#Translate #Drive #Gmail #Chat
Google Translate & Drive gained new widgets for Apple devices
Google Blog
Google services are getting better to use on Apple devices with this update.
Google Translate widget is already live for a few days, allowing you to translate copied text instantly, use voice speech to insert words, launch camera to translate real-life text, enter conversation mode or live transcribe.
Google Drive is also getting widgets too, with XL variant specifically for the iPad. The widget can show up to eight recent files, with quick shortcuts to open Priority mode, Shared with me, My Drive and upload files. There is also another widget showing only one-column with four recent files. These widgets will start rolling out next week.
Lastly, Gmail and Google Chat notification will show you the sender's profile photo. You can set contacts you want to receive in your notifications when Focus is turned on, so that you will received important messages from them while others are silenced.
Google Translate & Drive gained new widgets for Apple devices
Google Blog
Google services are getting better to use on Apple devices with this update.
Google Translate widget is already live for a few days, allowing you to translate copied text instantly, use voice speech to insert words, launch camera to translate real-life text, enter conversation mode or live transcribe.
Google Drive is also getting widgets too, with XL variant specifically for the iPad. The widget can show up to eight recent files, with quick shortcuts to open Priority mode, Shared with me, My Drive and upload files. There is also another widget showing only one-column with four recent files. These widgets will start rolling out next week.
Lastly, Gmail and Google Chat notification will show you the sender's profile photo. You can set contacts you want to receive in your notifications when Focus is turned on, so that you will received important messages from them while others are silenced.
#Android #A12L
Android 12L let you use scrolling screenshot for Webviews
XDA Developers
Android 12 introduced scrolling screenshot, allowing users to capture more of their screen in one shot. With Android 12L rolling out to more Pixel devices, a lot of stuff have been improved including scrolling screenshot too.
Previously it is not possible to use the feature in Webviews, but with Android 12L, Google managed to fix the issue. When opening webpage in a Webview and took a screenshot, you will see the "capture more" button appeared at the bottom which let you take a scrolling screenshot. Webview basically means an embedded browser which can load web pages in applications.
This feature is already first spotted (code review) by Mishaal Rahman and now widely available with the Android 12L update.
Android 12L let you use scrolling screenshot for Webviews
XDA Developers
Android 12 introduced scrolling screenshot, allowing users to capture more of their screen in one shot. With Android 12L rolling out to more Pixel devices, a lot of stuff have been improved including scrolling screenshot too.
Previously it is not possible to use the feature in Webviews, but with Android 12L, Google managed to fix the issue. When opening webpage in a Webview and took a screenshot, you will see the "capture more" button appeared at the bottom which let you take a scrolling screenshot. Webview basically means an embedded browser which can load web pages in applications.
This feature is already first spotted (code review) by Mishaal Rahman and now widely available with the Android 12L update.
#GooglePlay #PlayStore
You can use Play Points balance to pay for apps, games and more
9To5Google
Earlier if you had wanted to cash in with your Play Points balance, you need to redeem a voucher or coupon first and later use it, but with an update, Google now let you to use Play Points balance directly when purchasing.
When going through the usual purchase screen, you will see a new section prompting you to "Use points." Tapping on it show you several options, one can save you $1 with 100 points, or you can just choose to spend points to pay for the purchase.
By the way, you can earn more points when spending in the Play Store depending on your level, varying from 1 to 1.4 point per every $1 spent.
You can use Play Points balance to pay for apps, games and more
9To5Google
Earlier if you had wanted to cash in with your Play Points balance, you need to redeem a voucher or coupon first and later use it, but with an update, Google now let you to use Play Points balance directly when purchasing.
When going through the usual purchase screen, you will see a new section prompting you to "Use points." Tapping on it show you several options, one can save you $1 with 100 points, or you can just choose to spend points to pay for the purchase.
By the way, you can earn more points when spending in the Play Store depending on your level, varying from 1 to 1.4 point per every $1 spent.
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#PlayStore
Play Store rewrote on Jetpack Compose, used up to 50% less code and gain faster rendering speed
Android Developers Blog
Play Store is about to get much more snappier than ever before. The code used for Play Store till today has been more than 10 years old and "had incurred tremendous tech debt" over the years, so the team is planning to rebuild it with a new framework, Jetpack Compose.
Regarding developer productivity, “hundreds of engineers” working on the app, and they found it "requires much less code, sometimes up to 50%" with declarative UI framework. They used the Ratings table as an example, saying it only just used 210 lines of Kotlin instead of 350 lines Java and 55 lines XML. They also mentioned animations are much easier to add too.
