At the “What’s new in Material Design” session this morning, Google shared that its apps are starting to use Google Sans Text. We’ve seen it pop-up in some products already, but the company at I/O 2021 better detailed the font.
As we learned in 2018, Google Sans is a size-optimized version of Product Sans, which is only intended for the company’s official product logos. Since then, the…
As the Epic vs Apple trial continues, the latter has submitted a filing in the case to have the court make a ruling on Epic’s allegation that iOS is an essential facility. Apple believes the judgment should be granted in its favor as Epic hasn’t offered up evidence for…
The May 2021 security update or patch has started rolling out for a number of Samsung devices including the likes of the Galaxy S21 and more.
As we’ve seen previously with older patches, the May security patch isn’t technically fully released yet even though Samsung…
If you are not content with the most recent Android 12 Developer Preview or Beta build on your Google Pixel, it’s probably music to your ears knowing that you can downgrade your OS to a stable version of Android 11 if you encounter any major problems.
We’ve shown you how to install the Android 12 Beta or Developer Preview phase, so it’s only fair that we show you how to downgrade from…
Yesterday’s Google I/O keynote was over two hours long, but it went by quickly thanks to the deluge of news the company threw out to the public. If you missed the keynote or just didn’t have time to watch the entire thing, Google has a recap of its I/O 2021 keynote that…
Galaxy Watch Active 4 may use a more efficient 5nm chip to power Wear OS, design refined
May 19, 2021
There was a lot of big news during the Google I/O keynote yesterday, and one of the biggest reveals was that Wear OS is getting a major revamp with help from Samsung. Now, another leak is further pinpointing what we can expect from the Galaxy Watch Active 4, including what…
Chrome testing RSS-powered ‘Follow’ button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive
May 19, 2021
Web browsers used to feature feed aggregators, but those built-in capabilities have since been phased out. Google is now looking to reverse the trend with Chrome trialing a “Follow” feature that more or less brings an RSS reader to the New Tab page.
As you browse websites, Chrome will show a “Follow” button when you open the overflow menu (from the top-right corner). It appears at the…
The first beta of Android 12 introduces the redesigned notification and Quick Settings shade. The latter experience is seeing a slew of changes, and one of them sees a new “Alarm” tile for Android 12.
When Quick Settings are fully expanded, your next alarm no longer…
In the first developer previews for Android 12, we enabled and gave you a preview for a new native feature called “Game Mode.” It’s a feature that Google has yet to officially announce, but it’s live and accessible in the first Android 12 beta, though it’s nowhere…
When iOS 14.5 was introduced, Apple also made the new App Tracking Transparency feature available to the public, so that users can opt out of being tracked by third-party apps. However, several users had been complaining that the Tracking toggle was grayed out for unknown reasons, but it seems that Apple is finally fixing this.
According to multiple reports from 9to5Mac readers and people on…
