As Google prepares to give Wear OS a soft reboot, the platform’s debut hinges on the arrival of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch 4 series. This week, just days after the Galaxy Watch 4 Active leaked, supposed images of the Galaxy Watch 4 have now leaked as well.
91Mobiles today posted a gallery of images of what is apparently the Galaxy Watch 4 series based on Samsung’s branding within. The…
Last month, Google started rolling out an online revamp of Chat to free consumer accounts as part of the classic Hangouts migration. That Google Chat web redesign is now coming to paid Workspace users over the coming weeks with a number of enhancements.
Update 6/25: Google…
TiVo Stream 4K Android TV update fixes YouTube TV freezing issues in time for Google freebie
June 26, 2021
Just a week after Google announced it would give the hardware away to some of its subscribers, the TiVo Stream 4K is picking up fixes for a rough YouTube TV issue that caused the app to crash at random.
ZatzNotFunny picked up on the rollout of a new firmware version for…
Android 12 puts a new emphasis on widgets, and perhaps just ironically, Spotify is now preparing a brand-new homescreen widget.
As a part of the Spotify 8.6.40/42 update, the app is adding support for a brand-new homescreen widget that ditches the old look, adopting rounded corners and a color-matching theme that’s based on the album art of the song currently playing. That functionality seems…
Google TV home screen gains autoplaying video ads
June 26, 2021
One aspect of Google TV, and recent updates to Android TV, that fans haven’t been happy about is the addition of ads in the home screen. These ads on Google TV have now taken another intrusive step as they begin to autoplay a video right on your home screen.
Last year…
Here’s how the remote included with Walmart’s Android TV box works on Chromecast w/ Google TV
June 26, 2021
Walmart just launched a duo of Android TV streaming devices that are pretty standard but have two compelling selling points. For one, they’re both super cheap, and as a second point, the remote included with Walmart’s Android TV streamers looks really nice. In case you…
Last June, Google redesigned the Photos app with cleaner navigation, new logo, and a map view. In response to “user feedback and comments,” Google Photos is reverting one change to bring the “Sharing” tab back to the bottom bar.
Update 6/25: If you didn’t have this Google Photos revamp before, it should be widely rolling out now on Android.
Update 6/16: The updated navigation system…
Twitter may soon let you connect your Google Account
June 26, 2021
Twitter is working to make it possible to sign in to your account through a connected Google Account.
For years, Google has offered a way for apps to let their users sign up or log in with nothing more than their Google Account, saving the step of needing to fill in basic…
One of the hallmarks of the upcoming Material You design language, featured in Android 12, is apps theming themselves based on your current wallpaper. Signs have begun to point toward Chrome for Android preparing to support Material You color theming.
Update: A new flag…
Apps can request access to more RAM with iOS 15 entitlement, exceeding normal system memory limits
June 25, 2021
A newly documented entitlement will allow app developers to request privileged access to RAM on iOS and iPadOS. This system entitlement has existed in prior iOS versions as a private escape hatch, used by some internal processes.
The change from private to public means that third-party app developers will be able to take advantage of it where appropriate. This will be especially useful on the…
