Google is facing a fresh new lawsuit by a group of 37 states in the U.S.A., who are alleging that Google maintains monopolistic control over app stores in Android. In response, Google called the lawsuit as “meritless”, and shared details about how they support an open experience for app stores and developers on Android.
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Accidentally closing a tab is very frustrating experience when your internet connection is less than ideal or when the webpage was heavy. Google Chrome is looking to mitigate this issue by caching the closed tab for a short period of time.
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The Google Drive for Desktop app is receiving an update that adds support for a few new features such as Google Photos backup, Apple Photos library upload, connected USB storage support, and more.
Google Meet, the video conferencing app of Google Workspace, is getting two new features that will improve its live-streaming capabilities. Users can now invite people from other domains for their live streams, and they can also enable live captions for improved accessibility.
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One of the many updates that are coming with Android 12 later this year is the redesign of widgets. In preparation for these new widgets, Google is reportedly developing a new widget for Google Photos that will show Memories from before.
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Google Messages is getting a really nice update that introduces two new features for Indian users. Messages will now be organized under various categories for a better viewing experience and there is a new option to automatically delete OTP messages after 24 hours.
Update: According to a new Bloomberg report, the Pixel 5a is expected to launch in August. It is not clear if the company is planning to launch the 4G version of the phone for other markets like India. Continue reading “Google confirms Pixel 5a 5G will launch later this year in US and Japan; cancelled in other regions [Update: Expected in August]”
Google’s move to remove support for third-party cookies in their Chrome browser has now been delayed until 2023. The move comes after Google faces scrutiny from multiple governments around the world about their possible anti-competitive behaviours in the advertisement industry, and they are seeking to work with regulators for the best possible solution.
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During their 44th annual general meeting (AGM), Reliance Jio announced a new partnership with Google, where the two companies will collaborate to integrate Jio’s 5G technologies with Google Cloud’s scalable infrastructure. As a part of their partnership, Reliance will also be moving many of their their core retail businesses to Google Cloud.
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The European Commission has launched yet another investigation into Google for possible anti-competitive practices. The technology giant is being accused of possibly favouring their own online display advertising technology services when it comes to providing third-party access to user data, which would violate existing competition laws.
The YouTube app has been seeing changes lately, with new features like the ‘Shorts’ tab replacing the ‘Explore’ tab. Similarly, Google is experimenting with the ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature on the YouTube app with some users. Continue reading “YouTube making changes to ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature with audio, captions and progress bar”
Google Chat, the instant messaging service that is a part of Google Workspace, has now received an update that improves the search functionality with interactive filters. These filters will help speed up the search process, making it easier to find links, files, etc.
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The YouTube app for iOS and iPadOS is finally getting an update that will enable support for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) when viewing content. The feature is first rolling out to customers of YouTube Premium, and will later come to all free YouTube users.
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With Android 12, Google will be introducing a lot of new updates to many features and functionalities, and while most of them are announced to the public, some of them may be hidden. One such possible hidden change is an update to the Google Assistant’s “At A Glance” feature, which may getting rebranded to “Live Space”.
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When Apple launched their AirTags, one of the reasons for its success was the massive Find My network that utilized nearly every device in Apple’s ecosystem. Google is reportedly looking at developing their own version of the Apple’s network, by taking advantage of the Google Play Services app installed on Android smartphones.
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