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Google Messages will get end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats ‘later this year’ in beta

May 12, 2022
While it wasn’t mentioned on stage during Google I/O 2022 today, the company did announce a big new feature coming to Google Messages. Later this year, Google Messages will add end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats. Google Messages first added support for end-to-end encryption on RCS messages in late 2020, as the new messaging standard became available to all Android users around the globe.
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Google Keep is getting ready to add text formatting almost a decade after launch

May 12, 2022
Google launched its Android, iOS, and web note-taking app in March of 2013. Now, over nine years later, Google Keep is about to add text formatting that will let you bold, italicize, and underline text. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the…
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Android 13 Beta 2 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

May 12, 2022
Android 13 Beta 2 is now available right off the back of an impressive I/O 2022 developer conference. Here are a few of the top new features in the second public-facing beta for the next Android release. Android 13 Beta 1 hands-on: top new functions and features…
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Pixel 6a will launch in India, Google’s first phone in the country in almost 2 years

May 12, 2022
One of the biggest challenges Google’s Pixel lineup faces is its limited distribution, but it seems Google is finally ramping things up a little bit. The Google Pixel 6a is going to be available in India, the first smartphone sold in the country by Google in nearly two years. Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are available in 12 countries, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy…
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Google jabs Apple over lack of RCS support on iPhone during I/O

May 12, 2022
During Google I/O 2022, Apple was indirectly referenced in a not-so-subtle jab over its lack of RCS support for iPhone users. RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is the modern upgrade to SMS texting that Apple leapfrogged with iMessage over a decade ago. “We hope that every mobile operating system gets the message, and upgrades to RCS, so your messages are private, no matter what device…
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