Yesterday’s news of Google Photos losing free unlimited storage was a bummer, but one bit of good news for Google Pixel owners was that they wouldn’t be losing that perk. Unfortunately, though, future Pixels won’t have the same luxury.
As we explained yesterday, Google did confirm that Pixel 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 devices would all retain free Google Photos storage going forward. That’s in…
Google Chat adds Calendar shortcut for fast event creation
November 13, 2020
After announcing new unthreaded rooms last week, Google Chat is now adding Calendar integration for streamlined event creation.
Google Chat’s compose field today lets you quickly add or take an image, browse files in Drive, and start a Meet call. Calendar now joins to…
Hum to Search can recognize over half a million songs as Google explains how it works
November 13, 2020
The ability to hum a song to Google was the breakout hit of last month’s Search keynote. In a blog post today, Google explains how the machine learning that powers Hum to Search works.
Hum to Search builds on 2017’s Now Playing feature where Pixel phones can recognize…
T-Mobile put random OnePlus pop-up stores around the US, you can win $5,000 by finding them
November 13, 2020
T-Mobile is the only US carrier offering the OnePlus 8T, and now the two companies are putting together a fun contest where you can win a phone, some earbuds, or up to $5,000. Here’s how.
The “OnePlus Go Farther” contest sees T-Mobile placing three “pop-up stores” at different locations somewhere in the United States. Through the help of hints on the official T-Mobile Twitter account…
Gmail on the web now lets you pin Google Chat conversations
November 13, 2020
In the integrated Gmail experience available to Workspace customers, classic Hangouts has already been swapped out. Google Chat is in its place, with conversations now able to be pinned for consistent Gmail sidebar access.
You can now pin a direct message or a room in…
Google updates Web Stories for WordPress plugin w/ more text sets, GIFs, and caption support
November 13, 2020
Back in September, Google launched a WordPress plugin for easily creating AMP-based stories through a WYSIWYG editor. Version 1.1 of Web Stories for WordPress is now here as the first major update following the beta period and stable release.
The text tab now features…
Alphabet Scoop 104: Free Stadia Premiere bundles, Google Photos backup changes, more
November 13, 2020
This week, we talk about Google giving away free Stadia Premiere Edition kits to YouTube Premium subscribers. We then swing to the other end of the spectrum and dive into Google Photos no longer offering unlimited High quality backups.
Alphabet Scoop is available Google Podcasts, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, and through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast…
Coinciding with the launch of the Pixel 5, the Google Camera app got an update to version 8.0, bringing a clean redesign to the app. Today, Google Camera 8.1 has begun rolling out, bringing that same design to older Pixel phones.
For the past month, owners of the Pixel 5…
Huawei nova 8 and Honor V40 to have similar camera design
November 12, 2020
There might be uncertainties around the future of Honor, with Huawei offloading the brand to Digital China, but for now the phone maker has no plans to step on the brakes, on the contrary – a leakster claims we are going to see both the Huawei nova 8 lineup and the…
Oppo is set to continue its consumer innovations showcase events dubbed Inno Day and the 2020 edition is scheduled to take place on November 17 in Shenzhen, China. Oppo uses this event to demo its latest developments in the mobile sphere. Last year the maker demonstrated its under-display camera, AR headset as well as a 5G router.
According to rumors provided by Chines tipster , this year we’ll…
