I know a lot of people who have held on to their Fitbit for years or until the watch band breaks. Since I worked in Best Buy for so many years, I've seen the value that fitness-focused users can get out of these devices, but eventually, they incur tons of wear and tear. With that in mind, if you … [Read more...] about “Pixel Watch Fit” could be released alongside the main device to replace your aging Fitbit
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Using a game controller through Chrome could leave you vulnerable, but it’s being fixed
If you've ever played a game through the web, you'll have a need for something called the "Gamepad API". This Chrome feature allows the physical controller to connect to the browser and send your inputs to the cloud game or server where the content is being run. Unfortunately, this API has become a … [Read more...] about Using a game controller through Chrome could leave you vulnerable, but it’s being fixed
ChromeOS Gallery app gets a vibrant new icon color as well as built-in use case graphics
Google hasn't really shown the Chromebook Gallery app much love over the years as it's meant to be quite utilitarian, and sure, it does its job, but I've been excited to see recent investments into its functionality expand. For example, not long ago, it picked up the responsibility of managing not … [Read more...] about ChromeOS Gallery app gets a vibrant new icon color as well as built-in use case graphics
I want this upcoming Kingdom Hearts game on my Chromebook, but I want it done right
Kingdom hearts, its story, and its characters have had a major impact on my life and creativity since I was young, and I look for any and all opportunities to play new entries in the series on any device I can. With that being said, Kingdom Hearts Missing Link is coming to Android in the future, and … [Read more...] about I want this upcoming Kingdom Hearts game on my Chromebook, but I want it done right
Future smart home devices may eventually ditch screens, blending into everyday materials instead
Google is researching the ability to mask interfaces to control ambient computing devices by making them blend in with materials like wood and cloth. Everyday materials around your house may hold and hide future smart devices so that they blend in better when you're not using them. This has been a … [Read more...] about Future smart home devices may eventually ditch screens, blending into everyday materials instead
You can now open Google Drive images directly in Picsart for web-based photo editing
Picsart is a photo editing web application that's grown quite a bit over the past few years. It now has over 150 million users, and offers plenty of tools for creating and editing YouTube and other social media banners and thumbnails, flyers, brochures, birthday cards, and so much more. Anyone … [Read more...] about You can now open Google Drive images directly in Picsart for web-based photo editing
The Google Fi Android app is getting a slight Material You redesign
Discovered in version 60 of the app on Android, Google Fi is receiving somewhat of a Material You redesign. It's nothing major, but it does place the ageing app in line with the rest of Google's revamped offerings. For those of you unaware, Material You is Google's design language which was … [Read more...] about The Google Fi Android app is getting a slight Material You redesign
How to play open-source retro games in your Chromebook’s Linux terminal
Gaming on Chromebooks has become quite common nowadays. Back in the day though, it was inconceivable to say "Chromebook" and "Games" in the same sentence, even though Android apps had graced the OS years prior. With the advent of cloud gaming, however, AAA titles like Destiny, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen … [Read more...] about How to play open-source retro games in your Chromebook’s Linux terminal
Next month, Google will no longer allow third-party call recording apps in the Play Store
Starting next month on May 11, 2022, the Google Play Store will begin killing off "remote" call recording apps. Remote refers to the fact that the person on the other end of the call is unaware that you're recording the conversation. Obviously, the implications of this are far-reaching when you … [Read more...] about Next month, Google will no longer allow third-party call recording apps in the Play Store
How to use LMGTFY to teach your friends and family to use Google Search for themselves
I'm a millennial, so I didn't have the internet for the first half of my life. When I finally got it, I got in trouble a lot for spending too many hours modifying my MySpace profile page (my very first foray into HTML and CSS) and making music play automatically as snow particles fell down my CRT … [Read more...] about How to use LMGTFY to teach your friends and family to use Google Search for themselves
Google Search categories like images, videos, and shopping are moving to a left aligned sidebar
In what is quite possibly one of the wildest and most bold moves in Google's very simplistic design history, your search result filter categories like news, books, videos, images, maps, shopping, flights, and more are being repositioned from the top of Google Search just under the search bar itself … [Read more...] about Google Search categories like images, videos, and shopping are moving to a left aligned sidebar
Stadia Pro subscribers receiving three games on May 1st with more to come
Google today revealed that Stadia Pro subscribers will be receiving three new games as a part of their library on May 1, 2022. What's interesting is that it gives a slight nod to the fact that it won't be finished with just those three as it plans on adding more throughout the month. Since there … [Read more...] about Stadia Pro subscribers receiving three games on May 1st with more to come
