Google launched its Duo video calling app in August last year, after introducing it at the Google I/O 2016 back in May. Last month Google started rolling out with audio calling capabilities for the Duo app starting from Brazil that lets you make basic audio calls on Duo when you are on a poor network connection. Continue reading “Google Duo audio calling starts rolling out globally”
Android Nougat adoption saw a strong growth in April. The latest Android OS is now present on 4.9% of all Android devices, up from 2.8% in March. Still, Nougat is still struggling to become Google’s dominant mobile platform even after almost six months of its official launch.
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Google is building a new international subsea cable system in Southeast Asia, called INDIGO. The new cable system will serve Google traffic between Australia and Asia, connecting Perth, Sydney and Singapore, with a branch to Jakarta.
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Google Play Music went live in India back in September last year to upload songs from your library and purchase songs separately, but it did not launch All Access at that time. Google Play Music All Access also called Subscription has finally gone live in India today. This offers free unlimited streaming and downloads of millions of songs, personalized recommendations without ads, unlimited skips and choice of songs, albums, and playlists. Continue reading “Google Play Music All Access goes live in India, free trial for 1 month, Rs. 89 per month after that”
Google is working on a new Google Home speaker that will come with a mesh WiFi router that will allow it to boost Wi-Fi signals around the home, according to a latest report from The Information. Mesh Wi-Fi strings a Wi-Fi connection together with the use of multiple routers to create a more consistent coverage area.
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Following its announcement last month, YouTube TV streaming service has gone live today in five US cities. The service bundles content from networks and about 35 of other cable networks for $35 per month. Continue reading “YouTube TV streaming service goes live in five US cities”
Google has announced Pax, a Android Networked Cross-License Agreement with an aim to reduce patent infringement cases and patent threats. Under PAX, members grant each other royalty-free patent licenses covering Android and Google Applications on qualified devices. PAX means peace in latin.
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Google WiFi app for Android and iOS have been updated with new features that lets Google WiFi device to turn off the internet during a time frame. The Family Wi-Fi feature lets you schedule Google WiFi devices to automatically pause the internet for everyday events like ‘Bedtime’, make your kids concentrate on ‘Homework’ and more. Continue reading “Google WiFi gets Scheduled Pause to automatically turn off the internet”
Even though Google recently released Android O Developer Preview, it is still not over offering Android Nougat updates. Google has started rolling out Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) update for several Nexus and Pixel devices, as expected. Android 7.1.2 beta was released back in January, and as Google had announced earlier, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 is not getting this update. The update brings several bug fixes, new features, and general performance/stability improvements. Continue reading “Android 7.1.2 update starts rolling out for Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 6P, 5X and more, factory images available”
Google is now making it easier for users to book their fitness class. The company has added an ability for users to search, book and pay for their favourite fitness class directly from the Search app. Continue reading “Google will now let you book fitness classes in Search”
[Update] – Google has confirmed that Android Wear 2.0 rollout is delaying due to a bug. “We have started rolling out the Android Wear 2.0 update to Fossil Q Founder, Casio Smart Outdoor Watch WSD-F10 and Tag Heuer Connected. For other devices, the update is currently being delayed due to a bug found in final testing. We will push the update to the remaining devices as soon as the issue is resolved.”
Google had announced Android Wear 2.0 at I/O developer conference in May last year following which it was launched in February. The company has finally started rolling Android Wear 2.0 but to only three smartwatches. Continue reading “Android Wear 2.0 starts rolling out to three smartwatches”
Google has finally launched Calendar for iPad. The Calendar will offer all the same features that are optimized for iPad. Users will be able to use Spotlight Search to find items from the iPad home screen. Continue reading “Google Calendar app finally available for iPad”
iOS has always topped Android in terms of revenue, however that is about to change this year. A new report from App Annie predicts that Android app revenue will overtake iOS in 2017.
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Google today launched its Knowledge Graph in Bengali language, increasing the Knowledge Graph language count to 41 languages. This will be useful for over 200 million Bengali speakers to search for things, people or places such as landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more. Continue reading “Google Search Knowledge Graph now available in Bengali language”
Google launched Gboard for iPhone and iPad in May last year following which it was also released for Android. The company has added Gboard to its Search app for iOS, meaning it will now be pre-installed with the app.
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