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If you’re accustomed to browsing several pages to find what you need on Google Search using your phone, you’ll probably have noticed already that you no longer need to click to navigate between each new page of results. Google has officially rolled out “Continuous scrolling“, bringing Search into the 21st century. Earlier this year, the […]
Nearly four months ago, Google brought video backgrounds to Meet on the web with the promise that the feature would be arriving on mobile “soon.” While soon may be relative in some cases, in the tech world anything outside of a month doesn’t feel like “soon.” Oddly enough, the video background feature did arrive on […]
Android is gearing up for its October release of OS 12 complete with Material You. Over the past few weeks, it’s been rapidly rolling out new app designs and many of us are already enrolled in the Beta program and enjoying the last release before it goes public. A few issues with Google Pay and […]
Android 12 Beta 5 just launched, and with this version of the mobile phone OS heading to the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro that’s completely upending its launch playbook, it’s easy to see why people are excited for the entirely new direction Google is going. A complete redesign of the user interface that adapts to […]
I’ve become a huge advocate for Google’s Collections, even believing that automated user curation of content across the web is the future of the internet. We’ve spoken about how you can use them to inspire your 2021 goals, seen a custom Collections icon appear on hardware remotes for Google TV, and even hoped that articles […]
Just today, I had an Android app go a bit wonky on me. Google Analytics was open on one of my displays and after moving it to my second screen, it just vanished. It was still open, still running, and still visible in the overview mode, but there was no way for me to actually […]
Square Enix is no stranger to the Google Play Store. In fact, it’s probably one of the most present and prolific developers on the mobile market. It’s added many of its popular series to Android in the form of ports and remasters, but there’s always been a problem. My disappointment with the lack of cloud […]
It’s been nearly 6 months since we saw the first signs of the new Android 11 for Chromebooks. Delivered in the brand-new ARCVM container, this new way of offering up Android apps for Chrome OS is a big step forward. While we’re not seeing massive improvements in performance just yet, Google seems to think that […]
Last month, there was a lot of buzz around the Chrome OS community as numerous users reported that their free-standing Microsoft apps from the Google Play Store were telling them to make the move to the web. I, myself, wasn’t too up in arms about this discovery for a couple of reasons. One, I do […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. You open up a new Chromebook or sign into a friend or family member’s Chrome OS device to use it for a short time and upon getting logged in, you are bogged down by the installation of what feels like every Android app you’ve ever installed on any […]
Deviating from its previously released ‘touch gamepad’ on Android, Stadia is now introducing native touch controls for cloud gaming – yes, real touch controls like you’d find on Android games! We discussed in April how this significant feature could one day lead to the cloud being home to all mobile games as well, and I […]
Wednesday, Samsung officially unveiled a full line of new products including its latest ANC Galaxy Buds, a beautiful new Galaxy watch that’s sporting the revamped Wear OS powered by Samsung, and of course, the next iterations of the Galaxy Fold and Flip smartphones. The latter two devices are already available for pre-order on Samsung’s website […]
