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Slack is testing a major redesign of its Android app with new navigation bar

:Slack’s mobile apps have always valiantly tried to replicate the desktop and web experience with a single home screen and a reliance on swipe-based navigation and cumbersome menus. But a new update the company is rolling out on its Android beta channel is introducing a “simpler, more organized” Slack with major visual and user interface changes. The update’s biggest new feature is the…
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Forza Street, Microsoft’s free-to-play racing game, is out now for iOS and Android

Microsoft’s Forza Street, a free-to-play racing title from Forza creator Turn 10 Studios, is available now for iOS and Android after launching for Windows 10 last year. The game takes the standard Forza formula of collecting, customizing, and racing cars and redesigns it for mobile, which means it has a fair amount of micotransactions and other ways to spend money if you’re into that. Forza…
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Google Chrome prepares Android’s ‘Live Caption’ for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS

One of Android’s best accessibility features is “Live Caption.” Introduced in Android 10, “Live Caption” uses device resources to generate captions for any media that’s playing and now, it’s coming to Google Chrome. Spotted by , Live Caption has appeared in the latest version of Google Chrome on desktop, specifically in the Canary release channel. Under Chrome’s accessibility…
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Google Drive adds support for Face ID and Touch ID security on iPhone, iPad

Google Drive has now officially gained support for biometric locks and unlocks with the iPhone and iPad Face ID and Touch ID systems. The feature is now rolling out widely after being quietly confirmed last month according to  The option is now appearing as part of the Privacy Screen feature that is available within Google Drive on iPhone and iPad thanks to the version 4.2020.18204 update (via…
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