Rumours of Google’s upcoming Pixel watch keeps coming before the release later this year. Earlier rumour, even before Google officially confirmed the smartwatch, revealed a 300mAh battery for the watch. Now, a new report for 9to5Google says that the smartwatch will offer a day of battery life on a single charge which is the same as most WearOS models. Continue reading “Google Pixel Watch said to last just a day on a single charge”
Google teased its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 smartphones at the Google I/O event ahead of launch later this fall. The Pixel 7 briefly appeared in an eBay listing before it was taken down. “This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing,” was mentioned as the reason for taking it down. Continue reading “Google Pixel 7 prototype briefly listed on eBay ahead of launch”
Google has been steadily incorporating health-related features into its Android operating system and Fit applications. Now, current findings from 9to5Google suggests that the Sleep Audio Collection research of Google’s Health Sensing team is testing snore and cough detection tools for Android. Continue reading “Google reportedly working on snore and cough detection tools for Android”
Google gave hints at this year’s I/O 2022 that it was working on a Pixel tablet powered by Google Tensor SoC for the following year, and a similar device recently showed up on a list of Universal Stylus Initiative (USI) products. Continue reading “Google Pixel Tablet codenamed ‘Tangor’, said to feature USI stylus support”
Google confirmed earlier this month that the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones would be available later this fall. The company has also confirmed the phones’ design in images and stated that they will use the next-generation Tensor SoC, and it will run Android 13 out of the box. A new leak from 9to5Google reveals the details about the screens these two smartphones will have. Continue reading “Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro display details surface”
Google has made a big change to the way formatting works in Google Docs. With the latest update to Google Docs, you can now select multiple words or phrases and copy, paste, etc. on all of them at once. This makes formatting much quicker by getting rid of the need to make the same changes over and over, you’ll be more productive overall as well. Recently, Google updated Workspace with AI features. Continue reading “Google Docs gets multiple text selection for faster formatting”
Street View by Google toasted its 15th birthday with a few new features and a brand-new camera to record a 360-degree view of the world. As a major feature, Google Maps Street View can now display historical photographs of many other famous locations on Google Maps. Continue reading “Google Street View celebrates 15 years with a new camera and features”
The Google Calculator app has been updated to version 8.2 with a new update that hit the Google Play Store. The update adds a better user interface, which should benefit those with bigger screens as well as give tablet users the flexibility they need. Continue reading “Google Calculator v8.2 brings optimized UI for tablets”
Google has updated its Android distribution chart, importing the data into Android Studio rather than displaying the percentage of devices running a specific version of the OS or higher on their website. The graphic is meant to help developers decide which Android version to support. The Android Studio chart is now updated every six months to a year, with the most recent version released in November and a new one on May 9. Continue reading “Android distribution chart May 2022: Android 11 has 28.3% share”
Google has confirmed that the Pixel Watch will be released this fall, which means it will most likely be around the end of October at the earliest. After a few months of leaks, the latest one, from about a week ago, said that the Pixel Watch would be powered by Samsung’s Exynos 9110 processor. Continue reading “Google Pixel Watch could feature a co-processor, 32GB storage”
YouTube has introduced a new feature that will help users discover the most popular portions of a video they’re viewing, as well as a number of other updates to its video player. According to the company, it will be adding a graph that will allow users to quickly identify and watch the most replayed segments of videos. Continue reading “YouTube rolls out most replayed parts, single loop and more”
Google Messages application will soon get some new features like Star messages, ‘Schedule in the moment’, and more. According to a decompilation by APK Insight, the latest beta version of the Messages app hinted at these possible upcoming features. Continue reading “Google Messages might get context-aware star, schedule soon”
Google I/O 2022 introduced new hardware and software, and also led to Android 13 Beta 2, the next major milestone in Google’s OS development. Gboard users can merge different existing emoticons to create a new emoji. Google has maintained this functionality with subsequent updates that have expanded emoji compatibility. And as part of Android 13 Beta 2, Google has upgraded Emoji Kitchen anew, so now more emojis can be kitchenized. Continue reading “Gboard’s Emoji Kitchen expands new emoticons in Android 13 beta 2”
The long-awaited Google Pixel Watch has finally been announced at this year’s Google I/O, though specifics were limited. However, a report published by 9to5Google claims it might feature the Exynos 9110 chip, which launched four years ago. Continue reading “Pixel Watch will reportedly use an old Exynos processor”
Google unveiled Health Connect, an Android app developer platform and also an API. A single set of APIs can securely access as well as share health and fitness data across all Android devices, with user consent. Continue reading “Google Health Connect can sync between Fitbit, Samsung Health and more”
