When I set up my phone screens, Iām always conscious of how the information displayed benefits my workflow and my life in general. More often than not, I will place apps that tie more closely into my personal life than my business endeavors. For example, Iāll place a photo frame with pictures of my son [ā¦]
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Android gains new features for the 2022 holiday seasonĀ
Itās the time of year for celebrations, and Google is ringing in the holiday season by giving us a slew of new features that we can expect to hit Android very soon. These new features will impact several areas of the operating system, such as Google Photos, the home screen, Wear OS and more. Itās [ā¦]
Continue ReadingGoogle is adding more Material You touches to Nearby Share
Ever since Nearby Share arrived on Chromebooks back with version 91 and on Android in mid-2020, Googleās answer to Appleās Airdrop has become perhaps one of the most important features that exists right now as part of the Google Ecosystem. Nearby Share has gone through several iterations and updates. Most recently, it is making its [ā¦]
Continue ReadingNearby Share comes to the Android 13 Clipboard Manager
Android 13 arrived with significant updates, one of which includes a new copy/paste behavior in which the system displays a visual confirmation when content is added to the clipboard. This overlay makes it easier for users to know that copying has been successful, as well as gives the option to edit what is captured in [ā¦]
Continue ReadingThe Google Play Store will soon auto-detect crashing apps and prompt you to update them
You all know the standard Android experience while using an old, out-of-date phone. You may often come across apps that either canāt or simply wonāt run properly on a handset, and are met with frequent crashes. Traditionally, you would just open the appās settings, force quit it, clear the cache and sometimes the storage in [ā¦]
Continue ReadingAndroid 13 removes Google Assistantās light theme
After the release of Android 13 on Pixel devices this year, some users noticed that the Google Assistant UI all of a sudden adopted a dark theme, even though their device had dark mode turned off. It bothered fans of light mode enough to submit an issue tracker reporting the supposed bug to Google. Now, [ā¦]
Continue ReadingGeForce NOW adds direct touchscreen controls since Stadia will no longer pursue the feature
Hey, do you remember that cloud gaming service called Google Stadia? Too soon? Sorry. Remember how it was the first to introduce direct touch controls for select games and subsequently never did anything with it before being killed off? We do too. Well, Nvidia is following closely in Stadiaās footsteps by introducing exactly the same [ā¦]
Continue ReadingAndroid apps are officially available on Windows 11 and out of beta
Itās my opinion that Android apps running on Windows 11 offer little to no value for most people when they could just pick up their Android tablet or their Chromebook (or even their phone). This is especially true when you consider the fact that the Amazon App store is the delivery method for these experiences. [ā¦]
Continue ReadingChrome for Android prepares for the new Google Pixel Tablet with a new look and features
Youāve likely heard whispers of a new Google-branded tablet device that has nothing to do with the Pixel Slate or ChromeOS. At the 2022 Google Hardware event, the company revealed the Pixel Tablet which will double as the next Nest Hub but with one unique selling point ā itās detachable from the base speaker and [ā¦]
Continue ReadingGoogle Play to copy Nextbit Robin with app archiving to intelligently save your storage space
Way, way back in the day (a la 2016), a very special phone that was before its time hit the market. It was called the Nextbit Robin, and its hook was that it was marketed as a device that managed its own storage on your behalf so you would never run out of space. By [ā¦]
Continue ReadingHow to opt-in for emergency weather alerts on Android
Presently, as powerful Hurricane Ian continues its track toward Florida, many residents are scrambling to find the most up-to-date information in order to stay safe. The simplest way of staying in the know is by registering to get local weather alerts by using Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), which was formerly known as Commercial Mobile Alert [ā¦]
Continue ReadingYour Chromecast with Google TV will soon be updated to Android 12, but donāt expect much
Googleās Chromecast with Google TV did a wonderful job at stealing market share and owning a high adoption rate among original Chromecast users as well as those with competing devices. Perhaps because of this dominance, the company has been lazy with its updates. User profiles didnāt ship with it and were only recently added ā [ā¦]
Continue ReadingHere are all the new fun and helpful features coming to Android
In the latest roundup of features that the Android team has been working on, Google took to The Keyword to share all the new and fun developments. Some of these we had already covered before on this site as they were either in testing or available already but without an official announcement. Some, however, are [ā¦]
Continue ReadingNew changes to Googleās Developer Policy should make apps and games less invasive
As announced last month on the Play Console Help website, changes to Googleās Developer Program Policy are now in effect. While there were several updates that drastically affect how developers can interact with and market to users, The Register reports one of the most notable differences that have been implemented ā VPNs. Whatās different about [ā¦]
Continue ReadingSnore and cough detection for Digital Wellbeing on Android is finally on its way
Googleās 2nd generation Nest Hub integrated something called Sleep Sensing using its onboard Soli chip back when the device first shipped, and this feature allowed the smart display to detect sleep patterns like how long you rest, the quality of that rest, and more. Additionally, something called āCough and snore detectionā came with that, making [ā¦]
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