Category: Google

Levi and Google’s smart commuter jacket will be available this fall for $350

Levi Commuter x Jacquard Google Trucker Jacket

Back in May last year at the I/O 2016 Levi and Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) partnered to introduce wearable technology – the Levi’s Commuter x Jacquard by Google Trucker Jacket. At that time Google said that the jacket will be available in Spring 2017 with limited beta in the fall of 2016. Now the release date has been pushed to Spring 2017. At the SXSW announcement its price has also been confirmed. Continue reading “Levi and Google’s smart commuter jacket will be available this fall for $350”

Google’s #myAndroid Taste Test will help you customize your phone

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Google has introduced #myAndroid Taste Test that will help you spruce up entire look of your phone. The tool will let you customize your home-screen, app icons and launcher on your Android device.

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Hangouts is not going anywhere, confirms Amit Fulay

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Recently, the search engine giant Google launched Hangouts Meet video conferencing service in an attempt to focus more on enterprise users yesterday. There is a separate Hangouts Chat app. During the event, Google’s Head of Product for Allo and Duo also cleared the air about Hangouts saying it’s ‘not going anywhere’. Continue reading “Hangouts is not going anywhere, confirms Amit Fulay”

Gboard for Android gets automatic GIF and emoji suggestions, voice typing and more

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Google is updating Gboard for Android with bunch of new features to bring it in line with the iOS counterpart. The app will now offer automatic emoji and GIF suggestions, voice typing, new themes and more. Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets automatic GIF and emoji suggestions, voice typing and more”

Google takes on Slack, splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet

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[Update] – Hangouts Meet apk is now available.

Google is challenging Slack with two new messaging apps. The company has split Hangouts into two chat apps – Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat. Former is a video conferencing app while latter is messaging app similar to Slack. Continue reading “Google takes on Slack, splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet”

Some Google Pixel, Pixel XL users are facing microphone failure

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Some of the Google Pixel smartphone users are facing issues related to microphone. Few users have posted issues complaining about failing microphones on Google’s support forums. The microphones are not working which is resulting into a total audio input block, however they are working while recording a video using the camera app.

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Google is said to be working on new smart features for Android O

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Google’s next Android iteration is rumored to be called as Android O. A latest report from Venturebeat reveals that the company is working on new smart features for Android O. Continue reading “Google is said to be working on new smart features for Android O”

Google Play celebrates its 5th birthday: Here are top 5 most installed apps and games

Google Play 5th Birthday

Google Play is now five years old, and Google has shared the top 5 most popular games, apps and more in the U.S. since it launched Google Play on March 6, 2012. It also said that these are download only and doesn’t include pre-installed apps on Android devices.
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Google Translate now uses neural machine translation for Hindi, Russian and Vietnamese

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Google has announced that it will apply neural machine translation for translations of text in Hindi, Russian, and Vietnamese. Introduced in September last year, Neural machine translation translates whole sentences at a time instead of piece by piece. Continue reading “Google Translate now uses neural machine translation for Hindi, Russian and Vietnamese”

Google rolls out March Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices

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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 latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Remote code execution vulnerability in Mediaserver and recovery verifier, and Remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSL & BoringSSL and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out March Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”

Google said to be working on a budget smartphone without Pixel branding

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Last week, Google confirmed that Pixel 2 will continue to be a premium device. Meanwhile, a separate report in January this year said Google is working on a budget phone code-named as Pixel 2B. Now a tipster has told 9to5Google that Google is indeed working on a budget smartphone but it will not have the Pixel branding. Continue reading “Google said to be working on a budget smartphone without Pixel branding”

Google Play Services and Gboard beta programs now open for registration

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Google has opened registrations for two beta programs – Google Play Services and Gboard. People who want to check out and test the features before it is available for other users can sign up for these beta programs. Continue reading “Google Play Services and Gboard beta programs now open for registration”

Pixel 2 will be launched this year, will stay premium says Google Hardware SVP

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A recent report said that Google is testing several versions of Pixel 2 smartphones, including a Pixel version codenamed Pixel 2B aimed at emerging markets. However Google’s SVP for hardware Rick Osterloh in a meeting at the MWC 2017 said that the Pixel 2 will be released this year, and will stay premium.
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Google Assistant starts rolling out to eligible Marshmallow and Nougat devices, here are the requirements

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As promised last week, Google has started rolling out the Google Assistant to more Android smartphones after a certain period of exclusivity to the Google Pixel smartphones. It is now available for select smartphones running Android 7.0 (Nougat) and Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Google Assistant starts rolling out to eligible Marshmallow and Nougat devices, here are the requirements”