Today’s Google Doodle is in honor of Amanda Aldridge, an opera singer and esteemed composer of parlour music.
Amanda Aldridge was born on March 10, 1866 in London, England, to a family of actors and musicians. Her mother was a Swedish opera singer, while her father was a renowned African-American stage actor. Having a natural talent for music, she studied vocals and harmonies at London’s Royal…
For a patch, Android 13 Beta 3.2 contains many more changes than expected and we’re diving into everything new as a result.
Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 13 Beta 3.2’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top…
Featured Snippets in Google Search are a great way to get quick answers to your queries, but sometimes one answer isn’t enough. Now, Google Search is testing out a new design for Featured Snippets that shows more websites.
What are Featured Snippets in Google Search?
First…
Following the first release in late April, Google is now rolling out Privacy Sandbox Developer Preview 3 with APIs for conversion measurement, custom audiences, and ad selection.
Based on Android 13, there are two key additions with today’s release. The Event-Level and Aggregate Attribution Reporting APIs let developers measure when ad clicks or view events result in a conversion, like a new…
The Pixel Watch was officially teased at I/O 2022, and we’ve since published details on the processor and battery in recent weeks. 9to5Google can now report on Google’s plans for a rather extensive collection of Pixel Watch bands.
Google’s first wearable features a…
Google’s Pixel 4 gets a new life as its face unlock cameras are used for Alzheimer’s research
June 17, 2022
We’re almost three full generations past Google’s Pixel 4 series – which was a flop – but the hardware isn’t gone for good. While we argue it deserves more software updates, the Pixel 4 and its face unlock cameras are being used to further medical research for…
Following a patch last Friday, Google is back with Android 13 Beta 3.2 today to fix more issues on Pixel phones.
Google usually does not release more than one patch in-between major previews, but Beta 3.1 was required as a more pressing fix — coming only two days after Beta 3 — given the unavailability of the Beta Feedback app for new users.
At a high-level, Beta 3.2 includes the “latest…
The latest leak for the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro gives us a better idea of what colors and sizes Samsung’s next smartwatches will be available in at launch.
Earlier this month, we reported on Samsung’s plans for their second generation of Wear OS 3 powered…
As COVID-19 has become something we’re learning to live with, Google is announcing new changes to how it handles information about the pandemic in Search. These adjustments include easier results for at home COVID tests.
At home COVID tests – Google makes it easy to…
Pixel Launcher regains ‘always show keyboard’ and updates Lens icon with Android 13 patch
June 17, 2022
Google is rolling out Android 13 Beta 3.2 this afternoon, and it brings more user-facing changes, especially to the Pixel Launcher, than usual for a patch.
Pixel Launcher updates
Upon manually sideloading Beta 3.2, our Pixel 4a was greeted with the newest Google Lens icon in the bottom homescreen search bar. In March of 2021, Google gave its visual search tool a new logo in the shape of a…
