China is well known for its extreme and often insane censorship laws, and over the years, Google has had a near impossible time running its services there. Back in 2019, the company tried to get project “Dragonfly” up and running. This was a version of Google Search that was tailored to work in conjunction with […]
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There are multiple different channels that apps find themselves making their way onto your Chrome OS device. At one time it was via the Chrome Web Store. In that store, you can find dedicated Chrome OS apps alongside Extensions that expand the usability of Chrome. Now that Android has come on the scene, this section of the site will expand incredibly.
The Google Play Store is making it easier to discover and install apps on watches, TVs, more
Back when the Google Play Store was just for phones and tablets, there was no need to filter app and game installs because clicking install would simply place them on the device you were on. If you were performing this process through the web-based version of the store, it would show you a list of […]
Continue Reading[U: fix coming] Some users’ older Google Photos have been visually corrupted
Update, September 26, 2022 5:14 PM EST: A Google spokesperson has reached out to 9to5Google to confirm that your photos are safe on their servers and that the artifacting issue is being looked into. Again, the issue seems to have originated with the transfer of images from the Google Photos cloud to your local device’s […]
Continue ReadingHow to remove yourself from Google Messages group MMS chats and stop all notifications
Recently, I’ve been added to several group chats that I did ask to be a part of but have since changed my mind on. Another chat I’m somehow in I most certainly did not ask to be included, yet I am anyway. Google Messages is a wonderful app, but it does have a lot of […]
Continue ReadingMake way for the IWA (Isolated Web App)
Android applications. Linux packages. Applications delivery on ChromeOS has grown exponentially over the past few years but one platform, in particular, has revolutionized app delivery across all operating systems. Of course, I’m talking about Progressive Web Apps. PWAs have evolved to the point that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to discern between them and natively installed […]
Continue ReadingSteam for Chromebooks is headed to Beta
At this point, Steam on ChromeOS has been in the works for well over two years but Google has been hesitant to announce any official timeline on when the project will fully go public. Personally, I am 100% okay with that. While I’m excited to see Steam gaming come to Chromebooks, I want to see […]
Continue ReadingYou’ll soon be able to create regular Google Tasks anywhere, anytime via Assistant voice commands
This morning, Google announced what we had long suspected – Google Assistant and Calendar reminders would be going away forever. However, all is not so depressing when you consider what it actually means for the future of productivity through Google apps and services. In a Keyword blog post, Ilya Brown, the Vice President of Product […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Meet (Duo) app adds an account switcher to separate work from personal
Following the conversion of Duo over to Google Meet that took place last month, Google had to eventually reinstate the Duo icon to that app due to users expressing confusion over the transition. Now that the app is back to having its familiar blue icon, changes continue within the application with the addition of an […]
Continue ReadingKeep notes becomes the latest app to join the Workspace family
It looks like my absolute favorite Google app just made the switch in its branding to reflect its bundling into Google Workspace. Shown in the screenshot below, the splashscreen for the notetaking app now shows the Workspace logo near the bottom of the screen. 9to5Google first noticed this change, and though our devices are reflecting […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Messages prepping direct replies, more emoji reactions, transcribing voice memos
Since the “Buy your mom an iPhone” comment that Apple CEO, Tim Cook, made in response to a reporter’s question about Apple adopting RCS and the fact that video quality gets significantly degraded when a message goes through SMS, many have been quick to write Google Messages off and consider this a nail on its […]
Continue ReadingToby for Chrome Web Beta beats Google Tab Groups to desktop and mobile syncing
I’m a big fan of Toby for Chrome, a tab management extension that’s lightyears ahead of what Google is doing with Chrome’s Tab Groups feature. In fact, I wanted to cover it again today because the company has done something that pushes that boundary even further. While this has been available for a few weeks […]
Continue ReadingCanva joins the big boys with an entirely new collaborative “Visual Worksuite” of tools
Hoping to join the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Adobe, Canva today unveiled an entire suite of tools that expand its offerings quite a bit to encompass all of your team’s needs while creating and collaborating on media. In a somewhat lengthy blog post, it detailed in full the largest change to its platform in […]
Continue ReadingThis Google-owned semantic experiment lets you “talk to books” to find what you need
Google literally has too many plates spinning for me to keep track of them. Right when I feel I’ve explored all it has to offer, I stumble upon something new yet again. Take, for example, its in-house incubator Area 120 that’s produced several unique projects like Tables. It’s not something they really advertise, but these […]
Continue ReadingThis magic eraser web app is incredible for on-the-fly Chromebook photo edits
You may very well be familiar with Google’s magic eraser tool that made its entrance with Photos and the Pixel line of devices, but did you know that the technology is not exclusive to the search giant? That’s right, others have created the same tools both before and after Google in an effort to push […]
Continue ReadingGmail cleans up and shrinks its bottom navigation by removing icon labels
Iconography is meant to be recognized without an explanation. If it can’t be identified without words attached to them, then it’s really not doing its job. That’s why I’ve always wondered why Google tied labels to all of its icons, but I do understand the need to do so from an accessibility standpoint. However, as […]
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