The tried-and-true copy/paste combo is a staple of productivity but that can grind to a halt when you need to quickly grab text from the real world or existing screenshots and pictures. Read along for how to convert iPhone images to text available right on your clipboard.
Whether you want to quickly convert images to text from Twitter, the web, or your own screenshots or want to grab data from…
YouTube Music for Android now lets you repeat songs while Casting
February 25, 2021
The criticism of YouTube Music, especially from Google Play Music users, is that it bizarrely lacks basic features. One of those is the ability to repeat songs while Casting, though that has finally just been added to YouTube Music on Android.
For the past few weeks, there…
Jetpack Compose enters beta, making Android UI development easier
February 25, 2021
Jetpack Compose, Google and Jetbrain’s up-and-coming Kotlin-based UI toolkit for Android, is entering beta testing stage, meaning it’s now suitable for production-ready apps.
Some could point to Jetpack Compose as an Android-native alternative to Google’s other UI…
With Jetpack Compose entering beta today, the Android team is encouraging developers to learn about and “get ready to adopt” the modern toolkit for building native UI. To do so, Google is launching a monthlong Android Dev Challenge that includes Jetpack Compose-themed prizes.
Google will offer four weekly challenges that familiarize developers with the Compose mental model and different…
A free version of Google Chat is officially set to arrive in the first half of 2021. As we spotted earlier this month, Google is starting the Hangouts migration with a “preview of the new Chat” for free, personal accounts.
Chat has long just been a Workspace-only app…
In 2019, Google introduced a powerful Recorder app with real-time transcriptions for Pixel devices. The latest version, released alongside the Pixel 5, added editing and social sharing through video clips. A Google Recorder web app is coming soon with the ability to backup…
Google TV ‘basic’ mode will strip smart features, apps on TVs from TCL, Sony, others
February 25, 2021
Google TV is the company’s next effort to rule the living room, picking up on the progress that Android TV made over half a decade. The first smart TVs running on top of Google TV have yet to hit the market, but when they do, they’ll come with a “Basic TV” feature that strips smart features from the TV.
This new “Basic TV” option appears at setup for television sets running on Google…
Yonhap: LG has put the rollable phone project on hold
February 24, 2021
A report from last month claimed that LG is weighing its options for the rollable phone it showed off at CES 2021. Now reports that the decision has been made to mothball the project.
LG has told its parts suppliers to put work on the rollable phone on hold, according to…
Meizu 18 specs leak, Snapdragon 870 for the vanilla model
February 24, 2021
The Meizu 18 series has been rumored for a long while though without much clarity in terms of specs. Today we have a leak which aims to clear up the picture regarding the vanilla model, revealing it’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 chipset, complete with 8GB RAM…
ECG and blood pressure monitoring finally live for Galaxy Watch Active2 and Galaxy Watch3
February 24, 2021
Back in January, Samsung announced that its Galaxy Watch Active2 and Galaxy Watch3 would finally receive support for ECG and blood pressure monitoring in 31 markets across the world. Although that announcement made it seem like the rollout was imminent, it actually took until today for these features to finally become available.
Better late than never, then. Here’s the full list of places…
