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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Pixel 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 ReadingChromeOS 102 arrives with better note-taking, accessibility improvements and more
While not precisely when scheduled, Google has officially announced the release of ChromeOS version 102 and it should be rolling out to eligible devices over the next few days. This release is relatively light in the features department but I think that you’ll find the updates are very welcome and quite useful on many fronts. […]
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 ReadingAndroid 13 Beta 2.1 patch rolling out now with bug fixes for Pixel phones
Android 13 began its public beta exactly a month ago, giving Android enthusiasts an early look at the new features the new iteration of the OS has to offer. These features include new notification permissions, a brand new photo picker, more support for themed app icons, improved localization, and more language support. Beta 2 followed […]
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 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 […]
Continue ReadingSearch with Google Lens in Chrome’s side panel without needing to leave the tab you’re on
Google Lens is an extremely powerful image recognition software that Google has created for Android and uses computer vision and machine learning in order to find similar images across the web. It’s now available on Chrome for desktop as many of you are aware based on our past coverage. However, up until now, right-clicking any […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS to offer ‘greater audio configuration’ with new Audio Settings page
A new Chromium Repository commit may indicate that Google is either streamlining its audio settings in the ChromeOS Settings app or that it has new features planned for the near future. Discovered by Chrome Story, the commit states “Create feature flag for Audio Settings Page”. This means that a developer flag at chrome://flags could eventually […]
Continue ReadingThis is not a drill: Google TV Profiles are actually rolling out this time
After being delayed once already and after several false starts including one accidental slip up which revealed them to the world early, Google TV profiles are actually rolling out this time. All the way back in December, Google made the decision to push back the launch of a feature the Chromecast with Google TV should […]
Continue ReadingEVE Online can now be played directly through the web browser via EVE Anywhere alpha
Anyone who knows me will know that I’m always on the lookout for new ways to play games through the web. From Afterplay to Jam.gg to “Play!” and more, I’m always impressed at how much a browser can do, but somehow, this has somehow completely flown under my radar – EVE Online can now be […]
Continue ReadingYou can no longer buy Kindle books through the Amazon app on Android
While I’m personally all in on the Google Play Books ecosystem for eBooks and audiobooks, I can understand that there is a much larger percentage of people that prefer Kindle and Audible for their content. Because Android is the dominant handheld operating system, it stands to reason that most of those same individuals also have […]
Continue ReadingI’m beyond ready for these Airtable and Notion-style features to come to Google Sheets
I used to hate spreadsheets. Period. The main reason why is that I hated formulas, and thought they were extremely confusing. I mean, I was right, of course, but I also had pretty much no data to organize in my youth, so I couldn’t see the practical application of learning to use them, to begin […]
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