Mobile

With every major OS release, Android has continued to iterate on privacy and security features. Google announced today that the Play Store is adding a “safety section” that all Android applications must fill out to “help people understand the data an app collects or shares.” Developers agree that people should have transparency and control over their data. And they want simple ways to…

Gboard today is available on Android, iOS, Google/Android TV, and is now coming to Wear OS. The company touts this as bringing “faster and easier messaging” to your wearable. Wear OS currently uses an app/service called “Google Keyboard.” Gboard brings a new UI that features better spacing for keys to make everything less visually overwhelming. Meanwhile, the top row features shortcuts…

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. With the revamp last year, “Sharing” was placed in the top-left corner on mobile, thus allowing Google Photos to just have three core sections. It’s now…

Major phone manufacturers have been working on introducing a foldable smartphone in 2021. Xiaomi has already released the Mi Mix Fold, and reports from China claim Oppo is next. According to one leakster, the upcoming phone will be a clamshell and will bring a 7” foldable panel on the inside. Motorola Moto Razr 5G The phone will have an LTPO screen, which is still an OLED panel, but a bit more…