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Google app beta loses built-in browser and returns to Chrome Custom Tabs for now

Google has been working on an in-app browser for Search on Android for quite sometime now. After being widely rolled out to the beta channel for the past few months, it has disappeared and reverted to Chrome Custom Tabs. In late 2019, Google began work on a custom browser for the Google app that first appeared live for users in April of last year. It briefly disappeared at the start of July 2020…
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Spike adds video and audio calls to its macOS and iOS email apps

There’s been a lot of focus on email apps in recent years. Even with the rise of chat services like Slack and Teams, apps like Spike, Hey, and Big Mail have shown that there is a lot of life left in email. Spike is an app that focuses on turning email messages into chats by removing intros, salutations, and signatures so it looks and feels like iMessages or WhatsApp. Today, Spike is adding video…
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Google is working to fix Android battery drain when using Phone Hub on Chromebooks

As Chrome OS continues to explode in popularity, Google is updating the platform with more features and bug fixes. Now, the company appears to be looking at fixing an issue that causes dramatic battery drain on Android phones using the Phone Hub feature on Chrome OS. A recent commit in the Chromium Gerrit describes a “battery friendly” connection method. Apparently, much of the work on using…
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Google Doodle honors Ángela Peralta, Mexican opera singer

Google has replaced their homepage logo with a Doodle celebrating the birthday of Ángela Peralta, an internationally recognized opera singer once dubbed “Mexican Nightingale.” Ángela Peralta was born on July 6, 1845 — 175 years ago today — in Mexico City, and…
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Hands-on: Here’s how Background Sounds work in iOS 15

Ahead of WWDC in June, Apple announced Background Sounds would be coming to iOS to help users find focus, calm, and rest. Now in the iOS 15 beta, the feature is available to test out. Read along for how to use iPhone Background Sounds in iOS 15, what you get, what you don’t, and more. Backgrounds Sounds comes with six options: balanced, bright, or dark noise, ocean, rain, and stream. Instead…
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