Google’s controversial, new tracking method called the Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) is going live for some users in the United States, Canada, India, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, and Australia as a part of the company’s new Privacy Sandbox initiative. In the process, third-party cookies are becoming a thing of the […]
Continue ReadingChanging Google Account information should be more user-friendly on Chromebooks
9to5Google’s Abner Li posted an article this week showing off a new profile photo switcher in Gmail for Android that allows users to swap their account image directly from the app instead of having to open up the full Google Account settings page on the web. While useful, this shortcut is not available across all […]
Continue ReadingTry out this extension that beat Google to letting you store tab groups for later
An extension on the Chrome Web Store aptly named ‘Tab Groups Extension’ just beat Google to market with a feature it has in the works – letting you store tab groups for later recall. We know that the company is planning to let you collapse tab groups from view into your Reading List, but the […]
Continue ReadingFull Restore on Chromebooks will drive you crazy if you watch a lot of Youtube videos
Full Restore is a feature first introduced at the end of last year to Chromebook users. It allows you the option to automatically restore all of your existing apps and browser tabs after a reboot or if your device crashes under load. While quite possibly the one thing that I so desperately needed over the […]
Continue ReadingChrome 91 has up to 23% faster performance as a result of its new JavaScript compiler
With the release of Chrome 91, the development team for Google’s browser has taken to the Chromium Blog to discuss the enhancements to its performance. As with the last handful of updates, specifically Chrome 87’s speed, and battery improvements, 91 has a few tricks up its sleeve to make everything a bit faster. By implementing […]
Continue ReadingShopping with Google is becoming a lot more interactive, but the service remains unusable
Last week at Google I/O, the company announced that Shopify Integration would be coming for retailers who want to bring their products into Google Shopping. Now, they will have a whole new way of presenting their wares to consumers by curating how their brand appears across Search, Shopping, Images, Maps, and Youtube! This re-imagined experience […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Meet overhaul begins rolling out with option to revert back to legacy experience
Last month, we reported on Google’s plans to completely overhaul Meet – its video chat service now hugely popular with Workspace users in education and enterprise and has exploded in growth thanks to the global pandemic. Now, that’s beginning to happen, and Google has given us updated information to discuss! Rapid Release domains will begin […]
Continue ReadingAndroid’s awesome Fast Pair feature for Bluetooth devices is coming to Chromebooks
The feature most responsible for removing friction in my Android phone experience is Fast Pair. Being able to connect my Bluetooth earbuds, specifically, the Pixel Buds to my phone with just one tap after they’re automatically detected is so incredibly useful that I can’t even imagine what I did before it. Obviously, I connected them […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Messages may soon allow you to pin and star conversations
XDA Developers has performed a teardown of the latest Google Messages APK for Android, and while these inspections don’t guarantee features will make their way to the masses, they often do. During their adventure, they discovered that the app may soon allow users to pin conversations to the top of their messages for quick access. […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Account Activity adds password protection option to keep prying eyes at bay
A new security option has appeared in your account settings which is a part of the Safer with Google initiative. You can now add an extra layer of verification to your account activity page to make certain no one can see your personal information on shared devices that you may have left yourself signed in […]
Continue ReadingGmail will now let you save image attachments to Google Photos, but bundles are still missing
Remember way back in the day when Gmail introduced an ‘Add to Drive’ button to save email attachments directly to the cloud? Well, that was all fine and well when images were saved to Drive, but ever since Google separated the two services, users have been forced to save images from an email body to […]
Continue Reading‘Desktop PWA Sub Apps’ could help users install multiple experiences in one fell swoop
A new potential Chrome flag discovered by Chrome Story called ‘Desktop PWA Sub Apps’ may enable installed web applications to create additional shortcuts for related web apps. Sound confusing? Let me explain. Traditional software packages – like Windows applications, for example – are delivered to a user via an installer. These installers can give the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Docs now supports placing images above and behind text
Likely as a part of the larger Smart Canvas update to Docs, users will now have the ability to place images above or behind text instead of just between or aside it. Formatting of the text will also be preserved when importing or exporting documents from Microsoft Word. The lack of consistent formatting in the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Fuchsia OS will officially roll out to first-gen Nest Hubs soon
After having spotted Fuchsia 1.0 running on the original Google Home Hub via a Bluetooth qualification listing last month, 9to5Google has been directly told by Google that the mysterious new zircon microkernel-based operating system will be rolling out to that very same device over the coming months. Up until now, the smart home hub has […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Photos introduces Storage saver and new tools to reclaim space as unlimited ends
We are officially just one week away from Google taking an axe to its unlimited free storage for Photos and Drive. Having announced it six months ago, it’s hard to believe it’s finally happening. We’ve become so accustomed to free and unlimited storage over the years that now that the company is doing its best […]
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