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In Chrome OS Canary or Dev right now, a new developer flag called Focus Follows Cursor will cause your mouse cursor to automatically focus and activate whatever open window you’re hovering over. As you can see in the example below, I hover over Google Docs and then over the Chromebook’s text app to demonstrate how […]
Just a few weeks ago, Google officially announced that Stadia would officially be supported on Chromecast with Google TV as well as Shield TV, several televisions, and even MIBOX 3 and 4 on June 23, 2021. Today, we’re just two days from that deadline, and the company has made the Stadia app available on these […]
Over the next two weeks, and potentially a bit longer for both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains, Workspace users will begin seeing a new set of search filters in Google Chat that will assist them in locating exactly what it is they need. Links, files, and other artifacts can be found with ease by […]
The popular, titular Football game for the new year will officially release on Google Stadia day-and-date with other platforms. While Madden NFL 22 will release worldwide on August 20th for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4 with dual entitlement for consoles (which allows buyers to upgrade to the Xbox Series X/S and Playstation 5 copy […]
Over the next few weeks, Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus users will be able to enjoy a more secure hybrid work environment. Now that the “new normal” has been established and Google’s services have become essential to its development for many, the company is looking to put more control of security, data privacy, […]
Last month, we saw some users begin to receive access to the pinning and starring features in Google Messages for Android. Pinned messages allow users to stick specific conversations at the top of their Messages inbox for quick access, and starring messages allows for quickly jumping to specific texts that contain vital information – also […]
Ever since the scan app launched for Chromebooks back in February, it’s been fairly bare bones. You can scan a single page and store it for later either locally or in your Google Drive via the Files app. From there, you can share it with a recipient. A new Chromium repository commit discovered by Dinsan […]
Over the next two weeks for Rapid Release domains (about a month for Scheduled Release domains) Google is rolling out a new set of improvements to Google Meet’s hand raising feature that make it more user-friendly and functional. In addition to a new visual icon and animation which can be seen below, the tiles of […]
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Update 6/18/21: We mentioned that the Discover tab from Google TV was now rolling out to Shield TV owners, but this is actually the entire Discover home UI including content recommendations. Users in Italy and Spain will not receive the Discover tab, but they will receive content recommendations via the new home UI as well. […]
Last year, Google decided to begin phasing out its Fiber TV cable service as it continued to prioritize its gigabit internet. Fiber TV is basically live television delivered over “internet that was built for it”, but it won’t be around for much longer. Today, Google began giving away free Chromecasts with Google TV to Fiber […]
The Chrome Browser’s new share menu that appears in the Omnibox is gaining a new trick – social sharing. While Chrome the share sheet in Chrome OS has already begun to implement these share destinations – things like Twitter, Facebook, and more based on what applications or web apps you have installed on your device […]
A new ‘Feedback’ app first written about by Dinsan over at Chrome Story recently made an appearance on Chrome OS Canary. We noticed it weeks ago, but until now, clicking its icon in the launcher simply launched a window that said ‘Hello world’. Now, opening it reveals a new interface where users can submit their […]
