Google has announced an important strategic decision regarding its proprietary Google Chrome browser. The developers are going to start rolling out functional browser updates every four weeks. Currently, updates are released every six weeks. Developers will move to the new schedule with the release of Chrome 94 in the third...
Google has begun rolling out a new handy feature for its Android Auto platform. Owners of expensive widescreen media systems will now be able to use split screen mode. The feature has already started appearing among some Android Auto users. A screenshot posted by one of these lucky ones shows...
According to Business Insider, the X Lab team, which is part of Google and Alphabet, is developing a top-secret augmented reality device that significantly enhances human hearing. The project is codenamed “Wolverine” in honor of the eponymous Marvel character. After suffering a genetic mutation, Wolverine not only received an adamantium...
Google has released a useful update for the Google Maps service. During navigation, users noticed that railroad crossings along the route began to appear in the Google Maps mobile application. When approaching a crossing, a warning about a possible delay may appear on the screen. Google hasn’t officially announced the...
Google will soon begin distributing the stable version of Chrome 89. The update brings quite a few improvements and changes, including reimagined profiles with color themes and easy switching. Users can now easily switch between different profiles in Chrome. Each user can create their own color theme. As a result,...
Google released the stable version of the Android 11 operating system on September 8, 2020. Very soon, the platform celebrated its six-month “anniversary”, and Google has already begun to “test” Android 12 on application developers. However, not all smartphones can boast of the received update. Of course, the Google Pixel...
Google has made an interesting statement about the features of the Google Photos service (Google Photos). This is a photo saving mode called High Quality. The fact is that “High Quality” is a compressed format, in contrast to the “Original Quality” mode, when photos and videos are saved on servers...
As part of Hangouts’ lengthy funeral process, Google is also shutting down its Call Phones feature, which allows Hangouts to make calls to regular phones via Google Voice. Google planned to close Google Voice integration with classic Hangouts in early 2021. The Hangouts calling service is free, but payment was...
Google has finally fully implemented the expected by many Live Caption function (Automatic subtitles) in the proprietary Chrome browser. Google originally introduced Live Caption along with the Android 10 operating system in 2019. “Automatic subtitles” fully live up to their name – they automatically convert speech in a video into...
Google has announced the imminent launch of a new parental control mode for the popular YouTube video service. The new mode is aimed at children 9-12 years old and adolescents, that is, those who have already outgrown the use of completely childish YouTube Kids. Growing up children will be able...
According to 9to5Google, for several months now, on smartwatches running the Wear OS operating system, activation of Google Assistant using the standard voice command “Ok Google” has not been working. Google told The Verge that it is currently working on a fix, noting that it “is aware of the issues...
Google has decided to distract from the development of the latest Android 12 and please users of smartphones with not the latest OS versions by releasing new functions for them. For smartphones with Android 7.0 Nougat and higher, sending deferred messages to Google Messages has become available. As noted by...
Google has transformed Google Pay from a simple “payment” to a multifunctional service at the end of 2020 and began its “trial” on users in the United States. Now Google has warned that the old Google Pay app will lose much of its functionality in April. The web version, as...
Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka OnLeaks, has published high-quality renders of the promising Google Pixel 5a smartphone. This model, along with the Pixel 5, was expected in the fall, but for some reason Google delayed the debut of the Pixel 5a. This is the first time we can look at a smartphone...
Google Chrome, which dominates the browser market, consumes more than ten times more RAM than Safari. Such results were shown by testing carried out by the developer of the application Flotato, which allows you to turn websites into applications for Mac. Morten Just tested Google Chrome against Safari in a...
Google has launched an interesting change to its Wear OS platform for wearable electronics (formerly Android Wear) without any announcements or announcements. Users noticed that the watch began to report the absence of notifications in different ways. If previously only one message “No notifications” was used, as in devices based...
