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After launching a pilot program for digital contact tracing last month, the state of California will now officially start the public rollout this week, that’s about half a year after Apple/Google made the feature available on iPhone and Android. But better late than never, the support will allow the almost 40 million people living in California to stay safer amid the pandemic. We’ve been…

Apple Music hit the scene a few years back and, in the time since, has become a huge competitor in the streaming market. Now, Google Assistant speakers are adding full support for Apple Music. Google Assistant speakers such as the new Nest Audio, Google Home Mini/Nest Mini, and third-party speakers from JBL, Lenovo, and countless others now fully support Apple Music starting today. Starting…

The best part of Pixel smartphones is the clever and useful software. Now, one of Google’s best Pixel-exclusive apps, Recorder, is adding support for external mics and Bluetooth headphones for more flexible recording. Rolling out now through the Play Store, Google Recorder v2.1 adds more flexible options for recording audio. In previous versions of the app, Recorder could only capture audio…

Google has improved the screenshot experience on Android quite a bit in recent years, and now the company is delivering another tweak. With the latest Feature Drop, Google has quietly made Pixel phones take a screenshot instantly. After installing the December security patch and Feature Drop on Pixel smartphones, you’ll notice the first time you take a screenshot that the process is almost…