As we’ve been expecting, the latest Google app to get a tablet redesign is Contacts for Android.
Google Contacts switches from a wide bottom bar that looked bad on landscape displays to a navigation rail. At the top is create FAB, with “Contacts,” “Highlights,” and “Fix & manage” following. These tabs are not horizontally centered to allow for more natural hand placement.
The…
In the latest version of Google Contacts, the company is preparing a new way to get notified when it’s a friend or family member’s birthday.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to…
Samsung has recently launched a new “Rugged Sport” band for its Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatches which is shipping now.
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9to5Google Log Out: The shape and color of Google AI
March 18, 2023
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From what was shared earlier this week in Gmail and Docs, Google Workspace is using a pencil icon with a star in the top-left to brand its generative AI features. (The pencil or pen itself is…
Google is preparing to shut down the app responsible for the Jacquard accessories made by Google ATAP.
Project Jacquard was first unveiled by Google ATAP – the company’s Advanced Technology and Projects group, responsible for other projects like Soli – back in 2015…
After bigger changes to “RCS” branding and read receipt icons in recent weeks, Google Messages for Android is adding a contact’s profile photo to the top of conversations.
Messages has always let you tap a person’s name in the app bar to open Google Contacts. Now…
It was recently discovered that the Pixel 6 series and certain Galaxy S22 devices running Exynos modems are vulnerable to a malicious attack. To combat this, users can turn off Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE. Here’s how to turn off Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE on your Pixel 6 or Galaxy S22.
As reported by Google’s Project Zero, certain Exynos modems are susceptible to remote attacks with next to no user…
Compared to Maps for Android and iOS, Google makes relatively few visual updates to the Maps website. Google Maps is now testing a sidebar on the web that provides convenient access to recently viewed places.
For some, Google Maps on the web now sports a navigation rail on…
The average global sea level rose by 0.11 inches (0.27 centimeters) from 2021 to 2022, according to a NASA analysis of satellite data. That’s the equivalent of adding water from a million Olympic-size swimming pools to the ocean every day for a year, and is part of a…
Material You is now available for Google Drive’s web app
March 17, 2023
In February, Google announced that its expansion of Material You would finally expand to Google Drive and its various tools on the web. Now, that rollout is happening widely.
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The redesign of Google Drive’s web apps with Material You is relatively subtle on…
