Google Maps is rolling out a series of updates to the Android and iOS apps aimed at helping you plan your drive, save money and explore new places. More notable is the addition of estimated toll prices and a more detailed navigation map that now includes traffic lights and stop signs along your … [Read more...] about Google Maps rolls out estimated toll prices and more detailed navigation, iOS improvements
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Classic Hangouts removed from Google Play and Apple app stores
The writing is on the wall for classic Google Hangouts. Last month, we reported that the transition from classic Hangouts to Google chat was entering its final phase for Workspace customers. This shift has been a couple of years in the making but hasn’t been well received by fans of the dying … [Read more...] about Classic Hangouts removed from Google Play and Apple app stores
Youtube’s fullscreen experience is getting a bunch of improvements on Android and iOS
It looks like Google is modernizing the Youtube app yet again with new, stylish buttons, panels, and more. First spotted and reported by The Verge, the video streaming platform is apparently adding more visually appealing and accessible access to many of its core options while in fullscreen … [Read more...] about Youtube’s fullscreen experience is getting a bunch of improvements on Android and iOS
Is the Chrome App freezing on your iPhone? Here’s a temporary fix
Earlier this week, Google rolled out the latest version of the Chrome browser and its Chrome OS counterpart to desktop and mobile devices across the globe. Version 97 of Chrome and Chrome OS are relatively light in the updates department but one segment of devices is seeing some undesirable behavior … [Read more...] about Is the Chrome App freezing on your iPhone? Here’s a temporary fix
Google Calendar for Android and iOS devices finally has a visual account switcher
For years now, Google Calendar has worked very different from the company's other apps on mobile. Instead of allowing you to swap quickly between which account you're utilizing for all of its primary tasks like creating and managing events, users have instead been forced to be very careful while … [Read more...] about Google Calendar for Android and iOS devices finally has a visual account switcher
Continuous scrolling for mobile brings Google Search into the modern age
If you're accustomed to browsing several pages to find what you need on Google Search using your phone, you'll probably have noticed already that you no longer need to click to navigate between each new page of results. Google has officially rolled out "Continuous scrolling", bringing Search into … [Read more...] about Continuous scrolling for mobile brings Google Search into the modern age
Stadia’s iOS web application gains Direct Touch gameplay support
Direct Touch brought the ability to directly touch your device's screen to affect gameplay in Stadia earlier this year to Android. Today on the Stadia Community Blog, Google announced that this feature is now available on iOS via the Stadia web application. Direct touch allows players to … [Read more...] about Stadia’s iOS web application gains Direct Touch gameplay support
Google SVP ‘offers to help’ Apple bring RCS messages to iMessage
With the impending arrival of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, there's more talk of iPhone users thinking about trying out Android than I've seen in a long time. Don't get me wrong, it won't turn into much of a tide shift in the end, but the fact remains that Google has a compelling phone launch on its … [Read more...] about Google SVP ‘offers to help’ Apple bring RCS messages to iMessage
[UPDATED] Yup, YouTube search on iOS is busted
If you've been using YouTube on iOS any time in the past couple of hours, you probably ended up here because you are experiencing some technical difficulties. Since roughly 5:30 PM EST, thousands of reports have been rolling into DownDetector, Twitter, and other sites stating that the search feature … [Read more...] about [UPDATED] Yup, YouTube search on iOS is busted
Google Keep will now let you use designer-created background images for your notes
Google Keep is arguably the best Google service in existence, but I'm extremely biased. Obviously, Gmail, Search, Maps, and so on are core to the user experience for the company, but Keep has become something I use daily for practically everything. Some people even use it for tasks as well, in place … [Read more...] about Google Keep will now let you use designer-created background images for your notes
As promised, Google Fi VPN begins rolling out to iPhone subscribers
Google's Virtual Private Network, or VPN first launched in beta for Android which was a part of the company's Safer Internet Day keeps users safe by protecting their privacy and security as they utilize their phone. Shortly after, the VPN was found to work with Chrome OS as well, being able to … [Read more...] about As promised, Google Fi VPN begins rolling out to iPhone subscribers
New features coming to Google Chrome’s Reading list
We've been tracking Google's new Chrome Reading list feature for quite some time now, and it's been awesome to see it evolve. What began as a simple means of reading something later with one click on the desktop is slowly becoming a full-blown replacement for tab managers like Toby, bookmarking … [Read more...] about New features coming to Google Chrome’s Reading list
