Google’s Chromecast Ultra has become a very successful product in the Made By Google Portfolio. However, it has faced stiff competition from other streaming hardware like Amazon Fire Stick, Roku, etc. Now, Google might be working on the second generation of the Chromecast Ultra which might come with its own remote.
Update: Detailed specifications have been revealed in a new hands-on video. Continue reading “Google Pixel 4a with punch-hole display, square camera module live images surface [Update: Detailed specifications, price tipped]”
Google is redesigning Groups in G Suite with a new interface and better controls, bringing it in-line with other G Suite tools like Gmail. Google is currently rolling it out in beta to those customers who wish to try and provide feedback for the new experience and worldwide rollout is expected sometime later this year.
Google rolled out mobile-first indexing back in 2018 after testing it for more than a year, as more people search Google on a mobile device. Today they announced that they are making mobile-first indexing as the default for all websites starting September 2020.
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Google announced a pretty neat little feature that is going to make reading web articles on phones a lot easier. The feature, called ‘Read it’, can be used to make the Google Assistant read articles out load that are open on the Chrome browser, Google Search or the News app.
Google launched its first cloud region in India in Mumbai back in 2017 in an aim to improve latency from 20-90% for end users in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and of course Mumbai. Today the company has announced plans to open a Delhi cloud region next year, expanding Google’s existing network of eight regions in Asia Pacific and 22 regions globally today. Continue reading “Google to launch its second Cloud Platform region in India in Delhi in 2021”
Google Photos is coming with a new update that redesigns many important elements in its UI. Google is getting rid of the hamburger menu, moving the search bar from the top to the bottom bar, added a button for the Library and more.
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Google has cancelled its I/O developers’ conference for this year that was supposed to take place at Mountain View, California from May 12th to 14th due to coronavirus concerns. The company said that “it’s sad that we won’t be able to gather as a developer community but your health and safety is our priority.” The company said that it is exploring new ways to connect and support the global developer community and will offer more details on google.com/io. Continue reading “Google I/O 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus concerns”
Google has been steadily pushing out new features to its Pixel devices via its Feature drop, with the last one being rolled out in December, 2019. In the new Feature drop that’s rolling out today, Google is adding automatic car crash detection, new Motion Sense functionalities, more AR emoji effects for Google Duo and more.
Google’s WearOS has historically struggled to be a worthy competitor to Apple’s WatchOS or Samsung’s Tizen OS. After buying FitBit back in November 2019, we expected Google to Health and Fitness functionalities into WearOS eventually. Now, Google has been asking feedback via a Google User Experience Research program on possible new features for future versions of WearOS.
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Intrusive advertisements on apps has been an issue that Google has been tackling on android for years now. As part of this effort, Google has banned 600 apps from its Play Store for violating its disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy.
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With the launch of the Android 11 Developer Preview for Pixel devices, Google is showing its commitment towards making user location data more safe and transparent to users. They have announced a bunch of changes in the preview that ensures unnecessary access to a users’ location is limited along with timelines for developers to adhere for their future app launches.
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Google has released Android 11 Developer Preview ahead of the final release later this year so that developers can test it, this time bit early. This brings new features to help users manage access to sensitive data and files, and Google says it has hardened critical areas of the platform to keep the OS resilient and secure. For developers, Android 11 brings several features including enhancements for foldables and 5G, call-screening APIs, new media and camera capabilities, machine learning, and more. Continue reading “Android 11 Developer Preview with privacy and security enhancements, APIs for 5G, biometrics and more released”
When Google Stadia was launched 3 months ago, it faced a lot of backlash from the gaming community for launching a clearly unfinished product. Google has been really slow with updates since then, but finally has announced that support for Stadia would be available on 18 more phones other than the Pixel.
Back in September 2016 Google introduced Google Stations, a new internet access platform as a partnership between Google, Indian Railways and Railtel to bring fast, free public Wi-Fi to over 400 of the busiest railway stations in India by mid-2020. Today Google has announced that it has decided to shut down Google Station program globally this year. Continue reading “Google is shutting down Google Station Free Wi-Fi program in India and globally”
