Google Maps location history is simultaneously extremely revolutionary and extremely controversial. One one end of the equation, you gain many benefits from toggling it on your phone. For example, many Google products and services personalize your experience using it, giving you recommendations based on places you’ve visited, it helps you locate your phone if you’ve […]
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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.
All that and a bag of Smart Chips: Google Photos is now testing Lens filters on Android
In recent memory, Google has added its Smart Chip filters to several of its products. First, it added them to the top of Gmail, and then to Drive to help you locate things easier. It then went on to Google Sheets, allowing you to add smart people chips to quickly reference contacts. Let’s not discuss […]
Continue ReadingEleven years later, Google Play Books finally has a brand new widget on Android
It’s no secret that Google has historically been terrible at its widget game. Apple has some of the most beautiful widgets I’ve ever seen, and I don’t even own an iPhone or iPad. If an Android and Chromebook user notices the stark difference between the two, there’s a major chasm, right? Well, over the past […]
Continue ReadingAndroid: How to download songs from Youtube Music to listen offline
YouTube Music has come a long way since its beginnings back in 2015. In its plight to fully replace the legacy Google Play Music service that many loved, it has slowly but surely been adding features to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. One of these features is downloading songs for offline […]
Continue ReadingAndroid to gain App Archiving functionality to free up space
Google announced yesterday via the Android Developers Blog that it is working on new functionality that will allow users to “reclaim ~60% of app storage temporarily by removing parts of the app rather than uninstalling it completely“. Not officially named yet, this new feature is being dubbed “app archiving” and expands on the existing App […]
Continue ReadingGoogle TV adds news snippets about your favorite shows and gets a Material You update
Google TV’s redesign from Google Play Movies & TV came at a cost depending on who you ask. Sure, it has a fantastic interface and really modernizes the aging platform, but the web interface was completely deprecated in the process. Google’s Kaleidoscope project could have seen it return, but that was nixed too. Today, Google […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Messages is officially rolling out all of those great features it kept teasing
It’s only been a few weeks since we discussed that Google Messages had begun to roll out its ‘Conversation Categories’ feature to more users, especially in the United States. Previously, it along with other features were exclusive to India, and a huge air of mystery surrounded the release timetable of these new and exciting tools. […]
Continue ReadingYour boss can now view your Google Meet bandwidth so they know your internet really is crap
A new tool for Workspace admins (i.e. your boss or superior, depending on your work structure) will now allow them to view your bandwidth quality and usage during Meet calls within the organization. This means that all of those times when your call dropped and you swore up and down that your internet sucked can […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Workspace Admins can now monitor Drive files changed by external users
The Google Workspace Updates blog has announced that starting March 2nd, Admins will now be able to see events in their Google Drive logs that involve their organization and other external organizations or users. This change will allow Admins to monitor when files that are shared with users that are not in their organization, are […]
Continue ReadingHow to find and highlight duplicates in Google Sheets
Google Sheets includes an option to find and remove duplicates, but it doesn’t give you a chance to review these duplicates before deciding whether they should be removed or not. Thankfully there is a workaround for this using conditional formatting and a handy formula that highlights the duplicates instead, leaving the rest up to you. […]
Continue ReadingYoutube is paying podcasters on its platform to make video versions of their content
According to a new report by Bloomberg, YouTube is offering certain content creators on its platform up to $300,000 to get them to convert their audio podcasts into video format. This comes after the company hinted several times at its efforts to drive more podcaster traffic toward the streaming site. Between adding listening controls for […]
Continue ReadingMake sure that you don’t fall for this official-looking Google Forms phishing scam
Over the past few days, we’ve noticed an uptick in the number of fake emails in our inbox, but specifically from individuals attempting to impersonate Google. While this is nothing new, and people have been creating phishing scams for years now, one favorite method hackers have taken to like water is to abuse Google’s official […]
Continue ReadingHow to use Google Podcasts on the web
As Chromebook users, I think we’ve all been there. We have an app on our phone that we think we should be ready to install on our Chromebook via the Google Play Store, only to get the dreaded “Your device isn’t compatible with this version” message. Such is the case with Google Podcasts, which became […]
Continue Reading3 ways to play Minesweeper on your Chromebook
I’m a child of the 80s and I cut my proverbial computing teeth on devices that ran DOS and COBOL but my first real-world experiences on a PC were with good ole’ Windows 3.0. It wasn’t long before Microsoft introduced Windows 3.1 and with it, a little game called Minesweeper. Some of you may have […]
Continue ReadingDesktop users have installed Progressive Web Apps 270% more over the past year
We previously heard from Google that Android app installs on Chromebooks skyrocketed up past 190% for this past year, and today, the companies shared a new statistic that has us excited. Over on the ChromeOS.dev blog, Natalia Gvak, Head of Chrome OS Apps Ecosystem Product Marketing for Chrome OS spent some time recapping the benefits […]
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