In performance, they said Play Store loads search page results with 40% less rendering time, with the help of baseline profiles. They also managed to "built a Modifier to easily spot these recompositions" in their debug settings, and saw jank reduced by 10~15%.
The team said it's "a big step-up for code quality and health," hopefully they can rollout the all new improved Play Store soon which should make the experience much better to use,
Play Store rewrote on Jetpack Compose, used up to 50% less code and gain faster rendering speed
Android Developers Blog
Play Store is about to get much more snappier than ever before. The code used for Play Store till today has been more than 10 years old and "had incurred tremendous tech debt" over the years, so the team is planning to rebuild it with a new framework, Jetpack Compose.
Regarding developer productivity, “hundreds of engineers” working on the app, and they found it "requires much less code, sometimes up to 50%" with declarative UI framework. They used the Ratings table as an example, saying it only just used 210 lines of Kotlin instead of 350 lines Java and 55 lines XML. They also mentioned animations are much easier to add too.
In performance, they said Play Store loads search page results with 40% less rendering time, with the help of baseline profiles. They also managed to "built a Modifier to easily spot these recompositions" in their debug settings, and saw jank reduced by 10~15%.
The team said it's "a big step-up for code quality and health," hopefully they can rollout the all new improved Play Store soon which should make the experience much better to use,
Android Developers Blog
Play Time with Jetpack Compose
Learn about Google Play Store’s strategy for adopting Jetpack Compose, how they overcame specific performance challenges, and improved...
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#News
YouTube Vanced is discontinued due to Google
YouTube Vanced
This commonly used YouTube client mod is known for their AMOLED black theme or SponsorBlock integration was discontinued yesterday. The creators of it say it's because of a Cease and Desist letter from Google outside of their control.
The download links will be available for a day until they will be taken down. The client will still work for a while so you do not have to worry about that.
As an alternative we recommend you to try out NewPipe, an OSS client of YouTube and other platforms.
Farewell Vanced, we hope for a similar alternative in the future and wish the best for its creators.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
YouTube Vanced is discontinued due to Google
YouTube Vanced
This commonly used YouTube client mod is known for their AMOLED black theme or SponsorBlock integration was discontinued yesterday. The creators of it say it's because of a Cease and Desist letter from Google outside of their control.
The download links will be available for a day until they will be taken down. The client will still work for a while so you do not have to worry about that.
As an alternative we recommend you to try out NewPipe, an OSS client of YouTube and other platforms.
Farewell Vanced, we hope for a similar alternative in the future and wish the best for its creators.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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#News #Pixel #Pay
Several Google Pixel devices on March update couldn't make contactless payment
9To5Google
UPDATE: Google has already fixed the issue.
Android 12L March Feature Drop has been released one week ago, but apparently it caused some owners not being able to make contactless transactions with Google Pay.
Google Pay will show "Your phone doesn't meet software standards" popup, which is something usually happens when your phone has been modified in some ways and resulting in SafetyNet check failed. Apparently all these reports are coming from owners that have updated to the March update and have not modified their devices in any way, but still end up getting the error message.
If you are one of the guy that faced it, it's better that you waited for Google to issue a fix instead of opting to the Android 12QPR3 beta program.
Several Google Pixel devices on March update couldn't make contactless payment
9To5Google
UPDATE: Google has already fixed the issue.
Android 12L March Feature Drop has been released one week ago, but apparently it caused some owners not being able to make contactless transactions with Google Pay.
Google Pay will show "Your phone doesn't meet software standards" popup, which is something usually happens when your phone has been modified in some ways and resulting in SafetyNet check failed. Apparently all these reports are coming from owners that have updated to the March update and have not modified their devices in any way, but still end up getting the error message.
If you are one of the guy that faced it, it's better that you waited for Google to issue a fix instead of opting to the Android 12QPR3 beta program.
9to5Google
[Update: Fixed] Some Google Pixel phones can’t make contactless payments after March patch
After the Android 12L March update, some Pixel (3a–5a) owners can't make contactless transactions with Google Pay because of uncertified ...
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Here's how Android 12L looks like when running on a desktop
Jon West (Twitter)
Google promoted Android 12L initially to make it user friendly for large screen devices, which includes tablets and foldables commonly. Well, that doesn't mean you couldn't run it on a desktop though, and some people out there have managed to bring the experience to there already.
Jon West, creator of Bliss OS and Android-Generic Project, has managed to run Android 12L on desktop successfully. As expected, the layout are pretty much similar to what Google has shown, like the dual column layout are applied to the lock screen and quick settings panel for example.
