#Apps #Gboard
Gboard update adds custom text stickers and new Emoji Kitchen combos
Jennifer Daniel | 9To5Google
Previously being a Pixel specific feature, Gboard’s custom text stickers will be soon available to all Android Gboard users typing with the US English layout.
Speaking of stickers, here's a list of new emoji kitchen compatible icons adding over 1600 brand new combinations to the mix!
🐚🌴🌳🌱🌿🍃🏖️🏝️🌋🧿🌚🌝🪐☄️☁️⛅🌧️🌩️🌬️💨💧🌊🪹🍨🍦🏟️🎡🎢🏕️🍹🦋🐞🪸🪷🪲🪳🦗🚂🧼🦞🦀🦩💡⚠️🍼🛠️🏛️🗑️💾🍳♠️
Google has also added “lots of rainbow-based stickers to help you embrace Pride Month in many unique ways.”
Happy Pride Month to everyone, from us ❤️🏳️🌈
Gboard update adds custom text stickers and new Emoji Kitchen combos
Jennifer Daniel | 9To5Google
Previously being a Pixel specific feature, Gboard’s custom text stickers will be soon available to all Android Gboard users typing with the US English layout.
Speaking of stickers, here's a list of new emoji kitchen compatible icons adding over 1600 brand new combinations to the mix!
🐚🌴🌳🌱🌿🍃🏖️🏝️🌋🧿🌚🌝🪐☄️☁️⛅🌧️🌩️🌬️💨💧🌊🪹🍨🍦🏟️🎡🎢🏕️🍹🦋🐞🪸🪷🪲🪳🦗🚂🧼🦞🦀🦩💡⚠️🍼🛠️🏛️🗑️💾🍳♠️
Google has also added “lots of rainbow-based stickers to help you embrace Pride Month in many unique ways.”
Happy Pride Month to everyone, from us ❤️🏳️🌈
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#Pixel6a
Pixel 6a is now selling unofficially on Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace | TikTok
If I had a nickel for every time a Pixel had been sold before its release on Facebook Marketplace, I'd have two nickels which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice.
The Malaysian seller also made a video on TikTok opening the device which they sell for RM 2200 (501 USD, 630 CAD, 467 EUR) which is a tad higher than it's MSRP.
Pixel 6a is now selling unofficially on Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace | TikTok
If I had a nickel for every time a Pixel had been sold before its release on Facebook Marketplace, I'd have two nickels which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice.
The Malaysian seller also made a video on TikTok opening the device which they sell for RM 2200 (501 USD, 630 CAD, 467 EUR) which is a tad higher than it's MSRP.
#Apps #Accessibility
Sound Amplifier gains Material You redesign with feature improvements
Google has recently updated the Sound Amplifier to version 4.0 with new design and improvements.
When you first enter the app, no doubt you will first notice a brand new design for the app. There's also Material You element, with dynamic color support for Android 12 or later. Besides, there's also a quick settings tile which you can launch the service directly from the panel.
If you don't have a headphone connected, pressing on any of the options will show you an illustration reminding you to connect one in order to use the feature. If your surroundings are too quiet or you can't play any audio on your phone to adjust the settings to fit your need, no worry as you can just tap on the music note icon on the top left and it will play a sample audio.
Download (4.0):
Play Store
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
Sound Amplifier gains Material You redesign with feature improvements
Google has recently updated the Sound Amplifier to version 4.0 with new design and improvements.
When you first enter the app, no doubt you will first notice a brand new design for the app. There's also Material You element, with dynamic color support for Android 12 or later. Besides, there's also a quick settings tile which you can launch the service directly from the panel.
If you don't have a headphone connected, pressing on any of the options will show you an illustration reminding you to connect one in order to use the feature. If your surroundings are too quiet or you can't play any audio on your phone to adjust the settings to fit your need, no worry as you can just tap on the music note icon on the top left and it will play a sample audio.
Download (4.0):
Play Store
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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Forwarded from Google Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro | Updates (DarkPlayer)
In a scale of 1 (being the worst) to 5 (being the best) how are you satisfied from your Google Pixel 6 (oriole)
Anonymous Poll
4%
1 ⭐
4%
2 ⭐⭐
8%
3 ⭐⭐⭐
32%
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
23%
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
29%
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Forwarded from Google Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro | Updates (DarkPlayer)
In a scale of 1 (being the worst) to 5 (being the best), how satisfied are you of your Google Pixel 6 Pro (raven)?
