Google has shut down its Android Auto app for phone screens for everyone, after announcing the app’s discontinuation of updates in 2019. As Google focuses more on Google Assistant Driving Mode, this is an obvious move from the company. Continue reading “Android Auto for Phone Screens shuts down for all”
Today, Google launched the Google for Startups Accelerator-India Women Founders program, which aims to assist women founders in addressing challenges that are unique to their experience, such as fundraising and hiring. Up to 20 women-led or co-led startups in India, including those in the MVP stage, will be able to participate in the program and receive assistance over the course of three months. Continue reading “Google for Startups Accelerator-India Women Founders program launched”
After the announcement in April, Google has started rolling out toll prices on Google Maps for the first time. This will show estimated toll price to your destination before you start navigating by getting information from local tolling authorities. Continue reading “Google Maps now shows toll road pricing in India”
Google has agreed to pay $118 million to resolve a gender discrimination class-action complaint involving around 15,500 female employees according to Bloomberg. The settlement occurred as a consequence of a lawsuit filed by three women — Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease, and Kelli Wisuri — who accused the corporation of underpaying female employees in violation of California’s Equal Pay Act, citing a $17,000 salary disparity. Continue reading “Google will pay $118 million for settling gender discrimination lawsuit”
Google has introduced a number of features for Android that adds new ways of interacting with people and devices. These include new text stickers support in Gboard, new accessibility features, and the ability to use Play Points for in-app purchases.
Continue reading “Google announces Sound Amplifier, Lookout and Gboard updates for Android”
2 years ago, we reported that Google was looking to replace the Google Duo app with their work-focused Google Meet app. The company has now confirmed the same, where later in the year Google Meet will replace Google Duo. In the meantime, Google Duo will be updated with all the features that are present in Google Meet over the next few weeks.
Continue reading “Google to bring Meet features to Duo; will merge the two apps later in 2022”
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”