Jon said it's pretty much usable at the current state, though some minor UI bugs are still there. Anyway, it's nice to see that overall, Android 12L makes it much easier to use on a large screen device. You can check out all the screenshots in Twitter if interested.
Here's how Android 12L looks like when running on a desktop
Jon West (Twitter)
Google promoted Android 12L initially to make it user friendly for large screen devices, which includes tablets and foldables commonly. Well, that doesn't mean you couldn't run it on a desktop though, and some people out there have managed to bring the experience to there already.
Jon West, creator of Bliss OS and Android-Generic Project, has managed to run Android 12L on desktop successfully. As expected, the layout are pretty much similar to what Google has shown, like the dual column layout are applied to the lock screen and quick settings panel for example.
Jon said it's pretty much usable at the current state, though some minor UI bugs are still there. Anyway, it's nice to see that overall, Android 12L makes it much easier to use on a large screen device. You can check out all the screenshots in Twitter if interested.
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#YouTube
You can view video trannoscription in the YouTube mobile app soon
Android Police
Video trannoscription can be helpful when you want to search back for a specific part of a video. For a long time, YouTube has only make the feature available on the desktop web experience, but it's hitting the mobile app experience soon.
Once the feature is available for you, you will be able to see a new Trannoscript section with a "Show Trannoscript" button, tapping on it will display the video's trannoscription. One drawback though, you couldn't search for it directly which might be a little annoying especially if the video duration is long.
For now, the trannoscription feature is rolling out via server side to a few devices randomly.
You can view video trannoscription in the YouTube mobile app soon
Android Police
Video trannoscription can be helpful when you want to search back for a specific part of a video. For a long time, YouTube has only make the feature available on the desktop web experience, but it's hitting the mobile app experience soon.
Once the feature is available for you, you will be able to see a new Trannoscript section with a "Show Trannoscript" button, tapping on it will display the video's trannoscription. One drawback though, you couldn't search for it directly which might be a little annoying especially if the video duration is long.
For now, the trannoscription feature is rolling out via server side to a few devices randomly.
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#Android #A12L
Android 12L has a obvious status bar glitch for some Pixel phones
Android Police
Google has been pretty much messed up with Android release schedules if you don't know yet. It's nice to see that Android 12L resolved a lot of issues spotted in Android 12, but still some other bugs popup as they fixed those bugs, one of them is the status bar alignment.
If you owned a Pixel 5 or Pixel 6, you might faced status bar glitch. Seems like the developers from Google forgot to configure the status bar properly for some Pixel devices which lead to this UI issue. There are already a few users on Reddit (2) reporting the issue, saying it's happening in applications such as Snapchat, Spotify and more.
There doesn't seem to be any easy solution to fix it unless you revert back to an older version of build. Anyway, hopefully Google is acknowledge of the issue and fix it as soon as possible.
Android 12L has a obvious status bar glitch for some Pixel phones
Android Police
Google has been pretty much messed up with Android release schedules if you don't know yet. It's nice to see that Android 12L resolved a lot of issues spotted in Android 12, but still some other bugs popup as they fixed those bugs, one of them is the status bar alignment.
If you owned a Pixel 5 or Pixel 6, you might faced status bar glitch. Seems like the developers from Google forgot to configure the status bar properly for some Pixel devices which lead to this UI issue. There are already a few users on Reddit (2) reporting the issue, saying it's happening in applications such as Snapchat, Spotify and more.
There doesn't seem to be any easy solution to fix it unless you revert back to an older version of build. Anyway, hopefully Google is acknowledge of the issue and fix it as soon as possible.
#Contacts
Google Contacts adds bottom bar with new Fix & Manage tab
Android Police
Google Contacts is the latest app by Google to have a bottom tab for easier navigation.
The first tab is the good ol' contacts list page, most stuff didn't change with the introduction of bottom tab, and you still get access to the hamburger with your labels. The latter tab is "Fix & Manage," which pretty much move all the tools from the hamburger menu to this page. Meanwhile you can find the app settings in the account picker menu.
This is currently rolling out via server side and not yet widely rollout.
Google Contacts adds bottom bar with new Fix & Manage tab
Android Police
Google Contacts is the latest app by Google to have a bottom tab for easier navigation.
The first tab is the good ol' contacts list page, most stuff didn't change with the introduction of bottom tab, and you still get access to the hamburger with your labels. The latter tab is "Fix & Manage," which pretty much move all the tools from the hamburger menu to this page. Meanwhile you can find the app settings in the account picker menu.
This is currently rolling out via server side and not yet widely rollout.