In addition to different applications being accessible all on one page, Google’s vision for the future of productivity involves having those services be tightly integrated together. The latest example of this will see Google suggestions for 1:1s in Chat based on Calendar.
Google will look at your Calendar to recognize 1:1 meetings that involve a single person. The entry does not have to be…
Google Discover shrinks weather info down to a chip
March 16, 2021
Google’s ever-present Discover feed is testing a minor design tweak that moves the weather from a wide strip down to a chip in the corner.
The Google Discover feed is available in quite a variety of places, such as the far-left page of some Android launchers, the new tab…
Google is introducing a “new way to view and manage notifications” related to your Drive files. The hope is that users with this new notifications feed will spend less time switching between Google Drive for Android and an email app.
From the Home or Priority…
Apple releases latest iOS app economy data for several European countries as antitrust pressure looms
March 15, 2021
This morning, Apple released a slew of country-specific press releases on the Apple Newsroom. In September, Apple released similar data for the US, stating that the iOS app economy supported 2.1 million American jobs.
In the UK, Apple says the App Store supports about 330,000 jobs, an increase of 10% compared to a year ago. Germany has another 250,000 jobs, as does France.
The pandemic has…
The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini feature a new design with aluminum edges, as opposed to the stainless steel edges found on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. A new report today suggests that some iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini devices are suffering from discoloration on…
Google Meet tile view comes to mobile, starting on iOS with 48-person iPad layout [Update]
March 15, 2021
Last year, Google’s video calling app gained an improved desktop layout to help you see everyone in large meetings. The Google Meet tile view is now coming to the mobile apps, starting with iOS.
Update 3/15: Google has provided more details about the upcoming tile view.
Have you ever wanted to see just what the aerial view of a city or location looked like in years past? Well, it looks like Google is working on an experimental time-traveling time-lapse mode within Earth on Android that will overlay historical area data giving you a window to the past.
The downside? This is most definitely not user-facing and requires some tweaking of shared preferences within…
After a long wait, the stable Android 11 update is now officially starting to roll out for the Moto G8 and G8 Power.
You may remember that in late December, Motorola confirmed a fairly basic Android 11 roadmap for over 20 devices. It basically confirmed what devices will…
The OnePlus 8 series finally ended the company’s refusal to adopt the wonderful technology that is wireless charging, and it went off with a bang with a whopping 30W of power delivered to the OnePlus 8 Pro without wires attached. Now the OnePlus 9 series is rumored to…
The Chromecast with Google TV has proven to be a hit among streamers thanks to wide-ranging support for streaming apps and standards, but Atmos has proven an issue for some. Since launch, Disney+ has had issues with Dolby Atmos on Chromecast with Google TV, but recent updates seem to have fixed the problem.
Over the past several days, a thread monitoring Dolby Atmos issues with Disney+ on…
