All the way back in January, we reported on a new ‘Adaptive Charging’ feature for Chromebooks. Essentially, Google wants to bring the same intelligent capability from Pixel and Android for your device to learn your battery usage and charging habits to its laptops. At the time, it was just a Chromium repository commit, but now, […]
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Workspace: You will soon be able to copy encrypted documents, spreadsheets, or presentations
Google Workspace admins and organizations have the option to enable client-side encryption for files in their domain. This encryption encodes and provides another layer of security beyond the standard AES 256-bit encryption that Google Drive provides to files that are considered confidential. However, some restrictions come with encrypted files — such as the ability to […]
Continue ReadingPixel and Android phones could soon detect when you snore or cough because why not
The second-generation Nest Hub in the past has added many health tracking features including the ability to detect when you’re snoring when noise occurs in your environment while you sleep, and well, how you’re sleeping overall. This is possible because the device’s sensors capture and process information securely on the device without sending anything to […]
Continue ReadingWorkspace: Admins can now manage shared drives using Organizational Units (OUs)
Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives) in Google Drive are an important and efficient way to keep files that belong to a specific department or group of associates separate from the rest of the files in an organization. Unfortunately, as it stands right now, all company shared drives are subject to the same policies and reside […]
Continue ReadingYou can now copy and paste files across Google Drive instead of having to use the ‘Move’ option
Before Google cleaned up Drive’s duplicate, messy file structure, pretty much all users had multiple versions of the same file in many locations, making it nearly impossible to manage. Now that they’ve gone through and turned these into what can basically be considered arrows or shortcuts pointing to the original file, Google is allowing you […]
Continue ReadingThis upcoming change to Gboard would have made my time with the Galaxy Fold much better
A few months back, I tested the foldable phone waters a bit more extensively by spending some time with the Samsung Galaxy Fold 3. I’d considered it quite a few times over the years, testing the original Galaxy Fold and the original Surface Duo for only a few days each before deciding both of those […]
Continue ReadingGoogle strengthens security for Enterprise customers with launch of new partner integrations
Google has always been at the forefront of providing strong, industry-leading digital security, and it goes one step further today by launching new tools for Enterprise customers. It is launching a collection of new plug-and-play partner integrations in the Chrome browser and ChromeOS to provide I.T. with more tools to curb security attacks and enforce […]
Continue ReadingYour Nest Hub will now show the date, time, and weather all at once on the standby screen
Appearing on version 46.32.13.418036576 and Cast firmware version 1.56.290464 of the second-generation Google Nest Hub, as well as on the JBL Link View as per 9to5Google, the time, date, and weather will all now appear simultaneously on the bottom-left of the device homescreen! As you can see in the image above, all three are present […]
Continue ReadingIt looks like your Chrome Tab Groups are no longer planned to be stuffed into the Side Panel
We’ve been tracking with the changes Google is making to the Chrome browser’s Side Panel feature for some time now and have seen it evolve over the course of its development. Instead of simply storing bookmarks, it also gained the ability to house Read Later or rather “Read Anything” items, and even Google Lens. Up […]
Continue ReadingChrome Canary begins showing interactive tutorial for creating and managing Tab Groups
A new update to the Chrome Canary browser on desktop shows off a new interactive tutorial that Google is trying out. The tutorial is meant to onboard users to its Chrome Tab Groups feature. Tab Groups allow you to group together browser tabs, give them a color and a name, and even collapse them to […]
Continue ReadingYou will now be able to make and act on multiple selections at once in Google Docs
Google announced a productivity update to Google Docs that will make a huge difference in how you work. Starting today, but rolling out gradually within two weeks, you will now be able to make multiple text selections at once and then apply actions such as deleting, copying, pasting, or formatting. I, for one, am surprised […]
Continue ReadingThe Chromebook virtual keyboard is getting a Material You makeover
It’s been quite some time since the look of the built-in ChromeOS virtual keyboard got a new look. Back in 2020, Google gave it an overhaul and made it decidedly more Gboard-esque, but little has changed since then. Two years later, it seems they are ready to try out a fresher, more Material You look […]
Continue ReadingWaze users can now connect to Apple Music on iPhone
Waze is a community-driven map app acquired by Google in 2013 and is a favorite among those who prefer more immediate user-submitted data during their drive. The app shares real-time information on traffic conditions, accidents, police traps, blocked roads, and weather conditions. It works by collecting this information while the users drive around with the […]
Continue ReadingReal Tone filters rolling out in Google Photos
One of the things Google spoke about the most during the I/O conference this year was how much advancements in A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) played a role in software improvements. The implementation of Real Tone for Pixel with the launch of the Pixel 6 line sought to improve the representation of diverse skin tones across all […]
Continue ReadingChrome 102 has arrived, check out what’s new and improved
Right on time, Google has released the next version of the Chrome browser for Desktop. Windows, Linux, and macOS users can now update Chrome to version 102 and enjoy some snazzy new features. Along with some new tricks, Chrome 102 brings some new features and tools to help developers make their web apps even more […]
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