For many users, Google Chrome’s built-in password manager is their manager of choice, thanks to its security and ease of use across the browser and Android. Google is adding new features to the manager in Chrome 88 for Desktop to improve security and help users manage their passwords.
Google is reportedly working on a new smart home gadget that will support multiple wireless standards. The new “interactive device” from Google has been filed for FCC certification, and according to the submitted documents, the device will support both Zigbee and Soli wireless standards and may not portable.
Searching for videos on TikTok and Instagram will soon become much easier as Google has begun testing an update to its mobile Search app that will show content directly from these two apps. With this update, Google is making another attempt to keep users on their Search app, while giving them a way to search for social video content.
One of the highlight features of the Pixel’s camera capabilities was its ability to click astrophotography. With the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5, Google offered the astrophotography on both the main and the wide-angle sensor, however they are now dropping support on the wide-angle sensor after many users complained about the quality.
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Google announced the Chromecast with Google TV back in October, 2021, with support for 4K HDR streaming and Dolby Vision. Now, Google has announced that, sometime early next year, the Chromecast with Google TV will support the Apple TV app, giving users access to the Apple TV+ paid subscription.
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During their L10n event that was held back in July 2020 in India, Google talked about increasing their focus on improving the accessibility of their services, specifically language barriers for the incredibly diverse Indian user base. As part of this effort, Google has now announced support for new languages in many elements of Search results, and in more apps such as Google Maps and Lens.
Google launched Project Treble with the aim of reducing the fragmentation of the Android ecosystem across various smartphone manufacturers and devices. Initially the project focused on helping smartphone manufacturers quickly push out updates, and now, Google has announced a new collaboration with Qualcomm to enhance and extend Project Treble right down to the SoC level.
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Google has announced a new update for Photos that improves and adds to its Memories feature. It can now show memories through a new animated cinematic view, added new collage templates and added new themes for Memories itself.
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Extensions in Google Chrome are a great way to add extra functionality to the browser. However, in recent times, extensions have become a source of data vulnerability and privacy attacks. In response, Google has announced new security features that are coming to Chrome in 2021 that will give users more control over what data can be accessed by extensions.
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In the current smartphone market, the camera plays a pivotal role and Google has pioneered this section and got the ability to deliver near-perfect outputs even through average to below-average camera sensors. Google Pixel phones are very well known for its computational photography capabilities from the day Pixel branding was born. The birth of Pixel resulted in the death of the Nexus line up. Continue reading “Google Pixel 4a Review — Masters every Pixel”
For most users of Google Chrome, the ability to save passwords and payment information across devices and syncing them with their account is a very helpful feature. However, there are some users who do not like to sync, but still would like to access their payment information. Google is adding this particular ability, making payments and password management available to all signed-in users.
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Some of the most useful functions for a smartphone are the wide variety of accessibility options that it can offer to users with disabilities. Google has just announced a very helpful new feature called Look to Speak, which is designed to help those with speech and motor impairments by helping them communicate with their eyes. Continue reading “Google Look to Speak app lets speech-impaired users communicate with their eyes”
Today, the world of smart home appliances and the IoT ecosystem is quite vast, with multiple technology giants having multiple products that work well in their own ecosystems. Samsung and Google have announced a partnership, bringing an integration between Google Assistant and Nest devices with Samsung’s smart home devices.
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Every now and then, Google releases their Pixel Feature drop, bringing improvements and new features to Pixel users. The December 2020 update has begun rolling out now with features such as Adaptive Sound, Adaptive battery, a few new customization and personalization options, and more.
YouTube is easily one of the largest platforms for video content platforms on the internet and it is very easy to get buried among the mountain of video uploaded every second. In an effort to help creators from all backgrounds, including those from minorities, YouTube is introducing a few updates to the platform such as a confirmation before sending hate comments and more.
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