Photos starts rolling out shared libraries and suggested sharing features”
[Update] – Google has shared a statement on the fine imposed by EU
When you shop online, you want to find the products you’re looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products. That’s why Google shows shopping ads, connecting our users with thousands of advertisers, large and small, in ways that are useful for both. We believe the European Commission’s online shopping decision underestimates the value of those kinds of fast and easy connections. While some comparison shopping sites naturally want Google to show them more prominently, our data show that people usually prefer links that take them directly to the products they want, not to websites where they have to repeat their searches.
The European Commission has fined Google 2.42 billion euro for breaching EU antitrust rules. The search engine giant was expected to hit with a fine up to 3 billion euro. EU had filed formal antitrust charges on Google last year over claims that it has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
Continue reading “EU hits Google with record 2.42 billion euro fine over antitrust case”
Android O, the next Android OS comes with some new and handy features such as notification channels, adaptive icons, and more. One of the features that stands out is picture-in-picture (PIP) support. Now, Google is adding PIP support for Chrome. It is already available for VLC, Duo and Play Movies. Continue reading “Google Chrome gets picture-in-picture video support on Android O”
A latest report from XDA Developers has revealed detailed specifications of the upcoming smartphones from Google code-named as “Walleye” and “Taimen”. Citing unnamed source, the publication stated that Walleye will become the Pixel 2 and Taimen will become Pixel 2 XL. Continue reading “Google Pixel 2, Pixel XL 2 tipped to feature Snapdragon 835 and 4GB RAM”
Google has been showing ads in Gmail based on the content in the mail since the launch. Google today announced that Gmail content will not be used or scanned for any ads personalization starting later this year. The move is designed to ease concerns of enterprise customers. Even though scanning has only been used on users of the free version of Gmail, and not for corporate accounts. Continue reading “Google will soon stop scanning your Gmail to show personalized Ads”
With an aim to make VR content easier to create and boost VR video, YouTube has announced a new format for videos. Dubbed as VR180, the new video format essentially cuts 360-degree videos in half to focus on what is right in front of the camera. Continue reading “YouTube introduces new VR180 content format for videos”
Google is ending support for the Android Market app on Android 2.1 Eclair and older devices on June 30, 2017. When this change happens, users on these devices will no longer be able to access, or install other apps from, the Android Market. The Android Market was replaced by Google Play in 2012.
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Google launched its Daydream View VR Headset in India last week for Rs. 6499, several months after it went on sale in the U.S. and few other countries. We unboxed it recently, check out the video.
Google has updated its smart chat app Allo with a new feature that is helpful especially for people who use Duo video calling app. With the latest update, you can now start a Duo video call right from inside Allo while chatting. The new feature was confirmed by Google’s Allo and Duo leader Amit Fulay today via Twitter:
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Google Play Music has launched an exclusive feature for Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ users. Dubbed as New Release Radio, the feature that will offer personalized music of new releases that is updated on daily basis. Continue reading “Google releases an “exclusive” Play Music feature for Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+”
Google Drive will soon be able to backup your entire computer to cloud. The company will start offering a new Backup and Sync app for Mac/PC that will allow users to save all the files and photos from their on their PCs to Google Drive.
Continue reading “Google Drive will now backup your entire computer with Backup and Sync”
Google has introduced new collections for apps and games dubbed as Android Excellence. According to Google, the new collections will showcase apps and games that “deliver incredible user experiences on Android, use many of our best practices, and have great design, technical performance, localization, and device optimization.” Continue reading “Google introduces ‘Android Excellence’ program that highlights best Android apps”
Google is adding bunch of new features to Gboard for Android that offers improved search results and ability to draw emojis while texting.
Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets hand drawn emoji recognition, improved search and more”