Anonymous Poll
6%
1 ⭐
2%
2 ⭐⭐
7%
3 ⭐⭐⭐
23%
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
25%
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
37%
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#Apps #Accessibility
Lookout added Images mode with ability to work offline
Lookout by Google is an app which helps people who have difficulties in vision to explore the world around them. A recent update for the app has brought in several improvements.
Lookout has a new feature which can let you hear a denoscription generated based on the image you shared to the app from any place. For some reason, I couldn't get any caption, just only denoscription alongside with text if it could detect. Currently it is still in beta, so it is understandable that it might not work well in certain conditions.
Existing modes like Text, Documents, Explore and Food labels have received improvements which will help users to recognise more stuff. Besides that, it can work without Internet connection too. No matter where you are, you can use the app without any hassle as long as your device still has a battery to work.
Download (3.0):
Play Store | APKMirror
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
Lookout added Images mode with ability to work offline
Lookout by Google is an app which helps people who have difficulties in vision to explore the world around them. A recent update for the app has brought in several improvements.
Lookout has a new feature which can let you hear a denoscription generated based on the image you shared to the app from any place. For some reason, I couldn't get any caption, just only denoscription alongside with text if it could detect. Currently it is still in beta, so it is understandable that it might not work well in certain conditions.
Existing modes like Text, Documents, Explore and Food labels have received improvements which will help users to recognise more stuff. Besides that, it can work without Internet connection too. No matter where you are, you can use the app without any hassle as long as your device still has a battery to work.
Download (3.0):
Play Store | APKMirror
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
#Workspace #Drive
Google Drive will show location of files right away
Google Workspace Updates
Currently you can check the file location at the bottom of the page after you have selected a file, but soon you will be able to check all the files original location in a glance.
Google is rolling out a feature which will displayed the location information right away in the file column, so you no longer need to select one file after another to check for it. This will be display in Recent, Starred Trash and search results on the desktop web.
This feature will be available widely for all Google Workspace customers by June 16.
Google Drive will show location of files right away
Google Workspace Updates
Currently you can check the file location at the bottom of the page after you have selected a file, but soon you will be able to check all the files original location in a glance.
Google is rolling out a feature which will displayed the location information right away in the file column, so you no longer need to select one file after another to check for it. This will be display in Recent, Starred Trash and search results on the desktop web.
This feature will be available widely for all Google Workspace customers by June 16.
#Workspace #Meet #Duo
Duo and Meet, two-in-one
Google Workspace Updates
With the impact of COVID-19, more and more people are starting to use video conferencing platforms like Meet in order to connect with their colleagues, classmates and more. Since then, Google has also brought in a lot of new features for Meet like virtual backgrounds, raise hand, host controls, you name it.
On the other side, Google Duo is a video calling app which is meant for personal use, but since 2020, Google Meet is available for everyone and more people prefer to use it around the world, hence making Duo an extraordinary platform.
After several internal discussions, Google has decided to merge Duo and Meet into a single platform, with the Meet app getting pulled down from the Play Store soon, and Duo will be renamed to Meet. Basically this means Google will start to bring all the Meet features over to Duo which are available for free to use.
As Duo has its own set of features, admin of an organisation can still restrict users from using it by turning off Additional Google services control in Admin Console. This will not impact the functionality of Meet.
Google didn't mention when it will start to roll out yet, but what we know is that the transition will be starting later this year.
Duo and Meet, two-in-one
Google Workspace Updates
With the impact of COVID-19, more and more people are starting to use video conferencing platforms like Meet in order to connect with their colleagues, classmates and more. Since then, Google has also brought in a lot of new features for Meet like virtual backgrounds, raise hand, host controls, you name it.
On the other side, Google Duo is a video calling app which is meant for personal use, but since 2020, Google Meet is available for everyone and more people prefer to use it around the world, hence making Duo an extraordinary platform.
After several internal discussions, Google has decided to merge Duo and Meet into a single platform, with the Meet app getting pulled down from the Play Store soon, and Duo will be renamed to Meet. Basically this means Google will start to bring all the Meet features over to Duo which are available for free to use.
As Duo has its own set of features, admin of an organisation can still restrict users from using it by turning off Additional Google services control in Admin Console. This will not impact the functionality of Meet.
Google didn't mention when it will start to roll out yet, but what we know is that the transition will be starting later this year.
