As it became known, the Chrome OS operating system will soon be able to broadcast the smartphone screen to a large display of a computer or laptop. The ability to broadcast a smartphone screen to a monitor is a fairly popular modern feature for sharing a phone and a computer....
Digital security experts at MalwareBytes have discovered that a popular Android app called Barcode Scanner has turned into malware that opens its own browser and displays intrusive ads. The developer of the barcode scanning application is Lavabird Ltd., which has successfully distributed it through the official Google digital content store...
Google regularly updates its service for viewing and editing photos and videos with new features. Over the past year, new features have been added for watching videos, and now users have begun to get a new option for scaling videos. By clicking on the screen, you can monitor and view...
According to the source, the list of smartphones that support the Google augmented reality platform (previously called ARCore, and now Google Play Service for AR) has expanded significantly. If earlier it had a little more than a dozen devices, now there are already 28. The complete list is as follows:...
Android 12 Developer Preview is expected to be released this week or next, an early beta of Google’s new developer operating system. In the last newsletter, we talked about which devices it can be tested on, and in this one – details about Android 12 itself, which can be seen...
The first version of Android 12 for developers is expected to be released soon – Android 12 Developer Beta. It will debut this week or early next, and then the first ideas will appear about how the new version of the OS will differ from the current Android 11. In...
Google is ending support for a number of older processors in its Chrome browser. Starting with Chrome 89, the browser will not support x86 processors that do not have at least the SSE3 (Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3) instruction set. The Windows 10 operating system itself requires at least the...
Google has begun to take steps to restrict the use of the popular Google Camera app (Google Camera) and Google Recorder (Google Dictaphone) on smartphones for which they are not yet designed. When Google released the Pixel 5 smartphone in October, one of its interesting features was the new versions...
Google has released a small but important update for its branded browser. The stable version of Chrome 88.0.4324.150 is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It fixes the high-severity vulnerability CVE-2021-21148 discovered by cyber security specialist Mattias Buelens and reported on January 24. A “hole” in Chrome WebAssembly and the...
Google has begun testing a new route display mode on Google Maps, which has sparked controversy on the web. Initially, the XDA Developers community of mobile developers noticed the new interface. The note describes the interface as “fresher”, “cleaner” and easier to understand. However, not everyone agreed with this point...
Google began blocking the popular The Great Suspender extension from working in the Chrome browser, and has also removed it from the Chrome Web Store. Extension users received a notification that The Great Suspender contains malware. The Great Suspender extension allowed to “suspend” inactive Chrome tabs, with which the user...
Google intends to follow last year’s schedule for the release of preliminary versions of the new Android 12 operating system for developers. As it became known, the Android Beta Feedback application was updated yesterday. In 2019, Google provided the Android Beta Feedback app for Android 10 that allows you to...
In the coming months, Apple will require app developers to disclose information and consent to tracking. Google is reportedly considering similar privacy measures for Android. According to Bloomberg, Google is exploring an alternative to Apple’s new anti-tracking feature. Google aims to limit data collection and tracking between apps as users...
Google Play Music stopped working in early December, but the files you downloaded remain available for export. This will change later in February when Google removes all information related to Play Music. In addition to all the songs you’ve downloaded since the service was created in 2011, other Play Music...
Google has announced the launch of a new camera feature that can be very useful for users of smartphones based on the Android operating system. The Google Fit app has added the ability to determine the breathing rate by simply pointing the camera lens at a person. The user just...
Last month, Google redesigned the search engine for Android and iOS mobile devices with an emphasis on making results easier to read. Now the update of the search engine for PC has arrived, it will be appreciated by music lovers. Now, on the left side of the search results, a...
