#GoogleMessages

Google Messages tests a camera button on the homepage header.

It opens the same camera UI which you see when attaching pics in Google Message conversations

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#GooglePlayServices

According to a new addition in the GPSU changelog - [Phone] Nearby Share is disabled in work profiles.

Users of work profile/enterprise users will not be able to send files through nearby share now as it will be disabled by default now starting with GMS version 23.41

This looks like a step aimed at stopping employees from sharing work files/documents which are not supposed to be shared outside or even between the employees for security reasons.

How important was it to have nearby share disabled by default? Samsung literally has a workaround article for IT administrators describing how to disable nearby share.

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#PlayStore

Google Play Store's real time app scan in action ;-)

More about it on Google Blog

Will share flags for rooted users.

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#GoogleMessages

Will see if it works, don't have another device currently. ;_; 🤷‍♂️

Seems like this which I covered a while ago -https://news.1rj.ru/str/GappsLeaks/173

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#GoogleMessages

Well, This doesn't work as expected currently. Seems like half baked for now.

I have tried adding my account on another device with the same Google Message beta version signed in with my account. Unfortunately it doesn't show another device as paired for now. Not sure about what's going on behind the scene.

And they are using emojis to pair phones...🤷‍♂️

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#GooglePlayServices

Seems like Google is getting rid of COVID Notification Exposures as the option has disappeared with recent GMS updates for me on two devices.

Update : There are several people confirming in comments that this option is no longer available for them. It makes sense to remove this option because COVID is almost over now.

Would be nice if you can check and report if it's still there. GMS Version 23.42 (beta) - check if you have any update for GMS here

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#GooglePlayServices #Flags

Android's default QR scanner adding support to add passes and health cards directly to Google Wallet

Read on my blog - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2023/10/Android-default-QR-pass-scan.html

A video of the feature and flags for rooted users to enable the feature are also shared :)

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#GooglePhone #Flags

Minor visual tweak - Phone by Google adds a call recording indicator in beta version 117

Just a red 🔴, flag may not be enabled by Google for everyone currently, so you can flip the following flag using GappsMod [ROOT] -

📦 Package - com.google.android.dialer

🏳️ Flag - enable_call_recording_indicator

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So it's announced by Google now and ready to roll out on Android & iOS

https://twitter.com/googlephotos/status/1716863878980907393

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#GooglePhotos

Google Photos working on a Photo Stack feature.

According to strings which I found in Google Photos -

• "Photo stacks automatically groups similar photos that were taken together."

• "Turn on photo stacks to organize similar photos that were taken together."

• "Change top pick or edit stack"

• "Manage photo stacks anytime"

There will be a setting in the preference screen of Google Photos for this feature making it easier to turn it on/off.

Found it in the Google Photos Version 6.59. Not sure when it will be rolled out. No luck with flags for now.

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#GoogleDrive

Google Drive Android App is preparing for a more advanced file search with a new UI

Read about it on my blog (few more screenshots)

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#GoogleDrive #Flags

Enable the new advance file search UI in Google Drive [Root]

Flip the following flag using GappsMod -

📦 Package - com.google.apps.drive.android#com.google.android.apps.docs

🏳️ Flag -
• SearchPreworkFeature__enable_search_prework
• SearchUserLoveFeature__enable_search_dynamic_query_formulation

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#GooglePlayServices

With the recent update of Google Play Services, there are various flags of Google apps missing from the Phenotype database. As a result, some feature flags which I shared in channel are completely disappeared and can not be turned on/off with GappsMod app.

Google Play Store doesn't seems to be affected by this as it uses its own Phenotype database.

Better hope this is some kind of bug because if it's something intentional from Google side, it is going to be more hard to find flags and new features in Google apps. ;_;

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#GPSU

A bunch of changes added in GPSU changelog which will be rolling out with Play Store Version 38.2 on Phone & WearOS

Available on Apkmirror

• [Phone] You can now decide if Google Play can update an app that was installed by a different app store.

• [Wear] Users can now install and set watch faces directly from the Play store listing and opt in to always automatically set watchfaces upon install.

• [Phone] Users will see the contents in the SERP as “cards” which should help differentiate organic results from other elements.

• [Wear] Warning messages are now visible on detail pages for apps that are prone to crashes.

• [Phone] Some users will be presented with an option to tell the Play Store about the categories of games they are interested in.

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#GoogleChrome

Chrome on Android will no longer support Android Nougat

According to Chrome Enterprise and Education release notes page, last version of Chrome that supports Android Nougat is Chrome 119, and it includes a message to affected users informing them to upgrade their operating system.

Chrome 120 will not support nor ship to users running Android Nougat.

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#GoogleChrome

Google Chrome will be able to restore your PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) on your new Android devices

I spotted some commits on GitHub Chromium repo which gives us a hint of how its going to work.

Read more on my blog - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2023/11/Google-Chrome-PWA-Restore.html?m=1

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