Google Workspace Updates
Bringing Google Meet features to Google Duo for a single, integrated video solution
What’s changing To support the millions of users who rely on our technology for video calls and meetings, we’ve made deep investments in bo...
#Auto
Android Auto for phone screens coming to the end of its life
9to5Google
The phone screen experience of Android Auto is going away soon as Google started to show banner on it. The banner just said "Android Auto for phone screens will stop working soon" and that's all, no other details are provided. No one knows when it will completely shut down, but it's happening soon.
Well, this is kind of expected as Google didn't make the application itself compatible with Android 12 and later version. They also said Assistant Driving Mode will be replacing it, becoming "the built-in mobile driving experience."
Android Auto for phone screens coming to the end of its life
9to5Google
The phone screen experience of Android Auto is going away soon as Google started to show banner on it. The banner just said "Android Auto for phone screens will stop working soon" and that's all, no other details are provided. No one knows when it will completely shut down, but it's happening soon.
Well, this is kind of expected as Google didn't make the application itself compatible with Android 12 and later version. They also said Assistant Driving Mode will be replacing it, becoming "the built-in mobile driving experience."
9to5Google
Android Auto for Phone Screens is officially dying for everyone
Google is shutting down the Android Auto for Phone Screens experience "soon" according to a message within the app.
#News #Messages
Google temporary stop RCS ads in India as users receive tons of it
Android Authority
Nobody like advertisements as it interrupts our experience, which is annoying. Those who are in India using RCS are actually getting a lot of promotional messages for quite a while, and Google decided to disable the feature temporarily to stop all this mess.
Apparently Google allowed businesses to deliver ads via RCS, but it is discovered that some businesses in India are abusing the use of the feature by sending multiple ads in a short amount of time, hence why Google had to take this action as a spokesperson confirmed about it:
"We are aware that some businesses are abusing our anti-spam policies to send promotional messages to users in India. We are disabling this feature in India while we work with the industry to improve the experience for users."
Although you might not see ads for a while, it will be returning after some time as Google didn't say they are stopping ads on RCS forever.
Google temporary stop RCS ads in India as users receive tons of it
Android Authority
Nobody like advertisements as it interrupts our experience, which is annoying. Those who are in India using RCS are actually getting a lot of promotional messages for quite a while, and Google decided to disable the feature temporarily to stop all this mess.
Apparently Google allowed businesses to deliver ads via RCS, but it is discovered that some businesses in India are abusing the use of the feature by sending multiple ads in a short amount of time, hence why Google had to take this action as a spokesperson confirmed about it:
"We are aware that some businesses are abusing our anti-spam policies to send promotional messages to users in India. We are disabling this feature in India while we work with the industry to improve the experience for users."
Although you might not see ads for a while, it will be returning after some time as Google didn't say they are stopping ads on RCS forever.
Android Authority
I enabled RCS on Google Messages and all I got was ads (Update: Google responds)
If ads have started to appear in your Google Messages app, you're not alone. The RCS messaging standard may be responsible.
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#YTMusic
YouTube Music for Android gets organised settings page, web gains multi-select feature, Spring Recap '22 around the corner
YouTube Music has see some new stuff over the past week, the Android app has an organised settings page, web version added multi-select feature and Spring Recap '22 is starting to appear for some.
On the Android app, tapping on the account picker now show a popup instead of a page. When you entered settings, you will now be treated categorised settings. For large screen devices, it will be shown in two-column layout with controls on the right, which is pretty much common across a lot of apps.
Next, web version now have multi-select feature. When hovering over any track in a playlist, you will see a checkbox on the right side. Clicking on it will select it and you can continue to select more. Later, you can add it to playlist, play next or add to queue.
Lastly, Spring Recap '22 is here, it should be widely available over the coming weeks.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
YouTube Music for Android gets organised settings page, web gains multi-select feature, Spring Recap '22 around the corner
YouTube Music has see some new stuff over the past week, the Android app has an organised settings page, web version added multi-select feature and Spring Recap '22 is starting to appear for some.
On the Android app, tapping on the account picker now show a popup instead of a page. When you entered settings, you will now be treated categorised settings. For large screen devices, it will be shown in two-column layout with controls on the right, which is pretty much common across a lot of apps.
Next, web version now have multi-select feature. When hovering over any track in a playlist, you will see a checkbox on the right side. Clicking on it will select it and you can continue to select more. Later, you can add it to playlist, play next or add to queue.
Lastly, Spring Recap '22 is here, it should be widely available over the coming weeks.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
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