After years of seasonal pop-ups, Made by Google is finally opening a retail store for its hardware division. The first physical Google Store will be in Chelsea directly under one of the company’s New York City offices.
At the Google Store, you’ll be able to “browse and buy an extensive selection of products made by Google,” including Pixel phones, Nest products, Fitbit devices, and…
Chrome OS Linux support drops the beta label as Google promises 50 new Chromebooks this year
May 20, 2021
Since their debut years ago, Chromebooks have long been criticized for lacking native apps. That’s something Google has addressed by delivering support for Android apps and, more importantly, Linux apps on Chromebooks, and now the latter is finally dropping its beta…
There are many ways to enter emoji and other expressive media, with most messaging apps offering their own experience. Google Messages is now redesigning its emoji and GIF picker while simplifying entry.
Google’s Messages app today has three ways to insert content other…
Privacy was a pretty big focus of Google I/O 2021, with one of the big new announcements being a “Locked Folder” headed to Google Photos. That feature is going to be a bit more limited than you probably expected, though.
On a support page explaining the new Locked Folder feature, Google details exactly how it’ll work on Photos. To access it, users will head to Library > Utilities >…
Spotify for iOS and Android is getting a little update to make search easier with new filters. The change is coming to both free and Premium subscribers.
Spotify says the new search filters are rolling out starting today and will make it more seamless to find the music or…
Yesterday, the team behind Material You said that the new design language will be a “multiyear journey that will evolve all of Google’s products and ecosystems.” At the “What’s new in Material Design” session, Google designers provided an in-depth preview of…
At I/O 2021 on Tuesday, Google spent part of the keynote talking about privacy and security. It’s following that up with a prominent “We protect your privacy” message in Gmail and Google Photos.
In Gmail, the “We protect your privacy” banner appears above your list of messages on both the web and mobile, with similar prompts in Google Photos and Drive spotted. It features the same blue…
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Apple’s decision to emphasize user privacy over targeted advertising has the mobile marketing and game industries worried about their capability to find high-value users through advertisements. And Liftoff is…
CardioBot is a popular and powerful cardio and activity tracker for the iPhone and Apple Watch. As we’ve covered over the years, CardioBot makes it easy to visualize your heart rate and other data to discover trends. Now, the app is expanding with support for tracking…
Along with a host of new accessibility features announced today, iOS is set to gain a new Background Sounds feature to help reduce distractions and promote focus, calm, and rest.
Backgrounds Sounds will arrive sometime “later this year” with six options: balanced, bright, or dark noise, ocean, rain, and stream. It’s one of many new accessibility features on the way including AssistiveTouch…
