Google Meet is quickly gaining new and interesting tools for collaboration with your co-workers, colleagues, and peers. The tech giant is clearly hoping to make it one of the most competitive and useful video conferencing tools on the market, and while it’s already in the ranks with Zoom and others, it’s not satisfied with stopping […]
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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.
If you wanted to sign up for NBC’s Peacock streaming service for free, you’re out of luck
For the past two years, streaming TV users have been able to sign up for and stream NBC’s Peacock TV for free, and though it had ads and other barriers in light of the company’s premium paid tier, many smart homeowners enjoyed some semblance of traditional TV without a cost. Now, that’s changing though, as […]
Continue ReadingGoogle TV for Android is the next app set to receive a Material You home screen widget
In version 4.38.7.4 of the Google TV for Android, it’s been discovered by 9to5Google that the app is now appearing in the system’s widgets list as an available option for your device’s home screen. You may remember that YouTube just got its very own “MY” widget back in December just in time for Christmas and […]
Continue ReadingGmail’s new package tracking feature is now rolling out, lets you see updates in your inbox
Though it was announced months ago, Gmail’s new “Package tracking” feature is finally rolling out to users. You won’t see it without toggling the option first though, so head over to the Gmail app settings on your Android or iOS device, open those specific to an account you’ve got connected, and scroll down to where […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Messages is set to get WhatsApp-like profile creation
Google Messages is an app that I find very intriguing. On one hand, it has a massive user base thanks to its SMS/MMS roots and is worth the continued investment from Google. On the other hand, it is still not an app that most people would flock to as an instant messaging option, even with […]
Continue ReadingHow to use Google’s quirky illustrations for your contacts’ profile pictures
Have you ever noticed that your friends, family members and colleagues stored in Google Contacts have profile pictures that are directly controlled by why they upload to their account? Have you ever noticed how some people are just notoriously terrible at using a high-quality image or even updating it whatsoever? I sure have. I actually […]
Continue ReadingSoon, you’ll be able to pause Digital Wellbeing’s Focus Mode schedule while on vacation
Digital Wellbeing is Android’s toolset for helping users look after their own health and maintain balanced screen time and app usage limits. While we still don’t have it on ChromeOS – something I’m pining for in 2023 – I was surprised to wake up and find that the app is getting a useful, new feature! […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Messages raises its limit for end-to-end encrypted group chats to 100 members
To date, you’ve been able to add up to 20 other people besides yourself (21 total) into a Google Messages group chat with end-to-end encryption. This feature has been a thing for over a year now, and while that’s quite a high limit for most people, there are undoubtedly folks who would prefer that ceiling […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Podcast results vanish from Search as the service continues preparing YouTube merger
Last October, we discovered that Google had appointed a new lead to clean up its Podcasts initiative. Since then, Kai Chuk, a YouTube veteran with more than 10 years of experience at the company has decided that Podcasts itself should be merged with the larger, more popular platform. We already have a new Podcasts category […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Workspace customers can now attach Box files directly to Calendar events
All the way back in 2018, Google and Box.com teamed up to bring the popular Box storage add-on to Workspace customers. Since then, users have stored their files in Box and have been able to open them in Drive. Additionally, anyone doing so can also migrate their content directly to Box and connect the service […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Translate gives 33 more languages offline usage capabilities including Zulu and Latin
In a Google Translate community post this week, Google announced that it is now adding offline language functionality to 33 new languages. For anyone traveling abroad and attempting to scrape by and translate on the fly, this is a huge win. Here’s the list of languages: Prior to leaving your Wi-Fi connection, you can easily […]
Continue ReadingFor better or worse, the Google Clock app now lets you record your own sounds to wake up to
Did you know that you can set YouTube Music songs as your wake-up alarm in the morning via the Google Clock app? The feature has been around for a while now, and I have yet to try it out mostly because I fall asleep to music, so I don’t believe it would be effective. Google’s […]
Continue ReadingAt long last, Google Discover adds a three-column layout in preparation for the Pixel Tablet
The year just and only began, but Google is already on an apology tour. After more than a decade of neglecting the tablet experience with its apps and services, it’s finally updating a ton of them to be better optimized for larger displays. It’s already done more over the past few months than it ever […]
Continue ReadingThe Google Arts and Culture app has a new icon, and it’s anything but classy
One of the very last Google apps that I ever expected to receive a logo refresh just got one, and it’s just…bad. I’m not a pessimist by any stretch of the imagination (the glass is always also half-full of air too, right?) and when it comes to the company’s new unified branding logos, I’ve largely […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat makes it much faster and easier to create group conversations on the fly
In the past, creating a group chat required you to spin up a conversation with one individual co-worker or colleague and then add everyone else afterward via the “Start group conversation” button on that person’s DM. The problem with this is that it wasn’t just annoying and tedious, it made literally no sense from a […]
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