Last month, Netflix revealed on its blog that it's getting into the gaming space, and because of this, Chromebook owners can enjoy the first fruits of that labor. While there are no streaming games at this time, anyone with an active Netflix subscription can visit the Google Play Store or the … [Read more...] about Here are all of the Netflix Games that you can play on your Chromebook
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[U] Google Play Games for PC appears at the 2021 Game Awards Show, new shortcut on Chrome OS
Update: Google has confirmed to Android Police directly the following. This keeps getting more exciting for cross-platform play! We'll have more to share on the service and product next year. But what I can say is this is a new experience that will enable players to download and play their … [Read more...] about [U] Google Play Games for PC appears at the 2021 Game Awards Show, new shortcut on Chrome OS
Google Play makes good on its promise to surface device-specific content on Chromebooks
If you use the Google Play Store on your Chromebook to install apps and games instead of just relying on web apps or PWAs for everything, then you'll likely know that there are plenty of great experiences that you can take advantage of on your device. Mind you, most are not native to laptop screens … [Read more...] about Google Play makes good on its promise to surface device-specific content on Chromebooks
If the Pixel Fold is dead, Android 12L might be aimed more at Chromebooks than we thought
This is not the type of news you want to hear on a Monday. I suppose it's the right day of the week for it, though. While I don't share in the collective ire directed at the first working day of the week that many people seem to feel, it goes without saying that Monday's are simply the worst. And … [Read more...] about If the Pixel Fold is dead, Android 12L might be aimed more at Chromebooks than we thought
The Google Play Store will now allow you to install Android TV apps right from your phone
Rolling out now is the ability to directly install compatible Android TV apps on your set-top boxes right from the Google Play Store on your Android devices. The feature was first discovered by a Redditor who goes by the name Avigi. For this individual, you can see below that in their attempt to … [Read more...] about The Google Play Store will now allow you to install Android TV apps right from your phone
Sparklite is an awesome roguelike indie RPG you can play on your Chromebook
It's not often I see Android games add popular mobile features that greatly improve the user experience for larger screen devices. It's even less often that I see indie devs do this! The features I'm referring to aren't particularly dependent upon the game's budget (aside from the labor hours needed … [Read more...] about Sparklite is an awesome roguelike indie RPG you can play on your Chromebook
No, you aren’t crazy: Chromecast volume control is missing in Android 12 for reasons
I'm not sure how many of you out there are on Android 12 right now, but for those who are, there is a missing element to the UI that you may or may not have noticed yet. I picked up on the issue right away when we loaded Android 12 on one of our in-house Pixels a few weeks back, but I chalked it up … [Read more...] about No, you aren’t crazy: Chromecast volume control is missing in Android 12 for reasons
Google Fi goes anti-Watergate with end-to-end encryption update
I'm not old enough to have lived during the Watergate scandal of the Nixon era, but I was taught about it growing up. End-to-end encryption has become an industry standard for real-time communications as a result of this and other past incidents, and the fact that Google Fi hasn't had it up until … [Read more...] about Google Fi goes anti-Watergate with end-to-end encryption update
Android 12L is coming for your large screen devices but what is it?
The 2021 Android Developer Summit took place earlier this week and with it came the announcement of a new flavor of Android that is aimed at devices with larger screens. Branded Android 12L, this version of Google's mobile OS is being presented as a feature drop that will launch in Beta in December … [Read more...] about Android 12L is coming for your large screen devices but what is it?
Continuous scrolling for mobile brings Google Search into the modern age
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 … [Read more...] about Continuous scrolling for mobile brings Google Search into the modern age
Google Meet finally adds background videos for Android
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 … [Read more...] about Google Meet finally adds background videos for Android
New Android features on their way – Google TV remote, Accessibility tools, gaming in the car, and more
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 … [Read more...] about New Android features on their way – Google TV remote, Accessibility tools, gaming in the car, and more
