A new update to Chrome Beta is rolling out now, and with it, new and exciting features to try out! Google has detailed its efforts with three prominent tools that we’ve covered already, but today, they’re officially launching them for you to test and give feedback on. Continuous Search and Stylized Web Notes are available […]
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Take control of your work life again with ‘Time Insights’ for Google Calendar
Want to get personalized, analytical data on the meetings and collaborations you’ve been a part of? What, am I the only one? Google is rolling out what are called ‘Time Insights’ in Calendar that will help you do just that and while it may not be the feature everyone thought they wanted, it may be […]
Continue ReadingIf you want to automate all the things, try out Google Assistant’s new ‘Daylong routines’
A new option for creating routines with Google Assistant that lasts throughout the day is beginning to appear for users as spotted first by 9to5Google. These new routines can contain several actions that can be triggered at different times during the day as specified by the user, of course. While visiting Assistant’s settings or the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle lets desktop users autorun Chat at startup, but not if you have a Chromebook
Welcome to the Workspace Sessions. Workspace Sessions brings you the latest from Google Workspace, the Google Admin Console, and all things related to Enterprise and Education from the world of Google. For Windows, macOS, and Linux users, you will now have the ability to launch Google Chat automatically when you boot up your desktop or […]
Continue ReadingGoogle makes it easier to operate a hybrid workplace with Calendar work locations
Welcome to the Workspace Sessions. Workspace Sessions brings you the latest from Google Workspace, the Google Admin Console, and all things related to Enterprise and Education from the world of Google. Google Workspace has adapted quite well to the new normal – the hybrid work environment that’s a mix of physical and digital which was […]
Continue ReadingHow to play your Sony Playstation 5 (or PS4) games from your Chromebook
Contents Now that more people are beginning to get their hands on Sony’s next-generation game console, the PlayStation 5, I can feel a little less guilty about having received one early on. Between cloud gaming with Stadia, GeForce Now, Xbox Game Pass, and so on, Steam Link Beta for remote gaming, and even as we […]
Continue ReadingThe new Chromebook Wallpaper experience picks up dark mode and a healthy dose of polish
Google has long been in the process of completely revamping the Chromebook wallpaper picker experience. It’s becoming a system web application (SWA) with a bold, centered design that better accommodates all of the wonderful wallpaper collections that have been added over the past year. It features all of the same images as Pixel phones in […]
Continue ReadingThe Chromebook file picker becomes the latest to add rounded corners in Chrome OS Canary
Just a month ago, I discovered that a few of the system windows in Chrome OS Canary had switched to a two-tone design with rounded corners in place of their previously sharp edges. It was a surprising yet exciting find, and I had a feeling we’d see more areas of the OS adopt this same […]
Continue ReadingYou may one day be able to wake your docked Chromebook without lifting the lid with ‘Dark Resume’
Chromebooks have some things to figure out in order to make their docked experience better, as evidenced by the fact that windows don’t remember their position after a restart. However, the Works with Chromebook team at Google has done some incredible work making the way that peripherals integrate into the operating system more natural. In […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Tasks in Chat rooms get a ‘view in chat’ button to help give context about their creation
Tasks created in Google Chat Rooms will soon be gaining the ability to view the context surrounding their creation using a “View in Chat” button that will appear to the right of them. When clicked, you’ll be navigated back to the Chat message where the task was created or the task creation was indicated. As […]
Continue ReadingYou asked, Google listened – Alphabetical Chromebook launcher sorting is on its way
Literally, the most requested feature from Chromebook users that seems to have fallen by the silent wayside over the years is the ability to sort the apps and web applications found within the Chromebook’s launcher alphabetically. While Google has recently created a system for categorical search, tagging each search result with ‘app’, ‘web’, and so […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Tasks is getting rid of its unintuitive navigation drawer and will let you star entries
With Google Tasks rolling out to more Workspace tiers, gaining inline editing on the web, and more importantly, adding landscape mode to its app on Chromebooks, you’d think Google would refrain from providing yet another task management solution to its users. Even though Chat has its own Google module now with no way to import […]
Continue Reading‘What’s New in Chrome’ page now live – keeps you informed on the latest browser features
It wasn’t long ago that a Chromium Repository commit discovered by Chrome Story pointed to a potentially upcoming ‘What’s New’ page specific to the Chrome browser surfaced. Chromebooks already have their own version of this page showing what new features are available to users in one centralized place via the Explore application found in their […]
Continue ReadingChrome’s Global Media Controls add a mute button and may bring back one-click tab mute
Google introduced a Global Media Control center to both Chrome and Chrome OS late last year, and then went on to add several important features to it so that users could control all audio and video from one central location on their devices. From fast forward and skip buttons, to displaying nearby peripherals, and updating […]
Continue ReadingNest Hub Max can now read web pages out loud using text-to-speech technology
In June, it was found that the Nest Hub and the Nest Hub Max would have a built-in keyboard for browsing the web by hand as opposed to doing so by voice. These devices also gained several new browser tools to make quickly navigating around the web much more accessible. Paired with the recently discovered […]
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