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Assistant has primarily been tied to your main email account since it launched. However, most people use and have several accounts signed in on their phones. Google Assistant now better reflects that reality with multi-account information access. We first detailed multi-account access in early September, and some users today are encountering a new menu in Google Assistant settings. It starts…

The flaws and constraints of GPS in dense urban environments are well-known by anybody that has used Google Maps in cities, especially downtown. Google is now improving GPS, starting on the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G, with the help of 3D mapping. December Pixel Feature Drop: Adaptive Sound, Connectivity, Charging, and better GPS for Pixel 5 December security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory…

Streaming music is what most people do nowadays, but local files can help fill in the gaps and pull from a library you spent years curating. Now, Spotify for Android is preparing to finally add support for listening to local music on your phone. Jane Wong discovered a new option being developed for Spotify’s Android app which allows users to import audio files locally stored on the device so…

Earlier this year, at Google Search On, the Google Assistant gained “Hum to Search,” the ability to match songs based solely on your humming. In collaboration with Google, Billboard has released the top 100 songs that people have hummed to the Google Assistant. According to Google, the Assistant’s Hum to Search is capable of recognizing over 500,000 songs, regardless of whether you hum…