It has been four months since Google launched its own game streaming platform, Google Stadia, in a rather lack-luster fashion. However, it seems like Google is committed towards developing Stadia, as it announced a partnership with game engine developer Unity, by launching a program called Stadia Makers.
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Being one of the lesser feature-rich podcast apps, Google Podcast has been steadily receiving updates to bring feature parity with other popular podcast applications like Pocket Casts, Spotify, etc. One of the new updates to the app include auto-download of newly released episodes, redesigned UI for better navigation, suggestions and more.
As a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, the amount of people using Google search to get relevant information has greatly increased. In response, Google is rolling out multiple resources like websites and Search redesigns to help the public access correct and certified information quickly.
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Google launched Android (Go Edition) back in 2017 and since then, they have been steadily releasing new Go edition versions of their core apps and services. The latest app to join their family is the Camera Go that is designed to work smoothly with low storage requirements.
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Google offers Advanced Protection for personal or business Google Accounts of those who work with sensitive data like political campaign teams, journalists, activists and business leaders. To enhance security its security, Google is adding new updates that will turn on Play Protect app scanning automatically and limited apps from outside the Play Store.
In recent times, the ability to live transcribe speech has become popular in a few Google apps and now, yet another feature has come to Google Translate. Users can transcribe speech from one language to the language of their choice in real time, which can be a great feature when travelling abroad or if you have an international friend.
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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.
